The Dam Neck Story
Captain Henry Holmes and crew in front of Dam Neck Mills Life Saving Station:
(left to right), Captain Holmes, Blackie (dog), Richard Melson, Joe Evans,
Manning Gray, Charlie Barco, Charlie Gray, Joe Owens, John Joesy.
The crew is arranged in order of length of service.
CDSA’s beginnings as the Fleet Computer Programming Center,1963 under COMTRALANT (63-69), CINCLANTFLT (69-72).
NEW SHIP CLASSES ENTER THE FLEET
A NEW NAME - A NEW COMMAND
July 1, 1971
RNTDS ARCHITECTURE &PERFORMANCE DEFINED
MODEL 4
CAPT Gershon XO
John May/CAPT Rodgers
Bldg 127S constructionFirst addition
1984
BRACSPHD Logos
90’s CHANGE ACCELERATES
LAB REALIGNMENT (OVER D 92)– NMWEA & SEABAT to come to Dam Neck– All parts of PHD in Naval Surface Warfare center
BRAC 93– NMWEA goes to Panama City– SEABAT to Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, RI
BRAC 95– BRAC’ed to the Fleet Combat Training Center– Retained alignment with PHD as detachment (East Coast Ops Dam Neck Detachment, PHD)
1997 - SEABAT Engineers on board1998 - NISEAST ONI/CNSG Engineers on board
Growth Continues
New addition dedicated to RADM Grace M. Hopper13 October 1994.
1998
BG Interoperability Situation
• Leads to DEP;• D - 30 Process• BFAO
10
DEP CONFIGURATION
E-2C G2 SSC - San Diego SIF
F-14D PT Mugu
CV-67 USS KennedyDD-981 USS John Hancock
LHD-5 USS Bataan ICSTF - San Diego
FFG-50 USS TaylorDD-963 USS Spruance
FFG-36 USS Underwood Dam Neck
DDG-64 USS CarneySimulation Control Center
ATRC
DDG-68 USS The SullivansDDG-74 USS McFaul
Wallops Island
CG-61 USS Monterey NSWCDD - ACC
Battlegroup LINK Monitor NCTSI
A New MillenniumDam Neck becomes NAVSEA CDSAas part of NSWC Dahlgren Division
CEC UNDERWAY 10 & 11 Completed 7 - 12 MayOPEVAL VACAPES
High
Performance
Computing
Support for the Warfighter never stops!LHA Upgrade supports the war on Terrorism
AEGIS DDG 51
CDSA SUPPORTS SYSTEMS OR EQUIPMENT ON ALL OF THESE CLASSES
AGF
AOE
ARS
CG
AS
CV
CVN
DDG
DD
FFG
LHA
LHD
LST
MCM
MHC
LPD
LCC
MCS
LSD