Posted on 10/24/2021 3:44:58 PM PDT by mylife
Navy Information Operations Command (NIOC) Yokosuka Legacy
By CTN2(IW) William H. Alex, NIOC Yokosuka PAO
The history of NIOC Yokosuka began on December 15, 1945 when the first Communications Supplementary Activity Detachment (COMSUPACT Det.) was established in Ohminato, Japan. When the Army evacuated the area in April 1946 the detachment was relocated to Yokosuka, and was designated as Communications Supplementary Activity (COMSUPACT) Yokosuka. On November 22, 1948, Navy Communications Unit 35 (NAVCOMMUNIT 35) was established and added a direction finding capability to COMSUPACT Yokosuka. A full rhombic antenna field was constructed in February 1949 to make the HFDF site fully operational. In 1950, Naval Security Group (NAVSECGRU) decided to shift control of the Pacific HFDF net to Yokosuka from Wahiawa, Hawaii.
To accommodate this change, NAVCOMMUNIT 35 was expanded to 38 officers and 392 enlisted and was located in renovated building F-68. The HFDF net was activated in Yokosuka on October 2, 1950. On January 15, 1960, the Naval Security Department (NSG) was commissioned as the U.S. Naval Security Group Activity (NSGA) Kami Seya. Naval Communication Facility (NAVCOMMFAC) at Kami Seya was relocated back to Yokosuka as Naval Communications Station (NCS) Yokosuka. On January 23, 1968, the USS Pueblo (AGER-2) was captured by the North Koreans. At the time of the attack, NSGA Kami Seya was in communication with the ship. There were six Sailors who were deployed on the USS Pueblo; they returned to NSGA Kami Seya 11 months later.
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yet the threat rises...
I always remember this (probably my dad standing there! Only kidding, I don't know...:):
If you walked to the left out of the picture and took the first right, my house was right up that street.
We used to sit on the wall right up the street and watch the Marines march the brig rats by each day.
My brother used to yell out “Daddy! Come home!”
LOL!!!
I know, they probably thought “Damn bastard brats!”
I lived off-base as a teenager, but worked on, and went to school on base. I worked jn high school, as a waiter at the officer’s club. I know just about every inch of that base, as I pretty much walked everywhere. We were there for 3 yrs, and I graduated from Yo-Hi, as it was called.
decent duty
Good stories, guys…I saw the movie Tokyo Joe a couple times. :)
Japan was a trip.
I was in the Navy in the late ‘60’s. My ship was in Yokosuka for a week.
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