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Automated rudder bore welding takes innovative step forward, thanks to collaboration between the Moonshine Lab and welders of Shop 26
April 24, 2025 — Several years ago innovative thinkers in Shop 26, Welders, and Code 138 Welding Engineers, developed an innovation to improve how rudder bores are serviced at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Transitioning from hand welding inside the rudder bores to automated welding cut the time to repair or restore aircraft carrier... MORE

Josh Maya (left), Waterfront Support and welding work lead, Code 100TO.3, Moonshine Lab; and Bryan Hara (right), Welding Instructor, Advanced Continuous Training Development, Shop 26 lower an Encompass Welding Machine in a Rudder Bore mock-up April 9, 2025, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Pop-up events help connect workforce with command resources
April 24, 2025 — Command University and the Command Career Center conducted two joint “pop-up” outreach events at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 9.Representatives from each organization staffed a table with information about the services they provide, in two locations at the shipyard, for interested employees.“This is a great... MORE

Patricia Leiataua, career counselor, Command Career Center, talks with Alanna Lopez, welder, Shop 26, Welders, about her career, April 9, 2025, during a “pop-up” knowledge share event at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

PSNS & IMF tests new tech to locate air, vacuum leaks much faster than the old 'soapy-water' method
April 14, 2025 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility is exploring the use of an acoustic imaging device to locate air and vacuum leaks exponentially faster and easier than the old-fashioned soap and water method.Code 100TO, the PSNS & IMF Transformation Office, purchased the imager and is working with the Shop 52, Calibration; Code 106,... MORE

Air leaks appear as color patches on the ultrasonic leak imaging tool display screen during testing at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Command volunteers lend their support during learning event for local students
April 14, 2025 — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility STEM Outreach Team collaborated with Naval Undersea Warfare Center-Keyport, the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum and the Puget Sound Navy Museum to conduct another successful multi-day “Navy STEM Days” event at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum, March 19-21.The three-day event allowed 250... MORE

John Paul Kunewa, platform general foreman, Code 760, Dive Locker, shows a student how to use an electric machine arm April 19, 2025, during “Navy STEM Days” at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum, in Keyport, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Naval Foundry and Propeller Center Delivers Final Propulsor Component for First Columbia-class Submarine
April 11, 2025 — PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Navy’s Naval Foundry and Propeller Center (NFPC) delivered the final major propulsor component for the first Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine (SSBN), the future USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826), to General Dynamics-Electric Boat (GDEB) Apr. 8. GDEB accepted the component in Philadelphia, and transported it to... MORE

Members of the Naval Foundry and Propeller Center (NFPC) celebrate the delivery of the final propulsor component for the Columbia-class lead ship, the future USS District of Columbia (SSBN 826).

Shipyard Spotlight: Dustin Kuch – Shop 11 Shipfitter
April 9, 2025 — As an Army veteran and shipfitter since 2001, Shop 11 Shipfitter Supervisor Dustin Kuch is now using his experience and ability to develop others to benefit Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY)... MORE

An inspirational supervisor and mentor, Norfolk Naval Shipyard Shop 11 Shipfitter Supervisor Dustin Kuch is an engaged leader guiding his team to success and has been with NNSY for five years.

NNSY Team Answers the Call for Emergent Truman Repairs
April 9, 2025 — One of Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) lasting mottos that rings true across the waterfront is that America’s Shipyard will always step up to the plate to meet the mission – any ship, anytime, anywhere. When a need arises to repair, maintain, and modernize our Nation’s fleet, our employees will step up to answer that call. So, when an urgent need arose to perform urgent repairs following an incident that left one of our Nation’s finest in need, the NNSY team leapt into action to do their part... MORE

HST Combined Repair Team: Repairs led by Forward Deployed Regional Maintenance Center (FDRMC) with exceptional coordination and support from Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Ship's Force, and industry partner Theodoropoulos Group. (Photo Courtesy of FDRMC)

Norfolk Naval Shipyard Trivia
April 9, 2025 — The official Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) command history entry for April 28, 1965 is yet only one sentence long and reads as follows: "USS Skate arrived for nuclear overhaul job, the first such overhaul in the shipyard." ... MORE

USS Skate (SSN 578) surfaces for the first time at the North Pole on March 17, 1959.

Code 931 Takes Charge with Implementing Model Line Initiative at America’s Shipyard
April 9, 2025 — Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) recently launched a model line effort in the Inside Machine Shop (Shop 31), taking principles from noted author and Navy advisor Dr. Steven Spear and learnings from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) to meet commitments and goals in inspecting, repairing, and testing auxiliary ballast tank hull and back valves repaired at the shipyard. Through teamwork from deckplate to support – the group was able to come together to complete the work that had taken approximately 150 days to overhaul in the past to 35 days, a more than 75 percent reduction... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Shop 31 recently tested the pilot of the model line initiative with their auxiliary ballast tanks, utilizing principles from Dr. Steven Spear and learnings from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) to complete repairs that had previously taken approximately 150 days to now 35 days. This initiative was a huge win for the shipyard and was thanks to the teamwork from Shop 31, Code 100TO and the engineering department to ensure pre-planning and material acquisition was handled prior to the start of the job to ensure the mechanics could conduct non-stop execution of work.

Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Brent Davis Honored as One of the Labor Apprentices of the Year for 2024
April 9, 2025 — In the years prior to Brent Davis entering the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Apprenticeship Program, he worked to make ends meet for his family in the local area, wondering if there was a lasting career waiting out there for him. A friend of the family, who’d been part of the program nearly a decade ago, urged him to apply for years – and finally Davis took a shot, getting accepted into the program as a boilermaker apprentice. He had no idea what a boilermaker truly did, yet he wanted to take on the opportunity and see where it went. Now a journeyman in the shipyard and an official Shop 41 Boilermaker, Davis graduated with glowing marks across the board for his workmanship. And due to his hard work and dedication to the craft, Davis was nominated for the Department of Labor (DOL) and Industry’s Division of Registered Apprenticeship Outstanding Apprentice of the Year – being selected as one of three from NNSY to win the title for 2024... MORE

Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Shop 41 Boilermaker Brent Davis graduated from the Apprenticeship Program Nov. 7, 2024. He was recognized as the Code 930 Mechanical Group Outstanding Apprentice by the NNSY Chapter of the National Association of Superintendents (NAS).

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