[ARC5] Fifth Naval District, Station 70272

P.J. Rovero provero at ct.metrocast.net
Fri Jul 20 05:33:09 EDT 2012


On Thu 07/19/12 23:47 , Roy Morgan <k1lky at earthlink.net> wrote:

> ARC-5 folks,
> I've been working on my RBC-6 most evenings lately.
> It has an oval tag with a property number and:
> Station 70272
> Fifth Naval District
> Does anyone have a clue as to what installation this was?
> The radio was MFP'd in 1945.
> I *was* in the Navy but paid little attention to admin stuff beyond
> my  
> squadron.

5th Naval District was headquartered in Norfolk, VA..  It included
VA (minus the DC area), WV, parts of MD and NC.  

There are a lot of installations tucked into that area....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_naval_districts#5th_Naval_District

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