Collection Guide:
S-439-A
9 aerial views of US facilities and nearby areas in Spain, circa 1960s, including: architect’s renderings of Zaragoza Air Force Base, Torrejon Air Force Base, Moron Air Force Base, Sevilla Air Depot and Naval Port Facility at Rota; aerial view of the town of Rota with airfield, communications station, and administration building; aerial photographs of Rota Naval Station’s airfield, administration, and barracks buildings and other features of the main part of the base (excluding the harbor).
S-439-B
9 ground views at Rota Airfield, including: Pan American/Boeing 707 airliner and USAF KN-135 logistics aircraft on the field, circa 1962-1965; USN SP-2H (BU #148360) from Rota flying past a Soviet cargo ship; interior view of passengers in the Rota Air Terminal, July 1965; and views of portable ground-controlled approach unit at Rota airfield.
S-439-C
14 views of miscellaneous facilities at Rota, including: administration building; base housing; chapel; senior officers dedicating and inspecting housing, 1965; views of the naval fuel depot; view of the tunnel at the Navy Fuel Annex, El Ferrol, under construction; and the naval communications station at Rota, 1965, with a close-up view of the Tropo Antenna.
S-439-D
15 views of harbor construction at Rota Naval Station during the late 1950s and early to mid-1960s. Seen are breakwaters; quarry operations at Jerez De La Frontera, to support base construction.
S-439-E
12 views of harbor activities at Rota during the early to mid-1960s. Ships seen include: USS Intrepid (CVA-11), USS Holland (AS-32), USS Oak Ridge (ARDM-1), USS Jonas Ingram (DD-938), USS Robert H. McCard (DD-822), USS Manley (DD-940), USS John Paul Jones (DD-932), USS James C. Owens (DD-776), tug USS Shahaska (YTM-533) dry-docked in USS Oak Ridge (ARDM-1). Also seen is the handling of cargo ashore with fork lift trucks, some of which is being off-loaded from USS Great Sitkin (AE-17). The submersible Alvin is seen arriving at Rota Air Terminal in early 1966 to participate in the search for an H-bomb lost off Palomares.
