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2008 aerial view of Naval Base San Diego 1923 military map of San Diego Bay, depicting anchorages and moorings, various military facilities, Coronado, National City, and the surrounding area. Naval Base San Diego is a United States Navy base in San Diego, California. It is the world's second largest surface ship naval base.
Floating dry dock, Mare Island Navy Yard, ca. 1854. This was the first drydock on the Pacific coast; built in New York, shipped in sections around Cape Horn, arrived in San Francisco August 1852. On 15 January 1852, Secretary of the Navy William A. Graham ordered a Naval Commission to select a site for a naval yard on the Pacific Coast.
Navy presence on Terminal Island started in 1938. The Terminal Island Naval Dry Docks were authorized in June 1940, and construction began in August 1940 on one large drydock and two smaller docks. Recreation facilities, personnel and shop buildings were ordered in February 1942, and work began on Drydocks 2 and 3 and several piers in April ...
In January 2024, the US Navy requested a new permit for the installation and maintenance of mine training areas off the coasts of Hawaii and Southern California, as the Pacific Ocean, according to the command, is a priority theater of operations amid tensions with China. The current permit expires in 2025 and the Navy is required to submit an ...
The Navy operated a number of Facilities on Terminal Island: [16] Naval Air Base San Pedro; Combat Aircrew Refresher Training Unit. (A46474) Navy Ferry Control Liaison Officer. Roosevelt Base Naval Drydocks (12236), Moreell Drydock, Drydock No. 1 (April 1942-1997) (Called US Naval Dry Docks Roosevelt Base 9 February 1943) Naval Operating Base
The Hunters Point Naval Shipyard was a United States Navy shipyard in San Francisco, California, located on 638 acres (258 ha) of waterfront at Hunters Point in the southeast corner of the city. Originally, Hunters Point was a commercial shipyard established in 1870, consisting of two graving docks .
Kaiser Richmond No. 1 Yard was a new shipyard built to support the demand for ships for World War 2. Kaiser purchased the contact and the yard to build type Ocean ship from the Todd Shipyards in 1940. Kaiser built yard No. 1 to build the Ocean ships. Yard No. 1 was built on unoccupied land with construction starting in December 1940.
Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach is a United States Navy weapons and munitions loading, storage, and maintenance facility located in Seal Beach, California, with detachments in Fallbrook and Norco, both also in California. It also encloses the Seal Beach National Wildlife Refuge.