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Employees recognized for their communication innovation
April 12, 2021 — Two Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees were recognized by Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, PSNS & IMF, for leading a team that codified a sustainable engineering execution system, which was shared with all four U.S. Navy shipyards.The awardees, Mike Tracy, process management branch manager, Code 220, Resources,... MORE

Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, presents Bryson Delima, 2380.1RW Radioactive Waste branch head, with a Bravo Zulu sticker April 7, 2021,for co-leading a team with Mike Tracy, process management branch manager, Code 220, Resources, Training & Processes, that codified a sustainable engineering execution system, which was shared with all four U.S. Navy shipyards. Their combined efforts improved the turnaround time for Deficiency Log resolution from 2.4 days to less than one day by addressing visibility and behaviors at all levels of the command.

PSNS & IMF completes USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) availability
April 8, 2021 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s San Diego Detachment completed a Planned Incremental Availability for aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) April 7, 2021.The availability, which began Sept. 30, 2020, resulted in 230,000 man-days of work completed and an overall cost of approximately $160 million.Work... MORE

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) departs San Diego April 5, 2021, headed out to sea trials after undergoing a seven-month Planned Incremental Availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility's San Diego Detachment. Lincoln successfully completed sea trials April 7, 2021. (PSNS & IMF photo by Robin Lee)

Chief of Naval Operations visits PSNS & IMF
December 16, 2020 — Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility to learn about workforce challenges and planned Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program upgrades.He also participated in a shipyard tour, which gave him the opportunity to interface with the shipyard’s civilian and military... MORE

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday discusses future Dry dock 6 seismic upgrades with Chris Hughes, Code 312, Carrier Program manager, Dec. 16, 2020, during Gilday’s tour of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

New commander takes charge of PSNS & IMF in unique socially distanced ceremony
December 2, 2020 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility welcomed its new commander during a unique change of command ceremony here, Dec. 2, which was arranged to protect participants and audience members from COVID-19.Capt. Jip Mosman relieved Capt. Dianna Wolfson during the ceremony in the historic Building 460. Wolfson had commanded PSNS &... MORE

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility welcomed its new commander Dec. 2, 2020, at the shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, during a unique change of command ceremony that was arranged to protect participants and audience members from COVID-19. Capt. Jip Mosman relieved Capt. Dianna Wolfson during the ceremony in the historic Building 460. Vice Adm. William J. Galinis, commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, participated in the event via teleconference from NAVSEA headquarters in Washington, D.C. (PSNS & IMF photo by Carie Hagins)

PSNS & IMF Innovation Lab designs, builds prototype LED disinfecting devices to combat COVID-19
November 25, 2020 — A team of innovators from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility designed and built two handheld ultraviolet-C LED disinfecting prototype devices that are currently being tested to determine how effective they are at killing COVID-19 on surfaces.According to Branden Doyle, the nuclear innovation program manager with Code... MORE

Branden Doyle, Code 2301 nuclear innovation program manager, sanitizes a crescent wrench Nov. 13, 2020 using a UVC-LED Handheld Sanitizer designed by employees in the PSNS Innovation Lab in Building 435 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

USS Bremerton continues inactivation process
October 23, 2020 — Los Angeles-class submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) entered Dry Dock 1 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Oct. 14, 2020, to continue its inactivation process.According to Gary Van Horn, project superintendent, while the ship is in dry dock, the propulsion plant will be deactivated and defueled; components and parts... MORE

Los Angeles-class submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) entered Dry Dock 1 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Oct. 14, 2020, to continue its inactivation process. (PSNS & IMF photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Mobile devices now available for PSNS & IMF workforce
October 20, 2020 — More than 700 employees at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility are taking advantage of portable tablet technology that increases efficiency, reduces delays and puts valuable information within reach, wherever they are working.The tablets, which are part of the command’s Mobile Workforce Enablement initiative, have been... MORE

Anh Tran with Code 105, Radiological Controls, uses a tablet while conducting work on the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility waterfront as part of the command’s Mobile Workforce Enablement initiative, which increases efficiency, reduces delays and puts valuable information within reach of employees, wherever they are working. (PSNS & IMF photo by Wendy Hallmark)

PSNS & IMF holds socially-distanced apprentice graduation ceremony, honors students virtually
October 16, 2020 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Apprentice School graduated 236 students Oct. 16, in a ceremony unlike any other in the school’s 119-year history. Held in Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton’s “F Lot,” students received their diplomas and other graduation materials via a drive-through tunnel in observation of COVID-19... MORE

Aaron Crutchfield, left, Shop 26 Welders, receives his graduation certificate from Shop 26 superintendent Steven Dibert Oct. 16, 2020, during the annual Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Apprentice School Graduation ceremony in "F Lot" on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

Plank owner graduate selected as new deputy director for Southwest Regional Apprentice Program
September 30, 2020 — Mtume Salaam, a 2014 graduate of the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center Apprentice Program in San Diego, California, was selected to be the new Deputy Apprentice Program Administrator at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment San Diego.Salaam is a graduate of the school’s first class of journey-level trade... MORE

Mtume Salaam, a 2014 graduate of the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center Apprentice Program in San Diego, California, was selected to be the new Deputy Apprentice Program Administrator at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment San Diego. (PSNS & IMF photo by Jeremy Moore)

USS Carl Vinson completes availability, returns to San Diego
August 27, 2020 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility completed a docking planned incremental availability on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) today, as the aircraft carrier completed sea trials enroute to San Diego, where it was homeported prior to its arrival at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Jan. 20, 2019.Upon its arrival in San Diego, Vinson’s... MORE

The USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) makes its way past Point Herron Aug. 23, 2020 after departing Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. PSNS & IMF completed a docking planned incremental availability on Vinson Aug. 27, 2020, as the aircraft carrier completed sea trials enroute to San Diego, where it was homeported prior to its arrival at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Jan. 20, 2019.(PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

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