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968. Naval Air Station Alameda ( NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station in Alameda, California, on San Francisco Bay. [ 1] NAS Alameda had two runways: 13–31 measuring 8,000 ft × 200 ft (2,438 m × 61 m) and 07-25 measuring 7,200 ft × 200 ft (2,195 m × 61 m). Two helicopter pads and a control tower were also part of the ...
USS. Hornet. Sea, Air & Space Museum. / 37.7725417°N 122.3028417°W / 37.7725417; -122.3028417. The USS Hornet Sea, Air & Space Museum is a museum ship, located on the southernmost pier of the former Naval Air Station Alameda in Alameda, California, US. The museum is composed of the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, exhibits from the NASA ...
Alameda, California. Coordinates. 37°46′53″N122°17′57″W37.7814°N 122.2992°W. Type. Aviation museum. Website. www .alamedanavalairmuseum .org. The Alameda Naval Air Museum is an aviation museum located in Alameda, California and focused on the history of Naval Air Station Alameda .
List of United States Navy airfields. This is a list of airfields operated by the United States Navy which are located within the United States and abroad. The US Navy's main airfields are designated as Naval Air Stations or Naval Air Facilities, with Naval Outlying Landing Fields (NOLF) and Naval Auxiliary Landing Fields (NALF) having a ...
Alameda Point is the name given to the lands of the former Naval Air Station Alameda in the City of Alameda, California. Alameda Point consists of 1,560 acres (6.3 km 2) of land area at the western end of the island of Alameda. [ 1] Most of the land was reclaimed from the San Francisco Bay . NAS Alameda was identified for closure under the Base ...
During the 1950s the Moffett served as the fighter base, with Alameda hosting attack aircraft. Naval aircraft home based in Moffett included the F9F Panther and FJ-3 Fury. On Feb. 1, 1957, a Navy Thunderjet plane piloted by Capt. Robert Mulvehill, 32, of Edenburg, PA, crashed at 3:25 p.m. in Mountain View while on approach to Moffett Field.
Location within Alameda/Oakland. The China Clipper flight departure site is listed as California Historical Landmark number 968. [1] It is the site from which Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) initiated trans- Pacific airmail service on November 22, 1935. A flying boat named China Clipper made the first trip, and the publicity for that flight ...
N. Naval Air Station Alameda. Naval Air Station Livermore. Naval Air Station Oakland. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory. Naval Station Treasure Island.