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Automated rudder bore welding takes innovative step forward, thanks to collaboration between the Moonshine Lab and welders of Shop 26
April 24, 2025 — Several years ago innovative thinkers in Shop 26, Welders, and Code 138 Welding Engineers, developed an innovation to improve how rudder bores are serviced at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. Transitioning from hand welding inside the rudder bores to automated welding cut the time to repair or restore aircraft carrier... MORE

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)

New training mock-up in San Diego offers apprentices a 'safe-to-fail' environment for honing their skills
February 25, 2025 — Mtume Salaam, workforce development manager, Code 984, Shop Resources, looks at his current training setting in Building 73 on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, with a large amount of pride.The converted space wasn’t always the intricate training area it is now. Initially set aside to become a training area in 2023, other priorities put... MORE

Southwest Regional Apprentice Program instructors (from left) Erik Hughes, Shop 38, Marine Machinist; Andrew Fernandez, Code 740, Riggers; and Enrellee Thomas, Shop 26, Welders, pose for photo, Jan. 23, 2025, inside the program's new training facility at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

Shop 26 completes fourth RCD package with zero rejectable conditions on all inspected weld joints
September 26, 2024 — The Shop 26 welders who assemble Reactor Compartment Disposal packages recently completed their fourth RCD package with zero rejectable conditions on all volumetrically-inspected weld joints, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.According to Torey Hansen, general foreman, Shop 26, volumetrically-inspected welds are... MORE

David Heiland, welder, Shop 26, Welders, works on a section of a Reactor Compartment Disposal package support structure on the "Big Slab" in Building 460 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photos by Wendy Hallmark)

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