Station HYPO

By Chris Barron, Bremerton Sun

On a dark and gloomy rain-filled day, a shroud of secrecy permeated the air on the Bremerton waterfront. It was the perfect setting for the final day in the top-secret career of the Bangorbased USS PARCHE, one of the world’s most prolific spy submarines. By the time its life ended Tuesday in a decommissioning ceremony at the Bremerton naval base, the PARCHE was the most highly decorated ship in Navy history-even though most Americans have never heard of it.