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PSNS & IMF Innovation Lab designs, builds prototype LED disinfecting devices to combat COVID-19
November 25, 2020 — A team of innovators from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility designed and built two handheld ultraviolet-C LED disinfecting prototype devices that are currently being tested to determine how effective they are at killing COVID-19 on surfaces.According to Branden Doyle, the nuclear innovation program manager with Code... MORE

Branden Doyle, Code 2301 nuclear innovation program manager, sanitizes a crescent wrench Nov. 13, 2020 using a UVC-LED Handheld Sanitizer designed by employees in the PSNS Innovation Lab in Building 435 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

USS Bremerton continues inactivation process
October 23, 2020 — Los Angeles-class submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) entered Dry Dock 1 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Oct. 14, 2020, to continue its inactivation process.According to Gary Van Horn, project superintendent, while the ship is in dry dock, the propulsion plant will be deactivated and defueled; components and parts... MORE

Los Angeles-class submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) entered Dry Dock 1 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Oct. 14, 2020, to continue its inactivation process. (PSNS & IMF photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Mobile devices now available for PSNS & IMF workforce
October 20, 2020 — More than 700 employees at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility are taking advantage of portable tablet technology that increases efficiency, reduces delays and puts valuable information within reach, wherever they are working.The tablets, which are part of the command’s Mobile Workforce Enablement initiative, have been... MORE

Anh Tran with Code 105, Radiological Controls, uses a tablet while conducting work on the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility waterfront as part of the command’s Mobile Workforce Enablement initiative, which increases efficiency, reduces delays and puts valuable information within reach of employees, wherever they are working. (PSNS & IMF photo by Wendy Hallmark)

PSNS & IMF holds socially-distanced apprentice graduation ceremony, honors students virtually
October 16, 2020 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s Apprentice School graduated 236 students Oct. 16, in a ceremony unlike any other in the school’s 119-year history. Held in Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton’s “F Lot,” students received their diplomas and other graduation materials via a drive-through tunnel in observation of COVID-19... MORE

Aaron Crutchfield, left, Shop 26 Welders, receives his graduation certificate from Shop 26 superintendent Steven Dibert Oct. 16, 2020, during the annual Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Apprentice School Graduation ceremony in "F Lot" on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

Plank owner graduate selected as new deputy director for Southwest Regional Apprentice Program
September 30, 2020 — Mtume Salaam, a 2014 graduate of the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center Apprentice Program in San Diego, California, was selected to be the new Deputy Apprentice Program Administrator at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment San Diego.Salaam is a graduate of the school’s first class of journey-level trade... MORE

Mtume Salaam, a 2014 graduate of the Southwest Regional Maintenance Center Apprentice Program in San Diego, California, was selected to be the new Deputy Apprentice Program Administrator at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Detachment San Diego. (PSNS & IMF photo by Jeremy Moore)

USS Carl Vinson completes availability, returns to San Diego
August 27, 2020 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility completed a docking planned incremental availability on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) today, as the aircraft carrier completed sea trials enroute to San Diego, where it was homeported prior to its arrival at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Jan. 20, 2019.Upon its arrival in San Diego, Vinson’s... MORE

The USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) makes its way past Point Herron Aug. 23, 2020 after departing Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. PSNS & IMF completed a docking planned incremental availability on Vinson Aug. 27, 2020, as the aircraft carrier completed sea trials enroute to San Diego, where it was homeported prior to its arrival at Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Jan. 20, 2019.(PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

COVID Communication: Shipyard Sign Shop produces pandemic response products
August 26, 2020 — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Sign Shop has played an important role in the command’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Sign Shop team has produced thousands of COVID-19 related products since March, ensuring all employees receive the most important and often changing information. “It has been critical for... MORE

Employees assigned to Shop 71, Sign Shop, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility work to produce signs as part of the shipyard's COVID-19 response and education efforts.

PSNS & IMF installs body temperature detectors at gates to bolster worker protection from COVID-19
August 26, 2020 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has completed installing stand-alone infrared body temperature detectors at all gates into the controlled industrial area this week.These stand-alone detectors should speed up the temperature screening process at each gate and will eliminate the need for PSNS & IMF workers to use... MORE

Julie Holter, left, Code 308 facility manager representative, assists Trevor Cox, right, Code 2340 nuclear chief test engineer, while he checks his temperature using a newly-installed SafeCheck infrared body temperature detector Aug. 25, 2020 inside the Decatur Gate at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington.

SurgeMain Reservists prepare to make impact at PSNS & IMF
August 24, 2020 — Navy Reservists assigned to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility as part of the Navy’s Surge Maintenance program are preparing to make an impact as part of their mobilization in support of COVID-19 recovery efforts.The Sailors are part of the 676 SurgeMain Reservists who will serve with PSNS & IMF at all of its sites... MORE

SurgeMain Reservists recycle LED light fixtures while working at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington.

PSNS & IMF capitalizes on lessons learned to streamline Pittsburgh inactivation
August 7, 2020 — Lessons learned from a series of projects in recent months resulted in process improvements and a streamlined availability for USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720), which completed its inactivation process Aug. 5, 2020, almost a month earlier than scheduled, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.These numerous improvements have... MORE

USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720), a Los Angeles-class fast-attack nuclear submarine, is moved to the Mooring Alpha storage area after completing its inactivation process Aug. 5, 2020, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

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