Las Sabinas, Volume 14, Number 1, January 1988 Page: 14
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At the peak, about 250 "mothballed" vessels were
stationed here. During the Korean War in the early
1950s, 40 ships were re-activated for duty during
that conflict.
These activities required only a part of the
original shipyard facilities. The remainder was
sold to the American Bridge Division of U.S.
Steel Corporation, later known as USS Fabrication.
During 1974, the Navy began phasing out the fleet
berthing operations. By the latter part of that
decade, all of the ships were gone.
Some of the facilities were sold to U.S. Steel
and other portions were turned over for use by
Lamar University at Orange. The piers and some
adjacent land were sold to the Orange County
Navigation and Port District.
In 1975, the Naval Reserve Training Centers were
closed in Beaumont and Lake Charles and consolidated
at Orange. The 18.5 acres that remain in the possession
of the United States government is the present site
of the Naval Reserve Center, Orange,Texas.
Reserve units assigned to the Naval Reserve Center,
Orange, include Naval Reserve Maintenance Training
Facility, IIQ 110; Assault Craft Unit One, Det 110;
Amphibious CBs, Det 110; Naval Hospital San Diego;
CB 28 Det 1428; Military Sealift Command Office,
Gulf; and Voluntary Training Unit.
The above monument in recognition of Orange's proud
Naval past and future was read by Commander Sam L.
Foursha at the dedication ceremony of the marker at the
Ochiltree-Inman Park (Riverside Walk) on December 5, 1987.
The other three markers, Atakapan Indians of Orange County,
John Harmon and Orange County and the Civil War were
also dedicated that day by members of the Orange County
Historical Commission. Pictures were taken by Dr. Howard
Williams, chlai rman.14
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Orange County Historical Society (Tex.). Las Sabinas, Volume 14, Number 1, January 1988, periodical, January 1988; Orange, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth312864/m1/24/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Orange County Historical Society.