{"id":9216,"date":"2023-02-15T10:24:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T17:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9216"},"modified":"2023-02-15T10:24:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-15T17:24:22","slug":"new-navy-ship-repair-facility-opens-in-san-diego-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9216","title":{"rendered":"New Navy Ship Repair Facility opens in San Diego County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The original story can be read<a href=\"https:\/\/kogo.iheart.com\/featured\/kogo-local-news\/content\/2023-02-14-new-navy-ship-repair-facility-opens-in-san-diego-county\/\">\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By <span class=\"author\">Eddie McCoven<\/span><\/p>\n<section class=\"content-block type-html\">\n<div class=\"component-embed-html\">\n<p><strong>NATIONAL CITY &#8211;\u00a0<\/strong>A new Navy ship repair and support center has opened at the South end of Naval Base San Diego.<\/p>\n<p>Austal USA will run the 15-acre site dedicated to smaller and mid-size vessels and is currently employing 120 people, but the company hopes to expand that workforce to about 400. The company will also be adding a 531-foot floating dry dock for littoral combat ships and Coast Guard cutters.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of the facility will help with the Navy&#8217;s new focus on the Pacific theater.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.iheart.com\/v3\/re\/new_assets\/f79fc341-a979-4863-81b0-eea1ddc6e07b?ops=resize(900,506),quality(10)\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 360px,(max-width: 481px) 480px,(max-width: 651px) 650px,(min-width: 1060px) 940px,auto \" srcset=\"https:\/\/i.iheart.com\/v3\/re\/assets.getty\/63ebe8fa2a8a53bf35682da0?ops=max(360,0),quality(70) 360w,https:\/\/i.iheart.com\/v3\/re\/assets.getty\/63ebe8fa2a8a53bf35682da0?ops=max(480,0),quality(80) 480w,https:\/\/i.iheart.com\/v3\/re\/assets.getty\/63ebe8fa2a8a53bf35682da0?ops=max(650,0),quality(80) 650w,https:\/\/i.iheart.com\/v3\/re\/assets.getty\/63ebe8fa2a8a53bf35682da0?ops=max(1060,0),quality(80) 940w\" alt=\"Two U.S. Navy Vessels Collide\" width=\"288\" height=\"162\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.iheart.com\/v3\/re\/new_assets\/f79fc341-a979-4863-81b0-eea1ddc6e07b?ops=resize(900,506),quality(10)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i.iheart.com\/v3\/re\/assets.getty\/63ebe8fa2a8a53bf35682da0?ops=max(360,0),quality(70) 360w,https:\/\/i.iheart.com\/v3\/re\/assets.getty\/63ebe8fa2a8a53bf35682da0?ops=max(480,0),quality(80) 480w,https:\/\/i.iheart.com\/v3\/re\/assets.getty\/63ebe8fa2a8a53bf35682da0?ops=max(650,0),quality(80) 650w,https:\/\/i.iheart.com\/v3\/re\/assets.getty\/63ebe8fa2a8a53bf35682da0?ops=max(1060,0),quality(80) 940w\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The original story can be read<a href=\"https:\/\/kogo.iheart.com\/featured\/kogo-local-news\/content\/2023-02-14-new-navy-ship-repair-facility-opens-in-san-diego-county\/\">\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The original story can be read\u00a0here. By Eddie McCoven NATIONAL CITY &#8211;\u00a0A new Navy ship repair and support center has opened at the South end of Naval Base San Diego. Austal USA will run the 15-acre site dedicated to smaller and mid-size vessels and is currently employing 120 people, but the company hopes to expand&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9216","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Navy Ship Repair Facility opens in San Diego County - San Diego News Desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=9216\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Navy Ship Repair Facility opens in San Diego County - San Diego News Desk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The original story can be read\u00a0here. 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