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Shop 31 employees custom build portable milling machine to support work on submarine hatches
November 20, 2024 — The expert toolmakers in Shop 31, Inside Machinist, recently answered the call to quickly design, build, test and deploy a portable three-axis Logistical Escape Trunk Lug radial milling machine for some emergent work at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.The machine is used to help ensure the tolerances on submarine... MORE

Zach Siegfried, Daniel Ryder and Roger Faber, marine machinery mechanics, Shop 38, Marine Machinst, use a new Logistical Escape Trunk Lug milling machine, Nov. 14, 2024, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. The machine was designed by the toolmakers in Shop 31, Inside Machinist. (U.S Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

PSNS & IMF Sign Shop employees produce a variety of products for customers in Bremerton, San Diego and Japan
November 7, 2024 — The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Sign Shop produces a wide variety of printed products to help inform and educate the workforce.The Sign Shop, which is part of Shop 71, Painters, Blasters and Tile setters, can design and print everything from a sticker to the panels on the billboards above Building 431 and Building... MORE

Sign Shop production assistant Lamarius Williams cuts 2025 Planning Calendars after printing them using a large-format printer Oct. 31, 2024, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. Sign Shop employees make a variety of products for shipyard customers, including signs, stickers and posters. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Fall and winter safety campaign kicks off during special gear handout at shipyard gates
October 24, 2024 — The “Can You See Me Now?” fall and winter safety campaign officially kicked off at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Oct. 17, with the giveaway of safety gear such as flashlights, reflective armbands and blinking marker lights for workers as they entered the shipyard.PSNS & IMF senior leaders, union leaders and safety... MORE

Command safety advocates hand out safety gear to employees as they exit State Street Gate Oct. 17, 2024, during the annual fall and winter “Can You See Me Now” safety campaign at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

PSNS & IMF Confined Space Program keeps employees safe, projects flowing
October 24, 2024 — The confined space program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility helps ensure all workspaces are safe for workers to enter, and are approved for the type of work scheduled.The space certification portion of the confined space program at PSNS & IMF is a collaboration between Code 106, Environmental, Safety and Health... MORE

Michael Galvez, shipfitter worklead, Navy competent person, Shop 11, Shipfitters Gas Free, works inside the roller pit of a large flange turning machine, Oct. 18, 2024, while completing a gas-free inspection in Building 460 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Safety Passport program can earn participants cash, time off
October 22, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees and service members can earn a $300 cash bonus or an eight-hour time-off award for completing the PSNS & IMF Safety Passport.The Passport is a safety tool designed to help employees heighten their safety awareness and improve their safety communication skills. There are 30... MORE

The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Safety Passport program can earn participants a $300 cash bonus or an eight-hour time-off award. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Command celebrates 188 graduates from PSNS & IMF Apprentice Program class of 2024
October 22, 2024 — After four years of hard work and dedication, learning in a hybrid online and in-person environment, 188 skilled workers graduated from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Apprentice Program Sept. 20, during a ceremony in the Bremerton High School Performing Arts Center.This year’s graduates represent 26 different... MORE

Kenyon Hall, tool maker, Shop 31, Inside Machinist, receives his certificate from Felicienne Griffin, Shop 31 trade superintendent, during the 2024 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Apprentice Program graduation ceremony, Sept. 20, 2024, at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

New electronic crew boards developed by PSNS & IMF-led team now available at all shipyards
September 26, 2024 — A team lead by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility has completed the newest version of electronic crew boards. The crew boards became available to all four public shipyards as of Aug. 30, 2024.According to Seth Zwiefelhofer, digital transformation process manager, Code 900DX, Digital Transformation, this two-year effort... MORE

Seth Zwiefelhofer (left), digital transformation process manager, Code 900DX, Digital Transformation, goes over the new electronic crew board program with members of Shop 26, Welders, Sept. 19, 2024, in Building 1106 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Shop 26 completes fourth RCD package with zero rejectable conditions on all inspected weld joints
September 26, 2024 — The Shop 26 welders who assemble Reactor Compartment Disposal packages recently completed their fourth RCD package with zero rejectable conditions on all volumetrically-inspected weld joints, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.According to Torey Hansen, general foreman, Shop 26, volumetrically-inspected welds are... MORE

David Heiland, welder, Shop 26, Welders, works on a section of a Reactor Compartment Disposal package support structure on the "Big Slab" in Building 460 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photos by Wendy Hallmark)

Unique USS Scranton (SSN 756) availability nears its endgame
September 26, 2024 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility personnel on temporary duty to San Diego have helped push forward a Drydocking Selected Restricted Availability on Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756), which undocked from the floating dry dock ARCO (ARDM-5) at Naval Base Point Loma, California, Sept... MORE

The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Scranton (SSN 756) prepares to depart the floating dry dock ARCO (ARDM 5) at Naval Base Point Loma, California, Sept. 4, 2024. Scranton is part of Commander, Submarine Squadron 11, home to five Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines, which are capable of supporting various missions, including: anti-submarine warfare; anti-ship warfare; strike warfare; and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance. ARCO is a medium auxiliary floating dry dock for repair and is a CSS-11 asset under the operational control of Commander, Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Aaron T. Smith)

Shipyard's cradle-to-grave submarine maintenance critical to the Navy
September 12, 2024 — During a recent visit to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, the Program Executive Officer for Strategic Submarines, Rear Adm. Todd Weeks, visited with the project teams for USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735), USS Ohio (SSGN 726), and USS Chicago (SSN 721).While here, he learned how the teams working on submarines at PSNS & IMF... MORE

Rear Adm. Todd Weeks, program executive officer, Strategic Submarines, and Capt. Tim Clark, program manager, In Service Strategic Submarines, Naval Sea Systems Command, observe maintenance operations in Dry Dock 4 July 16, 2024, during a visit with the various submarine project teams at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

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