OtherUS Naval Support Activity Souda Bay Crete

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Historical Note'
The U. S. Naval Support Activity Souda Bay is located on a Hellenic (Greek) Air Force Base by the village of Mouzouras 17 kilometers east of the city of Chania.
        U. S. Naval Detachment, Souda Bay was commissioned May 28, 1969. At that time, a sixteen-personnel complement, under the command of a First Class Petty Officer, made up the entire detachment. As time passed and the detachment expanded, the installation personnel count rose to 93 enlisted personnel and three officers as of Aug.1, 1972. The following departments/activities comprised NAVDET Souda Bay: Mobile Mine Assembly Group Detachment SIX; Naval Communication Station, Greece Detachment; Naval Inshore Warfare Task Unit, Europe; and Naval Weather Service Environmental Detachment.
        In 1973, an installation build-up program commenced Two eight-room Bachelor Officers Quarters, and four eight-room Bachelor Enlisted Quarters, a workshop, a sickbay and supporting utilities were projects undertaken and nearly completed at the end of that year. On Oct. 1, 1980, NAVDET Souda Bay was disestablished and U.S. NSA Souda Bay, Crete, Greece was established.

 

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			Unit Crest

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N/A			2020-09-01 Locy Type 11a FPO AE 09260
			Envelope cancelled for - USS Winston S. Churchill DDG-81

From the Michael Brock collection.

 

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