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The area around Sand Point and Pontiac Bay was donated to the Seattle city government in 1918 by Morgan J. Carkeek to form a new city park, which was named Carkeek Park. The 23-acre (9.3 ha) park was condemned by the federal government in 1926 for use as a naval air station ; a $25,000 payment was used to establish new Carkeek Park on the west ...
The Navy Region Northwest is one of several United States Navy Regions responsible to Commander, Navy Installations Command for the operation and management of Naval shore installations in Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, and Iowa [citation needed].
On Sept. 8, 2005, the Department of Defense's Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) gave President George W. Bush a list of 20 major military installations that it had determined were no ...
Gosport is situated on a peninsula on the western side of Portsmouth Harbour, opposite the city of Portsmouth, to which it is linked by the Gosport Ferry. Until the last quarter of the 20th century, Gosport was a major naval town associated with the defence and supply infrastructure of His Majesty's Naval Base (HMNB) Portsmouth. As such over ...
The U.S. Navy's Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, and Naval Base Kitsap (comprising the former NSB Bangor and NS Bremerton) are on the peninsula. Its main city is Bremerton . Though earlier referred to as the Great Peninsula or Indian Peninsula, with "Great Peninsula" still its official name, [ 1 ] its current name is derived from the jurisdiction of ...
Second Naval District was the smallest of the original naval districts established in 1903. 2nd Naval District covered only Rhode Island and adjacent waters, including Block Island and NAS Quonset Point, with headquarters at Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. 2nd Naval District was disestablished after the end of World War I on March 15, 1919 ...
The towns surrounding Portsmouth were also deeply involved in the preparations. HMS Dolphin at Fort Blockhouse in Gosport – now the Royal Naval Submarine Museum – was the headquarters of the ...