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Hispanic Heritage Month: SEP 15 - OCT 15
September 19, 2022 — From Sept. 15 through Oct. 15, Americans are asked to take the time to celebrate and honor the contributions and accomplishments of the Hispanic Americans of our nation.Rather than dividing us, this month is an opportunity to come together as a nation and lift up a community that spent many decades underappreciated for the ways they helped build,... MORE

Graphic recognizing National Hispanic Heritage Month. (U.S. Navy graphic by Taylor Curry)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Inside Shop Pillar
September 15, 2022 — More than 20 Naval Sustainment System- Shipyards stakeholders gathered in San Diego July 26-28, 2022 to collaborate and brainstorm on Inside Shop Pillar activities, such as work center transformations, improved scheduling accuracy, and developing a core cadence for Production Control Centers. The summit’s primary goal was to develop strategies to... MORE

NSS-SY Spotlight: Inside Shop Pillar graphic created by Adrienne Burns, Salute editor. Source photo used: U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark.

Video phone kiosks support deaf, hard of hearing employees
September 5, 2022 — The hum of industrial machinery, chimes of moving cranes and honks of transiting vehicles are familiar sounds around Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. However, for the shipyard’s deaf and hard of hearing employees, their daily auditory experiences are far different than that of their hearing-enabled teammates.In... MORE

Sheila Marks, personnel support technician and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employee of 34 years, demonstrates the use of one of the shipyard’s newly installed video phones. The video phones provide deaf and hard-of-hearing employees with convenient access to a live American Sign Language interpreter to assist with making phones calls to hearing-enabled individuals.
(U.S. Navy Photo by Wendy Hallmark)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Material Pillar
September 1, 2022 — Across the waterfront at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, essential tools and materials of all shapes and sizes can be found in the hands of mechanics and operators. Having the right materials at the right time is a key factor in completing maintenance availabilities on time with precision quality.The Naval... MORE

Photo used in photo illustration depicts Brianna Fry, journey mechanic, Shop 31, Machinists, Electroplaters and Toolmakers, stages tools for production at Work Center 35 in Building 431, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Team Connecticut members feel the heat during firefighting training
August 8, 2022 — The USS Connecticut (SSN 22) Project Team and USS Connecticut Ship’s Force members at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility partnered with Code 304, Ship Safety, and Navy Region Northwest Fire & Emergency Services to have members of Team Connecticut participate in realistic firefighting training July 20, at a commercial... MORE

Battalion Chief of Training Mike Applegate (left) observes firefighting inside a training structure designed to simulate a ships galley. (U.S. Navy Photo by Wendy Hallmark)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Infrastructure Pillar
August 4, 2022 — Established in 1891, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has a rich tradition of maintaining, modernizing and retiring U.S. Navy vessels on the West Coast. A walk through the shipyard provides a glimpse into the past as historic buildings pepper the landscape and remnants of an era gone by are nestled between modernized... MORE

NSS-SY Infrastructure Pillar graphic. (U.S. Navy graphic by Adrienne Burns)

Celebrating National Disability Independence Day
July 25, 2022 — This July 26 will mark the 32nd anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act, celebrated across the country as National Disability Independence Day. The ADA was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush, July 26, 1990. It was a landmark event that paved the way to establish equal opportunity for people with disabilities. It... MORE

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility leaders from CrossAbilities Employee Resource Group and Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility meet with Skookum Contract Services to learn and share best practices for employing and supporting individuals with disabilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Inside Shop Pillar
July 21, 2022 — A new standardization and improvement process is underway at all four naval shipyards thanks to a pilot program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.The Naval Sustainment System-Shipyard Inside Shop Pillar focuses on predictability regarding work completion, and improving repair and manufacturing capabilities. During... MORE

NSS-SY spotlight: Inside Shop Pillar graphic

PSNS, Carderock team installs sensors on ex-Buffalo to test new tech
July 14, 2022 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility supported Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock with the temporary installation of two new structural health monitoring systems March 28 - April 1, aboard ex-Buffalo, a decommissioned Los Angeles-class submarine here.Structural Health Monitoring systems are an offshoot of traditional... MORE

An experimental sensor used to measure structural hull health is installed inside the ex-Buffalo (SSN 715) March 30, 2022, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

Aircraft carrier centennial: Evolution of the aircraft carrier
July 11, 2022 — The history of the U.S. Navy’s use of naval vessels to launch and recover aircraft dates back to Nov. 14, 1910, when American civilian pilot Eugene Ely flew his Curtiss pusher airplane off a specifically built platform on the deck of cruiser Birmingham (Scout Cruiser No. 2) in Hampton Roads, Virginia. On Jan. 18, 1911, Ely landed on a platform... MORE

Evolution of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier infographic. (Naval History and Heritage Command graphic by Annalisa Underwood)