For the first time in more than 15 years, the USS Turner Joy was out of water. This Vietnam-era destroyer ship was commissioned in 1959, retired in 1982, and has spent its entire existence riding tides on the Pacific Ocean.
Most famously recognized for its inclusion in the Gulf of Tonkin incident, which heightened U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, the Turner Joy now operates as a naval museum and is privately owned by the Bremerton Historic Ships Association. A key to the economic prosperity in the Bremerton, WA area, the Turner Joy educates and entertains over 40 thousand guests annually.