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COVID-19 PPE and Cleaning Supplies Team Ensures America’s Shipyard is Fitted with Tools Needed to Minimize the Spread
August 11, 2020
Carrier Assistant Project Superintendent (APS) Tim Riley fills up a hand sanitizer bottle at the refillable station in Bldg. 298.
Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s National Association of Superintendents Awarded Eight Scholarship Winners
August 11, 2020
NNSY's NAS 2020 Scholarship winners and their families.
Dominion Energy "A" Days: How NNSY Can Conserve Energy
August 5, 2020
Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) Installation Energy Manger, Emory “Biff” Wilson monitors the Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems throughout the shipyard. This monitoring is completed on the Direct Digital Controls (DDC) system, which allows Wilson to monitor, adjust, manage and troubleshoot all HVAC systems aboard NNSY. The DDC system can raise and lower temperatures in various buildings in an effort to maximize energy efficiency and it is one of the many tools utilized in NNSY’s energy conservation program.
Norfolk Naval Shipyard Completes Missile Operate Sequence Testing in Record Time
August 5, 2020
The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Wyoming (SSBN 742) returns to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay following routine operations.
SurgeMain Reservists Support Fleet Delivery at Norfolk Naval Shipyard
July 31, 2020
Captain Jonathan Jett-Parmer, Commanding Officer, SurgeMain Norfolk, visits Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) July 23 to meet with SurgeMain reservist Sailors supporting a variety of ship projects between now and September 2021. NNSY has currently onboarded 127 SurgeMain Sailors since July 6 and is expected to attain more than 480.
Fleet Maintenance Submarines pushes to goal of 100 percent on-time delivery
July 31, 2020
Dustin Spitler (left), Shop 89 mechanic, and Carlos Ellis, Shop 89 shipwright supervisor, installs a scaffold on the vertical launch platform onboard Virginia class submarine, USS New Mexico (SSN 779).
Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s COVID-19 Backshift Disinfectant Crew Helps Minimize the Spread
July 28, 2020
A Backshift disinfectant crew member thoroughly cleans every corner of a workstation. As Electrical Shop (Shop 67) Work Manager Zachary Williams said “Our job is to make sure they are as safe as humanly possible. We don’t skip or cut corners. We demonstrate Excellence by doing a thorough job.” Please let me know if there is anything else I can help with.
Norfolk Naval Shipyard takes next step in reclaiming Voluntary Protection Program Star Site Status
July 28, 2020
Norfolk Naval Shipyard achieved a significant step in its journey to recertify as a Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star Site, submitting its application to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) July 27. Photo by Shelby West, NNSY Photographer.
Shipyard Spotlight: Stephen Dougherty
July 14, 2020
Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Nuclear Operations (Code 300N) Assistant Project Superintendent Stephen Dougherty makes facemasks for his project team members in Kings Bay, Georgia.
EDP Highlight: Rachel Yarasavich
July 14, 2020
Code 254 Naval Architect Rachel Yarasavich is the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Executive Development Program (EDP) Highlight for July 2020. She was recently selected as one of NNSY’s four candidates in Cadre 9 of the EDP and is excited to step out of her comfort zone.