Story by Amanda Surmeier | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Northwest | 02.05.2026
Seismic retrofit work continues on Dry Dock 4 at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), with a targeted completion date now ahead of schedule....
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 11.05.2025
SANTA RITA, Guam — The USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) crew returned to homeport Nov. 5, after a deployment of more than eight months that included scheduled drydock maintenance in Honolulu and activities in the Republic of the Marshall Islands. "The crew of Frederick Hatch stands among the finest Fast Response Cutter teams I have led," said Lt. Cmdr. Vaughn Gehman, commanding officer.......
Story by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam | 06.03.2024
SANTA RITA, Guam — The USCGC Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139) crew arrived in Honolulu on May 28, 2024, marking a significant milestone as it enters its first drydock maintenance period of approximately four and a half months. Commissioned in 2021, the Myrtle Hazard is the first of three Guam-based Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) to make the transit to Hawaii from Guam, traveling 3,743 miles to......
Courtesy Story | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | 05.17.2024
The first of 27 concrete monoliths arrived at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) on May 16, marking a milestone in the Multi-Mission Dry Dock #1 Project....
Story by Harrison Cox and Danielle Lofton | Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) | 01.30.2024
The Navy’s oldest floating dry dock, Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center’s (MARMC) Dynamic (AFDL 6), successfully completed its first dry-docking for Landing Craft Utility (LCU) 1645 at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLCFS), Jan.30....
Story by Staff Sgt. Danielle Lofton | Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) | 05.17.2022
Dynamic, along with its companion barge (YFND 30), were towed from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story (JEBLCFS) to Lyons Shipyard Inc., in Norfolk, Virginia for a scheduled Docking Planned Maintenance Availability., May 17....
Story by JC Kreidel | Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Atlantic | 09.07.2021
Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Atlantic commissioned Officer in Charge of Construction (OICC) Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNSY) in Kittery, Maine, Sept. 2, 2021....
Story by Rebecca Hoag | Naval Postgraduate School | 06.26.2020
The Mills Medal, awarded by the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Alumni Association and Foundation, recognizes research that has had a clear impact on the Navy’s operational efficiency. This year, the award was presented to NPS operations research professor Kyle Lin who developed an algorithmic tool, the Surface Ship Drydock Schedule Planner (SSDSP), to optimize naval drydocks and help......
