page_title: Naval Station Great Lakes
section_title: 1960s and 1970s
hierarchical_section_title: Naval Station Great Lakes / History / 1960s and 1970s
caption_attribution_description: 130514-N-HA320-015 GREAT LAKES, Ill. (May 14, 2013) A crane and wrecking ball demolish the 16-story former hospital building at Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., which operated from 1960 to 2010. Demolishing this facility and its supporting structures is the last phase of the 2010 establishment of the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, which supports Navy recruits, active-duty service members, family members and veterans.
context_page_description: Naval Station Great Lakes is the home of the United States Navy's only boot camp, located near North Chicago, in Lake County, Illinois. Important tenant commands include the Recruit Training Command, Training Support Center and Navy Recruiting District Chicago. Naval Station Great Lakes is the largest military installation in Illinois and the largest training station in the Navy. The base has 1,153 buildings situated on 1,628 acres and has 69 miles of roadway to provide access to the base's facilities. Within the naval service, it has several different nicknames, including "The Quarterdeck of the Navy", or the more derogatory "Great Mistakes".
  The original 39 buildings built between 1905 and 1911 were designed by Jarvis Hunt.
  The base is like a small city, with its own fire department, Naval Security Forces, and public works department.
  One of the landmarks of the area is Building 1, also known as the clocktower building. Completed in 1911, the building is made of red brick, and has a tower over the third floor of the building. The large parade ground in front of the administration building is named Ross Field.
context_section_description: On 9 December 1960, Great Lakes Naval Hospital (building 200H) was dedicated replacing the original hospital, building 1H. During the Vietnam War, the hospital cared for over 11,000 patients at the 478,000 square feet (44,400 m²), 825 bed facility. Demolition of the hospital began in January 2013 after its services were transitioned to the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center in 2010.
  In August 1965, facilities at Great Lakes were used as a morgue in the aftermath of the crash of United Airlines Flight 389.
  In the early morning hours of 11 March 1967, Rear Admiral Howard A. Yeager, Commander, 9th Naval District, was killed by a fire at his quarters at Great Lakes. Admiral Yeager and two hospital corpsman (WAVES) died attempting to save the Admiral's wife, who was under medical care for multiple sclerosis. She also died several days later.
  On 28 September 1972, 18 were injured at Great Lakes when a tornado struck two of the base housing areas.
caption: A view of the former Great Lakes Naval Hospital during demolition in 2013.
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