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All hands on deck: Integrated Project Team Development Expo 'sets the tone' for Sailors, PSNS & IMF personnel as availability begins
March 15, 2023 — When a submarine arrives at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, there is more to availability preparation than staging materials, preparing tool kits, completing paperwork and setting schedules. There is a human component as relationships among Sailors, government civilians and contract personnel come to the forefront... MORE

Milan Anderson, left, NSS-SY waterfront pillar representative, outlines current improvement initiatives for Sailors assigned to USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility personnel during an Integrated Project Team Development Expo March 2, 2023, at the Kitsap Conference Center in downtown Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

NAVFAC Pacific Awards $2.8-Billion Contract Task Order for Pearl Harbor Dry Dock Replacement
March 13, 2023 — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $2.8-billion task order under a previously-awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award construction contract to Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV, based in Honolulu, Hawaii, to replace Dry Dock 3 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance... MORE

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility successfully undocked the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Topeka (SSN 754) on-time commencing a two-day evolution on July 27, 2021. This undocking is a major milestone in the submarine’s docking selected restricted availability (DSRA). Each undocking is a complex evolution that requires teamwork across the entire shipyard to ensure a safe and on time event.

Learning to communicate: Bi-monthly ASL Lunch-&-Learn sessions have become an important resource for deaf employees at the shipyard
March 9, 2023 — When Marlene Bell was hired as a full-time American Sign Language interpreter for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Facility in the spring of 2019, she estimates that there were only a handful of deaf employees working for the command.Back then, there was no specialized equipment to help hard of hearing and deaf workers communicate with... MORE

Louisiana back underway: Project team completes the final engineered refueling overhaul for an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine
March 8, 2023 — USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) completed an Engineered Refueling Overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Feb. 21, which is the last-ever scheduled ERO for an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine.According to Ken Rogers Jr., project superintendent, the Louisiana project comprised the biggest repair package in ERO... MORE

The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) transits Puget Sound following a 41-month engineered refueling overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Feb. 9, 2023. Louisiana is one of eight ballistic-missile submarines stationed at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, providing the most survivable leg of the strategic deterrence triad for the United States. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian G. Reynolds)

NAS names Jeremy Feldbush as its 2022 Superintendent of the Year
March 6, 2023 — The National Association of Superintendents has named Jeremy Feldbush its 2022 Superintendent of the Year, according to an NAS announcement.Feldbush, deputy project superintendent, USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) Project, was selected for “consistently demonstrating our association principles, and for doing this in all of his interactions, regardless... MORE

The National Association of Superintendents has named Jeremy Feldbush its 2022 Superintendent of the Year. (U.S. Navy photo)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Genbas – a learning tool
March 2, 2023 — At 131 years old, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has seen its share of change. Over the years, tunnels have been built, roads paved, buildings moved and dry docks transformed.As the shipyard enters a new era of innovation and infrastructure, it is people who remain the backbone of operations. While structural... MORE

NSS-SY Spotlight: Genbas graphic (U.S. Navy graphic by Scott Hansen)

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy, Installations, and Environment Visits Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
February 23, 2023 — Rear Adm. Jeffrey J. Kilian (left), the commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific/Director, Fleet Civil Engineer, U.S. Pacific Fleet, briefs Brendan Owens, the assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations, and environment (ASD EI&E) and Paul D. Cramer, the principal deputy of ASD EI&E, during their visit to Pearl... MORE

Rear Adm. Jeffrey J. Kilian (left), the commander of Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Pacific/Director, Fleet Civil Engineer, U.S. Pacific Fleet, briefs Brendan Owens, the assistant secretary of defense for energy, installations, and environment (ASD EI&E) and Paul D. Cramer, the principal deputy of ASD EI&E, during their visit to Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF), Feb. 1, 2023.

During the visit, Owens and Cramer met with senior leadership from PHNSY & IMF to assess progress on the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program and tour the shipyard’s dry dock areas that will be modernized beginning in 2023. The first modernization action proposes to construct and operate a new graving dry dock and waterfront production facility to support current and future classes of the nation’s nuclear-powered submarines.

More than 800 tentative offers extended to job seekers during two-day event at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds
February 20, 2023 — The doors of Presidents’ Hall at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds opened at 9 a.m. sharp Feb. 3, kicking off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s two-day hiring fair.Hopeful applicants braved the cold, rainy weather to browse booths representing 30 of the shipyard’s shops, codes and services. Scattered throughout the event... MORE

Allan Schott, hiring manager, Shop 38, Marine Machinery Mechanics, advises a job seeker Feb. 3, 2023, during the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Hiring Fair. Seventeen years ago, Schott found himself in a similar position, looking for work at the shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

Hawaii Regional Maintenance Center Completes Emergent Repair on USS Makin Island (LHD 8)
February 16, 2023 — The Hawaii Regional Maintenance Center (HRMC) team at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility is the Navy’s first responders when it comes to an emergent repair availability (ERAV) on surface ships in the Indo-Pacific Region.Pearl Harbor sits in a strategic location and is a hub for many emergent repairs for ships... MORE

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM - From left to right:
PSI PM Kevin Collins, C250 Shanon Arnold, C103 CTL Juan Carlos “Harry” Herrera, C103 APM Shane Konno, C132 QA Jamie Francis, C410 CS Jay Masatsugu, C103 APM Cheryl Yamanaka, 132 QA Michael Halsey, C242 A-CHENG Patrick Driscoll, C410 Sohee “Kelly” Wun, C103 WFO Lt. Cmdr. Kristopher DeVisser, C103 SBS Tony Castro.

The Hawaii Regional Maintenance Center (HRMC) team at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility is the Navy’s first responders when it comes to an emergent repair availability (ERAV) on surface ships in the Indo-Pacific Region.

2022 PSNS & IMF CARRIER REVIEW: Carrier project teams celebrate another successful year at PSNS as they build on a legacy of excellence
February 16, 2023 — 2022 saw a Navy-wide celebration of 100 years of aircraft carriers. Looking back, it was also a year of immense pride and celebration of the carrier project teams here at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and the work they do to keep up with a century of growth and development. PSNS & IMF has played a prominent role in... MORE

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) is berthed at pier 12 in Yokosuka/CFAY/Naval Base, in Yokosuka, Japan. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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