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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)

Maintenance team completes four-year upgrade process, extending crane's life another 20 years
February 21, 2025 — A team of more than two dozen Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Crane Maintenance Team professionals completed a four-year effort to upgrade Crane 62 on Jan. 3.Crane 62 is one of 10 portal cranes that can be seen regularly moving throughout the shipyard on rails similar to train tracks, carrying an assortment of heavy... MORE

Andrew Babbitt, crane operator, Code 740, Riggers, uses newly upgraded Portal Crane 62 to lower equipment to the hangar bay of USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), Jan. 21, 2025, while working along Pier Bravo at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

Crane maintenance employees do the heavy lifting to ensure that availabilities continue to run on time
January 18, 2024 — From the waterfront of Port Orchard to the downtown area of Bremerton, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s towering cranes can be seen along the skyline — symbols of how the shipyard supports the U.S. Navy’s fleet. Weighing thousands of pounds, with the ability to hoist some of the Navy’s largest, heaviest assets, each... MORE

Joshua Buffington, mechanic helper; Benjamin Early and Janelle Sorensen, Heavy Mobile equipment mechanic apprentices; and Hannah Honeycutt, mechanic helper, Code 730, Lifting and Handling Crane Maintenance Division; perform valve adjustment checks on a diesel engine from a portal crane, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

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