“As the first ship of the class, having the future HMCS Harry DeWolf assembled at land level is a significant milestone for the National Shipbuilding Strategy, the AOPS program, and our 1,800 shipbuilders,” said Kevin McCoy, president, Irving Shipbuilding.
With all three sections of the first AOPS joined, further outfitting of the ship will continue.
There are currently two AOPS, the future HMCS Harry DeWolf and the future HMCS Margaret Brooke, under construction at Halifax Shipyard, with steel cutting for the third AOPS, the future HMCS Max Bernays, scheduled for later this month.
The future HMCS Harry DeWolf is scheduled to be launched at Halifax Shipyard in summer 2018.
“It is clear that the National Shipbuilding Strategy is working. The Royal Canadian Navy’s ships are being built by the best shipbuilders in the most modern shipbuilding facility in North America, Canada’s shipbuilding industry is being reinvigorated, and Canadians are benefiting from coast to coast to coast,” said McCoy.
To date, Halifax Shipyard and its major subcontractors have more than $1.9 billion in spending commitments with over 250 organizations across Canada as part of the Halifax Shipyard’s facility modernization and AOPS program.
Halifax Shipyard’s spending commitments span from Newfoundland and Labrador to British Columbia, including most provinces and territories in between such as Nunavut, Ontario and Quebec. The company forecasts more than $3.17 billion of economic activity across Canada between 2013-2022 from the Halifax Shipyard’s facility modernization and AOPS construction.
