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An LED-based UVC sanitizer, developed by a team of innovators to combat COVID-19 at the shipyard, is granted a U.S. patent
September 11, 2025
Wilson Davenport, electrical engineer with Code 293C, Combat Systems Electrical Carrier Group, Chris Doyle, nuclear engineer, Code 2310.8 Nuclear Engineering & Planning and not pictured, Branden Doyle, then-nuclear innovation program manager with Code 2301, Nuclear Project Engineering, a team of three from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, designed and built an LED-based device UVC sanitizer to combat COVID-19 on surfaces throughout naval vessels. The device the team eventually ended up creating was granted Patent No. US 12,337,070 B1 by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, June 24, 2025.

Modern hyperbaric chamber helps train, protect next generation of divers
September 9, 2025
Navy Diver 1st Class Josh Amberson, right, and Navy Diver 2nd Class Hale Gage conduct a simulated emergency inside the new hyperbaric chamber, July 29, 2025, at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Portal cranes 80, 82 and 92 receive summertime facelifts to ward off oxidation, corrosion
August 14, 2025
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
First of 2 new portal cranes arrives to support PSNS & IMF operations

Testing of laser ablation for removal of coatings, corrosion looks promising
June 18, 2025
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
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
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
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
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
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)