Naval Base Kitsap
| Naval Base Kitsap | |
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| Coordinates | 47°43′14″N 122°42′47″W / 47.72056°N 122.71306°WCoordinates: 47°43′14″N 122°42′47″W / 47.72056°N 122.71306°W |
| Type | U.S. naval base/military base |
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| Current commander |
Capt. Alan Schrader |
| Occupants | 13,000 active-duty personnel 13,000 DoD civilian employees 10,000 contractors |
Naval Base Kitsap is a U.S. 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 home base for the Navy’s fleet throughout West Puget Sound and to provide base operating services, including support for both surface ships and Fleet Ballistic Missile and other nuclear submarines having their home ports at Bremerton and Bangor.
Naval Base Kitsap also provides service, programs, and facilities to meet the needs of their hosted combat commands, tenant activities, ships' crews, and civilian employees. Naval Base Kitsap is the largest naval organization in Navy Region Northwest, and it is composed of installations at Bremerton, Bangor, Manchester, Indian Island, and Keyport, Washington. 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.
Naval Base Kitsap is the third-largest Navy base in the U.S. It features one of the U.S. Navy's four nuclear shipyards, one of two strategic nuclear weapons facilities, the only West Coast dry dock capable of handling a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier and the Navy's largest fuel depot."
Serving the U.S. Pacific Fleet, this Trident submarine base is the one of only two such bases operated by the U.S. Navy. The Trident submarine base at Kings Bay, Georgia, used by the U.S. Atlantic Fleet is the only other. Nearby is Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC), where missiles are stored and maintained.
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