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