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SurgeMain Reservists begin arriving at PSNS & IMF for mission
July 17, 2020 — The first group of Navy Reservists assigned to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility as part of the Navy’s Surge Maintenance program have arrived to begin their mobilization in support of COVID-19 recovery efforts.The Sailors are the first of 676 SurgeMain Reservists who will serve with PSNS & IMF at all of its sites... MORE

Gunner's Mate 1st Class Joshua Heitmann, right, a SurgeMain Sailor, practices installing a drum cover on a Close-In Weapons System mock-up with Fire Controlman 1st Clastt Kevin Flynn in the Shop 38 Gun Shop, July 15, 2020 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment Everett.

Olympia, Louisville to share dry dock during concurrent inactivations
July 9, 2020 — Los Angeles-class submarines USS Olympia (SSN 717) and USS Louisville (SSN 724) entered Dry Dock 5 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility July 9, to begin the docking portion of their simultaneous inactivation processes.According to Cmdr. Jack Tappe, project superintendent, there are both challenges and benefits to... MORE

Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines USS Louisville (SSN-724), foreground, and USS Olympia (SSN-717) are moved into Dry Dock 5 July 9, 2020 to begin the inactivation process at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington.

All Things Technical Open for Business
July 8, 2020 — Recently, Navy Region Hawai’i and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific (MIDPAC) collaborated with Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) to improve the Recovery Assist, Secure and Traverse (RAST) system used on Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.The RAST allows helicopters to land on a flight deck that is pitching,... MORE

An SH-60B Sea Hawk Helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the guided missile frigate USS Preble (DDG 88). A carriage and tracks for the ship's recovery assistance, securing and traversing (RAST) system are on the deck below the helicopter.

Service With a Smile
July 6, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – The onset of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the virus’ ability to quickly spread presented many challenges to preserve a safe working environment at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF). Several shipyard codes’ primary services require face-to-face customer... MORE

Code 1123 Security Assistant Walter Fung issues a pass to a
visitor at Bldg. 207 Pass & ID. Code 1123 Industrial Security
Branch is dedicated to providing quality professional service,
while ensuring the safety and security of personnel and
critical assets.

Portsmouth Shipyard Opens Renovated Insulators Shop
July 1, 2020 — Portsmouth Naval Shipyard officially opened the renovated Building 166 for the Shop 57 Insulation Team, cutting the ribbon at a June 22 ceremony to literally transform the oldest industrial building on the shipyard, Building 2, to its newest facility. With a budget just under $11 million, this facility's opening is a milestone in the overall plan... MORE

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine: A Ribbon Cutting Ceremony was held on 22 June 2020 to official complete the new home of the Shop 57 Insulators in building 166.

Malama Kekahi I Kekahi – Taking Care of One Another
June 25, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Hawaiian culture has always been very compassionate and giving. One example of these tightly held values is the irrigation system called ahupua’a. This system consisted of land subdivisions that were complete ecological and economic production systems. Early Hawaiians discovered ways to share the life-sustaining resource of... MORE

Members of the COVID-19 Tiger Team showing their unity. The
Tiger Team is made up of people from all departments, from
all levels, working together to malama kekahi I kekahi.

It Takes a Village: PHNSY & IMF Responds to COVID-19
June 12, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s (PHNSY & IMF) workforce quickly innovated solutions to stop the spread of COVID-19 at the shipyard. A collective effort by many, faceless heroes worked diligently to protect the workforce from COVID-19. When the directive to wear cloth face coverings was... MORE

Shop 64A Fabric Worker shows off one of the thousands of protective safety coverings that the production team produced for PHNSY & IMF workers.

Command reinforces commitment to racism-and-discrimination-free workplace
June 8, 2020 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility held a C.A.R.E. pledge event June 8, to reinforce the command’s commitment to respect and equality for all members of the workforce.Thousands of employees signed C.A.R.E. pledges and C.A.R.E. banners during the event, held at eight locations throughout the shipyard, staffed by shipyard... MORE

Capt. Diana Wolfson, PSNS & IMF commander, signs a PSNS & IMF C.A.R.E. Pledge banner against racism and discrimination outside Building 107 June 8, 2020 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington.

Thousands of employees signed C.A.R.E. pledges and C.A.R.E. banners during the event, held at eight locations throughout the shipyard, staffed by shipyard leadership and volunteers from the Diversity Leadership Council, Employee Resource Groups, the Command Anti-Harassment and Discrimination and Employee Anti-Harassment and Discrimination Teams. Everyone who signed the pledge received a C.A.R.E. sticker, which they are authorized and encouraged to display on their hardhats.

PNSY Pass and ID Office Goes Digital
June 4, 2020 — “Take a number and wait, please.” Anyone who has been to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard’s Pass and ID Office has had the experience of pushing a button, taking their slip of paper, and having a seat to wait. Depending on how many people are ahead of you, you could be in for a long wait. Even after you wait for your turn to be called to the window, what... MORE

Employee uses new digital appointment application

The Nō Ka ‘Oi Legacy of Midway
June 4, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Seventy-eight years ago this week, Sailors and civilians turned the tide of the War in the Pacific. The shipyard each of us call home today played a pivotal role ensuring our Pacific Fleet was ready to surprise the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) at the Battle of Midway. A couple weeks before the carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5)... MORE

USS Yorktown (CV-5) in Dry Dock 1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 29 May 1942, receiving urgent repairs for damage received in the Battle of Coral Sea. She left Pearl Harbor the next day to participate in the Battle of Midway.

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