FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: NS Pascagoula, Mississippi ~ 29 JUL 08

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: NAVSTA Pascagoula, Mississippi

Naval Station Pascagoula was a base of the United States Navy, in Pascagoula, Mississippi. This 437-acre island is man-made, having been created over the years as dredge materials from the Pascagoula federal channel and nearby Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyard were deposited in the area. The base officially closed November 15, 2006. The base's property, on Singing River Island in the Mississippi Sound at the mouth of the Singing River, was formally transferred to the Mississippi Secretary of State's office July 9, 2007.

In the early 1980s Congress approved the strategic homeporting initiative to build additional bases and disperse the Fleet from the main concentration areas. Naval Station Pascagoula was created in 1985 when the Navy selected the Singing River Island location as one of the new Gulf Coast strategic homeport sites. Base construction began in 1988, and the station became an operational homeport of Perry-class guided-missile frigates in 1992 with the arrival of the first ship, USS Gallery (FFG-26).

NAVSTA Pascagoula’s support mission had increased dramatically in subsequent years due to a variety of actions: the BRAC-93 realignment of ships and other units from closing or downsized bases; the reorganization of the Naval Surface Force, Atlantic, which homeported Ticonderoga-class Aegis guided-missile cruisers in Pascagoula; and the relocation of both the Pascagoula Coast Guard Station and a Reliance-class (210’) Coast Guard cutter to the naval station.

NAVSTA Pascagoula provided support not only to personnel stationed onboard the station and its homeported ships, but also to pre-commissioning crews of surface combatant ships that were being constructed at Ingalls Shipbuilding.

After the USS Cole was damaged in the bombing at Aden, Cole was returned to the United States aboard the Norwegian semi-submersible heavy-lift MV Blue Marlin owned by Offshore Heavy Transport of Oslo, Norway. The ship was off-loaded 13 December 2000 from Blue Marlin in a pre-dredged deep-water facility at the Pascagoula, Mississippi, shipyard of Northrop Grumman Ingalls Ship Systems.

After 14 months of repair at Ingalls, Cole departed on 19 April 2002, and returned to her homeport of Norfolk, Virginia. Cole left Norfolk on 29 November 2003 on the destroyer's first overseas deployment since the bombing. She returned to homeport of Norfolk, Virginia on 27 May 2004 without incident.

Most recently at the Ingalls Ship Systems in Pascagoula, the construction of the USCGC BERTHOLF was completed in September of 2006.

USCGC Bertholf  is the first Legend-class maritime security cutter of the United States Coast Guard. It is named for Ellsworth P. Bertholf, former Commandant of both the Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard. The USCGC Bertholf is the first-in-class ship of the design termed the National Security Cutter.

The NSCs are designed to replace the aging 378′ Hamilton-class cutters currently in the fleet. The Bertholf is the first large ship to begin construction in the Coast Guard's multi-year "Deepwater" acquisitions project.

The USCGC Bertholf was the first to fire the Bofors 57 mm gun aboard a U.S. vessel on the 11th of February 2008.

Read More About The USCGC BERTHOLF HERE!

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We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[philly-d-kidder]

Bahrain Station still Broadcasting?? King of Bahrain asked the Pope to Visit next year.. a First!

[mylife]

No. They ended on the hour.

I hear its pretty nice there.

The Pope eh?

[mylife]

No. They ended on the half hour.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

LOL
Like the Canteen does for me!

[mylife]

Heyup

[vetvetdoug]

I was at Pascagoula when the USS Shark was undergoing refitting back in 1974. I had to inspect the galley on the sub twice. The best/worst beating I ever took was when a bosun's mate beat me to a pulp in the Navy Club there at Pascagoula. I deserved it after groping a waitress unrespectfully after having too much to drink. Even though I was USAF, the Navy and Marines were a great group with which to serve there and at the NCBC at Gulfport.

[SuziQ]

The base's property, on Singing River Island in the Mississippi Sound at the mouth of the Singing River, was formally transferred to the Mississippi Secretary of State's office July 9, 2007.

LOL! When I was growing up in the 50's and 60's, my Daddy used to go shrimping out there. Back then, it was known as the Mud Lumps. Good shrimping, too!

I have three siblings living in P'goula now! My youngest sister works for one of the companies that take the new boats out on Sea Trials, my just younger sister works for Jackson County in the court system, and my older brother just moved back to the coast after having been away since Katrina, and moved three doors down from my just younger sister! He works for MDOT, but many moons ago, he used to work for NOAA out of the port area.

Pascagoula got slammed by Katrina; there was 6' of water in the downtown area, and every police car was ruined, because they were all called in at the height of the storm and dutifully parked right outside headquarters. Ruh, roh! They didn't even get that much water in Camille in the late 60's, Fred in the late 70's, or Ellen, I think it was, in the early 80's, and those last two drew a bead on Pascagoula. The town looks like it's trying hard to come back, though, which is always good!

[luvie]

Thanks for another fun road trip, Lauren! (((hugs)))

[SuziQ]

A pastor friend told me about a sign he had seen in front of a neighborhood church. Instead of just advertising the congregation’s own time of worship, the sign also listed the schedule for two other churches that met at different times in the same small town. Interestingly, my friend didn’t think this was impractical or foolish. Instead, he imagined what it must do for a church to put such unselfishness at the heart of everything it did!

Hah! Tricksy church! Food for thought for folks who might think since they can't go to that church, because of the time of the service, they don't need to go that week. They're being gently reminded that there are other churches which might have service that's available when they are. ;o)

[HiJinx]

Mississippi Ping.......

Kewl! We have one of those? I lived in Biloxi (Keesler AFB) for a coupla years...started grade school there.

My grampa had a a whole bunch of land up in Green County where we'd visit often.

[SuziQ]

I have never been there.

You have to get there, sometime! Hubby and I were born and reared there. His graduate school, then work took us far away, eventually to MA, but we're planning to move back home as soon as we can! We'll be empty nesters come next month, when our youngest goes off to college, to Southern Miss! Then we just have to get our house remodeled and ready to sell!

[luvie]

MS.BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

((((((((((hugs))))))))))

I’m runnin’ later than you, Sis! What is wrong with this
picture! LOL!

Didja have a good day? Sure hope so. I was off so you know
mine was good!

[SandRat]

Funny what you find on FR and the Canteen ain’t it.

[TASMANIANRED]

My ear is smoking...I’m gonna need an ice bag.

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Kathy, Hugs.

Thanks for the good wished that the phones slow down.

My girls split a cup of coffee with milk on Saturday because I’m a klutz.

I had been out of milk and was so looking forward to a cup ...I was still half asleep and the cup was tapered at the bottom.

I failed to center it on the trivet and just turned it over.

I jumped up for a towel to start mopping the table up..and the girls were busy lapping up the floor. They seemed quite pleased with it.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

A very looooong day, but it was alright.
I get to slepp in abit tomorrow.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I can NOT type tonite!!
I meant to day “sleep”
Sheesh

[mylife]

I’ll get there someday!

[philly-d-kidder]

Oh Yeaj..everyday Iam amazed but My Life is Kinda Like That.. eyes always wide open... and Ears even more open!!

You learn a lot!! I am sure you concurr!haha

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my goodness....such good helpers are your girls.