On May 13th Hunter Austin (Project Engineer – Art Anderson Associates), David Fergus (Project Architect). Jerry Logan (CO #10), and Tom Zwolfer (CO #11) had an opportunity to visit Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to view and take measurements on the USS BREMERTON (SSN 698) artifacts to help refine the monument design and start working on the engineering design for the monument and the foundations for the sail.  While there, we also had the opportunity to see what remains of the boat, which was in the drydock next to the artifacts being recycled.  By recycled, I mean being cut into large pieces for disposal.  You could still recognize the stern section of the hull as approximately half of the boat was still in one piece.  The shipyard was working hard to complete the recycling.  

We recently received the photos taken by Puget Sound Naval Shipyard during the visit so we wanted to share them.  Included are photos of the sail, fairwater planes, the articulating portion of the stern planes, rudder and a cleat.  As you can see the artifacts are in rough shape and will need a lot of preservation prior to the sail being put back together.