Vice Admiral John D. Bulkeley, USN
(Retired), 1911-1996.
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Photo #: NH 105695
Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, USN, Commander of the Naval Base,
gets a trickle of water from a water pressure gauges hooked to
the pipe that once carried water from the Yateras, Cuba water
plant. At the time of this photograph, it registered less than
one pound of pressure.
Photographed circa February 1964. The Cuban Government stopped
supplying water on 6 February and the water pipe was cut on RAdm.
Bulkeley's orders on 17 February.
In the background, the Naval Base's North East Gate can be seen.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 105693
Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, USN (kneeling, at left), Commander
of the Naval Base, watches as a 38-inch section of 14-inch water
pipe is removed after having been cut, 17 February 1964. He had
ordered the pipe to be cut and sealed, eliminating the Naval
Base's supply of water from Cuban sources, after Fidel Castro
had accused the United States of "stealing" water.
Photographed by Chief Journalist D. Koze.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 105694
Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Sign erected on 18 February 1964 proclaims the base's liberation
from the Cuban Government water supply system, severed on 17
February after Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley ordered the pipes
to the cut and sealed. This was done in retaliation after Fidel
Castro accused the Guantanamo Base of "stealing" water
from the Yateras Water Plant. The Cuban Government stopped supplying
water to the base on 6 February, and water was then sent in by
ship from the United States until completion of a desalinization
plant in July 1966.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 105696
Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, USN, Commander of the Naval Base,
(right), and Captain Zabisco C.Trzyna, USN, Commanding Officer
of the Base's Public Works Center, break ground at the start
of the base's water desalinization plant, 1 April 1964.
Photographed by E.P. Hostetler.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 105698
Naval Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Ground breaking ceremony for the start of the new water desalinization
plant, 1 April 1964. Personnel are, from left to right:
Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, USN, Base Commander;
Mr. R. Hendrickson from Burns and Roe Western Hemisphere Corporation;
and
Mr. J. Hastings Field, Project Manager for Westinghouse Electric
International Corporation.
Taken by Photographer's Mate Second Class E.P. Hostetler.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 105687
Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, USN (left)
and
Rear Admiral Mark W. Crawford, USN (right)
Cut cake at a party commemorating Rear Admiral Crawford's relief
of Rear Admiral Bulkeley as Commander, Naval Base, Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba on 25 June 1966.
Photographed Photographer's Mate Second Class R. Blair.
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the
Naval Historical Center.
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Photo #: NH 105675 (color)
Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, USN
(President, Board of Inspection and Survey)
Stands behind the Motor Torpedo Boat monument during the PT Boat
Museum and Training Center dedication ceremony at Melville, Rhode
Island, circa 1976.
Donation of former Secretary of the Navy J. William Middendorf
II.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 105676 (color)
Secretary of the Navy J. William Middendorf (center)
and
Rear Admiral John D. Bulkeley, USN (right)
(President, Board of Inspection and Survey)
Greet an unidentified gentleman during the PT Boat Museum and
Training Center dedication ceremony at Melville, Rhode Island,
circa 1976.
Donation of former Secretary of the Navy, J. William Middendorf
II.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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