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Throughout its 70-year history as a military base, the mission of Naval Training Center (NTC) San Diego was to provide primary, advanced, and specialized training for members of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve. In support of that mission, NTC expanded to include 300 buildings with nearly three million square feet of space.
Naval Base San Diego is the principal homeport of the United States Pacific Fleet, consisting of over 50 ships and over 150 tenant commands. The base is composed of 13 piers stretched over 1,600 acres (650 ha) of land and 326 acres (132 ha) of water. [1] The total on base population is over 24,000 military personnel and over 10,000 civilians .
Liberty Station is a mixed-use development in San Diego, California, on the site of the former Naval Training Center San Diego. [1] It is located in the Point Loma community of San Diego. It has a waterfront location, on a boat channel off of San Diego Bay, just west of the San Diego Airport and a few miles north of Downtown San Diego.
SeaWorld San Diego is a theme park located in Mission Bay Park, San Diego, California. Owned and operated by United Parks & Resorts, the theme park is an animal-focused marine mammal park, oceanarium, marine animal rehabilitation center, and aquarium . SeaWorld San Diego is a member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). [3]
The Pride of Navy Medicine. Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD), also known as Bob Wilson Naval Hospital and informally referred to as "Balboa Hospital", or "The Pink Palace" (because the stucco of the first buildings that were constructed was pinkish in color), is a technologically advanced Navy medical treatment facility.
Old Town Transit Center. / 32.7552°N 117.1995°W / 32.7552; -117.1995. Old Town Transit Center, also known as San Diego–Old Town station, or Old Town San Diego station, is an intermodal transportation station located in the Old Town neighborhood of San Diego, California. It is served by Amtrak 's Pacific Surfliner, the COASTER ...
The following is a list of neighborhoods and communities located in the city of San Diego. The City of San Diego Planning Department officially lists 52 Community Planning Areas within the city, [1] many of which consist of multiple different neighborhoods.
The USS San Diego (CL-53) was an Atlanta -class light cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned just after the US entry into World War II, and active throughout the Pacific theater. Armed with 16 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal DP anti-aircraft guns and 16 Bofors 40 mm AA guns, the Atlanta -class cruisers had one of the heaviest anti-aircraft ...