I returned to Tacoma on Monday after two weeks away.
Progress is evident.
On Wednesday the first section of plating was set in place. The corresponding plate for the portside is also on the yard floor. It will be left out for now, in order to allow welders to get inside the tight spaces aft, to weld the plating and stern tube. There is a lot more activity on the shop floor than when I left. Two weeks ago, only two or three workers were working on the ship at any time.