Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

| nrhp_type = nhld

| nocat = yes

| image = Aerial Bremerton Shipyard November 2012.jpg

| caption = Four decommissioned aircraft carriers docked at the shipyard. From left: {{USS|Independence|CV-62|2}}, {{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63|2}}, {{USS|Constellation|CV-64|2}} and {{USS|Ranger|CV-61|2}}.

| coordinates = {{coord|47.5585|-122.6442|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Washington

| location = N shore of Sinclair Inlet, Bremerton, WA

| area =

| architect = US Navy

| designated_nrhp_type = 27 August 1992{{cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2045&ResourceType=District|title=Puget Sound Naval Shipyard|access-date=2008-04-12|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080415010935/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2045&ResourceType=District|archive-date=15 April 2008|df=dmy-all}}

| added = 27 August 1992{{NRISref|2007a|dateform=dmy}}

| refnum = 92001883

}}

{{Infobox military installation

|name= Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility

|location= Puget Sound, Washington

|image=

|caption=

|type= Shipyard

|built= 1891

|materials=

|used= 1891–present

|controlledby= United States Navy

|garrison=

|current_commander= CAPT LT Warren(2023 - present)

|battles=

}}

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, officially Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), is a United States Navy shipyard covering 179 acres (0.7 km²) on Puget Sound at Bremerton, Washington in uninterrupted use since its establishment in 1891; it has also been known as Navy Yard Puget Sound, Bremerton Navy Yard, and the Bremerton Naval Complex.

It is bordered on the south by Sinclair Inlet, on the west by the Bremerton Annex of Naval Base Kitsap, and on the north and east by the city of Bremerton, Washington. It is the Pacific Northwest's largest naval shore facility and one of Washington state's largest industrial installations. PSNS & IMF provides the Navy with maintenance, modernization, and technical and logistics support, and employs 15,000 people which makes it the largest public shipyard in terms of personnel assigned.{{cite web |url=https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2020/03/23/uss-carl-vinson-sailor-tests-positive-novel-coronavirus/2901121001/ |title=USS Carl Vinson sailor tests positive for novel coronavirus |last=Farley |first=Josh |work=Kitsap Sun |date=23 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403164800/https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2020/03/23/uss-carl-vinson-sailor-tests-positive-novel-coronavirus/2901121001/ |archive-date=3 April 2020 |url-status=live}}

History

File:Lighting in Building 108 - NARA - 299598.tif

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was established in 1891 as a Naval Station and was designated Navy Yard Puget Sound in 1901. During World War I, the Navy Yard constructed ships, including 25 subchasers, seven submarines, two minesweepers, seven seagoing tugs, and two ammunition ships, as well as 1,700 small boats. During World War II, the shipyard's primary effort was the repair of battle damage to ships of the U.S. fleet and those of its allies.

Following World War II, Navy Yard Puget Sound was designated Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. It engaged in an extensive program of modernizing carriers, including converting conventional flight decks to angle decks. During the Korean War, the shipyard was engaged in the activation of ships. In the late 1950s, it entered an era of new construction with the building of a new class of guided missile frigates. In 1965, USS Sculpin (SSN 590) became the first nuclear-powered submarine to be maintained at PSNS. The shipyard was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992.{{Cite journal|url={{NHLS url|id=92001883}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: Navy Yard Puget Sound / Bremerton Navy Yard; Puget Sound Naval Shipyard|date=20 December 1990 |format=PDF |author=Erwin N. Thompson and Ben Levy |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=2009-05-03}} and {{NHLS url|id=92001883|title=Accompanying 17 photos, from 1985 and 1991|photos=y}} {{small|(3.71 MB)}} The historic district includes 22 contributing buildings and 42 contributing structures, as well as 49 non-contributing buildings, structures, and objects.

Installations

Perhaps the most visible feature of the shipyard is its green hammerhead crane, built in 1933. The PSNS hammerhead crane is {{convert|250|ft|m}} tall and {{convert|80|ft|m}} wide with a lifting capacity of 250 tons.{{cite web |last1=Putnam |first1=Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kirk T. |title=Senior Chief Re-enlists on Historic Bremerton Landmark |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=47037 |website=America's Navy |access-date=3 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709072106/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=47037 |archive-date=9 July 2017 |date=19 July 2009}}

Historic districts

The Puget Sound Naval Shipyard contains five historic districts:

These five units are a comprehensive representation of the historic features of the naval shipyard.

Dry Docks and Slipways

class="wikitable"
style="text-align: center;" \| Dock No. ! Material of which dock is constructed	Length	Width	Depth	Date Completed	Source
style="text-align: center;" \| 1 \| Concrete \| {{convert\|638\|ft\|11\|in\|m}} \| {{convert\|108\|ft\|m}} \| {{convert\|30\|ft\|2\|in\|m}} \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1896{{Cite book \|last=Reh \|first=Louise \|title=Nipsic to Nimitz \|publisher=Puget Sound Navy Museum Foundation \|year=1991 \|isbn=0-931475-02-3 \|location=Bremerton, Washington \|pages=12}} \|rowspan=6\|{{cite web \|url=https://tamug-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/1969.3/29744/drydock_facilities_characteristics.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y\|title=Drydocking Facilities Characteristics}}
style="text-align: center;" \| 2 \| Concrete and granite \| {{convert\|867\|ft\|m}} \| {{convert\|145\|ft\|m}} \| {{convert\|38\|ft\|2\|in\|m}} \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1911
style="text-align: center;" \| 3 \| Concrete \| {{convert\|926\|ft\|8\|in\|m}} \| {{convert\|130\|ft\|m}} \| {{convert\|23\|ft\|8\|in\|m}} \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1919
style="text-align: center;" \| 4 \| Concrete \| {{convert\|997\|ft\|10\|in\|m}} \| {{convert\|147\|ft\|m}} \| {{convert\|45\|ft\|2\|in\|m}} \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1940
style="text-align: center;" \| 5 \| Concrete \| {{convert\|1030\|ft\|6\|in\|m}} \| {{convert\|147\|ft\|m}} \| {{convert\|45\|ft\|2\|in\|m}} \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1941
style="text-align: center;" \| 6 \| Concrete \| {{convert\|1151\|ft\|11\|in\|m}} \| {{convert\|180\|ft\|m}} \| {{convert\|53\|ft\|2\|in\|m}} \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1962

class="wikitable"

style="text-align: center;" | Dock No.

! Material of which dock is constructed

Length

Width

Depth

Date Completed

Source

style="text-align: center;" | 1

| Concrete

| {{convert|638|ft|11|in|m}}

| {{convert|108|ft|m}}

| {{convert|30|ft|2|in|m}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 1896{{Cite book |last=Reh |first=Louise |title=Nipsic to Nimitz |publisher=Puget Sound Navy Museum Foundation |year=1991 |isbn=0-931475-02-3 |location=Bremerton, Washington |pages=12}}

|rowspan=6|{{cite web |url=https://tamug-ir.tdl.org/bitstream/handle/1969.3/29744/drydock_facilities_characteristics.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|title=Drydocking Facilities Characteristics}}

style="text-align: center;" | 2

| Concrete and granite

| {{convert|867|ft|m}}

| {{convert|145|ft|m}}

| {{convert|38|ft|2|in|m}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 1911

style="text-align: center;" | 3

| Concrete

| {{convert|926|ft|8|in|m}}

| {{convert|130|ft|m}}

| {{convert|23|ft|8|in|m}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 1919

style="text-align: center;" | 4

| Concrete

| {{convert|997|ft|10|in|m}}

| {{convert|147|ft|m}}

| {{convert|45|ft|2|in|m}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 1940

style="text-align: center;" | 5

| Concrete

| {{convert|1030|ft|6|in|m}}

| {{convert|147|ft|m}}

| {{convert|45|ft|2|in|m}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 1941

style="text-align: center;" | 6

| Concrete

| {{convert|1151|ft|11|in|m}}

| {{convert|180|ft|m}}

| {{convert|53|ft|2|in|m}}

| style="text-align: center;" | 1962

colspan="4"\| January 1, 1946
class="wikitable"
style="text-align: left;" \| Shipbuilding ways ! Width	Length	Source
style="text-align: center;" \| 1 and 2 \| {{convert\|109\|ft\|m}} \| {{convert\|400\|ft\|m}} \|rowspan=2\|{{cite book\|last1=Gardiner Fassett\|first1=Frederick\|title=The Shipbuilding Business in the United States of America\|date=1948\|publisher=Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers\|page=177}}
style="text-align: center;" \| 3 and 4 \| {{convert\|109\|ft\|m}} \| {{convert\|400\|ft\|m}}

Operations

=Shipbuilding=

Heavy cruisers
1 of 6 {{sclass|Northampton|cruiser|0}} (built July 1928 - September 1930)
{{USS|Louisville|CA-28|2}}
1 of 7 {{sclass|New Orleans|cruiser|0}} (September 1930 - December 1933)
{{USS|Astoria|CA-34|2}}
Destroyers
1 of 8 {{sclass|Farragut|destroyer|0||1934}} (built December 1932 - October 1934)
{{USS|Worden|DD-352|2}}
2 of 18 {{sclass|Mahan|destroyer|0}} (August 1934 - December 1935)
{{USS|Cushing|DD-376|2}}
{{USS|Perkins|DD-377|2}}
2 of 8 {{sclass|Bagley|destroyer|0}} (July 1935 - May 1937)
{{USS|Patterson|DD-392|2}}
{{USS|Jarvis|DD-393|2}}
1 of 8 {{sclass|Benham|destroyer|0}} (March 1937 - April 1939)
{{USS|Wilson|DD-408|2}}
1 of 30 {{sclass|Benson|destroyer|0}} (January 1939 - May 1940)
{{USS|Charles F. Hughes|DD-428|2}}
1 of 66 {{sclass|Gleaves|destroyer|0}} (July 1939 - May 1940)
{{USS|Monssen|DD-436|2}}
8 of 175 {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer|0}} (June 1941 - September 1944)
{{USS|Halford|DD-480|2}}
{{USS|Leutze|DD-481|2}}
{{USS|Howorth|DD-592|2}}
{{USS|Killen|DD-593|2}}
{{USS|Hart|DD-594|2}}
{{USS|Metcalf|DD-595|2}}
{{USS|Shields|DD-596|2}}
{{USS|Wiley|DD-597|2}}
8 of 65 {{sclass|Evarts|destroyer escort}}s (September 1942 - August 1943)
{{USS|Greiner|DE-37}} ... {{USS|Donaldson|DE-44}}

=Ship-Submarine Recycling Program=

In 1990 the Navy authorized the Ship-Submarine Recycling Program (SRP) to recycle nuclear-powered ships at PSNS. Approximately 25% of the shipyard's workload involves inactivation, reactor compartment disposal, and recycling of ships. It has pioneered an environmentally safe method of deactivating and recycling nuclear-powered ships. This process places the U.S. Navy in the role of being the world's only organization to design, build, operate, and recycle nuclear-powered ships. On 15 May 2003 PSNS and IMF were consolidated into what is now known as PSNS & IMF.

PSNS is the only U.S. facility certified to recycle nuclear ships. During all this period Puget Sound Naval Shipyard has scrapped more than 125 submarines and some cruisers.{{cite web|title=Navy exploring private firms for typically PSNS work|url=http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/navy-exploring-private-firms-for-typically-psns-work-399445df-bafd-47dc-e053-0100007f5f26-389653521.html|access-date=12 August 2016}}

=Reserve fleet=

The shipyard contains a portion of the United States Navy reserve fleet, a large collection of inactive U.S. Navy vessels.{{cite web |url=http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=45202 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005073233/http://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=45202 |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 October 2012 |title=Navy Decommissions USS Kitty Hawk |date=12 May 2009 |website=America's Navy |access-date=15 December 2015}} The aircraft carrier {{USS|Kitty Hawk|CV-63}} was mothballed there until May 2022 when it was removed for scrapping.{{cite web |url=http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local-news/kitty-hawk-gives-bremerton-a-quartet-of-vietnam |title=Kitty Hawk Gives Bremerton a Quartet of Vietnam-Era Carriers |last=Friedrich |first=Ed |date=6 February 2009 |website=Kitsap Sun |access-date=15 December 2015}}

Environmental issues

Gorst Creek Ravine near Port Orchard, Washington was a hazardous waste dump for the Navy's shipyard waste between 1969 and 1970, when the site was not permitted by local authorities to take waste.{{cite news|title=EPA to Navy: Fix issues at former dump |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/oct/16/epa-to-navy-fix-issues-at-former-dump/ |access-date=19 November 2014 |work=Columbian (WA) |publisher=Associated Press |date=16 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141201094013/http://www.columbian.com/news/2014/oct/16/epa-to-navy-fix-issues-at-former-dump/ |archive-date=1 December 2014 }} After several collapses since 1997 the landfill could blow out Highway 3. The landfill is an "ongoing source of pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls and metals flowing downstream with the potential to affect groundwater wells, sport fisheries and the Suquamish Tribe's fish hatchery. In October 2014, the US EPA ordered the Navy to fix the problems.{{Cite web|title = EPA wants Navy to help fix former dump|url = http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local-news/epa-wants-navy-to-help-fix-former-dump_56449893|access-date = 2015-09-10|first = Christopher|last = Dunagan}}

Gallery

File:General views Puget Sound Navy Yard c1910.jpg|Navy Yard views in 1910

File:Puget Sound Naval Shipyard 1913.jpg|Puget Sound Navy Yard in 1913

File:USS Langley (CV-1), USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Saratoga (CV-3) at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, in 1929 (NNAM.1996.488.001.004).jpg|Aircraft carriers USS Langley (CV-1), USS Saratoga (CV-3), USS Lexington (CV-2) at Puget Sound, 1929

File:Puget Sound Naval Shipyard aerial photo 1940.jpg|Puget Sound Navy Yard in 1940

File:FDR radio address Puget Sound Navy Yard August 12, 1944.jpg|Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a radio address (August 12, 1944)

File:AERIAL VIEW LOOKING NORTHEAST ACROSS THE PUGET SOUND NAVAL SHIPYARD IN DOWNTOWN BREMERTON, AND UP RICH PASSAGE.... - NARA - 556946.jpg|Mothballed ships in 1974

File:Essex carriers mothballed1 Bremerton 1989.jpg|Retired Essex-class carriers in 1989

File:PugetSoundNavalShipyardMothballs.jpg|The mothball fleet in Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

File:PugetSoundNavalShipyardWideView.jpg|Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, as seen from across the water in Port Orchard. The mothballed ships are on the left, and the hammerhead crane is on the right.

Notes

External links

[https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/Shipyards/PSNSIMF/ Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility]
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA:
{{HAER |survey=WA-116-A |id=wa0480 |title=Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Pattern Shop |photos=30 |data=9 |cap=3 |link=no}}
{{HAER |survey=WA-116-B |id=wa0543 |title=Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, 1000-Ton Forging Press |photos=1 |data=8 |cap=1 |link=no}}
{{HAER |survey=WA-116-C |id=wa0544 |title=Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Portal Gantry Crane No. 51 |photos=1 |data=6 |cap=1 |link=no}}
{{HAER |survey=WA-116-D |id=wa0545 |title=Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Portal Gantry Crane No. 55 |photos=2 |data=6 |cap=1 |link=no}}
{{HAER |survey=WA-116-E |id=wa0565 |title=Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Drydock No. 3 |photos=38 |data=16 |cap=3 |link=no}}
{{HAER |survey=WA-116-F |id=wa0725 |title=Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Portal Gantry Crane No. 42 |photos=9 |data=9 |cap=1 |link=no}}

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colspan="4"\| January 1, 1946
class="wikitable"
style="text-align: left;" \| Shipbuilding ways ! Width	Length	Source
style="text-align: center;" \| 1 and 2 \| {{convert\|109\|ft\|m}} \| {{convert\|400\|ft\|m}} \|rowspan=2\|{{cite book\|last1=Gardiner Fassett\|first1=Frederick\|title=The Shipbuilding Business in the United States of America\|date=1948\|publisher=Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers\|page=177}}
style="text-align: center;" \| 3 and 4 \| {{convert\|109\|ft\|m}} \| {{convert\|400\|ft\|m}}

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

History

Installations

Historic districts

Dry Docks and Slipways

Operations

=Shipbuilding=

=Ship-Submarine Recycling Program=

=Reserve fleet=

Environmental issues

Gallery

See also

Notes

External links