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Autonomous vehicles save time, money during dry-dock inspections
November 19, 2019 — Autonomous vehicles recently used for a collaborative competition are putting real world application to the test by leveraging machine learning to support Naval maintenance activities.During the 2019 Director’s Cup, Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) scientists and engineers were challenged to create and field a fully... MORE

The Autonomous Dry Dock Survey Robot, or ADDS, provides the Navy with significant cost savings, while ensuring the ability to monitor safe environments within the nation’s shipyard facilities.

PSNS & IMF welcomes 267 new apprentice graduates
November 8, 2019 — In an event four years in the making, 267 skilled workers graduated from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Apprentice Program in an event held Nov. 8 at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds Kitsap Sun Pavilion.This year’s class represents 24 different trades and maintained an overall class GPA of 3.835. Each graduate... MORE

Capt. Robert Figgs, left, commanding officer, Trident Refit Facility, congratulates Shop 06 electronic industrial control mechanic Ian Jones during 2019 PSNS & IMF Apprentice Graduation ceremony Friday, Nov. 8 at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds Kitsap Sun Pavilion.

Midway movie star Patrick Wilson visits Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
November 7, 2019 — Recently, Hollywood actor Patrick Wilson visited Station Hypo located in the basement of Building 1 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY&IMF). On Nov. 8, Lionsgate will release Midway, a film based on the attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent Battle of Midway during World War II. Wilson plays the role of... MORE

Hollywood actor Patrick Wilson tours Station Hypo with U.S. PACFLT Director of Intelligence and Information Operations Capt. Tony Butera and PHNSY&IMF Executive Officer Cmdr. Scott Shea. Wilson plays Edwin Layton, an intelligence officer who worked at Pearl Harbor –including at Station Hypo– during World War II, in the upcoming movie Midway.

PSNS & IMF releases version 2.0 of its Strategic Framework
October 30, 2019 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility rolled out version 2.0 of its Strategic Framework, Oct. 30.The Strategic Framework, originally established in 2017, has been used to communicate the command’s direction and how the shipyard achieves its mission to maintain, modernize and retire the Navy’s fleet. This update marks the... MORE

USS Missouri (SSN-780) Undocks from Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF
October 23, 2019 — PEARL HARBOR NAVAL SHIPYARD & INTERMEDIATE MAINTENANCE FACILITY, Hawaii - Two weeks after Dry Dock #1 celebrated its centennial, USS Missouri (SSN-780) successfully undocked from the dry dock on Sept. 4, 2019. The undocking was a collaborative effort among the project team, ship’s force, and shipyard docking team in order to execute a safe and... MORE

Shipyard workers carefully undock the USS Missouri (SSN-780) from Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF’s Dry Dock One on 4 September 2019. The undocking occurred just two weeks after Dry Dock One’s celebrated centennial.

PSNS & IMF hosts educator’s day
October 18, 2019 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility hosted approximately 50 educators and career counselors from across Washington’s schools Oct. 18 for a tour of the command. The group included representatives from high schools, technical schools, colleges and organizations assisting veterans and wounded warriors transitioning back to... MORE

Corinne Beach, a STEM coordinator with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility uses a model to demonstrate a dry-dock pump for educators from South Kitsap High School in Port Orchard, Wash.

PSNS & IMF builds 51 cofferdams to increase ease of use, reduce cost
October 17, 2019 — When workers at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility need to test or perform work on certain valves or other ship’s components when a ship or submarine is pier side, they use cofferdams to create a dry space around where that valve or other component meets the sea. Divers attach the cofferdams on specific parts of a ship... MORE

Tran Anderson, Shop 26, Welders, works on a cofferdam Sept. 18, 2019, inside Building 460.

Senators Hirono and Perdue Visit Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF
October 11, 2019 — Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF, Hawaii – On Sept. 5, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) had the privilege of hosting Sen. David Perdue of Georgia and Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii. Sens. Perdue and Hirono are the Chair and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Subcommittee on Seapower, which is a part of... MORE

Commander of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Capt. Greg Burton (left), Sen. Mazie Hirono of Hawaii, Sen. David Perdue, and Nuclear Engineering & Planning Manager Kaipo Crowell (Right) overlooking the USS Arizona Memorial and Battleship Missouri Memorial.

Secretary of the Navy visits Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility
September 20, 2019 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility is “the backbone of what gets done,” the secretary of the Navy told a gathering of hundreds of shipyard workers and Sailors during a whirlwind visit to the facility Friday.Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer addressed members of the PSNS & IMF workforce then toured key projects and... MORE

Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer addressed members of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility workforce Sept. 20, 2019, in Bremerton, Wash., before touring key projects and facilities during his hour-and-45-minute visit to the shipyard.

USS Louisiana docks in preparation for availability
September 12, 2019 — Settling into its temporary home for the next two and a half years, USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) docked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in preparation for an extended maintenance availability Sept. 11.The availability, an Engineered Refueling Overhaul, will see the project team focus on refueling, preserving and... MORE

Tugs guide the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) to its berth at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor after the completion of a patrol in 2012.

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