Surplus Ships and More From Portsmouth Defense Office
The Defense Surplus Sales Office on Stringham Road in Portsmouth inventories a vast range of surplus items from torpedo parts to aircraft carriers. In 1970 the office conducted 121 sales, handling 6,900 line items and 33,000 bids, grossing about $9.7 million from $113.5 million original property, with 93 percent of sales via sealed bids.
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Stringham Road
Portsmouth
Defense
New England
New York State
Frederick P. Knoll
Hope Street
Bristol
Auction At Navy Base Draws 182 Lots
An auction was held Wednesday at the Navy Supply Center Building 45 on the Base. The local sale catalog listed 182 lots including stop watches cameras typewriters drilling machines electric range and bowling equipment.
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Navy Supply Center
How It Becomes Surplus at Newport Naval Base
The text explains how surplus property is identified and redistributed. Items deemed not needed such as a typewriter or truck are checked with nearby bases then routed to a Battle Creek computer to see if the defense establishment requires them. If not, offers go to Health Education and Welfare for possible tax supported use. The computer matches surplus items to want lists and eligible organizations like Boy Scouts of America, Red Cross, and Civil Defense. If no one wants them they are declared surplus and sold for maximum return or scrap value. The system weighs transport costs against buying new at use site to save money.
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Col Knell
Alaska
Sullivan
Brooklyn
Mamie
Fall River
Portsmouth
Office of Defense Surplus Sales
Defense Department
Newport Naval Base
Battle Creek
Michigan
Defense Establishment
Health, Education and Welfare
Boy Scouts of America
Red Cross
Civil Defense
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Col Knoll
Subic Bay
Philippine Islands
USS
Monterey
Siboney
I.o.a
Philippine Sea
Boxer
Tucson
Princeton
Macon
Joseph P. Sullivan
Middletown
Atomic Energy Commission
Coast Guard
Portsmouth Defense Surplus Sales Office
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