Historic California Posts, Camps,
Stations and Airfields
Naval Supply Center, Rough and
Ready Island
(Naval Supply Depot, Stockton;
Material Redistribution Center, Stockton; Stockton Annex, Naval
Supply Center, Oakland)
US Army Corps of Engineers
Sacramento District History (1994)
Site Map: Naval Supply Center-Rough and Ready Island.
The site was also known as Naval Supply Center, Oakland, Stockton
Annex, Rough and Ready Island; Rough and Ready Island; Stockton
Deep Water Slip Channel; and Kwajalein Village, California.
Location The
site is located in San Joaquin County, approximately 3 miles
west of Stockton, California.
Site History: Between
1944 and 1975, the United States acquired 1,440.37 fee acres,
0.15 permit acres, and 0.934 easement acres of land by purchase
and condemnation from various owners. Total acreage acquired
for the site was 1,441.454.
The site was known as Naval Supply Center,
Oakland, Stockton Annex, Rough and Ready Island; Rough and Ready
Island; Stockton Deep Water Slip Channel; and Kwajalein Village
(Family Housing Area). The Navy used the site as a supply center.
Improvements to the site consisted of administration buildings,
moors, piers, and various storage facilities.
In 1959 and 1965, 170.00 and 1,263.34
fee acres were transferred to the Naval
Communications Station, Stockton. On 12 March 1965, 3.15
fee acres were quitclaimed to Engel and Jack Obell. In 1964,
3.88 fee acres and 0.934 utility easement acres were transferred
to the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The 0.15 permit
acres with the State of California Lands Commission terminates
on 31 December 2019.
US Army Corps of Engineers
Sacramento District History (1997)
Rough and Ready Island is located 3 miles
west of the City of Stockton, California. Between 1944 and 1975,
the United States acquired 1,440.37 fee acres, 0.15 permit acres,
and 0.924 easement acres of land by purchase and condemnation
from various owners. Total acreage acquired for the site was
1,441.454.
The site was known as Naval Supply Center,
Oakland, Stockton Annex, Rough and Ready Island; Rough and Ready
Island; Stockton Deep Water Slip Channel; and Kwajalein Village.
The Navy used the site as a supply center. Improvements to the
site consisted of administration buildings, moors, piers, and
various storage facilities.
In 1959 and 1965, 170.00 and 1,263.34
fee acres were transferred to the Naval Communications Station, Stockton. On
12 March 1965, 3.15 fee acres were quitclaimed to Engel and Jack
Obell. In 1964, 3.88 fee acres and 0.934 utility easement acres
were transferred to the United States Army Corps of Engineers,
and subsequently sold to a number of private individuals (dates
unknown). The 0.15 permit acres with the State of California
Lands Commission terminates on 31 December 2019. The site currently
consists of two parcels of property. One parcel is located on
Atherton Island and is currently occupied by private residences.
The other parcel is located between Pershing and Columbia Avenues
and Flora and Park Streets and is currently occupied by private
residences, commercial businesses, and light industry.
Naval Supply Annex by Justin Ruhge
The Navy Supply Annex on Rough and Ready
Island was where the Navy built the longest continuous concrete
wharf to berth 13 ships in a single line. The Annex, which opened
in 1945, operated as a supply Depot until 1959 when it became
the Naval Communications Station for the Pacific Coast region.
At peak time the Annex had 475 civilians employees and an annual
payroll of $2.7 million.
The Annex served the Pacific fleet, warehousing
naval stores, disposing of surplus Naval property and providing
logistical support for other Naval bases in the area. The wharves
at the Annex, including the longest 6,500-foot concrete wharf,
had a berthing capacity of 13 vessels. For many years the wharves
of the Annex served as homeport for scores of mothballed ships
of the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
References: Stockton During
World War II; a Newsman's Reminiscences by Mel Bennett, July
1984 issue of the Stockton Legionnaire.
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