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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)

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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