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NAVAL STATION BREMERTON The shipyard was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992. View Puget Sound Area KEY MAP Bremerton
(brĕm'ərtən)
, city (1990 pop. 38,142), Kitsap co., NW Wash., a harbor on an arm of
Puget Sound; inc. 1901. The city was established (1891) when the area
was selected as the site for the U.S. Puget Sound Naval Shipyard.
Bremerton's economy is centered around the naval installation, where
many types of U.S. vessels (including Polaris submarines) are built and
repaired in its six drydocks. The navy's Polaris Missile Facility is
also there. Although the majority of residents are employed by the U.S.
government, some logging and wood-product enterprises exist, and
tourism is important. Bremerton is the gateway to the Olympic
peninsula, with easy access to the Cascade and Olympic mts. Its
numerous ferries ply the inland seas of Puget Sound, linking the city
to nearby resort islands. The U.S.S. Missouri, docked there, is
a national shrine; it was the scene of the official Japanese surrender
at the end of World War II. Nearby are three state parks.
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shipyard also contains a
large collection of retired U.S. Navy ships, including several aircraft
carriers.
The ships are mothballed, meaning that they are stored in case they are needed by the Navy in the future. BUT - follow the path of Scrapped Reactors via USS Tunny SSN-682 Web Page. Six sets of photos are linked to through buttons below |
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 1988 VIEW of BREMERTON NAVAL STATION FROM FERRY |
 Recent photos from a Helicopter
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 USS Ranger CVA-61 and
USS Independence CVA-62
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 USS Bon Homme Richard CV-31; USS Bennington CV-20; USS Oriskany CV-34; USS Hornet CV-12 |
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USS Turner Joy DD-951
Historic Museum on Bremerton water front Museum Information ..View their Reunion Site In 1966; Vern's ship USS Kawishiwi AO-146 refueled Turner Joy in the Gulf of Tonkin |
