The large, C-shaped area at center is the former Long Beach Naval Station. It was closed in Sept. 1994, most of the buildings leveled, and turned into a container shipping terminal for the Chinese state-run China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO).
This base was the location for most of the major units of the U.S. Pacific fleet in the years leading up to WWII.
This base was the location for most of the major units of the U.S. Pacific fleet in the years leading up to WWII.