NNSY and PHNSY complete valve and piping replacement on San Francisco Conversion 13 days early BY ANNA TAYLOR • PUBLIC AFFAIRS SPECIALIST PHOTOS BY SHAYNE HENSLEY • NNSY PHOTOGRAPHER
24 • SERVICE TO THE FLEET • SEPTEMBER 2017
Two shipyards separated by 5,000 miles completed highly complex work on the USS San Francisco (SSN 711) conversion project 13 days early Aug. 12. The combined efforts of Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PHNSY&IMF) will serve the Navy for decades to come. San Francisco, which arrived at NNSY Jan. 25 for its conversion from an operational fast-attack submarine into a Moored Training Ship (MTS), is the second of two next-generation MTSes to be used for training nuclear officers and Sailors at Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) Charleston, South Carolina. NNSY has been converting the first, USS La Jolla (SSN 701) since Feb. 2015. The collaboration between the two shipyards began in 2016 after the NNSY