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On this page we will dedicate postings related to the final disposition of CONCORD - The SINKEX! These photos were taken
of Concord as she is nearing the end of a great life. Photos courtesy of MSC Public Affairs. Hopefully as
things progress, we'll get some more photos. CVA members are on the ball, writing Congressmen in an effort to get some
information and cooperation! BZ!
 UPDATE JULY 28, 2010 - See email from Office of Legislative Affairs From: Hudson, Jessica M LCDR OLA, LA-64 Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:58 PM To: Lausten, Eric Cc: Robb, Douglas A LT OLA, LA-4 Subject: USNS Concord SINK-EX (AUG 2010) Good afternoon Eric, Received your question from Doug over in our House office. CONCORD is being prepped by INACTSHIPMAINTO PEARL as a SINKEX hull as you indicated in your e-mail. However, it has not been sunk and is not on schedule to be sunk for this year and may be in storage for a while. CNO has actually halted all SINKEX's after this year's planned exercises (RIMPAC - completed) and VALIENT SHIELD (TBD) are completed (CONCORD is not a part of either of those). Please let me know if you have any further questions/ concerns. Jessica
Click here for Photos of towing in Pearl Harbor Randy Vick writes Congressman for assistance! Read Randy's letter here!
Here's some info garnered by Steve Larsen:
From: Lausten, Eric
<Eric.Lausten@mail.house.gov> Steve, While I continue to seek out additional information on the USNS Concord, I wanted to pass along to you what I received from the Navy congressional affairs office. It appears that the Concord will be used in a Sink Exercise (SINKEX), and that while this process has begun, it will not likely occur until sometime next year (see below text from Navy). I will follow up with additional information as I get it. – Eric USNS Concord is designated for use in a Navy SINKEX for Fleet training purposes, not an artificial reef. The environmental preparations for SINKEX have recently begun and are scheduled to complete in August 2010. The ship is at INACTSHIPMAINTO Pearl Harbor. However, there is no date scheduled for the SINKEX event. For Fleet exercises, requests for public release of photos of a SINKEX event should go to the COMPACFLT public affairs officer. From PACFLEET's website, the Public Affairs Officer contact info is: Public Affairs Officer (N00PA) Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet 250 Makalapa Dr. Pearl Harbor, HI 96860-3131 Office: (808) 471-3769 Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:52 PM To: Steven Larsen Cc: Lausten, Eric Subject: RE: USNS Concord Hi Steve – Sorry for the delay. Eric Lausten, the Congressman’s Legislative Director, handles veteran’s issues, but was out of the office last week. Obviously this has become a time-sensitive issue for you, and he and I will both try to get you an answer quickly. FYI, his email is: Eric.Lausten@mail.house.gov Best, John Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 2:16 PM To: Veysey, John Subject: Re: USNS Concord John,I have not heard from the staffer handling
veteran's issues. Do you have his or hers email so I can contract them direct. We did find out that the ship has been turned
over to the people that will do the sinking but no date as to when that will happen. Thanks Steve On
Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 9:20 AM, Veysey, John <John.Veysey@mail.house.gov> wrote: Hi Steve – Thanks for writing. Hopefully we can be of assistance. I have forwarded your email on to the staffer who handles veteran’s issues for Congressman Lipinski. He’s going to see what information he can gather and get back in touch with you. Best, John Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 3:51 PM To: Veysey, John Subject: USNS Concord Hi John We meet at the Oak Lawn Town Hall Meeting earlier this year. I have a request I hope you can help
with. I am a plank owner (commissioning crew) of the USS Concord AFS-5 back in 1968, now the USNS Concord T-AFS-5. The ship
is going to be sunk for a reef off the coast of Ohau. Myself and member of the Concord Association http://www.ussconcord.org/id5.html are trying to find out when it will be sunk and if pictures or a video would be available. I know the big war ships
get a lot of attention when they are sunk but this ship means as much to us that served on her as the big war ships. The Concord
has been in service for over 40 years and has a large crew list over those years. Sincerely, N. Steven Larsen
USN(ret) 708-636-7782 10033 S. Kilbourn Oak Lawn, Il 60453
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