UPDATE: Aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis passes West Seattle, headed back to Bremerton

9 AM: Thanks for the tip! A texter tells WSB an aircraft carrier is about to pass West Seattle, and MarineTraffic.com identifies it as the USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), headed southbound. According to the Kitsap Sun, the Stennis was in Hawaii earlier this month for the commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor attack (more here).

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9:37 AM: Thanks to Doug Greenswag for the photo above!

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10:30 AM: And thanks to Don Bereiter (from WSB sponsor Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Northwest Real Estate) for the view from Port Orchard, above and below this line.

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This was the second aircraft-carrier sighting from here in three days; the other carrier currently based at Bremerton, USS Nimitz, returned home early Thursday.

2 Replies to "UPDATE: Aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis passes West Seattle, headed back to Bremerton"

  • ameriproud December 18, 2016 (5:24 pm)

    They should be skirting China at a  safe distance from there missile range keeping our carriers safe.

  • Flight Deck "blue shirt" December 19, 2016 (9:21 am)

    Good times in Kitsap with 2 Carriers in town.  Without /AirWing maybe at NAS Whidby or down south.  Former crew on USS Bon Homme Richard CVA31. 1967-71.   “BonnieDick”

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