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Naval Support Activity Panama City

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The Navy Diving Salvage Training Center is the training facility for Navy Diving, Reconnaissance Marines, Army engineer divers, and Coast Guard diving. These divers are trained for such missions as wreckage recovery, mine defusing, and
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personnel, for an annual payroll of over $ 150 million. NSA PC contracts services buys local goods, and maintains an active construction program. Its economic impact on Bay County is about $ 400 million annually.
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In addition to waterfront port facilities, the installation also contains a hangar and a paved heliport facility approximately 300 feet by 400 feet in size to accommodate naval helicopters up to and including the
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totals 657 acres (2.66 km) and houses 221 buildings. Additionally, NSA PC operates several miles of inter coastal waterways for a direct connection to the
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NSWC PCD is a major research, development, test, and evaluation laboratories of the Naval Sea Systems Command (
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in 1981. The base has been a subsidiary of several other commands in the past including
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with an annual payroll of about $ 117 million. NSA PC employs approximately 2800
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The Experimental Diving Unit is the evaluation facility for Navy Diving.
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on 20 July 1945, as a result of the transfer of the test station from
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Naval Surface Warfare Center: Panama City Division (NSWC PCD):
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today in its command of research and development centers.
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NSAPC consists of several tenant command organizations:
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Naval Surface Warfare Center: Coastal Systems Station
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Engineering projects of historical note include the
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Center for Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Diving
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30°10′24″N 85°45′00″W / 30.17333°N 85.75000°W / 30.17333; -85.75000
Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
Navy Experimental Diving Unit
Navy Diving and Salvage Training Center
United States Coast Guard
United States Navy
Bay County
Panama City, Florida
Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
Center for Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Diving
Navy Experimental Diving Unit
Coast Guard Station Panama City
Solomons, Maryland
Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division
Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division

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