Project Overview
The USS Yorktown is a seventy-two-year-old decommissioned Essex-class aircraft carrier berthed at the Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Patriots Point Development Authority (PPDA) needed a comprehensive structural evaluation of the Yorktown completed in a short amount of time.
PPDA selected Collins to provide the evaluation. Collins’ assessment included the exterior hull above and below the mud line using engineer-divers, the interior hull, all accessible interior compartments, estimation of corrosion rates and monitoring, recommendations for repairs, and cost estimates. The final deliverable was a clear and concise summary of the condition of the vessel’s exterior hull, 2,000 interior compartments, a cost estimate for each space, and a cost estimate for the overall repair project.