NNSY News

Latest America’s Shipyard Video Celebrates Cold Spray Team on Use of Innovative Technology
August 12, 2021 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) launched the America’s Shipyard video series earlier this year,... MORE

Code 930 Additive Repair Zone Manager Nick Allen shares the recent efforts of the Cold Spray Team with Norfolk Naval Shipyard Commander, Capt. Dianna Wolfson, during the filming of the fifth episode of America’s Shipyard

Reservists surged to assist Norfolk Naval Shipyard during height of pandemic
August 12, 2021 — A year after an unprecedented mobilization of a Navy Reserve force to reduce the public shipyard... MORE

More than 400 SurgeMain members have served at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in the past year as part of the deployment of Navy reservists across the four naval shipyards to reduce maintenance backlog due to the pandemic. Strong working relationships between the shipyard civilian workforce and reservists has been one of the biggest priorities of the effort.

NNSY Uses Innovative Underwater ROV Technology for Inspections
August 10, 2021 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Strategic Framework is a tool to communicate the shipyard’s mission and... MORE

Surface Ship Structural Planning Branch (Code 256) Naval Architect Bailey Williford and Norfolk Naval Shipyard Technology and Innovation Lab Drone Program Lead Brutis Goodson pictured with the Deep Trekker DTG3 underwater ROV.

Code 130 Graduates First Flight of its Quality Employee Development Program (QEDP)
August 5, 2021 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Strategic Framework is a tool to communicate the shipyard’s mission and... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) employees Dickson Aweanung, Candice Pollard and Raymond Pierre III present their capstone projects at the Code 130 Quality Employee Development Program graduation ceremony.

Dependable Mission Delivery Pillar Focus Area Three: Production Efficiency: Increase Cost Performance Index through High Value Improvement Actions and Tactical Targets
August 3, 2021 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) Strategic Framework is a tool to communicate the shipyard’s mission... MORE

Code 992 prepare to remove the caisson from Dry Dock 8 for the arrival of a U.S. Navy vessel.

NNSY’s Ship Access System (SAS): Providing Real-Time Accountability during Emergency Events
July 29, 2021 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) new Ship Access System (SAS) provides real-time accountability of... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) new Ship Access System (SAS) provides real-time accountability of personnel onboard vessels and is integrated with the shipyard’s existing automated access control system. The access control system works by utilizing a machine called the Badge Access Box (BAB). As individuals enter and exit the ship, they will scan their Common Access Card (CAC) at the access box, with colored light indicators displaying access status.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard: John Horton
July 21, 2021 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard Sign Shop (Shop 71) Non-Nuclear Painter/Abrasive Blaster John Horton says he... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard's John Horton performing his tasks.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard Celebrates OPSEC Warriors with Quarterly Awards
July 19, 2021 — Operations Security (OPSEC) is the systematic method used to identify, control, and protect critical... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Operations Department (Code 300) wins the Quarterly Excellence of OPSEC Award for the fourth quarter of 2020.

Making a Change at Norfolk Naval Shipyard: Seeing the Progress Firsthand of the Culture Change Team
July 15, 2021 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) Culture Change Team (CCT) has been hard at work since its inception... MORE

Developing and Executing Facility Improvements: An Infrastructure Pillar Team and Public Works Partnership
July 6, 2021 — Editor’s Note: Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Strategic Framework is a tool to communicate the shipyard’s... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) is constructing an environmentally focused and energy efficient Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP). The new CHP will significantly improve the shipyard’s energy security in a safe and effective way by allowing NNSY to be independent of the local power grid for reliability and resiliency. The primary purpose of the CHP project is to support the Department of the Navy’s Three Pillars of Energy Security: Reliability, Resiliency and Efficiency. This project will provide NNSY with safe, reliable and secure energy to fulfill its critical mission.