USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Arrives at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding to Start its Refueling and Complex Overhaul
Key Highlights
- ➤USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) begins refueling and complex overhaul at HII (HII)
- ➤RCOH includes defueling and refueling of Truman’s power plant
- ➤RCOH covers repairs to propellers, sea chests, shafts, and rudders
- ➤Truman becomes eighth Nimitz-class carrier to undergo this major mid-life availability
Expert Statements
Bryan Caccavale, NNS vice president of program management
“We’ve taken a proactive approach, from ordering long lead-time materials to conducting thousands of inspections and preliminary work, to ensure the RCOH of USS Harry S. Truman is successful.”
Bryan Caccavale, NNS vice president of program management
“This extensive engineering and construction project to ready the ship to rejoin the fleet is a team effort, across shipbuilders, suppliers and our Navy partners, and we are honored to do our part.”
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Sept. 30, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) arrived at HII’s (NYSE: HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division today to start its refueling and complex overhaul (RCOH) after years of advance planning.
“We’ve taken a proactive approach, from ordering long lead-time materials to conducting thousands of inspections and preliminary work, to ensure the RCOH of USS Harry S. Truman is successful,” said Bryan Caccavale, NNS vice president of program management. “This extensive engineering and construction project to ready the ship to rejoin the fleet is a team effort, across shipbuilders, suppliers and our Navy partners, and we are honored to do our part.”
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