Base · World War II / postwar · 1940–1961
Naval Air Station Green Cove Springs
Florida river station that became home to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet's mothballed ships after 1946.
History
Naval Air Station Green Cove Springs sat on the St. Johns River south of Jacksonville, Florida. Built as an auxiliary field during World War II, it was renamed Naval Air Station Green Cove Springs in August 1943 and trained Navy pilots on four 5,000-foot runways. After the war its long river piers became a home of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, where hundreds of decommissioned warships were laid up ('mothballed'). The Navy decommissioned the station and its pier facility in 1960.
Source: Wikipedia: Green Cove Springs, Florida.
Timeline
- 1946Postwar, the river piers become a berthing site for the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; ships such as USS PC-1176 are decommissioned here.
- 29 March 1948Navy aerial photograph shows the base and rows of laid-up ships.
- 1960The Navy decommissions NAAS Green Cove Springs and the pier facility.
- August 1943Facility renamed Naval Air Station Green Cove Springs, with four 5,000-foot runways.
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