Whale dies after getting trapped under Navy pier

SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER STAFF

With a boost from the rising tide, state and Navy officials yesterday towed a 9-ton gray whale from Naval Base Kitsap, where the animal died after it became wedged between offshore pilings supporting a pier.

The whale was found alive late Tuesday by employees from Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, next to the base at Bremerton. It died early yesterday."

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