“Your ride back into history begins at the Seattle ferry dock and

“Your ride back into history begins at the Seattle ferry dock and ends 50 minutes later as you glide into Bremerton’s harbor. There on your right is the Vietnam War. You may remember it: the war to end all unnecessary wars (until Iraq). It is embodied in all 418 feet of the USS Turner Joy, a Navy destroyer built and launched in Seattle in 1958, serving honorably in the Pacific and less honorably in the Gulf of Tonkin, now retired and open for public visits at its Bremerton waterfront moorage.”Read the rest of this week’s feature story here.Photos by Kevin P. CaseyPublished on June 6, 2012

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)

USS Turner Joy (DD951) on display with tours in Bremerton, Washington, on Sunday, May 27, 2012. (Photos by Kevin P. Casey for Seattle Weekly)