The damaging effects of sea salt, constant winds and fierce winter storms can make maintaining any Oregon Coast property a real chore. But seagull droppings? Don’t forget to add that one to the list.

BANGOR — The dockside home of the Navy's No. 1 mission has been beset by seagull No. 2s. The Hood Canal pier that hosts a majority of the country's ballistic-missile submarines — whose paramount duty ...