Diego Garcia - NHHC
WEBOct 24, 1972 · The remote coral atoll of Diego Garcia is the largest of sixty small islands forming the Chagos Archipelago located just south of the equator in the middle of the Indian Ocean. European exploration of the Indian Ocean was spear headed by the Portuguese when Vasco da Gama completed his initial voyage to India in 1499. This, together with the voyages of Columbus (1492 – 1504), opened the way ...
Reindeer Station (Diego Garcia) - NHHC
WEBDiego Garcia, one of the 52 coral atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, was located in the Indian Ocean 960 miles south of India and 7 miles south of the equator. The 6,700 acre, heavily vegetated atoll was horseshoe- shaped with a perimeter of approximately 40 miles and average elevations of 3 to 7 feet. The annual rainfall was approximately 100 ...
The SeabeeGram Volume 4, September 2021 - NHHC
WEBSep 4, 2021 · Diego Garcia, one of the 52 coral atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, is located in the Indian Ocean 960 miles south of India and 7 miles south of the equator. The 6,700 acre, heavily vegetated atoll is horseshoe-shaped with a perimeter of approximately 40 miles and average elevations of 3 to 7 feet.
The Gathering Storm - NHHC
WEBSep 6, 1990 · On 2 August, the ships of Joint Task Force Middle East were on station in the Persian Gulf, theEisenhower battle group was in the central Mediterranean in the last month of a scheduled six-month deployment. and theIndependence battle group was in the Indian Ocean near Diego Garcia in the early stages of a scheduled Indian Ocean deployment.
WEBNovember 1981 - July 1982 Deployed to Diego Garcia, BlOT. January - September 1983 --Deployed to Guam, the Mariana Islands. May - November 1984 --Deployed t o Puerto Rico. June - December 1985 --Deployed t o Okinawa , Japan. July 1986 - February 1987 --Deployed to Rota , Spain.
WEBAverage cost per recovery equaled $31.15. Over 4000 individual aircraft moves were executed in the Hangar Bay alone during the deployment. On February 1, 1980 JP-5 increased in price from .65£ to $1.32 a gallon. JP-5 received via UNREP amounted to 35,171,394 gallons.
UCT Two - NHHC
WEBApr 22, 2024 · Richardson and Hentze and other members of Underwater Construction Team Two (UCT-2) are in Diego Garcia British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), to perform maintenance on pier facilities. Underwater Construction Teams provide a capability for construction, inspection, repair, and maintenance of ocean facilities supporting Naval and Marine Corps ...
Seabee History - After Vietnam - NHHC
WEBApr 18, 2015 · Diego Garcia, one of the 52 coral atolls of the Chagos Archipelago, was located in the Indian Ocean 960 miles south of India and 7 miles south of the equator. The 6,700 acre, heavily vegetated atoll was horseshoe-shaped with a perimeter of approximately 40 miles and average elevations of 3 to 7 feet.
WEBcall included Perth, Western Australia; Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; and Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territories. CONSTELLATION began the year of this historical deployment undergoing Upkeep from 1-15 January in her homeport of Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, Calif. From 16-20 January CONSTELLATION …
WEBsupport in the Indian Ocean for ships and aircraft of both governments. The U.S. was to build the facility using Naval Construction Force personnel. The Diego Garcia base was initially planned as an austere communication station with all necessary supporting facilities, including an airstrip. On 23 January 1971 a nine-man reconnaissance party from