Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility

GAO Report on Navy Readiness and Shipyard Improvement

Changes in Cost Estimates for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Dry Dock Project

The following is the June 28, 2023, Government Accountability Office report, Navy Readiness: Actions Needed to Address Cost and Schedule Estimates for Shipyard Improvement. 

From the reportWhat GAO Found

The Navy has not developed a full cost and schedule estimate for its Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP)—an effort to improve its dry docks, facilities, and equipment—and reports that it will not be able to do so until fiscal year 2025. In the interim, the Navy plans to provide...

https://news.usni.org/2023/06/29/gao-report-on-navy-readiness-and-shipyard-improvement

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.

One week later, dirty bilge water contaminated the potable water supply aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) after...

https://news.usni.org/2023/05/17/procedural-problems-maintenance-lapses-led-to-water-contamination-aboard-carriers-uss-nimitz-uss-abraham-lincoln

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.
Ohio-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735) is now in Dry Dock 4 for a refit after the dry dock received a new certification, according to a news...

https://news.usni.org/2023/05/15/navy-finishes-seismic-repairs-to-dry-dock-4-at-puget-sound-naval-shipyard

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.

In two separate hearings, service leaders told senators the extra work is to provide additional support to the walls of the dry docks in case of a seismic event.

The four dry docks – three at Puget Sound Naval...

https://news.usni.org/2023/03/28/navy-puget-sound-submarine-dry-dock-to-complete-seismic-repairs-by-july

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.

Late last month, the service closed four dry docks – three at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., and the delta pier at the Trident Refit Facility in Bangor, Wash.

On Feb. 10, the Navy issued...

https://news.usni.org/2023/02/16/navy-starts-80m-project-to-reinforce-four-puget-sound-dry-docks

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.

The dry docks, three at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility in Bremerton, Wash., and the delta pier at the Trident...

https://news.usni.org/2023/01/27/navy-closes-4-puget-sound-submarine-dry-docks-following-earthquake-risk-study

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.

The carrier left the pier at Naval Station North Island, Calif., on Sunday to meet the other ships in its Carrier Strike Group for the Composite Unit Training...

https://news.usni.org/2022/10/03/uss-nimitz-back-underway-after-two-weeks-of-flushing-jet-fuel-out-of-fresh-water-system

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 stuck 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.
The Navy delayed Nimitz‘s plans to leave the pier and the ship is using San Diego’s water while it works out the issues with the potable water system, a Navy spokesman told USNI News.

“Nimitz‘s scheduled underway...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/27/carrier-uss-nimitz-still-sidelined-over-fresh-water-contamination

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.
After discovering JP5 in the water while the carrier was at sea on Sept. 16, the potable water became safe to use...

https://news.usni.org/2022/09/21/procedural-issue-contaminated-fresh-water-system-with-jet-fuel-on-uss-nimitz

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.

She was referring to GAO’s latest report on the Navy’s Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Plan released this week and a...

https://news.usni.org/2022/05/11/navy-cost-estimates-on-shipyard-modernization-wildly-off-gao-tells-congress

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