27 March 2025 Forging the Future: U.S. Trains First Australian Radiological Control Technicians to Support AUKUS Submarine Force PORTSMOUTH, Va. – In a milestone for the AUKUS (Australia, United Kingdom, United States) enhanced trilateral security partnership, four Australian civilian maintenance technicians from the Australian government’s submarine company, ASC, graduated from the U.S. Navy’s Radiological Controls...
20 February 2023 Norfolk Naval Shipyard Breaks Ground on $300 Million in SIOP Renovation NORFOLK, Va. - On Feb. 15 Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) broke ground to welcome a renewed period of naval shore construction and celebrate multiple projects which will renovate and modernize its historic Dry Dock 8 and adjacent berths...
20 January 2023 Our Yard History: Unsung Heroes of Public Works Maintenance PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Unsung heroes; the men of Public Works past are whom we honor. Those men who kept our facilities functioning within this complex performance of basic shipyard facility support are the true backstage hands that the waterfront audience never really saw yet for brief public...
24 March 2022 Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Jacqueline Winborne Named Department of Labor Apprentice of the Year for 2021 NAVAL STATION NORFOLK, Va. - “Believe in yourself.” These are words Insulator Jacqueline Winborne lives by, the phrase etched in her hard hat to echo her beliefs. A recent graduate of the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) Apprenticeship Program, she takes on each day staying true to her ideals. Her...
07 December 2021 NNSY Ships Played Pivotal Role in Defending Pearl Harbor Attack PORTSMOUTH, Va. - It was only a day later when President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared it “a date which will live in infamy.”...
20 October 2021 Teamwork and Innovation Save $3 million, More Than 60 Days for USS New Hampshire PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Thanks to collaborative teaming between Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY), Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY), Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), and Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC), innovative repairs were recently completed on USS New Hampshire (SSN 778), saving more...
06 July 2021 Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Improvements Key to Undocking USS Pasadena June 26 PORTSMOUTH, Va. - USS Pasadena (SSN 752) project team’s commitment to “get real, get better” through several improvement initiatives directly contributed to undocking June 26 at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY)...
07 June 2021 Norfolk Naval Shipyard Supports Environmental Stewardship: Clean the Bay, Our Way PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Each year, on the first Saturday of June, Hampton Roads residents simultaneously descend on the rivers, streams, beaches and land-based properties of the Chesapeake Bay watershed to remove litter and debris. This year, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, participation will be slightly...
13 May 2021 Norfolk Naval Shipyard completes USS Harry S Truman’s Extended Carrier Incremental Availability PORTSMOUTH, Va. - USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) departed Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) for sea trials May 12 following completion of its Extended Carrier Incremental Availability (ECIA)...
13 May 2021 USS John C. Stennis departed Norfolk for Newport News to begin RCOH NORFOLK, Va. – The aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) departed Naval Station Norfolk and transited to Newport News Shipyard May 6, to begin its nearly 4-year Refueling Complex Overhaul (RCOH) maintenance period...