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Bainbridge USNTC

Bainbridge United States Naval Training Center.

Opened in 1942 - Closed 1986

United States Naval Training Center, Bainbridge (USNTC Bainbridge) was the US Navy Training Center located at Port Deposit, Maryland, on the bluffs of the northeast bank of the Susquehanna River. It was active from 1942 to 1976.
The training center occupied the former campus of the Tome School for boys. Its was ideally located in the militarized U.S. East Coast of World War II, and was accessible via Maryland Route 222 about halfway between US 1 and US 40, approximately 35 miles (56 km) northeast of Baltimore, Maryland, and 75 miles (121 km) from Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The center was placed under the command of the Commander of the Fifth Naval District, based in Norfolk, Virginia.
The site was approved by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and the property of the Jacob Tome school for boys was expanded, by government purchase, from 330 acres (1.3 km2) to 1,132 acres (4.58 km2). Eggers & Higgins, the architects on the Thomas Jefferson Memorial was among the architects for the center’s construction. The center was expanded with an additional five hundred buildings and was activated on October 1, 1942. Ten days later the Center was opened and the first batch of U.S. Navy recruits were admitted for “boot camp” training and indoctrination.
President Roosevelt personally chose the name of “Bainbridge” for the Center in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge who had commanded the famous American frigate Constitution during the War of 1812 and defeated the British frigate HMS Java. The president reportedly expressed his wishes that the Center would live up to the high standards established by Commodore Bainbridge.



I was driving back from work and noticed a house back in the woods all overgrown and such, first time noticing it. Then another house, and another, about 500 feet off the road back into the woods.

Got home and google earthed it and WOW. I came across information for Bainbridge USNTC. Interesting enough. I called my ex girlfriend (she is a history buff and we still are friends it was a mutual thing) told her to grab her camera, I am on the way we are taking a ride.

This is what we found. Didn't go into any buildings except 1 fear of collapse, and the sun was going down with no flashlight so that has been saved for another day.
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Fail on the double photos. My bad!!!
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Nice find! Too bad you didn't get some more photos from inside the buildings.. But a very interesting post nonetheless
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I will be going back this weekend I hope. I will be going inside some. Trying to get a group together to go as I refuse to go alone. Not scared but for safety purposes lol
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Great find, lovely buildings.
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Great Pics. I showed them to my Dad. He was trained there before entering the Navy in the 50s
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Great Pics. I showed them to my Dad. He was trained there before entering the Navy in the 50s
That is awesome. I have a group of 3 of us going this saturday. Gonna try and get in some buildings this time.


My company (located 5 miles away) has been contracted to core drill for samples. Im afraid if we don't getbin soon it might be too late and everything will be demoed for mining to begin.
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Such a waste of beautiful buildings!
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