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Employees recognized for their communication innovation
April 12, 2021 — Two Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility employees were recognized by Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, PSNS & IMF, for leading a team that codified a sustainable engineering execution system, which was shared with all four U.S. Navy shipyards.The awardees, Mike Tracy, process management branch manager, Code 220, Resources,... MORE

Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, presents Bryson Delima, 2380.1RW Radioactive Waste branch head, with a Bravo Zulu sticker April 7, 2021,for co-leading a team with Mike Tracy, process management branch manager, Code 220, Resources, Training & Processes, that codified a sustainable engineering execution system, which was shared with all four U.S. Navy shipyards. Their combined efforts improved the turnaround time for Deficiency Log resolution from 2.4 days to less than one day by addressing visibility and behaviors at all levels of the command.

Innovation aids carrier maintenance efforts: Automating heat exchanger cleaning process improves critical path work
March 18, 2021 — A team of innovators at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility spearheaded an effort to automate the process of cleaning heat exchanger tubes during aircraft carrier availabilities that proved so successful, the process is being exported to other carrier maintenance locations.Prior to the process change, mechanics would... MORE

A remote-operated, three-axis hydro-lance indexer is mounted in the tubes of a mock heat exchanger during recent vendor provided training inside Building 107 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo)

Command learns, adapts during pandemic: Effort to protect workforce, meet mission continues year after worldwide pandemic declared
March 17, 2021 — As the workers and leaders from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility rang in the New Year the evening of Dec. 31, 2019, they had no idea of the tremendous personal and professional challenges that lay ahead for everyone in 2020.What started with an announcement from the World Health Organization, Jan. 9, 2020, of a new... MORE

Shop 64 fabric workers at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington, make cloth masks and polycarbonate face shields that can be used to protect the workforce, or provided to Naval Hospital Bremerton and local hospitals if the need arises.

USS Michigan undocks as end of challenging availability nears
March 16, 2021 — USS Michigan (SSGN 727) undocked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 16, 2021, after more than a year and a half in Dry Dock 2, as it nears the end of its Extended Refit Period.According to Melissa Kittrell, assistant project superintendent, Code 327, Operations Department Submarine Program, PSNS & IMF mechanics... MORE

USS Michigan (SSBN 727) undocked at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility March 9, 2020, after more than a year and a half in Dry dock 2, as it nears the end of its Extended Refit Period.

PSNS & IMF begins COVID-19 vaccination roll out for workforce
February 10, 2021 — Approximately 200 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility personnel received the first-of-two Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shots Feb. 10, 2021, in the former Sam Adams Brewhouse on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, in what is expected to be a phased employee vaccination process.The Shotex clinic is the result of a partnership among... MORE

Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, receives the COVID-19 vaccination Feb. 10, 2021, in the former Sam Adams Brewhouse on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton. Approximately 200 PSNS & IMF personnel received the first-of-two Moderna COVID-19 vaccine shots in what is expected to be a phased employee vaccination process.

PSNS & IMF pins four Sailors to chief petty officer
January 29, 2021 — Four petty officer first class nuclear machinist mates at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility were pinned to the rank of chief petty officer during a ceremony Jan. 29, 2021, at Olympic Lodge on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington.Matthew Bernstein, Devin Donohue, Austin Rhodes and Mark Robbins had their chief petty... MORE

Chief Petty Officer selects Matthew Bernstein, Devin Donohue, Austin Rhodes and Mark Robbins, with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, were pinned to the rank of chief petty officer during a ceremony Jan. 29, 2021, at Olympic Lodge on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington. The ceremony had limited attendees, with participants and attendees socially distanced to adhere to COVID-19 protective protocols.

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)

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)

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.

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