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uppityperson

(115,677 posts) Fri May 11, 2012, 12:15 AM May 2012

Odd sight in Port Townsend Bay today

Saw Coast Guard and military bringing in a sub to Indian Island to off or on load munitions. I didn't know they did this, thought they just went down to Bangor. It was a small sub and interesting to see, but still, gave me pause.

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Odd sight in Port Townsend Bay today (Original Post) uppityperson May 2012 OP

I believe they offload nukes at Port Townsend. Arctic Dave May 2012 #1

Supposedly no nukes but everything else that goes bang. I've friends who have uppityperson May 2012 #2

Arctic Dave

(13,812 posts)

1. I believe they offload nukes at Port Townsend.

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Fri May 11, 2012, 12:22 AM

May 2012

That or Tomohawks.

uppityperson

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2. Supposedly no nukes but everything else that goes bang. I've friends who have

Reply to Arctic Dave (Reply #1)

Fri May 11, 2012, 12:33 AM

May 2012

worked out there yrs back as contractors. If Indian Island (across PT Bay from PT) ever went BOOM, a lot of the town would be gone. Ships coming into Puget Sound drop off their boom materials and pick them back up when they are headed out. Stuff is trucked in/out as well as shipped in/out. But supposedly no nukes, just lots of conventional (what a term) weapons.

But no nukes.

Doing more research, I came up with The Bremerton or one of its sister ships. Not nuke powered, as the nuke powered ones are much bigger than what I saw today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Bremerton_(SSN-698)

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