Editing Naval Base Kitsap (section)

{{Short description|U.S. Navy base located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state}}
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| name                   =Kitsap
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| nearest_town           = [[Bremerton, Washington|Bremerton]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]]
| country                = the [[United States]]
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| caption                = An aerial view of [[Puget Sound Naval Shipyard|Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility]] at Naval Base Kitsap during 2012
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| type                   = [[Naval base]]
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| ownership              = [[United States Department of Defense|Department of Defense]]
| operator               = [[United States Navy|US Navy]]
| controlledby           = [[Navy Region Northwest]]
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| site_area              = {{Convert|12,000|acre|ha}}
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| built                  = 1942 (as Naval Submarine Base Bangor) and 1946 (as Naval Station Bremerton)
| used                   = {{Start date|2004}} (as merged base)<!--{{End date|1946}} -->
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| current_commander      = [[Captain (United States O-6)|Captain]] John Hale
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| website                = {{Official website|https://cnrnw.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/NAVBASE-Kitsap/}}
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'''Naval Base Kitsap''' is a [[United States Navy|U.S. Navy]] base located on the [[Kitsap Peninsula]] in [[Washington (state)|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 submarine]]s 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|''Nimitz''-class]] aircraft carrier and the Navy's largest [[fuel depot]].<ref name="seattimes2011"/> Naval Base Kitsap is the [[List of United States Navy installations|third-largest Navy base in the U.S.]]<ref name="seattimes2011">{{cite web| url= http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013909053_newcommander12.html | title= Kitsap Navy base is getting a new boss | date= January 11, 2011 | publisher= [[The Seattle Times]] | access-date=2011-01-12}}</ref> 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, Washington|Indian Island]], [[Manchester, Washington|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.<ref>{{Cite web | title = Naval Base Kitsap - About > Mission | url = https://cnic.navy.mil/Kitsap/AboutCNIC/NavyRegions/index.htm | access-date = 2009-06-10 }}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>