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After departing the USS Missoui BB-63 mid Sep 1987, became a K-9 handler till 1991. Lived in base housing off of Santa Fe also. Was hoping to remember some of the names of the civilain Police Officers that I served w/ but, can not. I saw on Google that the base is now a container shipping terminal .
Read more…I understand the navy just put a lot of money into the long beach naval base to upgrade it then the mayor made a deal with China to get rid of the navy, which they did. I remember going aboard the Battleship Nevada twice, once with the boy scouts and when my uncle came back from Saipan. The Nevada was in dry dock and being painted red to be the bullseye for the atom bomb test. I think a lot of politics and money caused the navy to be forced out. Hewell Howser the tv guy even when to court to…
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Jerry Ballard SH1(sw) Ship's photographer, MAA USS Anchorage LSD-36 1994-1996
Naval Commissary Store Duty Long Beach naval Station 1981-1983
USS Prairie AD-15 1984-1990
USS Alamo LSD-33 1974-1977
USS Constellation CV-64 1977-1979
USS Anchorage LSD-36 1994-1996
USS Mount Vernon LSD-39 1996-1996 (Special Orders)
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