![]() ![]() Naval Sea Systems Command is the largest of the Navy's five systems commands. Navy has made it a priority to ensure Fitzgerald returns to a peak state of warfighting readiness to contribute to an agile and dynamic fleet. Throughout this restoration period, the U.S. "I'm proud of this crew's hard work over the past year and look forward returning to the fleet with enhanced warfighting capability and lethality." Garrett Miller, Fitzgerald's commanding officer. "This undocking is a step forward and brings us that much closer to getting Fitzgerald back out to sea - where the ship belongs," said Cmdr. Due to the extent and complexity of the restoration, both repair and new construction procedures are being used to accomplish the restoration and modernization efforts. ![]() The ship is also receiving HM&E, Combat System and C5I modernization upgrades. These repairs range from partial to complete refurbishment of impacted spaces to replacement of equipment such as the radar and electronic warfare suite. To restore the impacted spaces to full operations and functionality, various Hull, Mechanical and Electrical (HM&E), Combat System (CS) and Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (C5I) repairs are being conducted. "We're excited to have the ship back in the water where we can begin outfitting and testing efforts in support of getting the ship and crew back underway." Jim Downey, deputy commander for surface warfare and commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center. "The complexity of this overhaul has been challenging, but our planning team at Bath Iron Works and waterfront team at HII is executing repairs and installing upgrades so that Fitzgerald returns to our Sailors lethal and mission-ready," said Rear Adm. Since the ship's arrival in Pascagoula in January 2018, work has focused on restoring the integrity of the hull and topside structures that were damaged during a collision in 2017 that claimed the lives of seven Sailors. The launch reflects more than a year's worth of effort in restoring and modernizing one of the U.S. ![]() The ship achieved a milestone in its complex repair and restoration as it successfully launched and moored pierside at Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) - Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard, April 16. The guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) took another step toward returning to the fleet as a fully ready, combat-capable ship. ![]()
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