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In April 1937, the Air Station was commissioned. The first commanding officer was LT S.C. Linholm, who later became Commander of Eleventh Coast Guard District. There had, however, been an Air Patrol Detachment active in San Diego between 1934 and 1937. At the time this was the only Coast Guard air base in California. CGAS San Diego, circa 1938.
Station Location Opened Closed Notes Ref. CGAS Atlantic City: Atlantic City, New Jersey: 1998 Active Located at Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey and provides aircrews and aircraft to the Washington, D.C. area as part of Operation Noble Eagle, a Department of Defense mission to protect the air space around the nation's capital.
Coast Guard Station number Reference Coast Guard Station Boothbay Harbor: Boothbay Harbor: 1967 Active No N/A N/A Unknown [5] Coast Guard Station Burnt Island: Burnt Island: 1891 1964 Yes Unknown 1st 7 [6] Coast Guard Station Cape Elizabeth: Cape Elizabeth: 1887 10 [7] Coast Guard Station Cranberry Island: Cranberry Isles: 1879–1880 1946 4 5 [8]
View at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., 1909. The zoo first started as the National Museum's Department of Living Animals in 1886. [12] By an act of Congress on March 2, 1889, [13] [14] [15] for "the advancement of science and the instruction and recreation of the people", the National Zoo was created. In 1890, it became a part of the ...
Back in November, the National Zoo in Washington returned three pandas to China as part of a more than 50-year-old legacy, leaving Georgia's Zoo Atlanta as the only one in the U.S. with a giant ...
San Diego: United States: 1945 Midway class: Aircraft carrier [42] USS Missouri: United States Hawaii: Pearl Harbor: United States: 1944 Iowa class: Battleship: Japanese surrender: Nash: United States New York: Oswego: United States: 1943 Tugboat (Army tug) Participated in the Normandy landings [43] USS Nautilus: United States Connecticut ...
San Diego, California's long maritime heritage begins with the arrival of Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo in 1542, and continues today. Travel: From the beaches to the zoo, a visit to San ...
A little more than two months after two giant pandas — the first sent to the U.S. in 21 years — debuted at the San Diego Zoo, fans can watch Panda Cam.