In 2004, another opportunity arose to further increase efficiency and improve service to the fleet. The Shipyard’s consolidation with IMF (formerly the Trident Refit Facility, Bangor and the Shore Intermediate Maintenance Activity at Everett and Bremerton) improved fleet readiness by allowing the Navy to accomplish the highest priority, real-time ship maintenance requirements while achieving the maximum maintenance effort possible. On May 15, 2003, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and the Naval Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Pacific Northwest (located at Bangor, Bremerton and Everett, WA) consolidated into one maintenance activity, creating “Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility” (PSNS and IMF). In 1998, the Shipyard stood up a detachment in San Diego, CA to support work on nuclear powered aircraft carriers homeported there. Navy in the role of being the world's only organization to design, build, operate, and recycle nuclear powered ships. This type of work will continue as more and different classes of ships are decommissioned and require disposal. The Shipyard has pioneered an environmentally safe method of deactivating and recycling nuclear-powered ships. This work involves inactivation, reactor compartment disposal, and recycling of ships.
Navy authorized a program to recycle nuclear powered ships at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In 1965, the former USS Sculpin (SSN 590) became the first nuclear powered submarine worked on at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In the late 1950's the Shipyard entered an era of new construction with the building of a new class of guided missile frigates. The Shipyard engaged in an extensive program of modernizing carriers, including converting conventional flight decks to angle decks.ĭuring the Korean conflict, the Shipyard primarily activated new ships. Following World War II, Navy Yard Puget Sound was designated Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In 1901, the Naval Station was re-designated Navy Yard Puget Sound.ĭuring World War I, the Navy Yard constructed ships, including 25 subchasers, seven submarines, two minesweepers, seven sea-going tugs, and two ammunition ships, as well as 1,700 small boats.ĭuring World War II, the Shipyard’s primary effort was the repair of battle damage to ships of the U.S. The first battleship to be dry-docked was the former USS Oregon (BB-3) in 1897. That same year, in December, the Navy broke ground for the construction of the first of six dry docks that would be built. Wyckoff acquired additional land, bringing the total to approximately 190 acres. Wyckoff as the station’s first commandant. 16, 1891, the Navy finalized the purchase of the original 145 acres of land and formally dedicated the opening of Naval Station Puget Sound with Lt. In 1889, Congress approved a budget to purchase some land around Sinclair Inlet for the establishment of a naval station. Sinclair Inlet was identified as an ideal location. He, along with a team of surveyors, scouted the Puget Sound from the San Juan Islands to Olympia. Ambrose Wyckoff was assigned the task of locating a deep water protected harbor where the Navy could establish a shore facility above the 42nd parallel north. Adaptability, perseverance and devotion to duty remain the driving forces behind the Command’s ability to earn and keep its reputation as a provider of world-class service to the fleet. Originally established in 1891 as a Naval Station, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard has proudly built and serviced our nation’s vital naval assets through two world wars and several conflicts, many technological changes, as well as fluctuations in our nation’s economy. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility History
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