Story by Troy Miller | Norfolk Naval Shipyard | 12.04.2025
NNSY locksmiths Susan Epperson and Jerry Manning, seated in the Woodcraft Shop, guard the flow of keys, safes, and secured spaces across ships, submarines, and shore. Their scope is wide and steady. As Locksmith Shop Lead Mechanic Susan Epperson puts it, “We do everything. We help people out of a lot of jams, getting them out of any lock situation. We can open anything, mostly by picking or......
Story by Troy Miller | Norfolk Naval Shipyard | 12.01.2024
Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s (NNSY) Woodcraft Shop (Shop 64) is a support shop that assists with any job requirements pertaining to wood. From keel blocks to cabinets, from cabinets to nuclear mockups, Shop 64 does what it takes in supporting NNSY’s mission to repair, modernize and inactivate the Navy’s ships and training platforms....