![]() It was originally dedicated on 15 February 1941 and served as the main hospital until 1978. Currently, the head-quarters of the Naval Education and Training Command (NETC), Building 628, was Naval Hospital No. The walls of the compound can be seen today across the road from the Mustin Beach Officers' Club. ![]() Hospitals 3 and 4 were erected on the original compound site. It is among the sites on the base's tour and also believed to be 'haunted'. Building 16 on NAS Pensacola was refurbished as the second Naval Hospital. There are still signs of Navy medicine’s past around current-day NAS Pensacola. It was a 12-foot-high brick façade enclosing the entire 15-acre compound. The wall was built so high as it was thought to keep mosquitoes out. However, the hospital established its own wall, which can be seen today at Naval Air Station (NAS) Pensacola. It was described as being 'outside the wall' of the Navy Yard. The first hospital was completed, at a cost of nearly $12,000 it was located about three-quarters of a mile from the Navy Yard on a 30-foot bluff. Hulse would go on to spend 19 of his 33-year Navy career in Pensacola.Īlthough the establishment of Naval Hospital Pensacola was authorized in the 1811 Congressional Act which “.established navy hospitals…” a permanent facility was not completed until 1834. Hulse established Naval Hospital Pensacola by renting a 2-story house as a temporary medical facility, for $30 a month. Dr. ![]() President Adams assigned the first surgeon and officer in charge, Navy Surgeon Isaac Hulse, to establish a hospital at the Pensacola Navy Yard in support of the West Indies Squadron. Naval Hospital Pensacola began its service in January 1826. It continues to provide health care to over 150,000 beneficiaries in its main facility and 10 Branch Clinics in 5 states. Older than 26 US states, Navy Hospital Pensacola is in its second century of service and is one of the oldest and most respected military medical facilities in the country. ![]()
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