The work is part of an agreement forged by the state, the Suquamish Tribe and environmental groups to remediate the site within Sinclair Inlet.
Author: Josh Farley, Kitsap Sun
Washington state metallurgist who falsified steel strength for Navy subs gets 2 1/2 years in prison
Federal prosecutors say Elaine Thomas put sailors at risk in what they called “the longest-running military procurement fraud scheme in history.”
11 sailors injured after Navy submarine struck object in Indo-Pacific region, officials say
11 sailors were injured when a U.S. Navy attack submarine struck an object underwater while deployed in the Indo-Pacific region, officials said.
Navy sells USS Kitty Hawk, USS John F. Kennedy to shipbreaker for 1 cent each
The aging former warships will be recycled at a facility in Texas. The price tags: a penny for each.
USS Nimitz completes a 99,000-mile journey likely not done since WWII
Most of its 3,000-plus sailors, roughly half of which were serving in their first-ever deployment, boarded the warship April 1, 2020 to quarantine.
A 410-year-old Pacific Yew tree, possibly oldest of its kind in US, falls in Washington state: ‘It was its time’
A Pacific Yew tree, known as a strong conifer whose bark has been used to treat cancer, fell in December after 410 years in Washington state.
Pentagon orders Nimitz back to Persian Gulf during troop drawdown in Iraq, Afghanistan
President Trump has directed the drawdown of troops in Iraq and Afghanistan and the Pentagon felt it ‘prudent’ to have the USS Nimitz in the area.
Navy sub commander relieved of duty for hiring prostitutes in Philippines
Capt. Travis Zettel was relieved of duty last August; an NCIS investigation found he’d bought ‘female accompaniment’ for sailors.