We have made some significant progress over the past month and anticipate receiving the USS BREMERTON (SSN 698) artifacts from the Navy within the next month.  We plan to preserve and prepare the artifacts over the following six months which keeps us on track to build the monument in 2027.

The USS BREMERTON Monument at Navy League Park is truly becoming a community project as local businesses join our team.  We made a significant stride this week by adding Robert Baglio and BJC Group as our general contractor. Robert will lead us thru the building process and has a proven track record of excellence over many years and many projects in our area and beyond.  We are thrilled to have him join our team.  This is a giant step towards project completion.

The Port of Bremerton is providing a site where we will prepare, preserve and paint the submarine sail and other artifacts for installation into the monument. We anticipate that the site will be ready for our use shortly.  It will take four semi-trailer loads to transport the submarine artifacts from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to the site at the Port of Bremerton where they will be preserved, painted and prepared for installation in the monument.  Millican Crane has agreed to use their expertise to move the artifacts for us.

We also recently added partners Bremerton City Nursery who will provide sod for the project and Morrison Gravel who will help us with fill dirt and decorative stone for the project.

While we have had some success in finding partners willing to donate their expertise in-kind, there are many items needed to complete the park that we will need funds to pay for.  We still have a significant way to go to raise the remaining funds needed to build the monument.  Please consider donating to make this monument to USS BREMERTON a reality.

USS BREMERTON Monument Committee:

Captain (ret) Alan Beam, CO #3

Captain (ret) Jerry Logan, CO #10

Captain (ret) Tom Zwolfer, CO #11