Bremerton, city, Kitsap County, western Washington, a port on Puget Sound, near the Olympic Mountains. It was incorporated in 1901. Bremerton's economy revolves around the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, which opened in 1891 and serves as a repair and overhaul installation for the United States Navy. Tourism is also important. The USS Missouri, upon which the Japanese surrendered in World War II (1939-1945), was based in Bremerton from the mid-1950s until 1998, when it was moved to Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. The city, the seat of a community college, is named for William Bremer, who plotted the town in 1891. Bremerton's population was 37,259 in 2000.
