Gap Analysis and Industrial Utilization Study

Trident Refit Facilities (TRF) Kings Bay, GA and Bangor, WA need to integrate new and expanded maintenance operations and industrial processes in preparation for Columbia Class submarines. With our industrial engineer subconsultant, we conducted a complex planning and engineering analysis that documents future space and industrial process requirements, identifies shore infrastructure gaps, and establishes facility solutions that provide uninterrupted execution of the SSBN refit mission. We worked collaboratively with the Columbia Class Program Office (PMS 397) and the TRFs to define future maintenance processes and develop courses of actions (COAs) for required facilities. COAs considered optimal shop collocations, controlled industrial area security restrictions, remaining service life of existing facilities, and explosive safety quantity distance (ESQD) requirements.

SILVERDALE, Wash. (Feb. 18, 2021) - Trident Refit Facility Bangor (TRFB) preps the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Nevada (SSBN 733) for undocking after completing an Extended Refit Period (ERP) at TRFB's Delta Pier. The undocking occurred on time and on the original Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) availability schedule with TRFB completing 1,398 jobs, totaling 57,381 man-days to date. TRFB was established in the Pacific Northwest on July 1, 1981, as the primary maintenance facility for the West Coast Ballistic Missile Submarine (SSBN) fleet. TRFB’s principal mission is to support the nation’s strategic deterrence mission by repairing, incrementally overhauling, and modernizing the Ohio-class and the future Columbia-class until the end of service life. The TRFB team is comprised of approximately 500 military and 1,500 civilians. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Heather C. Wamsley/released)

KINGS BAY, Ga. (Feb. 1, 2021) - The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) enters the Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay, Georgia, dry dock Feb. 1, 2021, for an extended refit period (ERP). Tennessee will be the last submarine in the dry dock before a $554 million dry dock refurbishment project begins later this summer. (U.S. Navy Photo by Elaine Rilatt)

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