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  David A Sikes July 20, 2017 at 3:57am

  I was at the comcenter back in 83.
  I was RM3 Sikes...
  Then I went to the USS Peleliu LHA-5
  In 85 on bord I made RM2. Then to SIMA... man all that was a trip..
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  George T Sutherland January 30, 2017 at 5:17am

  I was part of INACT SHIPS TEAM in 69-71 when Navy put all of the ships out of commission I was EN2 in Inspection team. I did all of Hull testing daily I would take Mil. readings on all ships that were having bottoms painted .I usually had about 4 or 5 ships in dry-dock at a time had 16 sec. Liberty. GREAT DUTY. I also did all of the repair on APL Barge our Offices were on. 
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  Steve Jackson April 10, 2016 at 4:12pm

  I was there on the Haven(AH12). Worse duty station I had in 28 years
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  Michael John Leonard October 14, 2014 at 11:13pm

  My first ship the USS Cabildo (LSD 16) was homeported in Long Beach and I was on board her Dec 67 - Mar 70. with a WestPac in '68.  We were usually moored at pier 7, out at pier E (with the New Jersey) or on occasion out on the mole.  We ended up decommissioning the Cabildo on March 31, 1970 at pier 7. We spent the last 90 plus days living in the barracks next to the WAVE barracks. We would play tackle football between the barracks and the ladies would join us.
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  Michael Bankson October 3, 2014 at 10:37pm

  I was on the Prairie in Long Beach, '82-'84.
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  Dan Alan Seelye April 19, 2014 at 9:45am

  I came aboard the USS Hornet CVS 12 in 1966 in Long Beach and lived in the Naval housing complex until 1970 when we decommissioned her.
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  Bud Stilwell BT Snipe June 19, 2012 at 4:09am

  Jerry I remember that draw bridge.  Held up traffic coming out of Gate 2 every night around 4:30 to 5:00 PM.  Remember Navy Housing over off Santa Fe.  Met my wife at the Fabulous West there at Santa Fe and PCH.  Good Time Had at that Base.
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  Jerry Ballard(sw)SH1Ret June 18, 2012 at 8:44pm

  By the way served at the Commissary Store there in Receiving and was on the USS Prairie there.

  I liked long beach naval Station but housing was something else across that bridge where most of you remember who lived in that area gun shots were a common sound at night
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  Jerry Ballard(sw)SH1Ret June 18, 2012 at 8:41pm

  Ronald I talked to a friend that told me that the USMC wanted to purchase the Naval Base when it closed and had contacted the Department of defense but then President Clinton refused to gave it over to the Chinese Chipping Company

  I assume that move was to pay for all of that contribution money given to Bill Clinton when he was running. Funny thing...MMMmmm The money donated to Bill Clinton came from the Red Chinese military so it makes perfect sense why Clinton refused to give the base to the Marines.

  POLITICS!
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  Bud Stilwell BT Snipe June 16, 2012 at 9:53pm

  was assigned to SIMA there at the NS 1987-1989