Slipways Operations Shipbuilding Heavy cruisers 1 of 6 (built July 1928 - September 1930) 1 of 7 (September 1930 - December 1933) Destroyers 1 of 8 (built December 1932 - October 1934) 2 of 18 (August 1934 - December 1935) 2 of 8 (July 1935 - May 1937) 1 of 8 (March 1937 - April 1939) 1 of 30 (January 1939 - May 1940) 1 of 66 (July 1939 - May 1940) 8 of 175 (June 1941 - September 1944) 8 of 65 s (September 1942 - August 1943) ... 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. Reserve fleet The shipyard contains a portion of the United States Navy reserve fleet, a large collection of inactive U.S. Navy vessels, including the aircraft carrier . Kitty Hawk was mothballed, meaning that she was stored in case she was needed by the Navy in the future. On 6 October 2021, Kitty Hawk was sold for one cent to International Shipbreaking Limited. 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. 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. Gallery See also List of U.S. National Historic Landmark ships, shipwrecks, and shipyards Notes External links Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) documentation, filed under Bremerton, Kitsap County, WA: Naval installations in Washington (state) Bremerton, Washington