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Navy Training Center to be Commissioned Next Saturday
The new U S Naval Reserve Training Center at South Charleston Naval Ordnance plant will be commissioned next Saturday.Secretary of the Navy Francis Patrick Matthews will preside at the program which runs from 2:30 to 4:14 p m with a band, public inspection, and speeches by Lt Cmdr P Rinde Thorsen D N Giltinan sr Rev Donald H Goshorn Rear Adm Ralph O Davis and Arthur B Koonts. The $33,000 square foot complex houses simulated shipboard conditions radar training a mock ship bridge and communications facilities with a 400 strong unit of officers and enlisted men who receive drill pay.
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U. S. Navy
U. S. Naval
South Charleston Naval Ordnance Plant
Francis Patrick Matthews
Kanawha River
U.S.S. Iowa
Butler Buildings
Naval Reserve
Matthews
Cmdr
P. Rinde-Thorsen
D. N. Giltinan
Lain Corps
Ralph O. Davis
USN
Fifth Naval District
Arthur B. Koonts
Charleston
W. A. Coffels
UBNR
E. K. Reymann
USNR
Joe Burdette