Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility riggers install a port retractable bow plane info a submarine at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, April 8, 2026. The team utilized chain hoists to calibrate the plane as a crane lifted it from a flatbed into a submarine. The task is performed several times a year and requires a multi-year training pipeline to master. Shipyard riggers are specialized professionals who securely lift, move, and position heavy machinery, ship sections, and structural materials using cranes, chains, and cables.
PHNSY & IMF’s mission is to keep the Navy’s fleet “Fit to Fight" by repairing, maintaining, and modernizing the Navy's fast-attack submarines and surface ships. Strategically located in the heart of the Pacific, it is the most comprehensive fleet repair and maintenance facility between the U.S. West Coast and the Far East. (U.S. Navy video by Claudia LaMantia)
Shipyard Chronicles is a series of videos highlighting the various shops that make up PNHSY & IMF.
| Date Taken: | 04.08.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 04.24.2026 00:22 |
| Category: | Series |
| Video ID: | 1003810 |
| VIRIN: | 260409-N-VN697-6023 |
| PIN: | 167001 |
| Filename: | DOD_111652584 |
| Length: | 00:01:07 |
| Location: | JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, HAWAII, US |
| Downloads: | 39 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 39 |
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