NW-Mailing-List Digest, Vol 18, Issue 17

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It was the end of his career, if I remember correctly.  My father was  
in the JAG office @ the NOB Norfolk (next to Sewell's Pt Yd!), '49 -  
'51.  IIRC, he was new to the command and MAY have been a Washington  
big shot on his way to being the top admiral in the Navy.  If he  
didn't retire, he was probably made Commandant of either a mothball  
fleet or a records center somewhere.  That's the way the Navy was  
then and maybe still is.  Regardless of who was at fault, if you hit  
the papers, you were toast.

pete groom


On Aug 20, 2005, at 8:12 AM, nw-mailing-list at nwhs.org wrote:

Thanks to Jerry Kay for clarifying that the facility in Portsmouth is  
properly called the Norfolk Naval SHIPYARD. I was fortunate to be  
able to be in Portsmouth sometime between 1948 and 1952 and being  
able to tour the Battleship Missouri while it was in the Shipyard.  
Not long after that tour, “The Mighty Mo” ran aground in the Norfolk  
Harbor. Of the many things they did to try to free her, the most  
exciting was the firing of the 16 inch guns to try to rock her to  
loosen the grip of the harbor sands. I don’t recall how long she was  
aground, but it sure was an embarrassing time for The Missouri and  
her Captain.


Ed Gorman


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Dave, The Norfolk Naval Base is not located in Portsmouth. The  
Norfolk Naval Base is located in Norfolk.  The Norfolk Naval SHIPYARD  
is located in Portsmouth.


Jerry Kay

Assistant Apprentice Program Administrator

Norfolk Naval Shipyard

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 > Regarding Military locos in the Norfolk area, I have not found any
 > indication that they ever ventured off of the Military bases. Most
 > interchange in the region was performed by the Norfolk and  
Portsmouth Belt
 > Line Railroad or it's parent roads. I have seen Belt Line trains  
delivering
 > cars to the Norfolk Naval Base in Portsmouth and a couple of other  
nearby
 > bases.
 >
 > Dave George

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