SEEN OFF WEST SEATTLE: Northbound submarine

10:13 AM: Thanks for the photos! (The one above is from Rick Cocker, the one below is uncredited.) That submarine was seen headed northbound a short time ago.

VesselFinder IDs it only as “U.S. submarine” and shows it already off North Seattle. Most submarines at Naval Base Kitsap are based on Hood Canal but Bremerton’s Puget Sound Naval Shipyard also hosts submarines in for maintenance or deactivation (the Kitsap Sun recently reported on two in the latter category).

3:56 PM: Commenter says it’s the USS Ohio, on sea trials after maintenance.

Dog Whisperer December 19, 2024 (10:27 am)

Looks like a Trident submarine from Bangor.

Olive December 19, 2024 (10:59 am)

Looks like more money wasted to keep us ”safe”.
- Michael December 19, 2024 (12:16 pm)
  
  I’d be willing to bet if Ukraine had a couple of these the Russians would not have started a war. I wonder how safe the Ukrainian people are today with daily missile attacks, children sent through filtration camps to be “adopted” by Russian families and cities being razed to the ground.
  - Marina December 19, 2024 (2:22 pm)
    
    @Michael
    
    As a Ukrainian, I support your message.
  - Scarlett December 20, 2024 (2:14 pm)
    
    Try keeping up with the news, kdavis. We have a flock of unelected billionaire grifters who have hijacked democracy – and I so mean our democracy, by the way. But as DeTocqueville said, the wealthier a country becomes, the less it cares about democracy.
    - Tony December 26, 2024 (12:36 am)
      
      DeToqueville never said that.
- Scarlett December 19, 2024 (2:10 pm)
  
  Hey, have to protect the oligarchy where presidents and billionaires have each other in their pockets.
  - kdavis December 19, 2024 (5:32 pm)
    
    It’s always good to have the fringe left weigh in. Dare I ask … to which oligarchy are you referring? Because the one I see is Putin’s Russia. Granted – as much of a kleptocracy as oligarchy. But a central reason why we unfortunately have to maintain a deterrence.
    - Scarlett December 19, 2024 (7:11 pm)
      
      It’s always been the “fringe left” – whatever that means – that has more closely adhered to the principles of the Constitution and founding fathers than so-called ‘conservatives.’ Oh, and yes, I was referring to the USA where billionaires will be advising an incoming president on gov’t ineffiiciencies – or in other words, where a few lbs of flesh can be extracted from the poor. This country is becoming absolutely, frighteningly uncognizable.
    - Scarlett December 20, 2024 (7:36 am)
      
      kdavis: Elon sends his well wishes, along with the other White House grifters, including Vivek who ran a “pump and dump” IPO. Of course Vivek got out before clinical trials proved the product, a drug in this case, failed miserably in clinicals. The other investors weren’t so lucky. Yeah, take your lectures to the gullible, along with the other “fringe left” inanities.
    - Scarlett December 20, 2024 (5:42 pm)
      
      The “fringe left?” They are the only ones who will be holding this fragile democracy together in a few months – won’t be submarines.
- Vincennes49 December 24, 2024 (12:42 am)
  
  Feel free to move somewhere else “less safe” then, sweetheart.

DRW December 19, 2024 (10:58 am)

Ohio Class Submarine. https://www.military.com/equipment/ssgn-ohio-class-guided-missile-submarine

Rhonda December 19, 2024 (1:06 pm)

Trident/Ohio class sub. 560 feet long. Go Navy ⚓💪

Navy Dad December 19, 2024 (3:54 pm)

HooooYaaaMy daughter and son in law are in the Navy From Guam to Portsmouth
- Navy mom December 25, 2024 (5:21 pm)
  
  Thank you for your service- my son was at Bangor now Pearl Harbor go navy 🇺🇸

Flivver December 19, 2024 (1:52 pm)

As a boater… WATCH OUT! If a sub is moving at any speed they make an AMAZING wake. If you’re not prepared it’ll surprise you with how big a hole they dig in the water.

Scarlett December 19, 2024 (2:09 pm)

“In the nuclear age, the only true enemy is war.”- Denzel Washington in “Crimson Tide”

darwin December 19, 2024 (3:51 pm)

USS Ohio herself, per https://bsky.app/profile/warshipcam.bsky.social/post/3ldotl7dxic2l

WSB December 19, 2024 (3:57 pm)

Thanks, that in turn sources to a different platform, which we’ll remember for future submarine sightings!

Phillip December 20, 2024 (9:29 am)

As a former Sumariner I hate to see her go. She still has use. I was stationed there when she first arrived.

Jeffery December 22, 2024 (8:17 pm)

That sub is Southbound.

WSB December 22, 2024 (9:38 pm)

It was headed northbound (as shown on live tracker) at the time.

John December 24, 2024 (12:13 pm)

It is a shamet that the majority of the comments seem to come from anti Americans who probably have only taken advantage of the freedom and security our military have provided through sacrifice. My bet is that none have ever given back to our country except maybe required taxes.

Scarlett December 24, 2024 (7:50 pm)

Freedom and security, John? Was the Iraq War about freedom and security? Was Vietnam about freedom and security? Was Libya, or Bosnia, or the dozens and dozens of other countries the US has meddled in, all about freedom and security – or was it more about protecting US financial interests abroad? Maybe some of you should go back and reflect on what it means to be an American and what the founding fathers intended, because it sure wasn’t the British Empire 2.0 on steroids.

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