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[quote name='tascman' date='30 December 2010 - 05:42 PM' timestamp='1293747733' post='417393']The United States Navy Facility at Bainbridge, MD had this GMC pumper of unknown lineage.[/quote]



When the Naval Training Center at Bainbridge, MD closed, this engine was sent to the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. There it went through an in house "rehab" where it had high side compartments added, repainted in the Navy Safety yellow (more like school bus yellow)and had a twinsonic light bar added. This was a 1969 GMC with FTI body work. It served at the Naval Academy until the late 1980's when it was replaced.

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Tascman keep the <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drtanker.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> coming. There is nothing like a good pic of a <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/drtanker.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />

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Where/What was this US Navy Facility @ Bainbridge, MD?

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[quote name='Tim' date='30 December 2010 - 07:46 PM' timestamp='1293755210' post='417413']

Where/What was this US Navy Facility @ Bainbridge, MD?

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It was a Naval Traning Base that was established during WW2. It opened in 1942. It was named in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge. It was located in Port Deposit, MD on the former Tome School Property. The Navy closed the base in 1976. Shortly after the Navy leased the property to the Job Corps Center which occupied most of the former Navy buildings until the early 1990s. Since that time, the site has sat mostly vacant. The majority of the old Navy buildings demolished. Many of the original Tome School buildings still stand and some have been somewhat restored. There have been many proposals for reuse of the site, including a NASCAR track and a major theme park among others (can you say Disney?). All have been rejected by local residents in fear of rampant development. Here is a site dedicated to the base: http://www.usntcb.org/

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