USS RECRUIT, SAN DIEGO
N 32° 43.708 W 117° 12.988
11S E 479716 N 3621206
Anyone who has gone through the Naval Training Center in San Diego will remember the USS Recruit.
Waymark Code: WM579B
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2008
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From the CA HLM Plaque:
"This 2/3 scale model of a destroyer escort (TDE-1) helped instruct as many as 50,000 naval recruits annually in basic naval procedure. Commissioned 27 July 1949, the Recruit was the Navy's only commissioned ship never to reach water. The Recruit was the first of three similar structures built by the Navy following World War II. It is the sole survivor of the three. Decommissioned 7 March 1967 when it could not be classified in a computerized naval inventory. The USS Recruit nevertheless continued to train recruits, and was recoditioned in 1982 as a training guided missile frigate. Recruits gave the structure its affectionate nickname: USS Neversail."
Marker Number: 1,042.00
Marker Name: USS RECRUIT
County: San Diego
Has Official CA Plaque: yes
Marker Dedication Date: 08/13/2005
Location:
No official address in OHP website.
Actual address:
2600 Laning Road, San Diego.
Website: [Web Link]
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