The Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility is a

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located in

Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor is an American lagoon harbor on the island of Oahu, Hawaii, west of Honolulu. It was often visited by the Naval fleet of the United States, before it was acquired from the Hawaiian Kingdom by the U.S. with the signing of the ...

, Hawaii. It is one of just four public shipyards operated by the United States Navy. The shipyard is physically a part of

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. The Naval Station had existed in Pearl Harbor since 1898, but in 1908 the

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allocated $3 million to build the shipyard, then called Navy Yard Pearl Harbor. The shipyard grew quickly, and work began on the first drydock, which collapsed before opening in 1913. After rebuilding, Dry Dock #1 was opened August 21, 1919. Through these years, the shipyard was just a part of the Naval Station. The shipyard officially became its own entity in December 1945 as part of the Navy's effort to separate military from industrial operations. The shipyard has grown to four dry docks, which are mainly used for repairing and maintaining nuclear submarines.

Dry Docks

December 4, 2019

On December 4, 2019, a 22-year-old, male sailor opened fire with his

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service rifle, killing two Department of Defense civilian workers and injuring another, then immediately killed himself with his Beretta M9 service pistol. A Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium was hosted at the naval air station during this time. Officials and military leadership from 18 nations across the Indo-Pacific gathered for the 2019 Pacific Air Chiefs Symposium at Pacific Air Force Headquarters from December 3 to December 6. It was hosted by General David Goldfein, US Air Force Chief of Staff and General CQ Brown Jr., PACF Commander.

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