Puget Sound shipyard begins work to become homeport for USS John F. Kennedy

Puget Sound shipyard begins work to become homeport for USS John F. Kennedy

The Navy has begun a $145 million overhaul of the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s “electrical backbone,” the first step in preparing Naval Base Kitsap to homeport the new USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier.

Electrical upgrades coming to Bremerton shipyard

Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command Northwest, in coordination with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard &Intermediate Maintenance Facility, began work to replace a degraded electrical substation in the Controlled Industrial Area of the shipyard in March.