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Naval Base Kitsap is the third-largest Navy base in the U.S. [1] 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.
Bangor Base is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, within U.S. Naval Base Kitsap on the Kitsap Peninsula. Its population was 5,482 at the 2020 census . [ 2 ]
The Naval Support Base Bangor's naval history began in 1942 when it became a site for shipping ammunition to the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.For an expansion and to establish a permanent naval base, the U.S. Navy purchased 7,676 acres (3100 hectares) of land on the Hood Canal near the town of Bangor, Washington for approximately $18.7 million.
BANGOR — Hunley Road and Lee Street are no more, but Ramirez de Arellano Road and Joyner Drive are now on the map. Two streets on the Navy's Bangor base that previously had names affiliated with ...
Naval Undersea Warfare Station (4 Areas) Kitsap: Soil, sediments and groundwater contamination by PCBs, petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals and VOCs from base operations. Chemical contamination of local shellfish is no longer at levels that cause health concern but the area is closed to shellfishing because of sewage contamination from other ...
State Route 3 (SR 3) is a 59.81-mile-long (96.25 km) state highway in the U.S. state of Washington, serving the Kitsap Peninsula in Mason and Kitsap counties. The highway begins at U.S. Route 101 (US 101) south of Shelton and travels northeast onto the Kitsap Peninsula through Belfair to Gorst, where it intersects SR 16 and begins its freeway.
The original route of SR 303, connecting Bremerton to Brownsville and Keyport first appeared on maps in 1933 as a gravel road. [12] In 1937, the roadway was added to the state highway system as Secondary State Highway 21B (SSH 21B), traveling from Primary State Highway 21 (PSH 21) in Bremerton to PSH 21 at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor .
Rafe Wysham, who retired from the Navy last month, will start his new role in Kitsap County on January 6, according to an announcement from the county. The former Navy leader had served in the ...