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Product delivery: A system-wide approach to supporting the fleet
November 27, 2019 — When a command is as large as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, it is sometimes challenging to grasp how each person, shop and code contributes to the mission of maintaining, modernizing and retiring the Navy's fleet; however, every individual at the command has an important piece in meeting that mission.Command... MORE

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) arrives at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 1, 2018.

Shipyard and consulting group team up to improve processes
November 26, 2019 — When representatives from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility and from the Boston Consulting Group teamed up to improve processes and workflow in Shop 31 Work Center-402, Ball valves, they realized they would need to physically transform the ball valve workspace in conjunction with process improvement to reach their... MORE

Romel Ramos, a bench mechanic with Shop 31, Inside Machine Shop, updates the status board for employees with Work Center-402 inside Building 432.

PSNS & IMF launches C.A.R.E. pledge campaign
November 20, 2019 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility launched a new employee-sponsored pledge campaign, C.A.R.E., during a lunchtime kickoff event Wednesday, Nov. 20.C.A.R.E, which stands for character, action, respect and engagement, involves employees voluntarily signing a pledge to respect all individuals and to take action if they see... MORE

Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, displays her C.A.R.E. hardhat sticker after signing the C.A.R.E. pledge Nov. 20.

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.

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