Naval Station Everett (NAVSTA Everett) is a military installation located in the city of Everett, Washington, 25 miles (40Â km) north of Seattle. The naval station, located on the city's waterfront on the northeastern end of Puget Sound, was designed as a homeport for a US Navy carrier strike group and opened in 1994. A separate Navy Support Complex is located in Smokey Point, 11 miles (18Â km) north of Everett near Marysville, and houses a commissary, Navy Exchange, a college and other services.
NAVSTA Everett is home to seven guided-missile destroyers, a Coast Guard Keeper-class cutter USCGCÂ Henry Blake, and a USCG Marine Protector-class patrol boat, USCGCÂ Blue Shark. There are about 6,000 sailors and civil service persons assigned to commands located at Naval Station Everett. The Naval Station itself has about 350 sailors and civilians assigned.