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.








