 NB Kitsap logo Naval Base Kitsap, is a US Navy base located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state. It was created in 2004 by merging the former Naval Station Bremerton with Naval Submarine Base Bangor. The Mission of Naval Base Kitsap is to serve as the host command for the Navy’s fleet throughout West Puget Sound and to provide base operating services, including support for both surface ships and submarines homeported at Bremerton and Bangor. NB Kitsap also provides service, programs, and facilities to meet the needs of their hosted warfighting commands, tenant activities, crew, and employees. NB Kitsap is the largest naval organization in Navy Region Northwest and is composed of installations in Bremerton, Bangor and Keyport. Naval Base Kitsap was the recipient of the 2005 Commander in Chief's Award for Installation Excellence - the Best Base in the U.S. Navy. logo of Naval Base Kitsap; http://www. ...
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The Kitsap Peninsula, at times called the Indian Peninsula or the Great Peninsula, is the arm of land in Washington state (USA) that lies west of Seattle across Puget Sound and east of the Olympic Peninsula across Hood Canal. ...
Official language(s) None Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Area Ranked 18th - Total 71,342 sq mi (184,824 km²) - Width 240 miles (385 km) - Length 360 miles (580 km) - % water 6. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sinclair Inlet and Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (left), Dyes Inlet (middle distance) and Manette and Warren Avenue Bridges (left to right) across Port Washington Narrows Bremerton is a city in Kitsap County, Washington, USA. The population was 37,259 at the 2000 census. ...
Bangor, Washington is a U.S. Navy base, as of 2004 part of Naval Base Kitsap, located on Washington states Kitsap Peninsula. ...
View of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, as seen from across the water in Port Orchard. ...
Bangor Annex
NSB Bangor's military history began in 1942 when it became the site for shipping ammunition to the Pacific theater during World War II. After the Navy purchased 7,676 acres (31 km²) on Hood Canal near the town of Bangor for approximately $18.7 million, the U.S. Naval Magazine was established June 5, 1944 and began operations in January 1945. 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ...
The Pacific Theater of Operations (PTO) is the term used in the United States for all military activity in the Pacific Ocean and the countries bordering it, in World War II. Pacific War is a more common name, around the world, for the broader conflict between the Allies and Japan...
Combatants Major Allied powers: United Kingdom Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Major Axis powers: Nazi Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Harry Truman Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead...
Great Bend of Hood Canal from the southeast Hood Canal, is a fjord off Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington, with an average width of 1. ...
June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
From World War II, and through the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, until January 1973, Bangor continued its role as a U.S. Ammunition Depot responsible for shipping conventional weapons abroad. 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
The Navy announced the selection of Bangor as homeport for the first squadron of Trident submarines in 1973. On February 1, 1977, the SUBASE was officially activated. Naval Base Kitsap includes the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (47.717 N, 122.717 W) which services the Trident missiles carried by the submarines. The Trident missile, named after the trident, is an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) which is armed with nuclear warheads and is launched from submarines (SSBNs), making it a SLBM. The Trident was built in two variants: the I (C4) UGM-96A and II (D5) UGM-133A. The C4 and D5...
The United States has 18 Ohio class submarines: 14 nuclear-powered SSBNs, each armed with 24 Trident II SLBMs; they are also known as Trident submarines, and provide the sea-based leg of the nuclear triad of the United States strategic deterrent forces 4 nuclear-powered SSGNs, each armed with...
1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ...
February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Bremerton Annex
Homeported ships (as of January 2006)
Bangor - USS Alabama (SSBN-731)
- USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730)
- USS Kentucky (SSBN-737)
- USS Louisiana (SSBN-743)
- USS Maine (SSBN-741)
- USS Michigan (SSGN-727)
- USS Nebraska (SSBN-739)
- USS Nevada (SSBN-733)
- USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735)
- USS Ohio (SSGN-726)
- USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)
USS Alabama (SSBN-731) is the sixth Ohio-class nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine, and the fifth United States ship to be named after the state of Alabama. ...
USS (SSBN-730), a Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Senator Henry M. Jackson. ...
USS Kentucky (SSBN-737), a Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 15th state. ...
The fourth commissioned USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) is the 18th and last ship of the Ohio class of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines in the United States Navy. ...
USS Maine (SSBN-741), an Ohio-class Trident ballistic missile nuclear submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy authorized (the third commissioned) to be named in honor of the 23rd state. ...
USS Michigan (SSBN/SSGN-727) is the second Ohio-class Nuclear Powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine in the United States Navy. ...
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USS Nevada (SSBN-733), a Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 36th state. ...
USS Pennsylvania (SSBN-735), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the second state. ...
USS Ohio (SSBN-726), the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 17th state. ...
USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), the third and last Seawolf-class submarine, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for former President Jimmy Carter, who served in the US Navy as an officer in the Submarine Service as a nuclear engineer. ...
Bremerton - USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
- USNS Bridge (T-AOE-10)
USS San Fransisco USS (CVN-74) is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in the United States Navy named for a Senator from Mississippi. ...
USNS BRIDGE is the fourth ship in the SUPPLY - class of Fast Combat Support Ships and the second ship in the Navy named after Commodore Horatio Bridge. ...
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