Fleet City
1943 FLEET CITY 1946
SHOEMAKER, CALIFORNIA
DURING WORLD WAR II, 3,396 ACRES WERE PURCHASED FOR THE
LARGEST NAVAL INSTALLATION IN THE U.S.. THREE NAVY BASES
SAT ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER IN AN AREA KNOWN AS FLEET
CITY. CAMP PARKS LOCATED ALONG DOUGHERTY ROAD, THE U.S.
NAVAL HOSPITAL ALONG TASSAJARA ROAD WITH CAMP SHOEMAKER
IN BETWEEN.
CAMP PARS WAS THE WESTERN HOME FOR THE NAVY CONSTRUCTION
BATTALION, OR "SEABEES." CAMP SHOEMAKER (DECOMMISSIONED,
1946) WAS THE U.S. NAVAL PERSONNEL AND DISTRIBUTION
CENTER WITH DISBURSING RESPONSIBILITY FOR 32,000 MEN AND
WOMEN. THE U.S. NAVAL HOSPITAL ADMITTED NEARLY 46,000
PATIENTS DURING ITS SHORT EXISTENCE.
DEDICATED 5 APRIL 1997 BY JOAQUIN MURRIETA, CHAPTER 13, E. CLAMPUS VITUS
WITH THANKS TO THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE CAMP PARKS MUSEUM.
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