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Portal cranes 80, 82 and 92 receive summertime facelifts to ward off oxidation, corrosion
August 14, 2025 — A six-person team of painters is working hard throughout the short Pacific Northwest summer to repaint cranes 80, 82 and 92 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.The team of painters from Code 730, Crane Maintenance, is comprised of Darius Aldan, work lead, and crew members Dione Anderson, Romero Aquino, Rachele Brock,... MORE

Romeo Aquino, painter, Code 730, Crane Maintenance, works high above the shipyard while repainting Portal Crane 92, July 31, 2025, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. A team of painters from Code 730 has spent the better part of the summer updating cranes 80, 82 and 92. The paints used are silicone alkyd enamel, adding a higher gloss sheen for ease of cleaning purposes, for better UV deflection which also helps slow the oxidation process down. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

First of 2 new portal cranes arrives to support PSNS & IMF operations
July 31, 2025 — A new KNES 25-ton portal crane with a unique capability arrived at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility July 14. Crane 52 is part of a $67 million contract to bring four new cranes to PSNS & IMF to support the mission of maintaining, repairing, modernizing and retiring U.S. Naval vessels. The new cranes were designed and... MORE

Testing of laser ablation for removal of coatings, corrosion looks promising
June 18, 2025 — Using lasers to remove coatings and corrosion from U.S. naval vessels may soon become a reality based on recent testing conducted by Shop 71, Painters, Blasters, Tilesetters, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.Laser ablation, which is widely used in the commercial automotive and aerospace industries, is proving to be... MORE

Chase Absher, painter, Shop 71, Painters, Blasters, Tilesetters, works with a laser ablation tool aboard USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), May 21, 2025, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Automated rudder bore welding takes innovative step forward, thanks to collaboration between the Moonshine Lab and welders of Shop 26
April 24, 2025 — Several years ago innovative thinkers in Shop 26, Welders, and Code 138 Welding Engineers, developed an innovation to improve how rudder bores are serviced at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Transitioning from hand welding inside the rudder bores to automated welding cut the time to repair or restore aircraft carrier... MORE

Josh Maya (left), Waterfront Support and welding work lead, Code 100TO.3, Moonshine Lab; and Bryan Hara (right), Welding Instructor, Advanced Continuous Training Development, Shop 26 lower an Encompass Welding Machine in a Rudder Bore mock-up April 9, 2025, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

PSNS & IMF tests new tech to locate air, vacuum leaks much faster than the old 'soapy-water' method
April 14, 2025 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility is exploring the use of an acoustic imaging device to locate air and vacuum leaks exponentially faster and easier than the old-fashioned soap and water method.Code 100TO, the PSNS & IMF Transformation Office, purchased the imager and is working with the Shop 52, Calibration; Code 106,... MORE

Air leaks appear as color patches on the ultrasonic leak imaging tool display screen during testing at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

New IT vending machine, checkout lockers to ease access to mission-essential electronics
March 27, 2025 — A new information technology peripheral vending machine and three tablet lockers have been deployed throughout Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility to support around-the-clock work.Tablet lockers are now located in Bldg. 850A, on south end of the fifth floor close to Office 550; Bldg. 879, on the first floor; and Bldg. 78,... MORE

IT specialists (from left) Kris Smith and Bill Ziezulewicz, Code 109.32, IT Financial Planning Procurement & Budgeting Branch, along with Frank Spencer, IT service desk support, Code 109.31, IT Service Center, pose for a picture alongside the new IT vending machine located in Building 850A at PSNS & IMF, March 14, 2025. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

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... MORE

Austin Collins, rigger, Code 740, helps guide the self-propelled modular transporter near Dry Dock 5 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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... MORE

Seth Haskins, additive manufacturing manager, Shop 31, Inside Machinist, briefs Rear Adm. Peter Small Feb. 4, during a tour of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility facilities in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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... MORE

APSA & NAS parking initiative graphic
(U.S. Navy graphic by Eugene Hernandez)

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... MORE

SurgeMain Sailors practice the procedure for inserting a large-bore needle in order to decompress a simulated tension pneumothorax Feb. 2, during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training on Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, Washington. The program helped kick off the SurgeMain Sailors' annual two-week training deployment at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Established in 2005, SurgeMain has more than 2,000 Reserve Sailors across 75 units. (U.S. Navy photo by MC1 Jeffrey J. Hanshaw)

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