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Home Town Boston MA / Gardena CA
Last Address El Camino Memorial Park San Diego, California
Date of Passing Oct 27, 2007
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Chief Boilerman William Henry Kronberger WWII • KOREA
Six months after Pearl Harbor William Kronberger, fought in the Battle of Midway.
William Kronberger and his wife Marguerite Kronberger (1916-date), lived in Gardena CA. William Sr. spent 30 years in the Navy and was often overseas. When he returned from sea duty, the family moved to San Diego, where he was a drill instructor at the Naval Training Center.
William died in 2007 at the age of 96. His mother, who recently celebrated her 92nd birthday, lives in San Diego.
The family later moved to Bremerton, Wash., then Honolulu Hawaii, where William was stationed in the late 1950's.
William Kronberger, three of his brothers and his father spent a total of one hundred and sixty seven years serving in the navy. BTC William and BM1 Edward also retired with thirty years service. Richard retired as a Lt.Cdr with thirty years service. His brother Robert retired as a Commander with thirty-seven years service, and his father, Chief Warrant Officer Samuel Kronberger retired with forty years service.
Sam and two of William's brothers, Robert and Edward, were serving together on the USS West Virginia at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. In 1958 they co-founded the PHSA, Pearl Harbor Survivors Association.
William Kronberger enlisted in the US Navy in 1929 and rose to the rank of Chief Boilerman.
1940-1941, WT-0000, Naval Station (NAVSTA) San Diego
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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.
