21 June 2023 Powering Up the Shipyard: Generator Maintenance Team Brings New Capabilities to Ensure America’s Shipyard Stays Mission-Ready Norfolk Naval Shipyard works daily to support the mission of repairing, modernizing, and inactivating our Navy’s warships and training platforms on time, every time, to protect America. It takes dedicated people who invest time and skill into the work they do in order to achieve that goal...
21 June 2023 USS Nimitz Records 350,000th Arrested Landing USS Nimitz (CVN 68), the oldest-serving U.S commissioned aircraft carrier in the world, successfully completed its 350,000th arrested aircraft landing recently while sailing in the South China Sea, a milestone nearly 48 years in the making...
31 May 2023 2023 Annual Update of Cleanup Achievements for Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, Ca - Cleanup is ongoing at HPNS, with radiological retesting pending at several parcels. The Navy will conduct post-remediation monitoring at HPNS until all property is transferred. Upon completion of all activities and transfer, the property will be ready for...
26 May 2023 Refueling Complex Overhaul Completed on USS George Washington (CVN 73) NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – USS George Washington (CVN 73), the nation’s sixth Nimitz-class nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, ushered in the second half of its service life on May 25, when it completed its refueling complex overhaul (RCOH) at Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), in Norfolk,...
25 May 2023 VCNO Visits Hampton Roads; Discusses Quality of Service, Maintenance Availabilities, and Infrastructure NORFOLK, Va. – Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Lisa Franchetti engaged with local military and industry leaders in the Hampton Roads area to discuss Sailor well-being and shipyard improvements, May 23-24, 2023...
25 May 2023 VCNO Visits Hampton Roads; Discusses Quality of Service, Maintenance Availabilities, and Infrastructure NORFOLK, Va. – Vice Chief of Naval Operations (VCNO) Adm. Lisa Franchetti engaged with local military and industry leaders in the Hampton Roads area to discuss Sailor well-being and shipyard improvements, May 23-24, 2023...
25 May 2023 Norfolk Naval Shipyard Partners with the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences to Showcase Cutting Edge Shipbuilding Technology NORFOLK, Va - Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) co-hosted its first Technology Showcase for contractors and civilians from May 10-11 with the National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS)...
12 May 2023 Structural Upgrades Completed on Dry Dock 4, Continue on Two other Docks BREMERTON, Wash. - Interim seismic mitigation efforts, which began Feb. 15 on Dry Dock 4, have been completed at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton. The dry dock has been tested and re-certified and USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735) was docked for its Extended...
28 April 2023 George Washington to Replace Ronald Reagan as the Forward-deployed Carrier in Japan in 2024 NAVAL AIR STATION NORTH ISLAND, Calif. - In coordination with the government of Japan, Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) will return to U.S. 7th Fleet, replacing USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) as the forward-deployed Naval Forces-Japan (FDNF-J) aircraft carrier,...
25 April 2023 Norfolk Naval Shipyard Celebrates Completion of Fully Mission Capable Dry Dock 4 with Ribbon Cutting NORFOLK, Va - Navy leadership celebrated the first project to be turned back over to the Fleet in support of the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) for the modernized Dry Dock 4, April 19...