SEPTEMBER 27, 1943 ***WORLD WAR II*** ~UNITED STATES NAVAL TRAINING STATION~ GREAT LAKES, ILLINOIS {COMPANY 1280} ... ORIGINAL (BLACK AND WHITE) PANORAMIC PHOTOGRAPH!

(Approximate dimensions: 18 7/8" x 7 7/8").

((Please note: Item will be lightly rolled and securely shipped in box))

Mid 20th War-time military memorabilia! 

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We acquired a large amount of military panoramic photographs from: World War I and World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War. Additional pieces will be filtered in with our many other special items. The photograph listed was removed from a very old and fragile frame.

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Naval Station Great Lakes
Part of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic
North Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Naval Station Great Lakes insignia
Naval Station Great Lakes is located in Illinois
Naval Station Great Lakes
Naval Station Great Lakes
Location in Illinois
Coordinates42°18′36″N 87°51′00″W
Site information
Owner United States of America
Controlled by United States Navy
Site history
In use1911–present
Garrison information
Past
commanders		Captain William Bulis, USN
GarrisonRecruit Training Command
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes Building 1
Nearest cityNorth Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Area193.2 acres (78.2 ha)
Built1906
ArchitectJarvis Hunt, Et al.
Architectural styleClassical Revival, Federal Revival
NRHP reference No.86002890[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 15, 1986

Naval Station Great Lakes(NAVSTA Great Lakes) is the home of the United States Navy's only current boot camp, located near North Chicago, in Lake County, Illinois. Important tenant commands include the Recruit Training Command, Training Support Center and Navy Recruiting District Chicago. Naval Station Great Lakes is the largest military installation in Illinois and the largest training station in the Navy. The base has 1,153 buildings situated on 1,628 acres (6.59 km2) and has 69 mi (111 km) of roadway to provide access to the base's facilities. Within the naval service, it has several different nicknames, including "The Quarterdeck of the Navy".[2] It is also referred to as "second boot camp" while at Training Support Command.[3]

The original 39 buildings built between 1905 and 1911 were designed by Jarvis Hunt.[4]

The base functions similarly to a small city, with its own fire department, Naval Security Forces (Police), and public works department.

One of the landmarks of the area is Building 1, also known as the clocktower building. Completed in 1911, the building is made of red brick, and has a tower over the third floor of the building. The large parade ground in front of the administration building is named Ross Field.

Major tenant commands

Recruit Training Command

Main article: United States Navy Basic Training

In 1996, RTC Great Lakes became the Navy's only basic training facility. The Base Realignment and Closure Commission of 1993 resulted in the closure of Naval Training Center San Diego, California and Naval Training Center Orlando, Florida, their associated Recruit Training Commands, and the consolidation of US Navy enlisted recruit training to Great Lakes. Approximately 40,000 recruits pass through Recruit Training Command annually with an estimated 7,000 recruits on board the installation at any time. RTC Great Lakes has been active for over 100 years.

Training Support Center

TSC Great Lakes is the Navy's premier technical training command. It has an annual throughput of 16,000 Sailors. TSC supports the following six learning sites:

Navy Junior ROTC cadets from Hamilton High School, Ohio, practice marksmanship at the Fire Arms Training Simulator (FATS)

The following rating training class A-schools are located at Naval Station Great Lakes:

Culinary Specialist (CS) A-school was also taught at TSC Great Lakes until December 10, 2010, when the school graduated its final class. The course has been consolidated with the US Army's parallel program and relocated to Fort Lee (now Fort Gregg-Adams), Virginia.

Hospital Corpsman (HM) "A" School has been moved out of Great Lakes. The last class graduated on July 27, 2011. Its last class was Class 11–125. The school has relocated to the Medical Education and Training Campus at Fort Sam Houston, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.[5] This change has merged Air Force, Army, and Navy Medical staff to a centralized location.

In addition, all Navy rates that require basic electrical knowledge and troubleshooting training complete Apprentice Technical Training (ATT) school. This includes the Mineman (MN) and Sonar Technician (Surface) (STG) rates, as well as some aviation rates prior to detachment to their respective school locations in San Diego, CA and Pensacola, Florida. Boatswain's Mates complete Surface Common Core (SCC) Basic Maintenance Training and engineering rates complete Basic Engineering Common Core (BECC)

History

Great Lakes was approved in 1904 by Theodore Roosevelt.[6] Construction was supervised by Navy Captain Albert R. Ross. Chicago-area architect Jarvis Huntdesigned the original 39 buildings and Lt. George A. McKay was the civil engineer for the construction on the 172 acres (70 ha) wilderness location;[7] $3.5 million ‎($119 million today) was appropriated to finance construction. President William Howard Taft dedicated the Naval Training Station in 1911.[8] On 3 July 1911, Joseph Gregg was the first recruit to arrive. He would graduate in the first class of 300. Fifty-five years later, he was buried at the Naval Station Cemetery 5 July 1966.[7][9]

Legendary band leader and march composer John Philip Sousa was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Navy during World War I. He led the Great Lakes Naval Station Band from mid-1917 until shortly after the Armistice was implemented in November 1918. Great Lakes also had a Radio School including two 400 ft (120 m) towers constructed in 1915.[8] From 1911 to 1916 around 2,000 recruits a year were trained at Great Lakes.[7]

World War I

Victory spelled by sailors on the parade grounds at Great Lakes during World War I.

At the start of 1917, just prior to the United States entry to World War I, Great Lakes was under the command of Captain William A. Moffett and had 39 permanent brick buildings, over 165 acres (67 ha), and about 1,500 Sailors. At the close of the war, there were 776 buildings, with 1,200 acres (490 ha) and about 45,000 Sailors in training; 125,000 had been trained at Great Lakes during the war.[7]

Interwar period

In 1923, Naval Reserve Air Base, Great Lakes was commissioned. Recruit training slowed after the war and halted in 1933.[7] In 1932, Great Lakes had 102 buildings on 507 acres (205 ha). A port was constructed around that time at a cost of $1 million ($22.3 million today).[8]

On 1 July 1933, Great Lakes was closed and placed in a maintenance status.[10] It was reopened 1 July 1935 after lobbying by local businessmen and the Congressional Delegation from Illinois.[8] In 1936, aviation training was moved from Great Lakes to Naval Air Station Glenview.[7]

On 9 December 1940, the Class A Service School opened for its first class.[7]

World War II

A company of African American recruits at Great Lakes, August 1943.

On 7 December 1941, Pearl Harbor was attackedby Japan, and around 6,000 sailors were training at Great Lakes. This grew to 68,000 in six months; by September 1942, over 100,000 Sailors were training at Great Lakes. The base grew to 1,600 acres (650 ha) in the next 10 months. By mid-1943, there were over 700 instructors at the Class A service schools.[7]

The Navy selected Great Lakes to be the site of the first African American trainees. On 5 June 1942, Doreston Luke Carmen of Galveston, Texas was the first recruit to enter the segregated training facility at Camp Robert Smalls. In September 1942, segregated "Negro Service Schools" were opened. The policy of segregation led to small service school classes with only four or five students in a class. By 1944 Great Lakes began to integrate training and all training was integrated by mid-1945. The Golden Thirteen were commissioned in March 1944 after training at Great Lakes.[7]

Four million served on active duty in the Navy during World War II. Over one million Sailors were trained at Great Lakes.[7]

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