Oriskany 1952: The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CVA-34) moored at Yokosuka, Japan, circa 1952-53. Note the dusting of snow on the flight deck, loaded numerous aircraft of Carrier Air Group 102 (redesignated CVG-12 4 February 1953). A Commencement Bay-class escort carrier is moored alongside and US-built Tacoma-class frigates are visible in the background.
Ship Repair Facility Yokosuka and Detachment Sasebo are responsible for maintaining and repairing the 22 Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) ships serving in U.S. SEVENTH Fleet and the ships deployed to SEVENTH Fleet AOR from stateside.
As a federal employee at SRF-JRMC Yokosuka, you’ll help operate a medium-sized, full-service, non-nuclear naval shipyard providing modernization, maintenance and repair through depot-level maintenance availabilities (including dry-dockings), Continuous Maintenance (CM), Fleet Technical Assistance (FTA), and emergent/voyage repairs (VR).
The U.S. civil service (USCS) workforce is critical to the daily operations of SRF-JRMC, providing engineering, technical, supervisory, advisory, managerial, financial, security and other services that cannot be delegated to foreign nationals, which comprises the bulk of the SRF workforce. Additionally, USCS and military personnel provide most FTA support.
You’ll find working at an FDNF maintenance activity to be quite challenging, yet most satisfying. The talented, multinational work force in Japan is unique and helps make your Japan tour broader professionally and personally rewarding. The resulting team effort has earned SRF-JRMC an enviable reputation. Working at PSNS&IMF Det, you’ll also reap many benefits working in this unique environment. Globalize your Career!
Working in Japan offers you both the experience and opportunity of a lifetime unlike anything else you’ll ever experience. The pace is high speed – you’ll perform more in a tighter timeframe. You’ll learn more, and you’ll learn it faster. You’ll have more responsibility and authority. Serving in Japan can be good for your personal development and good for your career. Globalize Your Career!
SASEBO BAY, Japan: The amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42) transits the Sasebo Bay. Germantown is assigned to the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and is currently underway in the 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class James Vazquez/Released)
Ship Repair Facility Yokosuka and Detachment Sasebo are responsible for maintaining and repairing the 22 Forward Deployed Naval Forces (FDNF) ships serving in U.S. SEVENTH Fleet and the ships deployed to SEVENTH Fleet AOR from stateside.
As a federal employee at SRF-JRMC Det Sasebo, you’ll help operate a medium-sized, full-service regional maintenance center (RMC) that contracts ship maintenance repair work to the private sector in support of depot level maintenance availabilities and provides organic continuous maintenance (CM), emergent/voyage repairs (VR), and Fleet Technical Assistance (FTA).
The U.S. civil service (USCS) workforce is critical to the daily operations of SRF-JRMC, providing engineering, technical, supervisory, advisory, managerial, financial, security and other services that cannot be delegated to foreign nationals, which comprises the bulk of the SRF workforce. Additionally, USCS and military personnel provide most FTA support.
You’ll find working at an FDNF maintenance activity to be quite challenging, yet most satisfying. The talented, multinational work force in Japan is unique and helps make your Japan tour broader professionally and personally rewarding. The resulting team effort has earned SRF-JRMC an enviable reputation. Working at PSNS&IMF Det, you’ll also reap many benefits working in this unique environment. Globalize your Career!
Working in Japan offers you both the experience and opportunity of a lifetime unlike anything else you’ll ever experience. The pace is high speed – you’ll perform more in a tighter timeframe. You’ll learn more, and you’ll learn it faster. You’ll have more responsibility and authority. Serving in Japan can be good for your personal development and good for your career. Globalize Your Career!
YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 1, 2015) The aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) arrives pier-side at Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Japan. Ronald Reagan replaces USS George Washington (CVN 73) as America's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Peter Burghart/Released)
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF) established a Yokosuka detachment in 2006 to maintain the forward deployed nuclear powered aircraft carrier (CVN) that arrived in Yokosuka in 2008. PSNS & IMF Det Yokosuka specializes in supporting CVN maintenance and has a U.S. civil service (USCS) workforce of 70 to 75 personnel. In addition to CVN maintenance, the detachment is responsible for maintaining the three maintenance barges as well as CVN repair material management.
PSNS Det Yokosuka has USCS positions in the following areas: RADCON (radiation control), nuclear and non-nuclear engineering, material management, production and executive support. CVN depot-level repair and maintenance is accomplished by a temporary duty (TDY) workforce provided primarily by PSNS & IMF and augmented by Norfolk Naval Shipyard.