USS Bremerton (SSN 698), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Bremerton, Washington. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on January 24, 1972 and her keel was laid down on May 8, 1976. She was launched on July 22, 1978, sponsored by Mrs. Henry M. Jackson, and commissioned on March 28, 1981, with Capt. Thomas H. Anderson in command.

March 11, 1999 USS Bremerton used one torpedo to sink the derelict forebody of the merchant ship New Carissa off the Oregon coast.

March 14, 2003 USS Bremerton, commanded by Cmdr. Charles Logan, departed Naval Amphibious Base Point Loma, Calif., for a scheduled western Pacific deployment.

July 1, Rear Adm. Joseph E. Enright turned over command of Submarine Group 7, task forces 54 and 74, to Rear Adm. John J. Donnelly during a change-of-command ceremony held aboard the SSN 698 in Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan.

December 9, 2005 Cmdr. Thomas Zwolfer relieved Cmdr. Charles "Jerry" Logan as commanding officer of USS Bremerton at the USS Bowfin Museum in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

March 14, 2007 USS Bremerton returned to Pearl Harbor after completing her first set of sea trials in more than three years. SSN 698 entered the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard in February 2004 for an engineering refuel and overhaul and had been in the shipyard ever since.

March 4, 2008 Cmdr. Howard C. Warner III relieved Cmdr. Thomas Zwolfer as CO of the Bremerton, during a change of command ceremony in Pearl Harbor.

October 10, The Los Angeles-class submarine recently departed Singapore after a seven-day port visit. USS Bremerton departed for a scheduled western Pacific deployment July 29.

December 22, The Bremerton recently arrived in Sasebo, Japan, for a scheduled port call.

January 29, 2009 SSN 698 returned to Naval Station Pearl Harbor after a six-month underway period.

August 26, USS Bremerton pulled to Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton for a goodwill port visit.

January 21, 2010 The Bremerton departed dry dock at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard after a two months of intensive work.

March 9, USS Bremerton completed its four-month Dry-docking Selected Restricted Availability (DSRA) at PHNSY & IMF.

July 30, The Los Angeles-class attack submarine returned to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after participating in Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2010 exercises, off the coast of Hawaii.

August 6, Cmdr. Caleb Kerr relieved Cmdr. Cmdr. Howard C. Warner III as commanding officer of SSN 698.

April 5, 2011 USS Bremerton departed homeport for a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet AoR.

June 21, The Bremerton pulled into Mina Salman port at Manama, Bahrain, to get tender support services from USS Emory S. Land (AS 39).

August 23, The Los Angeles-class attack submarine is currently participating in a Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Singapore exercise with the U.S. and Singaporean navy ships.

October 5, USS Bremerton returned to Pearl Harbor after a six-month deployment.