Editing Commencement Bay (section)

{{Short description|Bay of Puget Sound, location of Tacoma, Washington}}
{{About||the aircraft carrier class|Commencement Bay-class escort carrier|the lead ship of the class|USS Commencement Bay (CVE-105)}}
[[Image:Commencementbay.jpg|thumb|right|Commencement Bay, seen from the air facing west]]
'''Commencement Bay''' is a [[bay]] of [[Puget Sound]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The city of [[Tacoma, Washington|Tacoma]] is located on the bay, with the [[Port of Tacoma]] occupying the southeastern end. A line drawn from [[Point Defiance Park|Point Defiance]] in the southwest to [[Browns Point, Washington|Browns Point]] in the northeast serves to mark the generally accepted division between the bay and the open sound. Commencement Bay has become home to one of the most active commercial ports in the world. The Port of Tacoma is the main port facility.

The [[Puyallup River]] is the largest freshwater stream emptying into the bay. Others include [[Ruston Creek]], [[Mason Creek]], [[Asarco Creek]], [[Puget Creek]], [[Hylebos Creek]], and [[Wapato Creek]].