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	Pearl Harbor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pearl Harbor is a complex embayment on the island of O'ahu, Hawai'i, west of Honolulu.
		In 1917, Ford Island in the middle of Pearl Harbor was purchased for joint Army and Navy use in the development of military aviation in the Pacific.
		Luke Field is a section of Naval housing on Ford Island in Pearl Harbor, adjacent to the USS Utah Memorial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pearl_Harbor (833 words)

	Pearl Harbor shipyard workers realize need to boost efficiency - Boston.com - Maine - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		While Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard workers rejoiced at this week's decision by base closing commissioners to save their workplace from being shut down, they showed an acute awareness of the need to boost efficiency to prevent the facility from being threatened again with extinction.
		HONOLULU --While Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard workers rejoiced at this week's decision by base closing commissioners to save their workplace from being shut down, they showed an acute awareness of the need to boost efficiency to prevent the facility from being threatened again with extinction.
		The panel's vote to spare Pearl Harbor's shipyard was close and came only after Hawaii officials launched a full-force lobbying campaign to convince the commission of the shipyard's importance to U.S. defense readiness in the Asia-Pacific.
	www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2005/07/20/pearl_harbor_shipyard_workers_realize_need_to_boost_efficiency (433 words)

	Pearl Harbor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan on 7 December 1941 that brought the United States into World War II.
		The Final Countdown is a movie set around Pearl Harbor, in which the aircraft carrier, USS Nimitz, from 1980 is time-warped back to 1941, one day before the December 7 attack on the base.
		Many consider this to be the best Pearl Harbor movie ever made as it deals with all aspects of the battle.
	www.bonneylake.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pearl_Harbor (812 words)

	Congressional delegation defends Pearl Harbor shipyard - Boston.com - Maine - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Hawaii's delegation raised the issue of quality of life for sailors and their families if the shipyard were closed, because the more than 30 ships and submarines based at Pearl Harbor would be forced to travel to the mainland for repairs or overhauls.
		The letter also emphasized that Pearl Harbor is a full-service shipyard, with the ability to maintain and repair all Navy ships, including aircraft carriers, while Portsmouth specializes in submarines.
		Pearl Harbor shipyard is Hawaii's largest industrial employer, with 4,355 civilians and a payroll last year of $385 million.
	www.boston.com /news/local/maine/articles/2005/07/13/congressional_delegation_defends_pearl_harbor_shipyard (497 words)

	Battle of Midway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		U.S. naval intelligence (in cooperation with the British and Dutch) had been reading parts of the primary Imperial Japanese Navy communications system (JN-25, an enciphered code) for some time, and since the most recent version changed just before the Pearl Harbor attack, had made considerable progress on the new version.
		He asked that the base commander at Midway radio Pearl Harbor to say, in an unencrypted report, that drinking water was running low, due to a breakdown of the water plant.
		Meanwhile, as a result of their participation in the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Japanese aircraft carrier Zuikaku was laid up, at Truk in the Caroline Islands, waiting for an air group to be brought to her to replace her decimated planes, while the lightly damaged Shokaku was awaiting repairs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Midway (2252 words)

	Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard Wins Healthy Workplace Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (PHNSY) was honored in October by the Hawaii Psychological Association (HPA) as an outstanding example of a safe, secure and psychologically healthy workplace in the community.
		The emcee at the awards ceremony described it to the audience during the presentation of plaques.
		The association affirmed the Shipyard as a desirable and psychologically healthy workplace by evaluating five major areas: health, safety and security; employee involvement; career development; family support and community involvement.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=10571 (451 words)

	Encyclopedia: Pearl Harbor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Imperial Japanese Navy made its attack on Pearl Harbor on the morning of December 7, 1941.
		Pearl Harbor DVD Cover Pearl Harbor is the title of a war film released in the summer of 2001 by Touchstone Pictures.
		German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Pearl-Harbor (2132 words)

	Pearl Harbor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pearl Harbor is a complex embayment on the island of OahuO'ahu, HawaiiHawai'i, west of Honolulu, HawaiiHonolulu.
		A former shipyard worker at Pearl Harbor was sentenced to three years in prison for selling more than $200,000 in submarine and ship parts to scrap metal dealers for $529.
		A Pearl Harbor spokesperson says the sailor was standing in a parking lot of bachelor enlisted quarters at the time.
	www.infothis.com /find/Pearl_Harbor (1078 words)

	Hawaii Reporter: Hawaii Reporter
		The Pearl Harbor Naval Complex on the island of Oahu is central to America’s ability to project force in the Pacific; to sustain that force; and to repair, refuel and rebuild components of that force when they return to their homeport.
		Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is co-located in a natural, deep-water harbor with a Naval Station that is of paramount importance to the national security of the United States, reflected in the 17 Attack Submarines and 12 Cruisers, Destroyers and Frigates that are homeported at Naval Station Pearl Harbor.
		Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard’s location in the middle of the Pacific Ocean does guarantee that, economically, some of its costs will be higher than those typically encountered in Maine and New Hampshire, such as the cost of fuel, the cost of housing, and similar cost of living indicators.
	www.hawaiireporter.com /story.aspx?6ab46283-4fed-4c2a-aaf1-16d663cdac35 (4238 words)

	Pearl Harbor -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Much of the harbor and surrounding lands is a (The navy of the United States of America; maintains and trains and equips combat-ready naval forces) US Navy deep water naval base: headquarters of the US (Click link for more info and facts about Pacific Fleet) Pacific Fleet.
		The harbor was teeming with pearl-producing (Marine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters) oysters until the late 1800's.
		On January 20, 1887, the (The upper house of the United States Congress) United States Senate allowed the (An organization of military naval forces) Navy to lease Pearl Harbor as a naval base (the US took possession on November 9 that year).
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/pearl_harbor.htm (795 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin News /2005/07/02/
		Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard is "less efficient" than the shipyard in Maine that the Pentagon recommended be closed, according to a federal independent panel.
		Besides Pearl Harbor, the commission wants the Pentagon to explain at a July 18 public hearing why the Marine Corps Recruit Depot and Navy Broadway Complex, both in San Diego, were not slated for closure.
		Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard was established in May 1908 and is the Navy's only mid-Pacific ship repair and overhaul facility.
	starbulletin.com /2005/07/02/news/story4.html (1194 words)

	Shipbuilding archive July 2005 ~ Maritime News ~ worldmaritimenews.com
		Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard workers are in disbelief the yard may be added to a federal closure list.
		The fate of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard could be decided tomorrow, when four members of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission hold a hearing in Boston to decide whether to accept the Pentagon's recommendation that the shipyard be closed.
		Shipyard workers are to get a performance bonus of Lm70 to Lm100 each next month after the company's financial performance superseded budget targets during the first three months of the year, Malta Shipyards chairman John Cassar White said yesterday.
	www.world-maritime-news.com /archive_m/Shipbuilding/2005/7 (1503 words)

	Deciding a shipyard's future - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard will not be closed or lose its ship overhaul operations, an independent panel charged with reducing the number of the nation's military bases decided in a vote today.
		The nine-member panel voted 5-4 in favor of a recommendation to add the shipyard to a list of bases it will be considering for closure or restructuring but seven votes were needed for approval.
		If you care to share your thoughts about what it's like to work at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard now or if you've worked there in the past, please e-mail us at pearlcomments@honoluluadvertiser.com and we may have a reporter contact you.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /current/ln/shipyard (212 words)

	Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (NSY)
		The Navy established a coaling station at Pearl Harbor in 1842, but practically abandoned it in 1870 because of a policy requiring the use of wind for powering naval vessels.
		The shipyard is situated on the southern shore of the island of Oahu.
		The physical plant of the shipyard is being upgraded as required to meet current and projected workload.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/facility/pearl_harbor_nsy.htm (394 words)

	Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard's primary mission is to provide regional maintenance, at the depot and intermediate levels, to keep the surface ships and submarines of our nation's Navy "Fit to Fight." Maintenance capabilities include excellence in overhauling, repairing, converting, alteration, refurbishing, defueling, refueling, and decommissioning of Navy vessels.
		Industrial trade skills, honed by seasoned artisans, are passed to young apprentices as the Shipyard's legacy passes from one generation to the next.
		Partnering with local colleges and universities, the Shipyard strives to develop a cadre of long-term, dedicated craftsmen and professionals to meet the challenges ahead.
	sudoremont.org.ua /dir/30.html (240 words)

	KPUA.net - KPUA Hawaii News - Report: closing Pearl Harbor shipyard would cost Hawaii $1.3 billion
		The commission is considering adding Pearl Harbor to the list of bases to be closed or realigned.
		Pearl Harbor shipyard is Hawaii's largest industrial employer, with more than 43-hundred civilian employees and a payroll last year of 385 (m) million dollars.
		The report says closing the shipyard and its related facilities would eliminate two-point-two percent of Oahu's labor force, including the loss of another 45-hundred jobs outside of the yard that are dependent on it for survival.
	www.kpua.net /news.php?id=5773 (171 words)

	EIS-0203F; DOE Programmatic Spent Nuclear Fuel Management and INEL Environmental Restoration and Waste Management ...
		The racial and ethnic composition of the minority population residing near the candidate naval sites is predominantly African-American, with the exception of Pearl Harbor where the main ethnic population is Asian and Native Hawaiian.
		The one exception is the partial examination of naval SNF at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard under Decentralization alternative 2B.
		The wind conditions at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard are variable, but the predominant wind direction is toward the southwest, away from land and residential areas.
	www.eh.doe.gov /NEPA/eis/eis0203f/vol1apdx/vol1appl.html (7262 words)

	Shipyard's future at risk - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		The shipyard was included on a list of more than a dozen military facilities that the Base Realignment and Closure Commission announced it wanted to review as a first step to adding them to a list of Pentagon recommendations released in May.
		Shipyard officials first thing yesterday morning produced 1,000 copies of a flier yesterday with the message, "No changes announced on base closure," said shipyard spokesman Jason Holm.
		"Naval Shipyard Pearl Harbor is less efficient than Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, according to Department of Navy data, and additional savings could be found from reduced unit costs at the receiving shipyards because of a higher volume of work," Principi said in his request.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2005/Jul/02/ln/ln07p.html (1155 words)

	EO Newsroom: New Images - Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
		Pearl Harbor Naval Station and Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard are located northwest and southeast of Ford Island, respectively.
		Pearl Harbor is actually a submerged confluence of several river valleys, formed approximately 13,000 years ago during the last glacial period.
		Today, Pearl Harbor provides natural drainage for several streams leading down from the two northwest-trending mountain ranges, the Waianae Range on the west of the island and the Ko’olau Range on the east, eventually leading to Mamala Bay.
	earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=16602 (403 words)

	Seacoast Online Breaking News: Report: Closing Pearl Harbor shipyard would cost $1.3 billion
		The Pearl Harbor shipyard is Hawaii's largest industrial employer, with 4,355 civilian and 778 military employees and a payroll last year of $385 million.
		The report also estimates that closing the shipyard and its related facilities would eliminate 2.2 percent of Oahu's labor force, including the loss of another 4,500 jobs outside of the yard that are dependent on it for survival.
		The average wage at the shipyard is $75,000 meaning "it will take seven to 10 years, if ever, to replace the 5,000 $75,000 per year jobs in Hawaii," the report said.
	www.seacoastonline.com /news/special/7_15special2.htm (475 words)

	NAVAL SEA SYSTEMS COMMAND (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- As active duty and reserve Sailors fight the new world’s wars together overseas, they also serve critical jobs closer to home.
		“The Naval Reserve needs to be thought of as one system of the Navy, not a separate and unequal force as it has been in the past, with separate politics, equipment, funding, and policies,” he said.
		That integration relevancy is thriving on the Pearl Harbor waterfront, where active duty and reserve Sailors join Navy civilians to keep the Pacific Fleet “Fit to Fight.” For more information on Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, please visit www.phnsy.navy.mil.
	www.navsea.navy.mil /newswire_content2.asp?txtTypeID=2&txtDataID=10694&txtSearch= (977 words)

	New Project Management Approach Pays Off at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard
		PEARL HARBOR -- A unique approach to managing submarine maintenance projects is bringing positive results at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (NS&IMF).
		The shipyard's Fleet Maintenance Availability Project for Submarines (FMB) is using critical chain project management to improve schedule and performance on submarine availabilities.
		In the critical path process, a schedule is developed that allots enough time for jobs so that they, and consequently the project, will finish on time with a 90 percent probability.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/03/mil-030307-navsea01.htm (444 words)

	114 Apprentices Graduate, Adopt Pearl Harbor Shipyard Legacy
		The Class of 2003 Shipyard Apprentices received certificates from the Navy and the U.S. Department of Labor at the ceremony, held under clear skies at the Naval Station Pearl Harbor’s parade grounds gazebo.
		In 1998, the average age of a Shipyard civilian worker was 48.5 years old.
		Many long-time Shipyard employees welcome Koike and his fellow grads as the first wave of a new generation of artisans, craftsmen and leaders on the waterfront.
	www.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=9083 (812 words)

	Realization - Critical Chain - Lean - Project Portfolio Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		PEARL HARBOR Hawaii -- Members of Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard's USS Louisville (SSN 724) project team stepped up to the plate and hit out-of-the-park homeruns in reducing overtime and increasing work accomplished.
		The weapons of choice for the Shipyard's "Louisville Sluggers" were Theory of Constraints (TOC) and Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM) concepts.
		All naval shipyards are applying these initiatives to improve productivity and efficiency as part of the Naval Sea System Command's (NAVSEA) Shipyard Transformation Plan.
	www.realization.com /press_83-pearlharbor.htm (993 words)

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