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Naval Air Station Lee Field was a United States Navy air base that opened on September 11, 1940, in Green Cove Springs, Florida to support the World War II efforts. The Air Station was on the St. Johns River in Clay County, Florida. The Air Station and Navy base was on 1,560 acres.
The Military Museum of North Florida is a museum of military artifacts in Green Cove Springs, Clay County, Florida. The museum includes ship models, military vehicles, uniforms, weapons, equipment, and flags. Established in 2007, the museum is located at 1 Bunker Ave. at the corner of State Road 16.
Vice Admirals Herbert F. Leary and Thomas C. Kinkaid served as Commanders, Sixteenth Fleet, after World War II. Sixteenth Fleet later became the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. The groups of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet were at Boston, Charleston, Green Cove Springs, Florida, New London, MOTBY/New York Harbor, Norfolk, Philadelphia, and Texas.
Cronin arrived at Green Cove Springs, Florida, on 19 January 1946, and was placed out of commission in reserve there on 31 May 1946. She was reclassified DEC-704 , on 13 September 1950. Cold War
English: U.S. Navy high-speed transports "mothballed" at Green Cove Springs, Florida (USA), circa in the later 1940s. The ship nearest to the camera is USS Kline (APD-120). She was decommissioned on 10 March 1947 at Green Cove Springs and sold to the Republic of China in 1966. The stern of USS John P. Gray (APD-74) is visible behind Kline.
During World War II, it trained over 90,000 troops and became the fourth-largest "city" in the state. In Green Cove Springs, Lee Field was a flight training center. After World War II, Lee Field became a base for the mothball fleet. Although Lee Field closed in the early 1960s, Camp Blanding continues to operate today as a base for military ...
Following repairs at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Parks proceeded to Green Cove Springs, Florida, and reported to the Commander, 16th Fleet (Inactive) on 29 November 1945. She decommissioned in March 1946; but, with the Korean War , she was taken off the disposal list and placed in reserve at Green Cove Springs in May 1951.
Instead, LST-510 reported to Green Cove Springs, Florida, where she was placed out of commission on 1 July 1946. LST-510 received one battle star for her World War II service.