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Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery is a federal military cemetery in San Diego, California. It is located on the grounds of the former Army coastal artillery station Fort Rosecrans and is administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Fort Rosecrans is named after William Starke Rosecrans, a Union general in the American Civil War.
Naval Training Center San Diego (NTC San Diego) is a former United States Navy base located at the north end of San Diego Bay, used as a training facility, commonly known as "boot camp". The Naval Training Center site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , and many of the individual structures are designated as historic by the ...
Nearby Fort Rosecrans Cemetery closed to most casket burials in 1966, and prior to Miramar's opening, the only option for casket burials of San Diego region veterans was Riverside National Cemetery. [3] [4] The cemetery design is sensitive to environmental considerations, preserving habitat for endangered California gnatcatchers and fairy ...
The USS Bennington Monument is a 60-foot (18 m) granite obelisk in the Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, Point Loma, San Diego, California, United States. It serves as a memorial to the crew of the USS Bennington (PG-4), a gunboat of the United States Navy, whose boiler exploded on the morning of 21 July 1905, in San Diego Bay. [1]
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In 1932, the site of Fort Rosecrans was registered as California Historical Landmark #62. [1] From February 1940 through October 1944 Fort Rosecrans was garrisoned by the 19th Coast Artillery Regiment. [3] Aerial view of Naval Base Point Loma. Submarine Group, San Diego was established in 1946, and Submarine Flotilla 1 was activated in 1949.
This category contains articles about individuals whose remains are interred or entombed at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, California. Pages in category "Burials at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery"
Liberty Station is a mixed-use development in San Diego, California, on the site of the former Naval Training Center San Diego. [1] It is located in the Point Loma community of San Diego. It has a waterfront location, on a boat channel off San Diego Bay, just west of San Diego International Airport and a few miles north of downtown San Diego.