US Naval Air Station, Port Lyautey, Morocco (1942-1963)

US Naval Air Station Port Lyautey, Morocco


La base militaire française a Port Lyautey fut capturée et utilisée par
les forces américaines durant les années de la Deuxième Guerre Mondiale et ensuite largement développée pour en faire une base militaire aérienne très importante de la SAC , base américaine de l'Otan .

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USS Dallas DD-199




After the invasion and capture of Port Lyautey, an american aircraft photographed the base which showed the French gun emplacements, sunken ships in the Sebou and
the beaches where the invasion forces came ashore. That photograph is
shown below.




Base Administration Building





An A3D from ECM-2 landing with chute deployed




The Port Lyautey Naval Air Station Terminal Building in 1955



Photograph taken by Richard Ross, PH3 (VR-24 & Base Photo Lab)













US Naval Air Station, Port Lyautey, Morocco















VQ-2 was commissoned on 1 September 1955 as Electronic Countermeasurres Squadron Two (ECMRON Two). Originally home ported at the U.S. Naval Air Station, Port Lyautey, Morocco.







Vers la plage de Mehdia




This photograph shows yours truly with the original Seabee sign, in 1957, at the US Naval Construction Battalion Center (CBC), Davisville, RI. That base, like NAS Port Lyautey has been decommissioned. The sign read, "Home Of Atlantic Seabees".

Captain Dudley above, NAS Port Lyautey Base Commander in the 1947 - 1948 time frame, addressing his command after inspection.



The following historical news article, by Philip Ewing of the Navy Times, was submitted by Pat Weil, a Seabee who was one of the last four Naval personnel to serve at Port Lyautey. The article relates the actions of the USS Dallas, the Destroyer that captured an airstrip.





Military Cemetery at Port Lyautey



A Bomber




Aircraft that crashed on landing




Marine Barracks Port Lyauté




The Beechcraft in NAS Port
Lyautey






Moroccan soldier on guard duty





The Chief in the photograph is a Chief Shipserviceman whose last name was Edwards. He was an aviation pilot (AP). The bluejacket is unidentified. They were hitching a ride on a VR-24aircraft to Tangier.

The four following photographs of P4M 1Q 124372 were taken on 11/27/53 following a “wheels up” landing at Port Lyautey. The aircraft was flown to Norfolk and later returned to service. Tragically, the aircraft was destroyed in a crash about 1957.












Seabees move in their cranes to begin salvage operations in the photograph above and below.



The photograph following is of the P4M’s, in formation, was taken during a ceremonial base “flyover”, probably in 1954.

tres interessant big-boss,merci

Jan 01, 1957
US fighter planes from a near-by base flying over morocco.