Located in beautiful San Diego California. Naval Base Point Loma is one of the most diverse and challenging Naval Bases in the CNIC inventory. Consisting of 9 geographically separated complex's to include Subase, DFSP Fuel Farm, Bayside, Topside, Seaside, C3F Complex, Fleet ASW, Fleet Intelligence Training Center Complex, Old Town Complex, Taylor Street Complex, Mt Solidad and Miramar Brig. NBPL provides shore installation support to more than 64 tenant commands with 22,000 military and civilian personnel and more than 450 unique facilities.[1]
History
In February 1852 President Fillmore set aside the southern portion of Point Loma (about 1400 acres) for military purposes. Subsequently, it was assigned to the U.S. Army and named Fort Rosecrans, after General Rosecrans, an 1842 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy. In 1898 the Army built a coast artillery installation on the site which remained active until 1945.
In 1959 Fort Rosecrans was turned over to the U.S. Navy. The Navy Submarine Support Facility was established in November 1963 on 280 acres of the land. On November 27, 1974 the base was re-designated a shore command, serving assigned submarines, Submarine Group Five, Submarine Squadron Three, Submarine Development Group One, the Submarine Training Facility and later, Submarine Squadron Eleven. On October 1, 1981 the base was designated as Naval Submarine Base.
Starting in April 1995, several commands were decommissioned or their homeports were changed to meet the down-sizing requirements of the Navy. Commands throughout San Diego were regionalized in an effort to provide equal or better base services while managing a reduced budget. The six naval installations on Point Loma were consolidated as Naval Base Point Loma on 1 October, 1998.[2]