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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)

Longtime Shop 51 electrician builds a lasting legacy
September 19, 2023 — In his 36 years working for Shop 51, Electricians, at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Larry Cramer, electrician, has seen a massive amount of change.Cramer has seen 13 shipyard commanders arrive, lead and pass their mantle on to the next. He has seen shops and codes transform their work as carriers and submarines... MORE

Larry Cramer, electrician, Shop 51, Electricians, began his 36-year career at PSNS & IMF since 1987. That career came to a close Aug. 31, 2023, when he "clocked out" for the final time. (U.S. Navy photo by Jeb Fach)

PSNS & IMF honors employees during Employee of the Year ceremony
April 25, 2023 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Employee of the Year nominees, their co-workers, friends and family gathered at the Admiral Theater Tuesday at 10 a.m. to honor the command’s top employees during the shipyard’s annual recognition ceremony.During the event, the command celebrated the accomplishments of employees from... MORE

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Employee of the Year nominees, their co-workers, friends and family gathered Tuesday at the Admiral Theater in downtown Bremerton, Washington, to honor the command’s top employees during the shipyard’s annual recognition ceremony. Capt. Jip Mosman, commander, PSNS & IMF, with the winners of various Employee of the Year categories. (U.S Navy Photo by Wendy Hallmark)

School of Steel: New Shop 11/17 training facility provides more 'structured environment' for shipyard employees to hone their skills
April 16, 2023 — After ten years of effort and working through multiple challenges, Shop 11/17, Shipfitters, Forge, Sheetmetal, held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the re-dedication of its School of Steel training facility in Building 460 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, April 5. The new school will provide a safe-to-fail... MORE

Sydney Bennett, shipfitter trainee, Shop 11, Shipfitter, works inside the newly re-dedicated School of Steel training facility April 5, 2023, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Wendy Hallmark)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Genba walk – Pumpwell workers support the fleet every day, working behind the scenes, between dockings and undockings, to keep PSNS & IMF dry docks operational
March 28, 2023 — When ships and submarines make their way into or out of one of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility’s six dry docks, riggers and handlers can be seen alongside the vessels tending lines and chains, and operating industrial equipment. However, there is a lot of behind-the-scenes work that is critical to successful docking... MORE

Members of the Shop 99, Temporary Services, pumpwell team pose for a picture inside the Dry Dock 6 Pumpwell March 15, 2023 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. Team members support the fleet and shipyard operations every day, both during and between dockings and undockings. The shipyard's dry docks and pumpwells were built between 1894 and 1963, so the system undergoes continual maintenance. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott Hansen)

Louisiana back underway: Project team completes the final engineered refueling overhaul for an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine
March 8, 2023 — USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) completed an Engineered Refueling Overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Feb. 21, which is the last-ever scheduled ERO for an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine.According to Ken Rogers Jr., project superintendent, the Louisiana project comprised the biggest repair package in ERO... MORE

The Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana (SSBN 743) transits Puget Sound following a 41-month engineered refueling overhaul at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Feb. 9, 2023. Louisiana is one of eight ballistic-missile submarines stationed at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, providing the most survivable leg of the strategic deterrence triad for the United States. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brian G. Reynolds)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) completes availability four days early
January 19, 2023 — Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility completed a six-month Planned Incremental Availability on USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Dec. 4, 2022, four days ahead of schedule.Vinson’s successful PIA was a joint effort spread among PSNS & IMF personnel, contractors, Ship’s Force and Southwest Regional Maintenance Center workers. The... MORE

Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) transits the Pacific Ocean, June 22, 2021. Vinson recently completed a Planned Incremental Availability four days ahead of schedule at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility, in Bremerton, Washington. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Haydn N. Smith)

NSS-SY Spotlight: Inside Shop Pillar
July 21, 2022 — A new standardization and improvement process is underway at all four naval shipyards thanks to a pilot program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.The Naval Sustainment System-Shipyard Inside Shop Pillar focuses on predictability regarding work completion, and improving repair and manufacturing capabilities. During... MORE

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EXPERT TRADESPERSON | NSS-SY Shipyard Resourcing pillar develops new career path, increases support to mechanics
June 9, 2022 — A new career path at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility provides expert mechanics with the means and motivation to train and mentor the next generation of journey-level workers. The Navy’s four public shipyards are the most consequential driver of fleet readiness and lethality. In order to win wars and deter aggression,... MORE

Workers from Shop 38, Marine Machinery Mechanics, observe a propeller installation for USS Nimitz (CVN 68) Oct. 16, 2018 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. (U.S. Navy photo by Brain Kilpatrick)

NSS-SY: Crew boards streamline start-of-shift process for supervisors, workers across shipyard
September 27, 2021 — Crew boards, which were part of the Naval Sustainment System—Shipyards Start-of-Shift sprint conducted during the past several months, are now being expanded to additional projects across Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility.According to Ray Howard, an NSS-SY lead for PSNS & IMF, crew boards were found to be an effective... MORE

Rear Adm. Howard B. Markle, deputy commander, Logistics, Maintenance and Industrial Operations, Naval Sea Systems Command, talks with Chris Harty, Shop 11/17 Shipfitter and Sheet Metal, general foreman, and Timothy Tibbs, Shop 11, Shipfitter, supervisor, about the use of crew boards Aug. 26, 2021, during a tour of the Building 1124 CVN Maintenance Complex at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Washington. (PSNS & IMF photo by Scott Hansen)

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