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USS Bataan Receives Energy Excellence Award

by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Asheka Lawrence-Reid
10 August 2020

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200609-N-VP266-1042 BAB EL-MANDEB STRAIT (June 9, 2020) The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), front, the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12), the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) and the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) are underway in formation through the Bab El-Mandeb Strait, June 9, 2020. Bataan, with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and with embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three critical choke points to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Griffin Kersting/Released)
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200609-N-VP266-1042 BAB EL-MANDEB STRAIT (June 9, 2020) The amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), front, the dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12), the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) and the guided-missile destroyer USS James E. Williams (DDG 95) are underway in formation through the Bab El-Mandeb Strait, June 9, 2020. Bataan, with the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group and with embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is deployed to the 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three critical choke points to the free flow of global commerce. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Griffin Kersting/Released)
Photo By: Petty Officer 3rd Class Griffin Kersting
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The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5) received the Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Energy Excellence Award, afloat large amphibious category, for actions performed during fiscal year 2019 while preparing for deployment in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 2nd, 5th and 6th Fleet area of operations.

The SECNAV Energy Excellence Awards recognize those Navy and Marine Corps activities that demonstrate exceptional leadership and sustained excellence in energy program management, contributing to energy security, improved readiness and mission capability across the Department of the Navy (DoN).

Bataan’s leadership team aggressively promoted energy conservation and awareness by embracing the guidance and strategies provided in the Shipboard Energy Conservation Guide. As a result, Bataan made significant strides in energy conservation throughout fiscal year 2019, setting the standard for engineering and navigation excellence.

"Our team of disciplined professionals spent many late hours honing their skills in all facets of shipboard readiness," said Capt. Bryan Carmichael, commanding officer of Bataan. "I could not be more proud of the men and women of ‘Big 5’ and we acknowledge their hard work through this truly prestigious award."

During command indoctrination Sailors are provided energy conservation and pollution abatement training ensuring they understand the importance and necessity of energy conservation.

One of the many ways Bataan succeeded was their conservation of fuel while in-port steaming and during underway steaming by reducing the amount of redundant equipment online within the engineering plant.

"Bataan incorporated energy conservation into our daily operation by ensuring our fan coil units were kept clean and aggressively worked on ones that were in high use," said Cmdr. Jon Miller, Bataan’s chief engineering officer. "Furthermore, the engineering plant was configured for economy steaming operations during all available opportunities to ensure maximum fuel economy during long periods in-between underway replenishments during the global COVID pandemic. Ship personnel were trained in keeping thermostats set and maintaining air conditioning boundaries in unusually arduous heat environments while deployed to the Arabian Gulf during the summer months."

Bataan recently returned from a seven-month deployment, where 2,500 Sailors and embarked Marines worked with regional allies and partners to conduct training and at-sea exercises. They are now preparing to enter a planned maintenance period.

 


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