USN Naval Training Ctr Port Deposit, MD

The U.S. Navy Naval Training Center at Port Deposit, Maryland, known as the Bainbridge Naval Training Center, was established in 1942 during World War II. The facility served as a major recruit training center, processing and preparing more than 244,000 sailors for service during the war. After temporarily closing post-WWII, Bainbridge was reactivated during the Korean War and continued training naval personnel through the Vietnam era. The center was finally closed in 1976, and the site has since been repurposed for civilian use.