Frequent ferry service connects with Seattle. Floats for small craft are adjacent to the N ferry slip. The floats are managed by the Port of Bremerton; water, electricity, and overnight moorage are available.
Navigation:
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Sinclair Inlet, site of the city of Bremerton and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, is entered from Rich Passage and Port Orchard on the E, and Port Washington Narrows on the N. The inlet is 3.5 miles long, extending in a WSW direction from Point Herron, which is at the junction of Port Washington Narrows and Port Orchard; the point is marked by a light. Several Navy-maintained unlighted mooring buoys, used at times by unlighted craft, are in Sinclair Inlet. Mariners are advised to exercise caution at night.
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard occupies most of the N shore of the inlet. The hammerhead crane near the offshore end of Pier 6 of the yard is one of the most conspicuous objects from any direction. The ends of Pier 4, Pier 5 and Pier 6 are equipped with radar reflectors. A floating security barrier, marked by lighted buoys, surrounds the waterfront of the naval shipyard.
Navy Drydock No. 6 is one of the largest in the world. Its inside dimensions are 1,152 feet long, 165 feet wide at the entrance measured 6 feet over sill, and 53 feet over the sill at mean high water. This facility was built to accommodate the largest supercarrier. When not committed to Navy use, and under certain conditions, the drydock may be used by other ships that are too large for commercial docks.
Bremerton adjoins the shipyard, and most of the city’s business and affairs are keyed to the needs of the Navy establishment. The city limits include East Bremerton and Point Herron.
East Bremerton is the community back of Point Herron, on the E side of the Port Washington Narrows entrance. The fixed highway bridge crossing the narrows here has a clearance of 82 feet.
