Vigor Marine has secured a $73.42m contract for a 215-day shipyard availability period for the regular overhaul and dry docking of the Military Sealift Command’s submarine tender, USS Emory S. Land (AS 39).
Work on the firm-fixed-price contract is scheduled to begin on 1 May 2026 and finish by 1 December 2026.
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The agreement covers an initial package of work and includes five additional options that remain unexercised. If these options are taken up, the overall value of the contract could rise to $74.81m.
Funding for the project comprises $68.48m from fiscal year 2026 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds, which will expire at the end of the fiscal year, and $4.95m from Navy working capital funds that will not expire at fiscal year-end.
The contracting activity is Military Sealift Command in Norfolk, Virginia.
The procurement process was competitive, with proposals sought through the government-wide Point of Entry website; one offer was received.
USS Emory S. Land entered service on 7 July 1979 as the first in its class of submarine tenders designed primarily to support Los Angeles-class fast attack submarines.
The vessel operates with a combined crew of Sailors and Civilian Mariners under the administrative control of Commander Submarine Force, US Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and operational control from Commander, Submarine Group 7 in Yokosuka, Japan.
The ship provides intermediate level maintenance and repairs along with hotel services and logistical support to deployed guided missile and fast attack submarines operating within the US Fifth and Seventh Fleet areas of responsibility.
The vessel can also deliver repair and logistics services to deployed surface combatants and ships.
In May last year, Vigor Marine CM San Diego, a division of Vigor Marine Group, completed a Continuous Maintenance Availability on USS Tripoli (LHA 7), returning it five days ahead of schedule with support from over 250 workers.
