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Navy ramps up large-scale investigation into welding work at Newport News Shipbuilding

Daily Press 10 Oct 2024
Those are the USS George Washington aircraft carrier, which completed its midlife overhaul at the Newport News shipyard in 2023 and is en route to its new homeport of Japan ... She said the shipyard ...
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Bryan County woman celebrates turning 100 Years Old

Mckinney Courier-Gazette 06 Oct 2024
(KTEN) - A century of life is celebrated as a former shipyard welder and Bryan County native turns 100 this Saturday ... by traveling 1,572.8 miles to the California shipyards in 1943 during World War II.
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The Ships for America Act would be good for the Navy as well

The Hill 04 Oct 2024
It is hardly a secret that the U.S ... 20 ... More shipyards would be in a position to support shipbuilding needs. More shipyard workers that are in short supply, such as welders and fitters, could bolster the current legacy Navy industrial base workforce.
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Lawmaker criticizes Navy secretary for nearly $2B funding shortfall for 2 submarines

Stars and Stripes 20 Sep 2024
SAWS would separate payments for shipyard workforces based on laborers who work on specific hulls, such as welders and pipefitters, and support services shipbuilders, such as supervisors and crane operators who work across a yard.
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Olympic College opens its new Shops Building

Kitsap Sun 14 Sep 2024
... OC, was hired by Lockheed Martin, and became one of its lead welders ... Now, the program that cultivates welders needed locally, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for example, and nationwide, has a new home.
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Billy Connolly makes a harrowing admission about death after

The Daily Mail 30 Aug 2024
Billy Connolly has made a harrowing admission about death as he opened up about his ongoing battle with Parkinson's disease ... He said ... Nicknamed the Big Yin, Connolly worked as a welder in the Glasgow shipyards before starting a career as a folk singer.
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As floodwaters rose in the SC Lowcountry, zookeepers acted to pull off a wild evacuation

Aiken Standard 26 Aug 2024
COLLETON COUNTY — Scott Biering didn’t panic when the rain first began to fall on Bee City Zoo ... But by about 2 a.m. Aug ... On Aug ... Aug ... Biering’s father, Archie, started Bee City around 1993 after he retired as a welder from the Charleston Naval Shipyard.
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Argentina Shipyard

Citrus County Chronicle 23 Aug 2024
Welder Alejandro Azorin looks out of a hole in a ship under repair at the shipyard in Puerto Martins in Ramallo, Argentina, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024 ... .
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Transport Malta Investigation: Fatality on board the Maltese registered oil tanker SEAPRINCESS

SAFETY4SEA 19 Aug 2024
Transport Malta’s Marine Safety Investigation Unit has issued an investigation report into a fatality on board the Maltese registered oil tanker SEAPRINCESS in TK Tuzla Shipyard, Türkiye on 14 August 2023.
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Four women prove their mettle as ship welders

The Star 14 Aug 2024
LANGKAWI. Working in tight spaces and high temperatures are among the challenges faced by four female welders involved in a shipbuilding project at a shipyard here. Read full story ... .
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Maine Mesothelioma Victims Center Appeals To The Family Of A Shipyard Welder-Skilled Trades Worker With ...

MENA FN 10 Jul 2024
(MENAFN - EIN Presswire). "If your husband or dad is a skilled trades-shipyard worker who worked at Portsmouth Navy Yard in Maine and he has mesothelioma please call attorney Joe Belluck of ... .
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Europe’s nuclear revival lacks a key ingredient: skilled workers

Independent online (SA) 08 Jul 2024
In the port of Cherbourg, where French nuclear submarines are built, Probent frequently offers retired welders and metal workers jobs in the shipyard and at the nearby fuel recycling plant run by ...
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Three years later, this YMCA water aerobics class has tripled and become its own community

The Patriot Ledger 02 Jul 2024
"She reminds me of Annie Donovan," I thought ... ... Kingston is also the home of Margaret Spalluzzi, 101, who has been honored for her work as a welder at the Hingham Shipyard from 1942 to 1945.Showing off their Fringe fashions at Alliance at Marina Bay.
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Seaspan Victoria fined $710K after welder suffers carbon monoxide poisoning

North Shore News 19 Jun 2024
A welder who suffered carbon monoxide poisoning at Seaspan’s Victoria shipyard continued to cut metal in a confined space on a ship for 40 minutes after a gas-monitor alarm started sounding, says a WorkSafeBC report.
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Edinburgh festival 2024: the best comedy, theatre and dance already reviewed

The Guardian 12 Jun 2024
... with ordinary people about what they think of shipyard welder turned national treasure Billy Connolly.
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