The following is the June 28, 2023, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Address Cost and Schedule Estimates for Shipyard Improvement. Read More
Tag Archives: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility
Procedural Problems, Maintenance Lapses Led to Water Contamination Aboard Carriers USS Nimitz, USS Abraham Lincoln
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W Bush (CVN-77) transits the Adriatic Sea on March 17, 2023. US Navy Photo
Water contaminated with jet fuel accidentally pumped throughout aircraft carrier USS Nimitz‘s (CVN-68) potable water system and resulted in widespread contamination that made 11 sailors sick in September, according to an investigation the Navy released on Monday. Read More
Navy Finishes Seismic Repairs to Dry Dock 4 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) is docked for its Extended Refit Period May 11 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility. U.S. Navy Photo
The Navy has finished seismic repairs to one of its Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility dry docks, the service announced late last week. Read More
Navy: Puget Sound Submarine Dry Docks to Complete Seismic Repairs by July
Two submarines enter dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash. US Navy photo.
The four dry docks that the Navy shut down in Puget Sound to shore them up against seismic threats should be available for submarine maintenance by July, Navy officials told the Senate on Tuesday. Read More
Navy Starts $80M Project to Reinforce Four Puget Sound Dry Docks
Two submarines enter dry dock at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Wash. US Navy photo.
SAN DIEGO – The Navy started work on two Washington state submarine dry docks that the service shuttered last month over fears of earthquake damage, USNI News learned. Read More
Navy Closes 4 Puget Sound Submarine Dry Docks Following Earthquake Risk Study
The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Olympia (SSN-717) arrives at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for a port visit in January 2017. US Navy photo.
Four dry docks the Navy uses to overhaul nuclear submarines in Washington are temporarily closed after the service found they are at risk for earthquake damage, service officials told USNI News on Thursday. Read More
USS Nimitz Back Underway After Two Weeks of Flushing Jet Fuel Out of Fresh Water System
USS Chung-Hoon (DDG-93) passes aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) as it transits through the San Diego Harbor on Sept. 23, 2022. US Navy Photo
Aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is back at sea preparing for an upcoming deployment after being kept pierside due to jet fuel contamination in its potable water system, USNI News has learned. Read More
Carrier USS Nimitz Still Sidelined Over Fresh Water Contamination
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) departing San Diego, Calif., on Feb. 15, 2022. USNI News Photo
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is still pierside at Naval Air Station North Island due to ongoing problems with the ship’s drinking water system, two officials familiar with the matter told USNI News on Tuesday. Read More
Procedural Issue Contaminated Fresh Water System With Jet Fuel on USS Nimitz
Sailors aboard USS Nimitz (CVN-68) assemble on the flight deck and form a human ‘100’ to commemorate the centennial of the aircraft carrier on March 20, 2022. US Navy Photo
Sailors could’t use the potable water system aboard aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN-68) for three days after jet fuel contaminated the fresh water tanks last week, a Navy official told USNI News on Wednesday. Read More
Navy Cost Estimates on Shipyard Modernization ‘Wildly Off,’ GAO Tells Congress
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) is dry-docked at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Virginia, on April 23, 2019. US Navy Photo
The Navy’s cost estimates for modernizing dry docks in its four public shipyards ‘have been wildly off point,” Diana Maurer, the director of defense capabilities in the General Accountability Office, testified on Tuesday. Read More
