Torpedo Town USA – Keyport, WA

Torpedo Town USA – Naval Undersea Museum is located at the small U.S. Navy depot, Torpedo Research, and Testing Facility

After doing some research on the Liberty Bay area, for our planned stop in Poulsbo, I stumbled across information on the little town of Keyport, WA., nicknamed “Torpedo Town USA. Its major tourist facility, the Naval Undersea Museum is located at the small U.S. Navy depot, Torpedo Research and Testing Facility, tasked with ranging and repairing torpedoes for the U.S. Navy and its allies. The museum features exhibits and displays on undersea technology, including the Trieste II, which descended to 20,000 ft (6,100 m). After pulling anchor in Poulsbo, we arrived at Keyport’s free town dock, in a matter of minutes, for a tour of the Museum.

We happened to be there the same day as a Naval ceremony took place inside the museum, so we got to see a lot of servicemen, all dressed up in their Navy Blues, and their families getting ready for the ceremony. We spent an enjoyable couple of hours learning about everything to do with undersea naval operations as it relates to the preservation, collection, and interpretation of  U.S. Naval undersea history, science (geology and weather), and operations. It was a good stop to get off the boat to stretch our legs before we continued on our way to our next anchorage, Eagle Harbor, off Bainbridge Island.