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Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station in Alameda, California, on San Francisco Bay. [ 1 ] NAS Alameda had two runways : 13–31 measuring 8,000 ft × 200 ft (2,438 m × 61 m) and 07-25 measuring 7,200 ft × 200 ft (2,195 m × 61 m).
The USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum is a museum ship, located on the southernmost pier of the former Naval Air Station Alameda in Alameda, California, US. The museum is composed of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet , exhibits from the NASA Apollo Moon exploration missions, and several retired aircraft from the Second World War and the ...
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In 1993, following a Base Realignment and Closure commission decision, it was announced that Naval Air Station Alameda would be shut down. [1] In anticipation of the closure, Barbara Baack and Marilyn York, former WAVES, opened the museum in the 118,000 sq ft (11,000 m 2) Hangar 41 in 1995. However, the poor condition of the hangar and a lack ...
On 1 June 1936, the city of Alameda, California gave the airport to the United States government a few months before the Army discontinued operations from the field. Congressional appropriations for construction passed in 1938 and allowed naval air station operations to begin on 1 November 1940.
A former military bombing range in Madera County was pounded by bombs from Army and Navy aircraft 20 years before it became a pricey subdivision with sprawling ranch-style homes on large lots.
One of the larger issues between the Navy and the city has been paying the costs of the environmental cleanup required. Prior to the transfer, some of the facilities of the former base have been leased to private tenants and the City of Alameda. The Alameda Point beach is one of the cleanest in the state. [2] Alameda Point has a number of film ...