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Code 700 team members continue to find new ways to use their mobile self-propelled modular transporters
February 27, 2025 — Cranes could be considered part of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility “brand” due to their visibility throughout the local community. People all around Sinclair Inlet can regularly see various portal cranes at PSNS & IMF trundling about, carrying large objects. Conversely, the Hammerhead Crane is one of the first...

Navy leader's recent visit highlights the shipyard's use of new technology and the need for expansion
February 27, 2025 — Rear Adm. Peter Small, chief engineer & deputy commander Naval Sea Systems Engineering & Logistics, visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Feb. 4, 2025, to discuss current technologies in use at PSNS & IMF, as well as any challenges that must be overcome to expand the use of innovative technologies here.Small was...

Safety emphasis initiative offers employees a chance for free parking
February 25, 2025 — The National Association of Superintendents and the Assistant Production Superintendents Association have collaborated to provide an incentive — known as "The Parking Initiative" — for members of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility to pro-actively find and fix all manner of safety and environmental deficiencies.“Our...

SurgeMain Sailors begin their annual training program with a renewed emphasis on warfighting readiness
February 25, 2025 — Almost 90 U.S. Navy Reserve Surge Maintenance Sailors will deploy throughout February to various shops and locations to support Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility work, and to expand their warfighting readiness.According to Lt. Cdr. Erin Spindle, PSNS & IMF and Northwest Regional Maintenance Center SurgeMain officer in...

Maintenance team completes four-year upgrade process, extending crane's life another 20 years
February 21, 2025 — A team of more than two dozen Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Crane Maintenance Team professionals completed a four-year effort to upgrade Crane 62 on Jan. 3.Crane 62 is one of 10 portal cranes that can be seen regularly moving throughout the shipyard on rails similar to train tracks, carrying an assortment of heavy...

Navy leader briefed on command's digital transformation efforts
January 15, 2025 — Manuel Hermosilla, deputy commander NAVSEA03, Cyber & Digital Transformation, visited Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Dec. 2-3, 2024.Rob LaTendresse, command transformation officer, Code 100TO, Transformation Office, said Hermosilla’s stated purpose in visiting PSNS & IMF was to understand the ongoing digital...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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