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Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard’s work on critical repairs ensures USS John Paul Jones meets tasking
November 18, 2020 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s (PHNSY & IMF) Fleet Maintenance Repair (FMR) team provided outstanding support on USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) emergent repairs while the ship remained in a pre-deployment COVID-19 sequestration state. The leadership and urgency from the... MORE

Guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) (Photo by U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aja Bleu Jackson)

PHNSY & IMF successfully undocks USS Wayne E. Meyer
November 10, 2020 — JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii – Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) successfully undocked Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) on Nov. 5. Despite the challenges of COVID-19, the shipyard and its partners remain open for business, executing a major milestone... MORE

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility successfully undocked Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) on Nov. 5. Despite the challenges of COVID-19, the shipyard and its partners remain open for business, executing a major milestone ahead of completing the ship’s Dry Docking Selected Restricted Availability.

PHNSY & IMF Apprentice Program Celebrates Its Centennial Anniversary
October 19, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – This year marks the 100th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) apprentice program, which began in 1920 when Leonard H. Dexter and Fred C. Douse were hired as machinist apprentices. At that time, the shipyard hired and trained local talent to become the skilled... MORE

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility Apprentice Graduations circa 1948 - 1953.

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & IMF successfully undocks USS Columbia (SSN 771)
August 20, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) successfully undocked Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) July 16, 2020. The undocking was a major milestone in completing the submarine’s engineered overhaul (EOH) availability.To achieve this milestone, the project team,... MORE

Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility successfully undocked Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) July 16, 2020 from Dry Dock #2. The undocking was a major milestone in completing the submarine’s engineered overhaul (EOH) availability.

All Things Technical Open for Business
July 8, 2020 — Recently, Navy Region Hawai’i and Naval Surface Group Middle Pacific (MIDPAC) collaborated with Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF) to improve the Recovery Assist, Secure and Traverse (RAST) system used on Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.The RAST allows helicopters to land on a flight deck that is pitching,... MORE

An SH-60B Sea Hawk Helicopter takes off from the flight deck of the guided missile frigate USS Preble (DDG 88). A carriage and tracks for the ship's recovery assistance, securing and traversing (RAST) system are on the deck below the helicopter.

Service With a Smile
July 6, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – The onset of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and the virus’ ability to quickly spread presented many challenges to preserve a safe working environment at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY & IMF). Several shipyard codes’ primary services require face-to-face customer... MORE

Code 1123 Security Assistant Walter Fung issues a pass to a
visitor at Bldg. 207 Pass & ID. Code 1123 Industrial Security
Branch is dedicated to providing quality professional service,
while ensuring the safety and security of personnel and
critical assets.

Malama Kekahi I Kekahi – Taking Care of One Another
June 25, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Hawaiian culture has always been very compassionate and giving. One example of these tightly held values is the irrigation system called ahupua’a. This system consisted of land subdivisions that were complete ecological and economic production systems. Early Hawaiians discovered ways to share the life-sustaining resource of... MORE

Members of the COVID-19 Tiger Team showing their unity. The
Tiger Team is made up of people from all departments, from
all levels, working together to malama kekahi I kekahi.

It Takes a Village: PHNSY & IMF Responds to COVID-19
June 12, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s (PHNSY & IMF) workforce quickly innovated solutions to stop the spread of COVID-19 at the shipyard. A collective effort by many, faceless heroes worked diligently to protect the workforce from COVID-19. When the directive to wear cloth face coverings was... MORE

Shop 64A Fabric Worker shows off one of the thousands of protective safety coverings that the production team produced for PHNSY & IMF workers.

The Nō Ka ‘Oi Legacy of Midway
June 4, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Seventy-eight years ago this week, Sailors and civilians turned the tide of the War in the Pacific. The shipyard each of us call home today played a pivotal role ensuring our Pacific Fleet was ready to surprise the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) at the Battle of Midway. A couple weeks before the carrier USS Yorktown (CV-5)... MORE

USS Yorktown (CV-5) in Dry Dock 1 at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 29 May 1942, receiving urgent repairs for damage received in the Battle of Coral Sea. She left Pearl Harbor the next day to participate in the Battle of Midway.

Down the USS Missouri Hatch
June 3, 2020 — PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – Missouri arriving!” the loud speaker crackled as the seven of us walked aboard the USS Missouri (SSN-780) trailing Missouri Commanding Officer Cmdr. George Howell and Project Superintendent Chad Nishida. Nishida dutifully inspected us for proper personal protective equipment as he led us onto the boat. Symbolic of his... MORE

USS Missouri (SSN 780) Project Superintendent Chad Nishida
explains to Code 1160 Congressional and Public Affairs Office the importance of getting submarines out on time to help support our nations defense as we face threats from adversaries in the Pacific.

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