Dredging for the Navy’s largest construction project (PHOTO)

Dredging continues for the Navy’s largest construction project awarded to date, the Dry Dock 5 project at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.

Dry Dock 5 is designed for a 150-year service life and will replace Dry Dock 3, which is incapable of docking current Virginia-class Navy submarines.

Under the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program, Dry Dock 5 will have the dimensions and capabilities to accommodate depot-level maintenance for all current and future planned U.S. Navy attack submarines.

Dry Dock 5 construction commenced after a traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony on Aug. 19, 2023. Major in-water construction works for the new dry dock in Pearl Harbor are being performed by the contractor Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV (DHO JV).

The construction of the Dry Dock 5 is scheduled for completion in 2027.