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| NSGA Winter Harbor, Maine - Photos taken on May 17, 2002 |
| Images from Richard Carlson CTR1 USN (Ret) |
| Please scroll-down. There are 12 photos. |
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| Welcome sign greets you upon entering the base. |
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| The Rockefeller building ready for the
ceremony, with Navy flags flying. Note from AL Grobmeier: the Flags spell-out "NAVYCLOSURE" |
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| CMDR James Guest, USNSGA Winter
Harbor Commanding Officer who spoke of the history of the command from it’s beginning at the Otter Cliffs Radio Station commissioning on August 28, 1917 until the present day. |
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| RADM Joseph Burns, USN, Commander,
Naval Security Group Command. The task of
honoring the history of the base was left to RADM Burns. He recounted how the base began with 11 sailors back in 1935. When the base hit its height of use, around 1997, there were as many as 1,000 sailors and civilian workers on the premises. It has been one of the most sought-after duty stations, with first-rate facilities and drop-dead gorgeous scenery. |
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| Governor of Maine, Angus King Jr. spoke
about the future potential for the property, which is becoming part of Acadia National Park. Governor King said the National Park Service’s plans to convert the base into a learning and educational center will fit in well with the existing research and educational facilities in Hancock and southern Penobscot counties. The base is within commuting distance of genetics labs Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory and the Jackson Laboratory, plus the College of the Atlantic, and the University of Maine campuses at Machias and Orono. As a result, some cooperative and like-minded research is likely to arise on this site. Governor King added, "This is one of God’s blessed spots. He stopped making real estate like this long ago." |
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| L-R (standing) CMDR James Guest, Governor
King, Roger Bartow (Winter Harbor Town Manager), Paul Haertel (Supervisor for Acadia National Park). Roger Bartow is presenting gifts to CMDR Guest, one of which was a lobster measure - representing the key to the town. It was a gesture of neighborly thanks in a nod to the area’s fishing heritage.
Partially hidden, seated behind CMDR Guest, is RADM J. D.
Burns, COMNAVSECGRU. |
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| A large bronze plaque, which describes the
historical use of the French Norman Revival style Rockefeller Building, will be placed on the building, which is now listed in the National Register of Historic Places. |
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| Post-ceremony gatherings and fellowship with lunch on the upper patio. |
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| Post-ceremony gatherings and fellowship with lunch on the upper patio. |
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| Front entrance to the Rockefeller Building.
Jeff’s Catering from Bangor, Maine, catered the event. As always, it was first rate! |
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| Al Lucier. NCVA member, from Putnam, CT. |
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| Dick Carlson, NCVA member, from Winterport, ME. |
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