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The shipfitter never figured that the same ship - upgraded over the years - would enjoy such longevity.

Shipfitter Tim Garland, 57, started work in 1988 on the first Arleigh Burke destroyer, making ballistic doors and hatches.

The shipfitter never figured that the same ship — upgraded over the years — would enjoy such longevity.

Army for eight years, then worked as a machinist and as a shipfitter at Todd’s Shipyard in Seattle.

The majority of the subjects are women and include a 42-year veteran and a 22-year-old who was her employer’s only female shipfitter.