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The Naval College is based out of the Naval Service's headquarters at Naval Base Haulbowline but also provides classes and lessons in non-military naval training at the nearby National Maritime College of Ireland (NMCI) in Ringaskiddy.
In 1868, the State of Connecticut gave the Navy exactly 112 acres (0.45 km 2) of land along the Thames River in Groton to build a Naval Station. Due to a lack of federal funding, it was not until 1872 that the two brick buildings and a T-shaped pier were constructed and officially declared a Navy Yard.
Commissioned on April 29, 1949, the hospital is one of only a handful of its kind that sits within its own complex rather than within a larger base.
In November 1940, the U.S. Government acquired the land (around 1.1 km 2) that would eventually become Naval Air Station Oceana.At that time, the surrounding area was mainly farmland susceptible to flooding, but it served as a useful outlying field for the rapidly expanding naval air force headquartered at NAS Norfolk and allowed units to work up for deployments away from the crowded base there.
Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147), also known as the "Argonauts," is a United States Navy strike fighter squadron that is currently being transferred to MCAS Iwaukuni, Japan. [1]
USS Dextrous (MCM-13) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship in the United States Navy.. She was built by Peterson Shipbuilders, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.Mrs. Jacqueline E. Schafer, the Assistant SECNAV for Installations and Environment, served as sponsor of the ship.
In August 1966 the battalion returned to its new homeport in Port Hueneme for leave and retraining. The second Vietnam deployment was to Da Nang in March 1967. The battalion worked at the Da Nang Air Base and Con Thien. MCB 4 sent a small detachment to Hill 158 at Con Thien to build a base for Special Forces det A-110. [9]
USS Devastator (MCM-6) is an Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship of the United States Navy.. Construction of Devastator began on 9 February 1987 when her keel was laid at Peterson Shipbuilders in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.