Posted on May 12, 2022
U.S. Naval Radio Station Point Loma, Imperial Beach Established, May 12, 1906
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Ahh the Memories, I Went to I.B. for Outboard Refresher Training
U.S. Naval Radio Station Point Loma, Imperial Beach Established, May 12, 1906
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."On July 1, 1957, the Communications Technician school at Imperial Beach was re-designated NAVCOMMTRACEN (NCTC) Imperial Beach, CA. Three years later in March 1960 NCTC Imperial Beach moved Corry Field, Pensacola, FL.
The U.S. Naval Receiving Facility (NAVRADRECFAC) Imperial Beach maintained and operated a high frequency direction finding (HFDF) facility and provided communication support to Navy and other Department of Defense elements. The communications facility located at Imperial Beach included an operations building located in the center of an AN/FRD-10A Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA), also known as a Wullenweber antenna array.
The CDAA was the last Navy Wullenweber installed, in 1967. The CDAA ceased operations on September 9, 1999, and the NAVRADRECFAC site at Imperial Beach was closed on September 30, 1999. The CDAA remains abandoned on the property of the Navy’s Silver Strand Training Complex, and scheduled to be dismantled in 2007.
Today, the property belongs to the Silver Strand Training Complex and is the premier training facility for the military’s special forces. The facility provides an excellent training environment with waterborne approaches from both the Pacific Ocean and San Diego Bay sides. The city-like layout of the base also provides a realistic site for critical urban warfare training."
..."On July 1, 1957, the Communications Technician school at Imperial Beach was re-designated NAVCOMMTRACEN (NCTC) Imperial Beach, CA. Three years later in March 1960 NCTC Imperial Beach moved Corry Field, Pensacola, FL.
The U.S. Naval Receiving Facility (NAVRADRECFAC) Imperial Beach maintained and operated a high frequency direction finding (HFDF) facility and provided communication support to Navy and other Department of Defense elements. The communications facility located at Imperial Beach included an operations building located in the center of an AN/FRD-10A Circularly Disposed Antenna Array (CDAA), also known as a Wullenweber antenna array.
The CDAA was the last Navy Wullenweber installed, in 1967. The CDAA ceased operations on September 9, 1999, and the NAVRADRECFAC site at Imperial Beach was closed on September 30, 1999. The CDAA remains abandoned on the property of the Navy’s Silver Strand Training Complex, and scheduled to be dismantled in 2007.
Today, the property belongs to the Silver Strand Training Complex and is the premier training facility for the military’s special forces. The facility provides an excellent training environment with waterborne approaches from both the Pacific Ocean and San Diego Bay sides. The city-like layout of the base also provides a realistic site for critical urban warfare training."
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