The regional maintenance center is partnering with Vigor Marine on the project.
The approximately $90 million in repairs and upgrades is expected to include a major combat systems installation. Lawrence on March 9 in Dry Dock 4 in the shipyard for maintenance. The Hawaii Regional Maintenance Center docked the Pearl Harbor-based William P. “I want to assure everyone that we will do everything possible to maintain the operational readiness of JBPHH while protecting the safety of our base employees, our service members and their families.” Tammie Harris, the deputy joint base commander, said in a release. “We are grateful to the first responders who helped us investigate and secure the potential incident,” Col. “During the investigation, those tours were suspended, and guests at both the USS Missouri Memorial and the Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum on Ford Island sheltered in place as well,” the base said. Tours to the USS Arizona Memorial and other museums in Pearl Harbor have resumed, the joint base said in a release. Units from the Honolulu Police Department and Federal Fire Department responded to assist in the investigation with joint base security and other emergency personnel. The Hickam side of the base ended its shelter order first, followed by an “all clear” that cancelled the security watch at about 1:30 p.m.Ī “person of interest” was sought out, questioned, and found to have no involvement, an official said. Motorists who were not able to leave the joint base due to the lockdown vented their frustration on social media.Īt 9:39 a.m., entrances to the joint base were secured and the shelter-in-place order was given for what the base referred to as a “security incident.” Personnel working in Dry Dock 4, where work on surface ships is conducted mainly by contractors, were evacuated to Dry Dock 1 during the lockdown, officials said.īomb-sniffing dogs could be seen working along the waterfront.
HAWAII LOCKDOWN WINDOWS
Lawrence in the shipyard’s Dry Dock 4 led to a lengthy Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam lockdown today, bottling up thousands who were told to shelter in place and avoid windows in the event of flying glass, officials said. The latest COVID outbreak comes during peak tourism season in Sanya, a popular surfing spot.Īll entertainment venues including spas, karaoke bars and pubs have been closed since last week, but essential services such as supermarkets and pharmacies remain open.Two phoned-in bomb threats claiming an explosive device was on the destroyer USS William P.
The country's borders have also remained largely closed since early 2020, halting international tourism. Hotels in the city have been asked to offer guests a 50 percent discount until the travel restrictions ease, an official said during a news briefing Saturday.Ĭhina is the only major economy still holding fast to a zero-COVID strategy with snap lockdowns and long quarantines, battering local tourism. Tourists who want to leave must test negative in five PCR tests over seven days, health authorities said. Tourism hotspot Sanya is a city of more than a million people on the southern island of Hainan, where 483 COVID cases were reported Sunday.Īll flights out of the city were cancelled over the weekend, with authorities also halting train ticket sales.
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