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Initial Seismic Mitigation Work Finished At Bangor Trident Facility

Initial Seismic Mitigation Work Finished At Bangor Trident Facility
The dry dock at Trident Refit Facility Bangor (TRFB) in October 2022, used to conduct hull maintenance on ballistic missile submarines and other work requiring a submarine to be out of the water. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Michael Hatfield)

Last week, the Navy said interim seismic mitigation work was finished at the Trident Refit Delta Pier in Bangor, Wash., following similar work at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF), In January, the Navy announced four dry docks were being closed due to concerns they could not withstand earthquakes following a seismic assessment as part of the decades-long Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization Program (SIOP) refurbishment effort.  Then, by February, the Navy had started mitigation efforts…

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