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Most of its 3,000-plus sailors, roughly half of which were serving in their first-ever deployment, boarded the warship April 1, 2020 to quarantine.

Kitsap Sun BREMERTON, Wash. – At long last, the USS Nimitz returned home Sunday, close to a year after the aircraft carrier left Sinclair Inlet in Washington state. The 100,000-ton warship, in completing a deployment that included flying sorties against the Islamic State in the Middle East to navigating the disputed waters of the South China Sea, returns to Bremerton, Washington, having logged 99,000 miles. Navy leaders have called it a record-long journey for a carrier in the years after World War II.  Most of its 3,000-plus sailors, roughly half of which were serving in their first-ev...

Roughly 800 cubic feet of records are produced annually at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Where to put it? Shipyard leaders went underground.

The shipyard is warning that the work may come with a smell.  "While the Navy is taking actions to reduce any impacts, the odor may be detectable in surrounding communities beyond the installation’s fence line," the shipyard said in a release, noting that "containment systems and prompt shipment will be in place to minimize odor by capturing and properly disposing of the marine growth."  The shipyard had hoped to get the venerable vessel into dry dock Friday but winds delayed the move. It will be scheduled next week. Work the shipyard's dry dock six should last about 2 1/2 months.  Deco...