laststandonzombieisland

The following list was released today, including the vessels set to decom next year. Looks like the last of the Oliver Hazard Perry class frigates are toast.  Two ships are going to mothballs, one (Observation Island) to the scrappers, one submarine to be recycled, a minesweeper laid up for parts, and the rest possibly given to foreign governments.

“The projected FY14 ship inactivation schedule for inactivating U.S. naval ships is promulgated as follows to facilitate fleet planning efforts to conduct an inactivation availability:

Ship Name Inactivation Post Decom Status

USS FORD (FFG 54) 31 Oct 2013 See Note 1

USS THACH (FFG 43) 15 Nov 2013 See Note 1

USS NICHOLAS (FFG 47) 17 Mar 2014 See Note 1

USS DE WERT (FFG 45) 04 Apr 2014 See Note 1

USS RENTZ (FFG 46) 23 May 2014 See Note 1

USS HALYBURTON (FFG 40) 08 Sep 2014 See Note 1

USS ROBERT G BRADLEY (FFG 49) 28 Mar 2014 See Note 1

USNS OBSERVATION ISLAND (T-AGM 23)01 Apr 2014 See Note 2

USS AVENGER (MCM 1) 30 Aug 2014 See Note 3

USS DALLAS (SSN 700) 26 Sep 2014 See Note 4

USNS BRIDGE (T-AOE 10) 30 Sep 2014 See Note 5

USS DENVER (LPD 9) 30 Sep 2014 See Note 5

Note 1: Designated for foreign military sale (cold). It is Navy policy that ships designated for FMS transfer shall not be stripped. Stripping of ships provides diminished operational capability to maritime partners and corrodes our efforts to build maritime partner capacity. TYCOMS are required to ensure strict adherence to this direction. NAVSEA PMS 326 will issue additional guidance via SEPCOR to Fleet TYCOMS identifying non-transferrable technology. Except in the case of C3/C4 emergent CASREPS, no removals of installed equipment (e.g., Combat, C4I, HME SYSTEMS, etc.) will be permitted except as specifically authorized by OPNAV N9I in response to a record request submitted by PEO IWS or respective NAVSEA ship program office no later than 90 days prior to the ships official retirement date that includes: a comprehensive list (by ship) of specific installed equipment desired for removal; justification for the removal that includes evidence that the Navy supply system, TYCOM/RMC is unable to fulfill the requirement; an assessment of the requestor’s ability to restore the equipment in operational condition in the event the vessel transfers as a cold FMS ship; and coordination via the respective Systems Command. All other equipment/supply removals are to be conducted per ref (a).

Note 2: Dismantlement (scrap). MSC shall submit a naval message per ref (b) NLT 90 days prior to the ships’ inactivation to CNO WASHINGTON DC //00/09/N4/N42/N9/N9I//, COPY COMNAVSEASYSCOM WASHINGTON DC//SEA 05/21/, INACTSHIPOFF PORTSMOUTH VA//00/01// and supporting activities advising of the planned retirement, disposition, and funding ISO the ships’ inactivation. MSC shall coordinate directly with NAVSEA 21I regarding lay-up requirements and custody transfer to either NAVSEA or MARAD. MSC shall adhere to refs (b) and (c) status reporting requirements.

Note 3: Utilize as a logistic support asset primarily ISO remaining ships in its class.

Note 4: Date inactivation begins in a naval shipyard and the unit is no longer available for operational tasking. Official status of the vessel will be in-commission/in-reserve (ICIR) pending final decommissioning. Final decom date shall be reported to the CNO and NVR Custodian per refs (b) and (c).

Note 5: Retain in a retention status under NAVSEA custody ISO future mobilization requirements. 3. Per refs (b) and (d), COMPACFLT and COMUSFLTFORCOM shall coordinate with their respective Type Commanders and submit an organizational change request (OCR) with enough lead time for OPNAV to staff and approve the final decommissioning/inactivation of a naval vessel. 4. Per ref (b), all ship Commanding Officers/Masters or Ship Immediate Superior in Command (ISIC) shall send a separate naval message announcing that the actual retirement date has occurred. It shall be addressed to CNO WASHINGTON DC//00/09/N1/N2/N6/N4/N3/N5/ support activities, COMNAVSEASYSCOM WASHINGTON DC//SEA 05C/SEA 21// and NAVHISTHERITAGECOM N8/N9/N9I//. Info addees shall include the chain of command, all appropriate WASHINGTON DC. Message should give a brief history of the life of the ship to include significant events. 5. Adjustments to a ship’s official inactivation date that crosses the current fiscal year must be coordinated with OPNAV N9I per ref (b) due to the reporting requirement that Navy must inform Congress on execution year force structure changes that differ from what Congress authorized/appropriated and signed into law by the President. OPNAV shall promulgate changes to the inactivation year as required.