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NEWS | June 8, 2023

Capt. JD Crinklaw takes over for Capt. Jip Mosman during change-of-command ceremony

By Ben Hutto, PSNS & IMF Public Affairs

Capt. JD Crinklaw became the 52nd commander of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility during a ceremony May 25, 2023, at the shipyard in Bremerton, Washington. 
Crinklaw relieved outgoing commander Capt. Jip Mosman, who commanded PSNS & IMF and its 15,000-plus employees and Sailors since December 2020. 
Shipyard employees and invited guests from the community attended the event, held in the shipyard’s historic Building 460. 
In his final remarks, Mosman thanked shipyard employees and Sailors for their hard work and dedication during his time in command. 
“Never forget that meeting our mission doesn’t happen without every single person on our team,” he said. “You each add value every day. Thank you for the opportunity to lead this team through monumental challenges and enormous accomplishments. Thank you for bringing your passion and talent to work every day. Thank you for helping me grow as a leader. And, finally, thank you for continuing to dedicate yourselves to this mission, our Sailors, the fleet and each other.” 
Mosman lead the shipyard through a period of significant transformation, overseeing operations during the COVID-19 pandemic and the seismic upgrades of three of the command’s dry docks. Mosman’s next leadership assignment will be as the commander of Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia. 
In his remarks, Crinklaw thanked those in attendance and shared part of his leadership philosophy. 
“I will leave my ego at the gate. There is always more to learn," Crinklaw said. "I will hold myself accountable. I will have the courage to urgently and frequently self-correct, building learning teams with the humility to recognize there is no grand solution, but thousands of small solutions that move us forward." 
Crinklaw was commissioned in 1998 and has served in a wide variety of ship and shore assignments. He has served aboard USS Vandegrift (FFG 48), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63), and USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). 
His shore assignments include Operations Officer, Ship Repair Facility and Japan Regional Maintenance Center; Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Test Officer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme; Deputy Repair Officer for Submarine Repair, Norfolk Naval Shipyard; Engineering Liaison to the Iraqi Navy, Umm Qasr, Iraq; Deputy Waterfront Operations Officer, Southwest Regional Maintenance Center; and Operations Officer, PSNS & IMF. He comes to PSNS & IMF from his most recent assignment at Naval Sea Systems Command, Industrial Operations. 
Rear Adm. Scott Brown, deputy commander, Industrial Operations, Naval Sea Systems Command, presided over the ceremony.