NAS OAKLAND?

Over a few beers today with a former Marine and sailor from the Fifties, "NAS
Oakland" was mentioned. The Marine recalled it was in the old section of what
is now Oakland Internatinal Airport. One of the surviving buildings may still
have Navy wings on it. Has anyone else heard of NAS OAKLAND?

"Jdf4cheval" wrote in message
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Over a few beers today with a former Marine and sailor from the Fifties,
"NAS
Oakland" was mentioned. The Marine recalled it was in the old section of
what
is now Oakland Internatinal Airport. One of the surviving buildings may
still
have Navy wings on it. Has anyone else heard of NAS OAKLAND?

Aparently threre was and it closed in 1961.

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Larry

"Jdf4cheval" wrote in message
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Over a few beers today with a former Marine and sailor from the Fifties,
"NAS Oakland" was mentioned. The Marine recalled it was in the old
section of what is now Oakland International Airport. One of the surviving
buildings may still have Navy wings on it. Has anyone else heard of NAS
OAKLAND?


Sure. The Navy formed an NRAB at the Oakland airport in 1928. It became a
Naval Air Transport Service Terminal in 1942 and was upgraded to a NAS in
January 1943. When Livermore was commissioned in June 1943 Oakland was
reduced to a NAAS under Alameda. Following the war the Navy began reserve
activities at Oakland, the facility became a NAS again in 1946. It closed
in 1961 and the reserve mission moved to Alameda.

You also might also add that primary flight training was conducted at
Oakland and moved to Livermore when it opened.


On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 02:28:46 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:


"Jdf4cheval" wrote in message
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Over a few beers today with a former Marine and sailor from the Fifties,
"NAS Oakland" was mentioned. The Marine recalled it was in the old
section of what is now Oakland International Airport. One of the surviving
buildings may still have Navy wings on it. Has anyone else heard of NAS
OAKLAND?


Sure. The Navy formed an NRAB at the Oakland airport in 1928. It became a
Naval Air Transport Service Terminal in 1942 and was upgraded to a NAS in
January 1943. When Livermore was commissioned in June 1943 Oakland was
reduced to a NAAS under Alameda. Following the war the Navy began reserve
activities at Oakland, the facility became a NAS again in 1946. It closed
in 1961 and the reserve mission moved to Alameda.

As mentioned in other posts NAS Oakland resumed naval air reserve support
activities following World War Two. Upon the station's decommissioning in
1961 NARTU Alameda (naval air training unit) was commissioned on board NAS
Alameda and assumed the administrative support responsibilities formerly
borne by NAS Oakland. NARTU Alameda subsequently became NARU Alameda. Not
sure if NARU Alameda was still operational when all NARU's were renamed
NAR's.

As mentioned in other posts NAS Oakland resumed naval air reserve support activities following World War Two. Upon the station's decommissioning in 1961 NARTU Alameda (naval air training unit) was commissioned on board NAS Alameda and assumed the administrative support responsibilities formerly borne by NAS Oakland. NARTU Alameda subsequently became NARU Alameda. Not sure if NARU Alameda was still operational when all NARU's were renamed NAR's.

"Jdf4cheval" wrote in message ...
Over a few beers today with a former Marine and sailor from the Fifties, "NAS
Oakland" was mentioned. The Marine recalled it was in the old section of what
is now Oakland Internatinal Airport. One of the surviving buildings may still
have Navy wings on it. Has anyone else heard of NAS OAKLAND?

I was stationed at NAS Alameda for four years . Although Alameda is a
small Island . It is considered by most to be a part of the Oakland
metropolitian area . It was home to Aircraft Carriers , IE. Enterprise .
Three large piers and Runways to accomadate reserve P3,s and a variety
of Fighter aircraft . A famous WW11 event started from there , That is
were Doolittle and the USS Hornet left from to BombTokoyo .

On the north end of Oakland International Airport I used to see WWII
type wooden buildings and even one or two hangars that were associated
with the Navy, in the mid-70's. Mel Shettle's monumental work, "NAS's of
WWII" volume 2 (Western States) chronicles NAS Oakland. I vaguely
remember looking at a Mapquest or Terraserver aerial photo of the
airport and thinking I saw some outlying buildings I thought were Navy
remnants. It was a big NATS terminal.
Joel McEachen VAH-5

Jdf4cheval wrote:

Over a few beers today with a former Marine and sailor from the Fifties, "NAS
Oakland" was mentioned. The Marine recalled it was in the old section of what
is now Oakland Internatinal Airport. One of the surviving buildings may still
have Navy wings on it. Has anyone else heard of NAS OAKLAND?

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"J. McEachen" wrote:

On the north end of Oakland International Airport I used to see WWII
type wooden buildings and even one or two hangars that were associated
with the Navy, in the mid-70's. Mel Shettle's monumental work, "NAS's of
WWII" volume 2 (Western States) chronicles NAS Oakland. I vaguely
remember looking at a Mapquest or Terraserver aerial photo of the
airport and thinking I saw some outlying buildings I thought were Navy
remnants. It was a big NATS terminal.
Joel McEachen VAH-5

Jdf4cheval wrote:

Over a few beers today with a former Marine and sailor from the Fifties,
"NAS
Oakland" was mentioned. The Marine recalled it was in the old section of
what
is now Oakland Internatinal Airport. One of the surviving buildings may
still
have Navy wings on it. Has anyone else heard of NAS OAKLAND?

I have been there. Along the east side are remnants of dock facilities
(the channels have since silted up). IIRC, some of the hangars still
have Navy wings on them. Oakland North Field is certainly an old
military base. Some of the old Quonset huts survive and house
businesses, among which is Savage Magneto Service, where most people
take their antique and warbird mags for service.