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History of Naval Station Mayport : Final chapterEntry/Object ID
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History of Naval Station Mayport : Final chapter by Joe Pickett. This article was submitted to the Public Affairs Office of Naval Station Mayport for approval and publication in the Mirror, the Naval Station newspaper. No date indicated.
From humble beginnings as a Frontier Section Base, in World War II, to what it is today the Mayport Naval Station complex has a 50 year history of growth.
The Station has seen many changes of command. But the old military adage that says "Commanders come and go but the organization remains the same."
During the decade, new construction continued . In 1982, Congressman Charles Bennet announced that $3.5 million had been approved to improve Mayport Road. Information on the Destroyer Squadron Eight, Impervious, Forrestal are noted. Navy women were at Mayport in 1944 and 1945, but none served aboard ships with the exception of nurses aboard hospital ships. However, in September 1979, four female officers reported for duty aboard Yosemite. The second half of the decade on January 28, 1986, when the Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard, Mayport's salvage ship, Preserver, recovered the shuttle and its astronauts. In the 1990s Mayport's ships and helicopters were deployed to the Middle East in operation called Desert Shield. You came a long way, baby!Collection
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Naval Station Mayport (Fla.) -- History., Bennett, Charles E., 1910- 2003., Challenger (Spacecraft) -- Accidents., Operation Desert Shield, 1990-1991.