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School of Steel: New Shop 11/17 training facility provides more 'structured environment' for shipyard employees to hone their skills
April 16, 2023 — After ten years of effort and working through multiple challenges, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge, Sheetmetal, held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the re-dedication of its School of Steel training facility in Building 460 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 5. The new school will provide a safe-to-fail... MORE

Sydney Bennett, shipfitter trainee, Shop 11, Shipfitter, works inside the newly re-dedicated School of Steel training facility April 5, 2023, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Leaders gather to discuss fire safety
April 13, 2023 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility led the Northwest Regional Fire Safety, Prevention and Response Summit April 6 and 7, welcoming eight organizations to the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington, for a two-day event. Sessions during the summit focused on solving major challenges in preventing shipboard fires,... MORE

Matt Ormond, implementations manager, Code 200, Engineering and Planning, Orlando Medina, Fire Safety Innovations, Code 270.4, Mechanical Temporary Services Branch, and Paul Herron, core program manager, Code 740, Riggers, discuss fire prevention techniques April 6, 2023, during the Northwest Regional Fire Safety, Prevention and Response Summit at the Undersea Naval Museum in Keyport, Washington. (U.S Navy photo by Ben Hutto)

Shipboard fire a constant threat: Bonhomme Richard tragedy an enduring lesson in fire prevention, response
March 16, 2023 — July 12, 2020 was a lazy Sunday morning at Naval Base San Diego. USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), which had been commissioned only two years earlier, had recently made the base its new homeport and was docked as it underwent a maintenance availability.But, the silence of that morning was rocked by an explosion a few minutes before 9 a.m., changing... MORE

Infographic detailing shipboard fire safety principles, including: Prepare, Protect, Prevent and Respond. (U.S. Navy graphic by Robin Lee)

Learning to communicate: Bi-monthly ASL Lunch-&-Learn sessions have become an important resource for deaf employees at the shipyard
March 9, 2023 — When Marlene Bell was hired as a full-time American Sign Language interpreter for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Facility in the spring of 2019, she estimates that there were only a handful of deaf employees working for the command.Back then, there was no specialized equipment to help hard of hearing and deaf workers communicate with... MORE

More than 800 tentative offers extended to job seekers during two-day event at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds
February 20, 2023 — The doors of Presidents’ Hall at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds opened at 9 a.m. sharp Feb. 3, kicking off Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s two-day hiring fair.Hopeful applicants braved the cold, rainy weather to browse booths representing 30 of the shipyard’s shops, codes and services. Scattered throughout the event... MORE

Allan Schott, hiring manager, Shop 38, Marine Machinery Mechanics, advises a job seeker Feb. 3, 2023, during the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Hiring Fair. Seventeen years ago, Schott found himself in a similar position, looking for work at the shipyard. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

Transportation transformation: What are your options?
January 25, 2023 — Since it was established in 1891, the shipyard has attracted people to it. The City of Bremerton was incorporated just outside the gates in 1901 and has helped provide the command with a committed workforce for the past 131 years. But more than a century of modernization and expansion, both inside and outside the industrial area, does not come... MORE

Shop 75 celebrates 10 years at PSNS & IMF | Dismantlers recognized for their enduring contributions to the shipyard over the past decade
January 5, 2023 — Shop 75, Dismantlers, celebrated its 10th anniversary at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Nov. 16 in the Shipyard Auditorium.Members of the shop gathered in the auditorium to listen to their history, welcome back some original members of Shop 75 who retired, and to hear future plans for their shop.During the event,... MORE

Mike Irby, then-deputy production resources officer, Code 901,
Production Resources, speaks at an event for Shop 75, Dismantlers, celebrating their 10 year anniversary at PSNS & IMF. Shop 75 was initally stood up as a project-specific shop for USS Enterprise (CVN 65) (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen).

Building a team to fight and win: A shop to ship collaboration
November 23, 2022 — Twenty six valves came into Shop 31, Machinists, Electroplaters & Toolmakers in late April from USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). After a six-month deployment operating in diverse environments—from the heat and humidity of the Indo- Pacific and South China seas to the cold of the Gulf of Alaska—the effects of brine were evident. Most of the valves... MORE

Dylan Whaley, an electrician's mate third class assigned to USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), center, gets help disassembling a valve from Erik Kendrickson, right, a technician from contracting partner Curtiss Wright Fleet Solutions and John Devito, left, a technician from contracting partner Target Rock. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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