USS Bataan receives hybrid metal/polymer AM capability; Navy afloat AM moves from demonstration toward programmatic adoption.

• 01US Navy — Metal 3D Printer Installed on USS Bataan2022-11-04

  Official Navy news story on the first metal 3D printer permanently installed aboard a US Navy ship (USS Bataan). Note the installation was announced in November 2022, slightly earlier than this event's 2023 dating; the 2023 dating reflects the operational-use milestones below. navy.mil returns HTTP 403 to automated link checkers (bot filtering); the page loads normally in browsers.

• 02Seapower Magazine — NAVSEA Improves Readiness of USS Bataan with New 3D Printing Capability2023-08-23

  Coverage of the NAVSEA release documenting USS Bataan's crew completing first metal 3D part fabrication and replacement (a de-ballast component) using the Phillips Additive Hybrid capability in 2023 — supporting the shift from demonstration toward operational readiness use afloat.

• 03US Navy public reporting
• 04DoD AM research

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AM Roadmap. (2023). USS Bataan receives hybrid metal/polymer AM capability; Navy afloat AM moves from demonstration toward programmatic adoption.. AM Roadmap (v0.5.2-evidence-gaps-closed). Retrieved 2026-08-24, from https://amroadmap.com/timeline/past-2023-defense-deployment-10

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@misc{amroadmap_uss_bataan_receives_hybrid_metal_polymer_2023,
  title  = {USS Bataan receives hybrid metal/polymer AM capability; Navy afloat AM moves from demonstration toward programmatic adoption.},
  author = {{AM Roadmap}},
  year   = {2023},
  url    = {https://amroadmap.com/timeline/past-2023-defense-deployment-10},
  note   = {AM Roadmap dataset v0.5.2-evidence-gaps-closed, accessed 2026-08-24}
}

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