NAB Terminal Island (site)
USA /
California /
Lomita /
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/ USA
/ California
/ Lomita
World / United States / California
airport, Second World War 1939-1945, military, place with historical importance, historical layer / disappeared object, United States Navy
First established in 1927 as Allen Field, it was located adjacent to Long Beach Naval Shipyard. The Navy also established a training center the same year there. The field had a 2,000' northeast-southwest oiled clay runway and 200' seaplane launch way. The Navy took complete control of the field in 1935 and redesignated it Reeves Field. In 1942, it was redesignated again as NAB Terminal Island. Planes commonly found here were P-38 Lightnings and PBY Catalinas. During the war years, it was used to support aircraft assigned to ships of the Pacific Fleet. It also tested aircraft from the nearby Lockheed, Vultee, and Douglas factories.
The field was disestablished after the war in 1947, although the field itself continued to operate in a reduced capacity. In later years, it hosted the Long Beach Sports Car Race and Brotherhood Raceway Park. The former field was given to the city of Los Angeles in 1971. It is now part of an industrial facility, and no trace of it remains.
www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_LongBeach.htm
www.militarymuseum.org/NASTeminalIsland.html
The field was disestablished after the war in 1947, although the field itself continued to operate in a reduced capacity. In later years, it hosted the Long Beach Sports Car Race and Brotherhood Raceway Park. The former field was given to the city of Los Angeles in 1971. It is now part of an industrial facility, and no trace of it remains.
www.airfields-freeman.com/CA/Airfields_CA_LongBeach.htm
www.militarymuseum.org/NASTeminalIsland.html
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_Island
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°44'52"N 118°15'27"W
- Long Beach Airport (LGB/KLGB) 12 km
- Los Angeles International Airport (LAX/KLAX) 28 km
- Naval Air Station Point Mugu 94 km
- Mojave Air and Space Port (MHV/KMHV) 148 km
- Bakersfield Airport (Meadows Field) (BFL/KBFL) 204 km
- Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX/KSMX) 241 km
- Vandenberg Air Force Base (VBG/KVBG) 255 km
- Paso Robles Municipal Airport (PRB/KPRB) 307 km
- Lemoore Army Airfield (site) 319 km
- Naval Air Station Lemoore 334 km
- Terminal Island 1.1 km
- APL Container Terminal/Global Gateway South 1.2 km
- Los Angeles-Long Beach Port Complex 1.8 km
- East Basin 1.9 km
- Main Channel 2 km
- APM Terminals Pier 400 2.6 km
- Wilmington 3.5 km
- San Pedro 4.5 km
- Palos Verdes Peninsula 8.6 km
- South Bay 16 km
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