McANDREW  AFB      OUR  HEADQUARTERS
On the road from St. Johns we view the
base gate into McAndrew AFB. McAn-
drew was named for Major James W.
McAndrew Chief of Staff of the
American Expeditionary Forces of
World War I.
On the right is building 100, Headquarters
for McAndrew Air Force Base.
Jerome Young photograph.
McAndrew AFB dock. 1st. Comm.
Const. Sq. was unloaded here.
The Moore-Mcormack ship would
show up here about once a month.
A view of 1st. Comm. Constr. Sq.
barracks, Blg.108. Our bunks were on
the top floor. Orderly room and day
room were on the first floor. Supply was
in the basement where the double doors
are.
A view towards Argentia Naval Station
from our barracks. Two ships, the
S.S.Baccalien and the S.S.Bar Haven,
provided steamship service from
Argentia to North Sidney, Nova Scotia.
One of these ships is coming into dock in
this photograph. A closer view and
description of this photograph on page-3.
One morning on arising this floating dry
dock had showed up in the night at
Argentia Naval Station. Placentia Bay is
in the background.
Canadian National track to St.Johns, 75
miles away. Note the stub switch. The
gauge of the railroad in Newfoundland
was 3'-6". The railroad in Newfoundland
was ripped up in 1988. At this date,
winter 1952, a triweekly train ran from
St.Johns to Argentia. To the right of the
track on the hill is the 920th AC&W
radar site. Winds of over 100 m.p.h.
have been recorded at this site. Also to
the right is the base gym.
Nick Lalinga, who was one of those in
the 920th and was on the McAndrew
basketball team, mentioned in an email
to me on the 23rd of May, 2007 how
the wind had twisted their radar antenna
and bent it into the shape of a pretzel in
early 1952. The photo on the left is a
closer view of the 920th AC&W radar
site on the hill behind McAndrew.
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I took two of my slides and made a panoramic view of McAndrew AFB and Argentia Naval Station. Shag Pond is in
the foreground and the road to St. Johns is on the right. We were on our way back from a hiking trip to Placentia on
this day. Joe Louie and Billy Andrews are walking on the extreme right.