USS Los
Angeles CA-135 Model
at Navy Golf Course
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the USS Los Angeles was originally built at the Long Beach Naval
Shipyard
and was used by the Recruiting Command in Los Angeles for
many years. The model has been "retired" to a
water trap at the 9th hole of the US Navy
Golf Course in Cypress,
CA.
The golf course is part of the Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach.
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In the photo above (from The
Register, Orange County, CA), Ken Sporcich is giving the ship a clean
sweep-down, fore and aft. Ken, who retired from the
Long Beach Naval Shipyard (LBNSY) in 1997, is
a volunteer at the golf course and
participated in refurbishing the ship model and currently maintains it.
The
CA-135 model was built (1960-1970s) at LBNSY and was in storage for
many years
at US Naval Weapons Station, Seal Beach, before being put on display at
the golf course.
The information on this page was
provided by Jim Whitt, who recently
took the three (3) photos below during a visit to the model. The
same ship model was on display during the 1995 reunion in San
Pedro - see the last photo below.
The first picture below is of Jim Whitt standing in front of a plaque
telling about the model. The other photos are views of the model
at the golf course.
The last photo below is of the model at the 1995 reunion in San Pedro. |
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7-5-07
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