HomeMy WebLinkAbout2518RESOLUTION NO. 2518
A RESOLUTION of the Bremerton City Council supporting
the campaign to keep the USS Missouri in Kitsap County.
WHEREAS, the USS Missouri is an historic maritime battleship having
hosted the site of the Surrender by the Japanese to the Allied
forces, September 2, 1945;
WHEREAS, the USS Missouri has become an integral part of the
Bremerton and Kitsap Communities during its many years moored in
the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard;
WHEREAS, thousands of Bremerton and Kitsap County citizens either
served aboard the USS Missouri or worked aboard the ship during
maintenance and repair, in both wartime and peacetime;
WHEREAS, the USS Missouri has become a major tourist attractionlin
Bremerton and stands as a proud symbol of this community's role in
the world-wide peacekeeping efforts;
WHEREAS, the USS Missouri has now been put on the inactive roles by
the Department Of Defense with the ultimate goal of relocating the
ship from the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard to a community that will
embrace its national historic value for its transformation into an
historic museum;
WHEREAS, the Bremerton City Council continues to explore an
extensive proposal to redevelop the Bremerton downtown waterfront,
the USS Missouri will serve as a strong economic and cultural
accompaniment to this vision;
WHEREAS, the Bremerton City Council is an ardent advocate of
efforts that enrich the community's naval heritage and sense of
cohesion, which is embodied by the USS Missouri;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED the City Council, in passing this
resolution, supports the campaign to keep the USS Missouri in
Bremerton.
PASSED by the City Council on the City of Bremerton on this 9th
day of August, 1995.