Photos by Ashley Cowan

Hot Shots, July 2025

Published July 16, 2025

William Chaney welds on a unit inside the Steel Production Facility.

Virginia-class submarine Arkansas (SSN 800) is moored to the shipyard’s Floating Dry Dock.

Shipbuilders work together to take weights off a hook.

Quanisha Barrett helps guide a submarine unit to another location within the shipyard.

NNS tugboat – Capt. Ambrose – glides through the James River to its docking station.

Ethan Jouhet welds on a Virginia-class submarine unit.

A shipbuilder holds a rope during the mooring process associated with Arkansas’ (SSN 800) launch.

Warren Gilmore helps use a chain fall to assist in securing a submarine unit to a barge.

Shipbuilders use a level laser to take precise measurements.

Jordan Pope helps prepare the Floating Dry Dock for submergence during the Arkansas (SSN 800) launch.