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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...

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...

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...

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