Most Common
Questions |
"Where can I get a
picture of my recruit company?"
or " How can I locate someone from my recruit company?"
No permanent
records were kept of who was in which company or of the photos
that were taken.
For those who are looking for someone or a picture of their
recruit company, leave a post on our discussion pages AND fill
out our feedback form. Several people have been able to locate
pictures through the guest book. One of our goals when the
archives becomes operational is to archive photos of companies
and individuals names. A searchable database of this information
will be publicly available. And we'll reproduce pictures for
those desiring a copy. |
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| What's a LPD? |
| LPD's are warships that embark,
transport, seabase and land elements of a landing force for a variety
of expeditionary warfare missions. |
Flag Etiquette Etiquette
Here is a great page
for Flag etiquette and this site contains the history of our flag as well. You might also
want to check out www.usflag.org. |
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From Yesteryear to Today
... The History of the Navy in San Diego. |
 View San Diego Navy History through postcards.
Presented is a collection of nearly 70 postcards relating the history of the Navy in San Diego.
From as early as 1908 up though the 1960s these postcards offer a view of Navy history from what people purchased and wrote short notes about their visits.
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Out Our Online Books on Navy History
The History of
the Office of the Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy, 1967-1992 (Added information about MCPON Tom Crow - 8 Dec 2009)
The History of Naval Training Center San
Diego 1923-1997
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Books about the history of the Navy in San Diego
by Jennifer A. Garey
A photographic history of San Diego's Naval Training Station/Center consisting of 200 photographs from the original Naval Training Station at Balboa Park San Diego through the bases closure in 1996, and few photographs of the former base now named Liberty Station.
Information about other books are listed on our Books Page as well.
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The second most decorated
ship in naval history!
Learn about this new memorial in San Diego!
USS SAN
DIEGO (LPD 22)
The
next ship to be named in honor of the city of San Diego. April
30th, 2004
USS San Diego CL-53 Memorial guest speaker Vice Admiral Timothy
W. LaFleur, Commander Naval Surface Forces, on behalf of the
Secretary of the Navy, declared LPD-22 will be the 4th ship
named in honor of the city San Diego. The ship is expected to be
commissioned in 2008.
This will be the
fourth "San Diego," the first an armored cruiser (ACR 6)
was the renamed USS California, the second is the infamous WWII
light cruiser (CL 53), and the third a combat stores ship (AFS
6). Read about the LPD-17 Class ships here and more information here. |
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Preserving San Diego's Naval Heritage
