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Naval History and Heritage Command #NH 63496
Tacoma (122.416W
47.269N) is located on the southeast coast of Puget Sound.
It is an important port and had a major new Maritime Commission
shipyard, Seattle-Tacoma
Shipbuilding Corporation, with eight ways for construction of standard
cargo ships by the end of 1940. Seattle-Tacoma was converted to Naval
construction in March 1942, continued to expand, and produced a number
of destroyers, frigates
and escort
carriers. Camp
Murray, located close
to the port, was an important mustering point for troops shipping out
to the Pacific. By the end of the war, a Continental Advanced Base Depot and naval barracks had been established here.
"Building the Navy's Bases" (1947; accessed 2011-7-7)
"U.S. Naval Activities By State" (1945; accessed 2011-7-7)
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