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The shipyard was renamed Long Beach Naval Shipyard (NSY) in March 1948. [ 2 ] During World War II , the naval dry docks provided routine and battle damage repairs to a parade of tankers , cargo ships , troop transports , destroyers , and cruisers .
Some 400 miles north of Long Beach, critics say there are many reasons to be skeptical. The Navy has made similar safety claims about the former Hunters Point Naval Shipyard in San Francisco.
Although two crew members were killed, damage control parties saved the ship, and she returned to Long Beach Naval Shipyard for repairs. During 1949 and early 1950, Ozbourn trained midshipmen, underwent overhaul and participated in various exercises, one of which was the first guided missile test at sea conducted with Norton Sound.
The collision damage is the reason the ship had to enter the Naval Shipyard at Terminal Island, Long Beach California, the Edwards then went to its homeport, San Diego. On one WestPac cruise, the Edwards left Pearl Harbor with 20 Air Force Cadets from the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
Bennington arrived in Long Beach on 9 November and, on the 14th, entered the Long Beach Naval Shipyard for a five-month yard overhaul. The aircraft carrier resumed active service on 30 April 1969 and conducted normal operations along the California coast for the remainder of the year and into January 1970.
"Herman the German" (YD-171) at Long Beach Navy Yard in 1957 "Herman the German" was seized as a war prize following the end of World War II. "Herman" was dismantled and transported across the Atlantic through the Panama Canal to Long Beach, where it subsequently served at the Long Beach Navy Yard from 1946 (following its reassembly) to 1994 (when the shipyard was closed).
The crew also donated $1,360.00 to provide a high school education for 17 Filipino children. She did not return to Long Beach until 27 March 1967. After refresher training, equipment inspection, and routine shipyard overhaul, Caliente prepared for another WestPac tour on 8 January 1968. In addition to her cargo of fuel and lubricants the oiler ...
She cleared the Gulf of Tonkin on 4 May, headed back to the United States, and made Long Beach on the 23d. Somers resumed operations out of Long Beach until 9 July when she began a month of pre-overhaul preparations. On 9 August, the guided-missile destroyer entered Long Beach Naval Shipyard to commence regular overhaul.