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The Leadership Continuum: ELD Program Shapes Tomorrow's Leaders
January 26, 2024 — In September 2016, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), U.S. Navy Adm. John Richardson, issued a transformative document entitled "One Navy Team”. This document underscored the critical importance of naval leadership and called on Sailors to leverage diversity as a strength. Richardson urged the Navy to actively practice inclusivity and to remain open to diverse perspectives, emphasizing that leaders and teams who embrace diversity will achieve maximum performance and readiness for decisive operations and combat...

Pennsylvania availability begins: The ballistic missile submarine's arrival marks Dry Dock 4's return to service following recent seismic mitigation work
May 24, 2023 — USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) entered Dry Dock 4 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility May 11, to begin an 18-month Extended Refit Period.This will be the first maintenance availability in Dry Dock 4 since interim seismic mitigation efforts were completed in recent weeks and the dry dock was tested and...

NAVFAC Pacific Awards $2.8-Billion Contract Task Order for Pearl Harbor Dry Dock Replacement
March 13, 2023 — Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $2.8-billion task order under a previously-awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple-award construction contract to Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV, based in Honolulu, Hawaii, to replace Dry Dock 3 at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance...

Recognizing SUBSAFE Excellence
December 16, 2022 — Nearly 60 years ago, April 9, 1963, while conducting deep-diving tests off the coast of Cape Cod, Mass., USS Thresher (SSN 593) sank. At the time, this was the second worst submarine accident in history. Between the Sailors and shipyard personnel, 129 people perished that day.Investigators concluded that Thresher had suffered the failure of a...

Future USS Oregon delivered to U.S. Navy
February 28, 2022 — GROTON, Conn. – The Submarine Force’s newest attack submarine, the future USS Oregon (SSN 793), delivered to the U.S. Navy on Feb. 26. PCU Oregon is the twentieth Virginia Class submarine that are co-produced at General Dynamics Electric Boat and Huntington Ingalls Industries – Newport News Shipbuilding (HII-NNS) through a long-standing teaming...

Navy mobilizing Reservists under SurgeMain program to support ship maintenance
June 10, 2020 — WASHINGTON -- The Navy is mobilizing 1,629 Reservists to support aircraft carrier and submarine maintenance at its four public shipyards starting in July. This mobilization will help reduce the maintenance backlog that has developed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.In March, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) authorized weather and safety leave for...

Shipyard, Naval Undersea Museum partner to preserve piece of historic submarine
May 9, 2018 — Capt. Howard Markle, commander of PSNS & IMF, and Museum Director Lindy Dosher officially transferred ownership of the control room from the experimental nuclear research submarine NR-1 from the shipyard to the museum during a ceremony in the museum’s private storage area May 8, 2018, in Keyport, Washington...

Norfolk Naval Shipyard undocks USS La Jolla (SSN 701)
November 30, 2017 — NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) successfully undocked USS La Jolla (SSN 701) Nov. 8. La Jolla will remain pier-side to finish the final leg of its moored training ship (MTS) conversion that began in February 2015. La Jolla is the first of two next-generation platforms undergoing conversion at the shipyard to train nuclear officers...

PCU Illinois (SSN 786) Delivered Early to the Navy
August 29, 2016 — GROTON, Conn. - The Navy accepted delivery of PCU Illinois (SSN 786), the 13th submarine of the Virginia-class, on Aug. 27, early to its contract delivery date...

PNSY Safely Docks USS Annapolis for Overhaul
June 15, 2015 — KITTERY, Maine - Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) workers safely drydocked USS Annapolis (SSN 760) June 15 for planned maintenance work and several system upgrades...

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