{"id":48830,"date":"2026-07-22T19:26:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T19:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2026\/07\/22\/us-navy-moving-forward-on-west-coast-dock-for-aircraft-carriers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:07:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:07:17","slug":"us-navy-moving-forward-on-west-coast-dock-for-aircraft-carriers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2026\/07\/22\/us-navy-moving-forward-on-west-coast-dock-for-aircraft-carriers\/","title":{"rendered":"US Navy moving forward on West Coast dock for aircraft carriers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Concerned by the lack of docks on the West Coast that can service large vessels such as aircraft carriers, the U.S. Navy is moving forward with plans to build a new dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy recently published a <a href=\"https:\/\/sam.gov\/workspace\/contract\/opp\/ffc43ab62daa4796b7700ddaf6df750b\/view\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"\">Sources Sought<\/a> notice for a massive, multi-award contract \u2014 worth up to $30 billion \u2014 for the multi-mission dry dock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The dock is part of the Navy\u2019s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program, which aims to modernize the service\u2019s four long-neglected shipyards at Portsmouth, Virginia, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and Kittery, Maine, as well as the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard &amp; Intermediate Maintenance Facility. The contract is for five years plus three one-year options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Multi-Mission Dry Dock is a fully pressure-relieved dry dock capable of accommodating shipyard repair services for the newest Ford-class aircraft carrier, Nimitz-class carriers, and other surface and subsurface ships served by PSNS &amp; IMF,\u201d according to the Sources Sought notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The project was spurred by the need to service Ford-class carriers on the West Coast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Navy does not currently have the capacity and capability to perform depot-level maintenance on a Gerald R. 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