Naval Base Kitsap

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Kitsap
Near Bremerton, Washington in the United States
An aerial view of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility at Naval Base Kitsap during 2012
NB Kitsap Show map of Washington (state) NB Kitsap Show map of the United States
Coordinates	47°43′14″N 122°42′47″W / 47.72056°N 122.71306°W / 47.72056; -122.71306
Type	Naval base
Area	12,000 acres (4,900 ha)
Site information
Owner	Department of Defense
Operator	US Navy
Controlled by	Navy Region Northwest
Condition	Operational
Website	Official website
Site history
Built	1942 (as Naval Submarine Base Bangor) and 1946 (as Naval Station Bremerton)
In use	2004 (2004) (as merged base)
Garrison information
Current commander	Captain John Hale

Naval Base Kitsap is a U.S. Navy base located on the Kitsap Peninsula in 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 submarines 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 aircraft carrier and the Navy's largest fuel depot.^[1] 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. It is the largest naval organization in Navy Region Northwest, and composed of installations at Bremerton, Bangor, Indian Island, 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.^[2]