Port Lyautey, 1942 - 1943
In 1943 Bob Moran was a young sailor attached to VPB-92. We thank him for the following photographs which shows life in a wartime situation for the Navy.
No barracks, just tent cities
And with no barracks, the "heads" were in the open
Another view of Tent City
Naval Air Station, Port Lyautey, Kenitra, Morocco, after WW2
LCDR. John Bernard and Mrs. John L. Counihan
Webeditors Note!....I remember both of these individuals, through interaction, from my tour of duty at Port Lyautey (57 - 59). LCDR Bernard was a gentleman in the finest sense of the word and Mrs. Counihan was a gracious and warm lady.
Captain and Mrs. V. A. Jennings. Captain Jennings was the Commanding Officer of the Naval Air Station in the 57 - 59 time frame. If memory serves me, he was later assigned to carrier duty.
The above two photographs were contributed by John D. Bernard who is the webeditor of the Port Lyautey Forever website. This website is a personal recollection of the late 1950's when John's dad, LCDR John Bernard was assigned as Industrial Relations Officer.
Naval Fleet Intelligence Center
Photograph courtesy of Leroy Miller, St. Thomas, U.S.V.I.
BASE OUTDOOR MOVIE THEATER
Photo Courtesy of Jim Hunt, Pontiac, MI
BASE NAVY EXCHANGE AND SUPERMARKET
Photograph courtesy of Mrs. Theodore Chambras, Dallas, TX, whose late husband was a Ship's Serviceman assigned to the Navy Exchange.
Naval Communication Facility
In December of 1952, the Naval Communication Facility (NCF) at Port Lyautey produced a pamphlet offering "Seasons Greetings" from the Officers and Men of the NCF to the Naval Air Facility. This was in the years prior to the commissioning and establishment of communication facilities at Bouknadel and Sidi Yahia. Following is a copy of that pamphlet with a complete duty roster of all NCF personnel. The pamphlet was made available through the courtesy of Vincent Butkevis who served as a radioman at the NCF. between 1951 and 1953. Click here to see the eight page pamphlet.
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This home was located on the road to Bouknadel. |
In Rabat. Notice the Orange Crush and Coca Cola signs on the store to the right. |
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Dave Hackbarth, in the barracks ready room. This barracks was near golf course. |
Barracks ready room. Navy personnel wearing greens are Seabees. |
Four above photographs courtesy of David Hackbarth, IL who served at NAS Port Lyautey in 1975.
Miscellaneous Dog Handler Training Photographs at Bouknadel from E. E. Van Pelt.
The photograph shows the arrival of the first C-130 (#793) assigned to VR-24.
Submitted by Thomas Edward Lyle. It is from and 8mm film taken by his father James Edward Lyle. ADRC, while serving with VR-24 at Port Lyautey in the early 1960's. Quality has been lost in the transfer from single frame and JPEG format.
The above photograph of the 1955 - 56 Fleet Weather Central Basketball Team was forwarded by Ray Boylan who now lives in Palm Coast, Florida. He was stationed at the Fleet Weather Central from July, 1954 to Aug. 1956 arriving as an AGAN out of "A" School and leaving as an AG2. He retired from the Navy in 1975 as an LDO LT. He can be reached at GATERAY@aol.com
FRONT ROW: Abe Melzer, AG3.
MIDDLE ROW: LCDR Jack Odbert, Benny Briggs AGAN, Johnny Grant AG3, George Burke AG3, John Semelsberger AG3, Bob Alto AGAN, LTJG Jim Offlein.
REAR ROW: Don Lemon TE3, Hal Boston AG3, Danny Grippe AGAN, Frank Gramento AG3, "W" McClellan AG2, Chuck Entrup, Sid Rubin AG3 and Bill Duffy AG3.
