NAVSEA’s Portsmouth Naval Shipyard teaming with General Dynamics Electric Boat (EB) is ahead of schedule this year on one of the Navy’s most challenging projects, the USS Memphis (SSN 691) Selected Restricted Availability (SRA). This availability is different than most, particularly in the manner in which the work is being accomplished. A partnership of EB and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) workers is doing the work on Memphis while it is at EB. Leading the combined team of submarine maintenance experts is Robert M. Fortier, a 27-year PNS veteran.According to Fortier, the Memphis Project Team has some of the best people the two shipyards have to offer. “I have stood in utter amazement watching these craftsmen work in harmony,” he said.