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For example, the 1918 registry, Merchant Vessels of the United States, under its Quartermaster vessels section lists some 33 small passenger and freight steamers, many former commercial vessels, ranging from the 72.1 ft (22.0 m) Peterson [131] to the 185 ft (56.4 m) El Aguila.
Military Ocean Terminal (MOTBY), Bayonne, New Jersey, closed 1999 [3] [4] New Orleans Military Ocean Terminal (NOMOT), New Orleans, Louisiana, Closed December 1994 [ 5 ] Military Ocean Terminal Bay Area (MOTBA), headquartered at Oakland Army Base , Oakland, California, closed 1999.
Military facilities in the San Francisco Bay Area (41 P) Pages in category "Military installations in California" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
In 1940, the United States Army established Camp Seeley; [2] its combat firing range site is within the current boundaries of the El Centro Naval Reservation. [3] In 1941 the Civil Aeronautics Administration offered to replace the small airport in Imperial, California with a larger complex consisting of two 4,500ft runways. After the outbreak ...
Sierra Army Depot (SIAD) is a United States Army post and military equipment storage facility located near the unincorporated community of Herlong, California.It was built in 1942 as one of several ammunition storage facilities located far enough inland to be safe from Japanese attack, yet close enough to western military posts and ports to facilitate shipment of supplies. [2]
The history of army surplus in the United States dates back to the American Civil War. [3] [better source needed] This was the first large American war that required proper military uniforms for many troops. [citation needed] In earlier wars, most troops were basically a militia wearing whatever they had with them. This required mass-produced ...
The Navy built the longest continuous concrete wharf, at 6,500 feet (2,000 m), able berth 13 ships at a time. The Depot Annex served the United States Pacific Fleet from 1994 to 1959. The Depot warehoused naval stores, shipped out surplus Naval property and provided logistical support for other Naval bases.
This is a list of current formations of the United States Army, which is constantly changing as the Army changes its structure over time. Due to the nature of those changes, specifically the restructuring of brigades into autonomous modular brigades, debate has arisen as to whether brigades are units or formations; for the purposes of this list, brigades are currently excluded.