Inspired by a quip by shipmate Rich Crombie at the USS Bremerton Last Tour Reunion Dinner.
Photo Left: 1985 – Petty Officer Yee agrees to work with Cmdr. A.R. Beam, Commanding Officer of the USS Bremerton, 33 years in the future to organize a reunion and tour. Photo Right:2018 – Challen Yee and Captain Alan Beam standing by the Navy Museum at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (USS Parche Sail Monument) the tour pickup location of the Final Tour of the USS Bremerton (28 May 2018).
Pierside – Pearl Harbor 1985
A clairvoyant interlude during an all hands muster:
Cmdr. A.R. Beam: “Petty Officer Yee, you and I are going to have to organize a tour of the boat during a reunion in Bremerton when the boat Decommissions.”
Petty Officer C.K. Yee, “Is this happening any time soon, sir?”
Cmdr. Beam, “33 years from now in 2018. Oh, and by the way, Captain Anderson will win the Grand Raffle Prize at the dinner.”
Petty Officer Yee, “Yes, sir.” Then after a moment pause, “Sir, uh… how do you know this?”
Cmdr. Beam, “That we need to organize a reunion or that the boat will Decommission in 2018?”
Petty Officer Yee, “Sir, how do you know that Captain Anderson wins the Grand Raffle Prize.”
Cmdr. Beam, “There’s nothing we need to worry about there, that’ll just happen, but I assure you, the rest will _not_ be so easy.”
CK
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P.S. There’s a difference between something (i.e. this raffle drawing) happening by fate and happening by the hand of man. This was not by the hand of man and that’s what makes it very cool.
The Longest Serving Active Duty Submarine in the United States Navy
REGISTRATION CLOSED
“LAST CHANCE TOUR”
698 REUNION
Bremerton, Washington
25-28th May 2018
Organized by USS Bremerton SSN 698 Alumni
LAST CHANCE TOUR/REUNION is a PRE-DECOM EVENT sponsored by 698 Alumni
The official U.S. NAVY INACTIVATION and DECOMMISSIONING CEREMONIES (DATES TBD) will occur AFTER the USS BREMERTON is in NAVAL SHIPYARD when ACCESSIBILITY IS HIGHLY RESTRICTED
REGISTRATION CLOSED
REUNION – “FINAL TOUR”
Saturday May 26 @ 1300
Sunday May 27 @ 1000 and 1300
Monday May 28th @ 1000
Due to the limited space of this event it only open to 698 Alumni, immediate family or one guest
Surviving family members welcome
All participants in the tour of the USS BREMERTON SSN 698 must have prior approval and placed on BASE-SUB ACCESS LIST
CARD CARRYING MIL-ID Participants must be on the Access List and also carry proof of US Citizenship
ALL NON-MIL ID Participants, including minors (age 11 or older only allowed), must submit a SEC NAV 5512 for background check
Due to the necessarily short-term preparation for this reunion, we are asking all participants to purchase their own accommodations, we recommend theFairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott (we have a block of rooms there of your convenience that you can reserve by MAY 15th) to be in the area of the Bremerton Boardwalk, the USS Turner Joy, the Horse and Cow, the Puget Sound Naval Museum and other local attractions. Area is close to Ferry terminal. I repeat, We have a block of rooms reserved for USS BREMERTON SSN 698 REUNION at $109 per room per night at the FAIRFIELD INN, check it out and compare.
Other hotels are available within short driving distances at lesser cost, you do the research. BNBs are another option for the adventurous.
ARRIVAL AT WILL – EARLY ARRIVERS / FREE TIME / NO-HOST
FREE TIME (Suggestions: Tour USS TURNER JOY, LOCAL NAVY MUSEUMS or Rendezvous with shipmates at the H & C or watering hole of your pick, Enjoy Bremerton and Local Memorial Day Weekend Events0
SATURDAY, MAY 26
AM: Coffee Mug gathering (To be located) / ARRIVAL DAY
1200-1230 PICKUP FOR SHUTTLE SERVICE TO NBK PIER-D
0900-0930 PICKUP FOR SHUTTLE SERVICE TO NBK PIER-D
1000 SECOND GROUP TOUR
FREE TIME/ MEMORIAL WEEKEND CHURCH SERVICE (location TBD)
DAY
1200-1230 PICKUP FOR SHUTTLE SERVICE TO NBK PIER-D
1300 THIRD GROUP TOUR
POST TOUR: No Host HORSE and COW GATHERING where you can drink with happy memories of the boat with your shipmates
EVE: HORSE and COW Continued / UNPROGRAMMED DINNER – (698 SUBMARINER’s PICK) Restaurant Adventure.
EVE UNTIL 02:00 = HORSE and COW until the COWS COME HOME.
MONDAY, MAY 28
AM:
0900-0930 PICKUP FOR SHUTTLE SERVICE TO NBK PIER-D
1000 FOURTH GROUP TOUR
FREE TIME/HANGOVER SUSTAINING OR RECOVERY MODE
DEPARTURE AT WILL
FINAL TOURS: Brought to you by COMSUBGRU9, NBK-BRMERTON and the OFFICERS and CREW of the BADFISH. CMDR. Travis Zettel Commanding Officer, and the collaboration of 698 Alumni
