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Pacific Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 280 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] down from 291 at the 2010 census . [ 2 ] Prior to 2010 it was part of the Moclips CDP.
The Department of the Navy spends about $5.3 billion annually in the Northwest Region area, which is home to approximately 21,000 active duty service members, 16,000 civilian employees, 6,000 drilling reservists, 40,000 family members, and 35,000 Navy retirees.
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 ...
It is the largest naval organization in Navy Region Northwest, and composed of installations at Bremerton, Bangor, Indian Island, Manchester, and Keyport, Washington. It received the 2005 and 2017 Commander in Chief's Award for Installation Excellence - the Best Base in the U.S. Navy. [ 2 ]
Much of the site is devoted to the enormous overhead wire antenna array that is necessary to efficiently radiate the VLF waves. The antenna, shown above, consists of ten catenary cables, 5,640–8,700 ft (1,719–2,652 m, 1.1–1.6 miles) long, suspended in a zigzag pattern over the valley between Wheeler mountain and Blue mountain on twelve 200 ft. towers on the mountains' crests.
During 1958 the remainder of the Pacific stations at Naval Facility Point Sur and Centerville Beach in California and Pacific Beach, Washington, and Coos Head near Coos Bay, Oregon were installed. [3] Six Pacific coast systems had been planned but only five Naval Facilities were constructed.
The Moclips Beach Hotel stood in pieces. [6] By the end of 1913, there was nothing left of the hotel. Fires destroyed much of Moclips along the beach. In 1948 a hilltop welding accident destroyed many homes and businesses. The U.S. Navy and Air Force made the neighboring town of Pacific Beach their home during World War II. The Navy still ...
Naval Station Bremerton is a former station of the United States Navy that was merged with Naval Submarine Base Bangor into Naval Base Kitsap in 2004. [1] Kitsap serves as host command for the Navy's fleet throughout the Pacific Northwest. [2] It is home to the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. In addition to ...