Austal USA’s Repair & Services division offers comprehensive ship repair, maintenance, modernization, and lifecycle support for a diverse range of vessels, including small surface combatants, unmanned and autonomous vessels, and auxiliary ships. Austal USA is uniquely equipped to deliver comprehensive, global maritime support with a repair facility in San Diego, Calif. that exemplifies Austal USA's commitment to delivering high-quality, responsive support to maritime operators worldwide, ensuring vessels remain mission-ready and operational throughout their lifecycle.
A core capability of Austal USA’s Repair & Services business is providing service and support through fly-away teams to meet customer needs anytime and anywhere in the world.
Austal USA’s Repair & Services team reduces cost and schedule risk by expediting the ordering and receiving material process through leveraging an extensive network of original equipment manufacturers (OEM), suppliers, and vendors.
Capabilities
- Electrical
- Structural
- Mechanical
- Integrated Systems
- Crew training and course development
- Post Delivery Availability (PDA)
- Post Shakedown Availability (PSA)
- Docking Selected Repair Availability (DRSA)
- Planned Maintenance Availability (PMAV)
- Continuous Maintenance Availability (CMAV)
- Emergent Repair (EM)
- Program Management
- Engineering, work control/tagout, logistics, project scheduling, progressing, and quality control
- Planning, estimating, forecasting, budgeting Integrated
- Logistics Support
- Identification and procurement of spare parts
- Crew training and indoctrination
- Technical and service manual update
San Diego Repair Facility
Austal USA’s San Diego operations are centered around the waterfront dry-dock facility in National City adjacent to Naval Base San Diego. The 15-acre site focuses on ship repair for U.S. Navy, Military Sealift Command, and U.S. Coast Guard ships.
Dry Dock Independence has a 9,000 light ton lifting capacity. It is 531 feet (162 meters) long and 154 feet (47 meters) wide, with a wingwall width of 13.12 feet (4.0 meters) and a maximum draft of 36 feet (11 meters). The dry dock cranes have a combined lifting capacity of 16 metric tons.
Services at the repair facility include technical and material support, topside work, and drydocking availabilities. The facility enables more availabilities to be completed in the ships' home port of San Diego reducing the strain on the fleet and Sailors.