Silverdale, Wash. (Jan. 8, 2021) - Kelsey Haley, Trident

Silverdale, Wash. (Jan. 8, 2021) - Kelsey Haley, Trident Refit Facility Bangor (TRFB) Fabric Worker, manufactures COVID-19 face coverings in the TRFB Sail Loft (Shop 74A). Since April 2020, the Sail Loft has manufactured six COVID-19 Bio-Enclosure Testing Containments for Submarine Group 9 and more than 4,000 face coverings for the TRFB workforce. The Sail Loft consists of five employees and one supervisor. Typical duties include upholstery, applique, embroidery, machine/equipment coverings, custom tool bags and backpacks, curtains, walk-in containments, glove bags, boat canopies, and awnings. By utilizing multiple types of sewing machines, various fabric and foam cutters, an array of hand tools, as well as radio-frequency sealing machines, the Sail Loft is able to manufacture items per specifications and requirements set by each customer, working from written or oral instructions, blueprints, sketches, or a provided sample. Most of the work takes place inside the shop however, at times it is necessary for the team to go to other shops, piers, docks, or onto a submarine to measure for coverings or containments as well as install them upon completion. TRFB’s Shop 74A not only supports West Coast Ballistic Missile Submarines and other TRFB shops, but other entities such as Strategic Weapons Facility, Pacific; Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Division Keyport; Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division; Naval Submarine Support Center; and Naval Base Kitsap - Bangor, Port Operations. The Sail Loft slogan reads, “Keeping the submarine community together, one stitch at a time.” (U.S. Navy photo by Sonja L. Hanson)