The United States Navy operated a San Pablo Bay degaussing range from San Rafael through World War II.
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In 1942, the City of Santa Barbara leased 0.9 acres of the harbor to the Federal Government for the construction of a Navy wharf used in conjunction with a degaussing range offshore.
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During the first three weeks of December, the ship lay anchored in Humboldt Bay or moored along Liberty dock # 1 in Hollandia . 18 December was spent at the firing range, holding anti-aircraft practice and running the degaussing range.
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During World War II, she operated out of Norfolk, Virginia in the Chesapeake Bay degaussing range . " Hannibal " was decommissioned on 20 August 1944 and was sunk as a bombing target on 1 March 1945, in the Chesapeake Bay, just to the northwest of Smith Island, Md.
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Three days into 1942, " Anderson " sailed for Norfolk, Virginia and after calibrating her degaussing gear on the Wolf Trap degaussing range, near Norfolk, the destroyer arrived at NOB, Norfolk, on the morning of 5 January . mi Once again, the respite in port proved brief, and at midday on 6 January, " Anderson " cleared Hampton Roads in company with " Morris " and " Hammann ", ultimately taking a screening position on the port beam of " Mississippi " in the force escorting the battlewagons of BatDiv 3 back to the Pacific Ocean.
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