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Shipbuilding & Repair

IMTEC has supported the Shipbuilding and repair industry for over twenty years. Following are some of the projects we have performed. In recent time, we've performed metrology service in this industry in Chile, Mexico, Japan, Singapore and the Philippines and nearly every first and second tier shipyard in the USA including Hawaii and Alaska.

 

LCS1 USS Freedom and LCS3 USS Fort Worth

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - USS Freedom
USS Freedom Underway

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair LCS1 USS Freedom
LCSI USS Freedom, Launched/Christened
Sept 23, 2006 at Marinette, WI

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair USS Fort Worth
USS Fort Worth Launch
December 4, 2010

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair Total Mission Capability
Total Mission Capability


In 2009, IMTEC was awarded a second contract to again provide CSA services for the second Freedom Class Littoral Combat Ship, Fort Worth.   Early in 2006, IMTEC was awarded the contract to provide Combat Systems Battery Alignment services for the Nations first Littoral Combat ship, Freedom. Services continued through September 2008 when sea trials began in Lake Michigan.   Lockheed Martin – Prime contractor, Gibb & Cox Architects and Marinette Marine – Builders.   In December 2010 the Navy awarded Lockheed Martin a contract for 10 additional Freedom Class LCS vessels.

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ENFMC

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair Egyptian Navy Fast Missile Craft
IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair Egyptian Navy Fast Missile Craft
RIM-116A/B RAM

 

In December, 2009, IMTEC Group was contracted to provide Combat System Battery alignment services for four each Egyptian Navy Fast Missile Craft class ships by Lockheed Martin, Manassas, VA. The ships are currently being built by VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, MS. The contract runs through 2014.

The Egyptian FMC program is being managed as a foreign military sale by the Auxiliary Ships, Small Boats and Craft Program Office (PMS 325) in the U.S. Navy’s Program Executive Office, Ships.

Guided Missiles:
RGM-84L Harpoon Block II (8)

SAM & ABM Missiles:
RIM-116A/B RAM

Guns & Missile Launchers:
76/62 Super Rapid
Mk 15 Phalanx Block 1B
Mk-31 RAM

 

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US Navy T-AGS Vessels

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair USNS Bowditch
USNS Bowditch, Drydock – Sasebo Japan

 

Since 2007 IMTEC has provided metrology services for adding Kongsberg Multibeam echo sounders, ADCP and additional transducers to the T-AGS fleet.

The objective for this project was to characterize the vessel and locate various transducers, antennas and echo sounding equipment.

This is an Annual project performed at SSK heavy Industries, Sasebo Japan

  • Ships Retro-fitted:
  • USNS Pathfinder
  • USNS Bowditch
  • USNS Bruce Heezen
  • USNS Sumner
  • USNS Hensen
IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair
Echo Sounder Transmit and Receive Arrays are housed in a “Gondola” which is attached to the hull and must be precisely aligned with the ship base line for hydraulic flow.

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair
The Transmit and receive frames must be shimmed to achieve the Kongsberg flatness tolerance.

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair
Observing frame flatness by sighting a Hubbs Target.

 

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US Navy T-AGS Vessels

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair USNS Bruce C. Heezen
USNS Bruce C. Heezen, Drydock-Sasebo Japan

 
Orthogonal Survey for Navy’s T-AGS-60 Series, 2003 thru 2007

 
The objective for these projects was to characterize the vessel and locate various transducers, antennas and echo sounding equipment with respect to the master reference plate (MRP) located in the gyro room adjacent to the ship's store room.
 
IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair

Locating X,Y,Z coordinates of GPS Antenna Mount on the T-AGS 60 series.

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair
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IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair Navy's T-AGS-60 Series  IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair Navy's T-AGS-60 Series  IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair Navy's T-AGS-60 Series

Orthogonal Survey for Navy’s T-AGS-60 Series

After characterizing the ship through a keel survey we transferred the keel into the gyro room through an opening in the side shell.

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Navy SES-200

Metrology Services for the Navtek-Lockheed Martin Conversion of the Navy SES-200 to a HYWSAC Mid Foil Lift ship “Sea Flyer”.
 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - Navy Catamaran SES-200

The 160’ Navy Catamaran SES -200
 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair Wire Diagram Hull
Wire diagram of hull from IMTEC provided Data

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - SES-200
SES-200 in dry dock, Pacific Shipyard, Honolulu, 2002

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - Cross Section
Cross section through typical frame showing survey points (click for larger image)


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TS Enterprise

Dimensional control services – deck survey for adding deckhouse to the Cape Bon during conversion to the TS Enterprise.
 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - TS Enterprise
Built by Avondale, Gulf Clipper Cargo Ship Velma Lyles, 1967

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - TS Enterprise
Ship assigned to MSC's Ready Reserve Fleet, Re-named Cape Bon, 1985

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - TS Enterprise
New deckhouse being installed at Bender (now Signal) in 2001 during conversion to TS Enterprise

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - TS Enterprise - Auto Cad
AutoCad points defining shear and camber in deck for lofting new deckhouse

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Luxury Yacht Margaux

Metrology Services for 1.5 million dollar overhaul of the Super Yacht Margaux, Kennedy Ship, Galveston, TX, 2004.

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - Super Yacht Margaux  IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - Super Yacht Margaux  IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - Super Yacht Margaux  IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - Super Yacht Margaux

 

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NOAA M/V Gloria Michelle

Measurement services for adding Kongsberg Simrad Sonar to NOAA Vessel M/V Gloria Michelle, 2005.
 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - NOAA M/V Gloria Michelle
NOAA Shrimp Research Vessel

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - NOAA M/V Gloria Michelle
Kongsberg Transducer

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - NOAA M/V Gloria Michelle
Gloria Michelle in boatyard

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - NOAA M/V Gloria Michelle
Survey Ties Antenna to Transducer

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ATB Couplers

1999-2007, Metrology Services – Notch surveys on ATB’s for Bludworth and Intercon Couplers, Penn Maritime and Maritrans.
 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - ATB Couplers

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - ATB Couplers
Notch Survey Grid

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - ATB Couplers
Part of sample report

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Cape Bon

Dimensional accuracy control for 118’ Mid-Body addition for MSC USNS LCPL ROY M. WHEAT (T-AK 3016); container & Roll-on/Roll-off, part of the Navy’s Maritime Prepositioning Ship Squadron.
 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - Cape Bon

 

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - Cape Bon

The LCPL. Roy M. Wheat was modified from a Ukranian-built former Soviet auxiliary ship that was purchased by the Navy in 1997.

IMTEC Shipbuilding & Repair - Cape Bon
118' Midbody at Houston, December, 1998