Construction begins at Pearl Harbor shipyard

Construction begins at Pearl Harbor shipyard
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Feb 22, 2009 10:03:26 EST

HONOLULU — A $25.5 million construction project has broken ground at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, the first of 30 projects in a major modernization plan.

The Pentagon could spend up to $800 million on modernizing the shipyard over the next three decades to meet the needs of the Pacific Fleet.

Most of the shipyard’s structures were built between 1913 and 1945.

Capt. Greg R. Thomas, the shipyard commander, said the structures are in “desperate need of modernization” and that the facilities’ layout is “outdated and inefficient.”

More than 90 percent of the shipyard’s work is on submarines. The first Virginia-class nuclear attack submarine, the USS Hawaii, will be home-ported at Pearl Harbor this summer.


Rest of article at: http://navytimes.com/news/2009/02/ap_pearl_harbor_modernization_022209/%2e

The Navy Yard is quite historic and many of the buildings/structures are from the pre-ww2 period.

Actually USS Hawaii is the 3rd unit, not so surprising USS Virginia is the 1st (with USS Texas in between).