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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.

Initiative aims to remove barriers to shipyard efficiency, on-time delivery
September 9, 2019 — A six-week pilot program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility will help the command streamline its processes, improve internal coordination and eliminate barriers between mechanics and their work. Known as the Naval Sustainment System - Shipyards, the initiative pairs a consulting firm with PSNS & IMF and Norfolk Naval... MORE

Shipyard finishes maintenance on USS Connecticut
September 6, 2019 — Returning another strategic asset to service with the fleet, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility completed its work on USS Connecticut (SSN 22) Sept. 5.Connecticut had moved out of the shipyard’s Dry Dock 4 on Aug. 10 to put the finishing touches on its five-and-a-half-month period of maintenance and modernization,... MORE

USS Connecticut (SSN 22) departs Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Dry Dock 4 Aug. 10.

Local commands graduate 12 trained to lead innovation
August 26, 2019 — Culminating five weeks of comprehensive training in process improvement and change management, 10 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees graduated from the Naval Sea Systems Command Lean Six Sigma Black Belt program in a ceremony Aug. 23 at the Norm Dicks Government Center.Two employees from Strategic Weapons... MORE

Graduates of the Naval Sea Systems Command Lean Six Sigma Black Belt program listen as Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, addresses them and ceremony attendees on the importance of innovation Aug. 23 at the Norm Dicks Government Center in Bremerton, Washington.

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard’s Dry Dock One turns 100
August 23, 2019 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Today Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) celebrated the centennial anniversary of Dry Dock One. U.S. Rep. Ed Case, (HI-1), Mayor Kirk Caldwell, City and County of Honolulu, Rear Adm. Robert Chadwick, Commander Naval Region Hawaii/Commander Naval Group Middle... MORE

Rep. Ed Case (center), shipyard worker (left), and Ali'i Pauahi Hawaii Civic Club member (right) at Dry Dock One on Aug. 21, 2019.

Workforce learns about new technology at showcase
August 20, 2019 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees were able to check out cutting-edge products during the technology showcase hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Science at the Kitsap Conference Center, Bremerton Harborside July 25 - 26.Roughly 1,100 employees used the opportunity to learn about industry... MORE

PSNS & IMF employees view a demonstration of tools during a technology showcase hosted by the National Center for Manufacturing Science at the Kitsap Conference Center July 25. More than 50 companies displayed equipment, tools, supplies and safety gear to more cost-effectively and efficiently help shipyard workers maintain, modernize and retire the Navy’s fleet.

PSNS & IMF Detachment Everett holds change of charge ceremony
August 19, 2019 — A new leader took the helm of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment Everett Friday, when Cmdr. Aaron Coudray relieved Cmdr. Mark Schuchmann in a change of charge ceremony at the detachment.Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, presided over the ceremony... MORE

Cmdr. Aaron Cudray speaks to those in attendance at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Detachment Everett change of charge ceremony held August 16 at Naval Station Everett. Other members of the official party include (from left) Capt. Dianna Wolfson, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Capt. Ginalyn Harrell, deputy commander, Northwest Regional Maintenance Facility, and Cmdr. Mark Schuchmann, outgoing office in charge, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment Everett.

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