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USS Bremerton (SSN-698), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Bremerton, Washington. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, ConnecticutGroton is a town located on the Thames River in New London County, Connecticut. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 39,907. Groton is the home of the Electric Boat Corporation, the major contractor for submarine work for the US Navy, on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 8 May 1976. She was launchedThe ceremonies involved in naming and launching naval ships are based in traditions thousands of years old. A Babylonian narrative dating from the 3rd millennium BC describes the completion of a ship: :Openings to the water I stopped; :I searched for crac on 22 July 1978 sponsored by Mrs. Henry M. JacksonHenry Martin "Scoop" Jackson ( May 31, 1912 September 1, 1983) was a Congressman and Senator for Washington State from 1941 until his death. Born in Everett, Washington, Jackson went on to graduate with a Bachelor's degree from Stanford University and a l, and commissioned on 28 March 1981 with Captain Thomas H. Anderson in command.

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On 11 March 1998, Bremerton used one torpedo to sink the derelict forebody of the merchant ship New Carissa off the Oregon coast.

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See USS Bremerton for other ships of the same name.

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