Talking Shop: Celebrating NNSY's Temporary Services (Shop 99)

Photo By Troy Miller | Norfolk Naval Shipyard’s Temporary Services (Shop 99) Electrician Jamelias Peller attended the University of District of Columbia on a track scholarship where she also excelled in basketball for the University. She had planned to join the U.S. Marine Corps in order to support the United States interests, but she was unable to participate in the buddy program. Several years later her dream came true of serving her country by becoming an electrician at Norfolk Naval Shipyard in 2018. “When I was given the opportunity to come work here at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, I took it because I had finally got my chance to service the military," she said.  

PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES

10.01.2024

Story by Troy Miller 

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

When a submarine or an aircraft carrier arrives at Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) for maintenance, repair and/or upgrades, the vessels have to shut down their self-sustaining power, water and other utilities. This is where Shop 99, Temporary Services (Code 990), steps in.
“You can look at it this way,” said Shop 99’s Submarine General Foreman William Claridge. “We provide hotel services for ships and barges while they are at NNSY.”
Shop 99 provides electric, water, air conditioning and refrigeration (AC&R), chemical holding tank (CHT), a quarterdeck phone system and other services to NNSY’s temporary visitors. In addition, Shop 99 members are trained to fight fires in order to ensure hot work aboard the vessels can be done and done safely.
“Shop 99 is also responsible for testing, repairing, replacing and performing maintenance on pipes, hoses, valves, electrical wires, AC&R and hoses,” said Claridge. “Not only do we do this for NNSY, but also its remote locations such as Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Nuclear Power Training Unit in Goose Creek, South Carolina and the Kenneth Kesselring Site in West Milton, New York.”
The latest win for Shop 99 was successfully docking USS Montpelier (SSN 765) for its Engineered Overhaul. Claridge stated “Shop 99 is a team within itself, but we are also part of the America’s Shipyard team and together, we managed to dock the Montpelier without incident. It can’t get better than that.”

• Date Taken: 10.01.2024
• Date Posted: 11.05.2024 10:19
• Story ID: 483532
• Location: PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA, US