Previously Held NEC HT-0000-Hull Maintenance Technician
HT-4954-General Maintenance Welder
DC-9502-Instructor
DC-0000-Damage Controlman
Service Years
1980 - 2002
Official/Unofficial US Navy Certificates
Decommissioning
Panama Canal
Persian Excursion
Plank Owner
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
1999-2002, DC-4811, Naval Station (NAVSTA) San Diego
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NEC DC-4811-Senior Enlisted Damage Control Prog. Management & Training Spec.
Base, Station or City San Diego
State/Country California
Patch
Naval Station (NAVSTA) San Diego Details
On 15 September 1946, the Secretary of the Navy re-designated the repair base Naval Station, San Diego. By the end of 1946, the base had grown to 294 buildings[4] with floor space square footage of more than 6,900,000 square feet (640,000 m2), berthing facilities included five piers of more than 18,000 feet (5,500 m) of berthing space. Land then totaled more than 921 acres (373 ha) and 16 miles (26 km) of roads. Barracks could accommodate 380 officers and 18,000 enlisted men. More than 3,500 sailors could be fed in the galley at a single sitting on the base.
Later, in the 1990s, the Naval Station became the principal homeport of the then U.S. Pacific Fleet, when the Long Beach Naval Shipyard was closed for the final time on 30 September 1994. Naval Station San Diego was realigned under Commander, Navy Region Southwest and became one in a triad of metropolitan Navy bases that now make up the bulk of the metro area Navy's presence. With that change, the base became the hub of all Navy port operations for the Region, assumed logistical responsibility for both Naval Medical Center San Diego and the Region headquarters and was re-designated Naval Base San Diego.
