Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The initial contamination at the former Long Beach shipyard, where vessels used to dock for repair and maintenance, occurred from the 1940s to the 1960s, when workers were disposing of toxic waste ...
Undated aerial photo of the shipyard with downtown Long Beach in the background. The Long Beach NSY industrial area encompassed 119 acres (48 ha) of the total 214 acres (87 ha) owned. [1] [2] There were 120 permanent, 39 semi-permanent, and 6 temporary buildings, for a total of 165 buildings. [2]
Watch again as Los Angeles County officials gave an update on the deadly wildfires on 12 January as California governor Gavin Newsom described the tragedy as the worst natural disaster in US history.
Private forecaster AccuWeather estimated the damage and economic loss at $135 billion to $150 billion, portending an arduous recovery and soaring homeowners' insurance costs.
Roosevelt Base Terminal Island shipyard was founded in September 1942 as a ship repair facility. Construction started in 1939. Roosevelt Base also was the administrative and 40 acre recreational center for the Naval facilities on Terminal Island. Roosevelt Base Terminal Island was renamed Naval Station Long Beach on 15 November 1946
The first bridge linking the eastern end of Terminal Island and Long Beach was an unnamed "temporary" pontoon bridge constructed during World War II to accommodate traffic resulting from the expansion of the Long Beach Naval Shipyard. The pontoon bridge was intended to last six months, but was not replaced until 1968, 24 years after it had opened.
New photos show the damage to a US Navy aircraft carrier sustained in a collision with a merchant ship last week.. The warship USS Harry S. Truman docked at a US naval facility in Souda Bay ...
Helene death toll over 200 one week after landfall; 1M without power: Live updates John Bacon, Zachary Huber, Jorge L. Ortiz and Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY Updated October 3, 2024 at 2:37 PM