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{{Short description|U.S. Navy base located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state}}
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'''Naval Base Kitsap''' is a [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] base located on the [[Kitsap Peninsula]] in [[Washington (state)|Washington]] state, created in 2004 by merging the former [[Naval Station Bremerton]] with [[Naval Submarine Base Bangor]]. It is the home base for the Navy’s fleet throughout West [[Puget Sound]], provides base operating services, support for both surface ships and [[fleet ballistic missile]] and other [[nuclear submarine]]s as one of the U.S. Navy's four nuclear shipyards, one of two strategic nuclear weapons facilities, and the only West Coast [[dry dock]] capable of handling a [[Nimitz-class|''Nimitz''-class]] aircraft carrier and the Navy's largest [[fuel depot]].<ref name="seattimes2011"/> Naval Base Kitsap is the [[List of United States Navy installations|third-largest Navy base in the U.S.]]<ref name="seattimes2011">{{cite web| url= http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013909053_newcommander12.html | title= Kitsap Navy base is getting a new boss | date= January 11, 2011 | publisher= [[The Seattle Times]] | access-date=2011-01-12}}</ref> The base has a workforce of 15,601 active duty personnel.

It also provides service, programs, and facilities for their hosted combat commands, tenant activities, ships' crews, and civilian employees. It is the largest naval organization in [[Navy Region Northwest]], and composed of installations at Bremerton, Bangor, [[Indian Island, Washington|Indian Island]], [[Manchester, Washington|Manchester]], and [[Keyport, Washington]]. It received the 2005 and 2017 Commander in Chief's Award for Installation Excellence - the Best Base in the U.S. Navy.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Naval Base Kitsap - About > Mission | url = https://cnic.navy.mil/Kitsap/AboutCNIC/NavyRegions/index.htm | access-date = 2009-06-10 }}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==History==

===Bangor===
{{Main|Naval Submarine Base Bangor}}
Serving the [[U.S. Pacific Fleet]], this base is one of only two such Trident submarine bases operated by the U.S. Navy: the base at [[Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay|Kings Bay, Georgia]], used by the [[U.S. Atlantic Fleet]], is the other. Nearby is Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC), where submarine-launched ballistic missiles are stored and maintained.

===Bremerton ===
{{Main|Naval Station Bremerton}}

This installation is home to the [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility]]. In addition to performing drydock and overhaul services for active naval vessels, it is also home to an inactive ship facility for several decommissioned warships, including aircraft carriers.

Naval Base Kitsap is also home to [[Naval Hospital Bremerton]].

===Protest===
In November 2009, five protesters, including 82-year-old priest [[William J. Bichsel, S.J.]], cut through two fences to reach an area near where nuclear warheads are stored in bunkers. The protesters put up banners, sprinkled blood on the ground, scattered sunflower seeds and prayed until they were arrested; all faced prison sentences.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://nuclearabolitionist.blogspot.com/2009/11/disarm-now-trident-plowshares-action.html | title=Disarm Now Trident Plowshares Action|date=2 November 2009|website=nuclearabolitionist.blogspot.com}}</ref>  Bichsel was released from federal prison on February 9, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Jerome Bichsel, inmate # 86275-020|publisher=Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Dep't of Justice | quote=search for "86275-020"|url=https://www.bop.gov/inmateloc/}}</ref>

==Environment==
In 2010, after purchasing the base's first hybrid bus on April 29, 2010, Naval Base Kitsap purchased two additional hybrid buses, with five others to be delivered by the end of July. The diesel-electric vehicles are the Navy's first hybrids and were funded through the [[General Services Administration|GSA]] [[American Recovery and Reinvestment Act]] (ARRA) Replacement/Exchange Program and are overseen by [[Naval Facilities Engineering Command|NAVFAC]], the Navy's non-tactical vehicle program manager.<ref>{{cite web| last=Waller | first=Darrell | title=Navy Buys First "Green" Buses for Naval Base Kitsap.| publisher= US Navy | date= 1 July 2010 | url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=54417 | archive-url=https://archive.today/20120805111943/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=54417 | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 5, 2012 | access-date=2011-01-12}}</ref>

In March 2020, private water wells of homes surrounding Bangor have been found to be contaminated with [[Perfluorinated alkylated substances|PFAS]]; one was found to have more than 70 parts per trillion of PFAS.<ref name="kitsap">{{Cite news|last=Farley|first=Josh|date=2020-03-10|title=Well near Bangor found to have potentially dangerous levels of contamination|url=https://www.kitsapsun.com/story/news/2020/03/10/well-near-bangor-found-have-potentially-dangerous-levels-contamination/5011073002/|access-date=2021-12-10|work=Kitsap Sun|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Units, warships and submarines==
(as of February, 2023) <ref>{{cite web |title=Naval Vessel Register |url=https://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/HOMEPORT.HTML |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924155558/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/NVRSHIPS/HOMEPORT.HTML |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2016 |website=Naval Vessel Register |access-date=27 February 2023}}</ref>
*Commander, [[Carrier Strike Group Three]]
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=== Bangor ===
; Guided missile Submarines
*{{USS|Ohio|SSGN-726}}
*{{USS|Michigan|SSGN-727}}
; Ballistic missile Submarines
*{{USS|Henry M. Jackson|SSBN-730}}
*{{USS|Alabama|SSBN-731}}
*{{USS|Nevada|SSBN-733}}
*{{USS|Pennsylvania|SSBN-735}}
*{{USS|Kentucky|SSBN-737}}
*{{USS|Nebraska|SSBN-739}}
*{{USS|Maine|SSBN-741}}
*{{USS|Louisiana|SSBN-743}}
; Fast Attack Submarines
*{{USS|Seawolf|SSN-21}}<ref>{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=SSN21|title=SSN21}}</ref>
*{{USS|Jimmy Carter|SSN-23}}
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=== Bremerton ===
; Aircraft Carriers
*{{USS|Nimitz|CVN-68}}
*{{USS|Ronald Reagan|CVN-76}}<ref>{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=CVN76|title=CVN76}}</ref>
; Fast Attack Submarines
*{{USS|Connecticut|SSN-22}}
*{{USS|Chicago|SSN-721}}<ref>{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=SSN721|title=SSN721}}</ref>
*{{USS|Key West|SSN-722}}<ref>{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=SSN722|title=SSN722}}</ref>
*{{USS|San Juan|SSN-751}}<ref>{{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=SSN751|title=SSN751}}</ref>
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==See also==
*[[United States Navy submarine bases]]
*[[World War II United States Merchant Navy]]

== References ==
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==External links==
{{Commons category|Naval Base Kitsap}}
*[https://cnrnw.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/NAVBASE-Kitsap/ NB Official website]
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/facility/bangor.htm  globalsecurity.org: Bangor]
*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/bremerton.htm globalsecurity.org: Bremerton]
*[http://depts.washington.edu/antiwar/nukes_dundas1.shtml Post-Vietnam: Non-Violence at Bangor], a multimedia history of protests at the Bangor Military Base from the Pacific Northwest Antiwar and Radical History Project.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190151/https://www.commissaries.com/stores/html/store.cfm?dodaac=HQCWGN Defense Commissary Agency]

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