Pride of America $4.1 million refit completed

BAE completes drydocking of largest civil ship to use Pearl Harbor.

BAE Systems has successfully completed a $4.1 million two-week drydocking of NCL America’s (NCLA’s) Pride of America cruise ship May 9 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard. The work, which began on April 26, is an important step in generating ship refurbishment and maintenance work in Hawaii. Pearl Harbor Naval Ship Yard entered into a “Private-Public Partnership” agreement with BAE Systems Hawaii Shipyards and NCLA to utilize the Navy’s facilities at Pearl Harbor to drydock the 921 foot-long, 81,000-ton ship, the largest private ship ever to be docked at Pearl Harbor. The Pride of America returned to service May 10 with a seven-day Hawaii itinerary. “With the shipyard capacity at Pearl, and our central location, it makes sense for Hawaii to take a larger role in repairing both military and civilian ships,” said Roger Kubischta, vice president and general manager of BAE Systems Hawaii Shipyards. BAE Systems Hawaii Shipyards is a business area of BAE Systems Ship Repair, the United States’ leading non-nuclear ship repair, modernization and conversion company. BAE Systems is also a member of the Ship Repair Association of Hawaii, which represents 800 personnel in the local marine industry. BAE Systems has more than 800 employees across a number of locations, making it the largest aerospace / defense contractor, and private sector ship repair company in Hawaii.

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