Usually the Japanese shipyards do a pretty good job with the repairs they do. I sailed in Independence back in the late nineties and they kept that old boat running. We did have a non-skid issue on our last cruise but that was because we were given a 4 day notice to get underway for what turned out to be a 5 month deployment.
Nothing like the sound of a deck grinder taking up non skid. Right? Huh? I said Nothing like the sound of a deck grinder taking up non skid. Right? Huh? LOL I loathed that sound especially a deck below the hanger bay. That will be the major time consumer on this unless they have a faster way now.
Yes they did. And the Midway before her and a lot of other '60s built FDNF hulls. When we swapped Dubuque for Juneau, it was the SRF maintained Dubuque that was able to steam back to San Diego on schedule. We spent a lot of time and money on Juneau getting her up to the level that Dubuque had been.