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The Nueces Hotel as seen in an illustration from the 1940s. The Nueces Hotel in Corpus Christi, Texas, was a luxury hotel that also served the city as a center of social and political life during the early 20th century and was for years the largest building in Texas south of San Antonio.
The base officially shut down on April 30, 2010. The Navy returned ownership of the main base property to the Port of Corpus Christi. [6] The Port of Corpus Christi sold the pier to Flint Hills Resources for $8.5 million and the remainder of the station to a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum in two packages for $82.1 million and $7 million. [7]
Corpus Christi stood out of Perth 27 August 1945 for Manus, Pearl Harbor, and San Pedro, arriving 3 October. Here she was converted into a weather ship at Terminal Island. Corpus Christi was on loan to the Coast Guard from 15 April to 5 July 1946. She was decommissioned 2 August 1946 and sold 3 October 1947.
Corpus Christi (left), Nueces Bay (top), Corpus Christi Bay (right), Oso Bay (bottom) Near midnight on the 17th, Belle Italia sent a shore party of thirty sailors and a 12 pounder howitzer to attack the fort; seventy other sailors were available for landing but only Bella Italia ' s thirty men were sent ashore.
Here's what's proposed for downtown Corpus Christi: new miradors, greenery, parks and a pathway winding around properties adjacent to the bay waters. ... deck on North Beach, Tuesday, June 25, in ...
Dan Kilgore, Nueces County, Texas, 1750–1800: A Bicentennial Memoir (Corpus Christi: Friends of the Corpus Christi Museum, 1975) Bill Walraven, Corpus Christi: The History of a Texas Seaport (Woodland Hills, California, 1982) Eugenia Reynolds Briscoe, City by the Sea: A History of Corpus Christi, Texas, 1519–1875 (New York: Vantage, 1985)
USS Lexington-- The-Blue-Ghost' -- Corpus Christi Bay On 26 November 1991, the US Navy turned Lexington over to the City of Corpus Christi. On 15 June 1992, the ship was donated as a museum and now operates as the "USS Lexington Museum on the Bay" at 2914 North Shoreline Boulevard, Corpus Christi, Texas.
Seven new businesses, including a Mexican restaurant and a tea cafe, have opened in Corpus Christi recently. Places to explore: Check out these seven new businesses in Corpus Christi Skip to main ...