Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City
installation of the United States Coast Guard
Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City (officially known as Base Elizabeth City) is a major shore installation of the United States Coast Guard located in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The base spans 822 acres (333 ha) and hosts multiple Coast Guard commands, including Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, a joint-use airfield with the Elizabeth City Regional Airport. It plays a significant role as the largest employer in northeastern North Carolina and serves as the center of Coast Guard aviation nationwide.
History
Base Elizabeth City was established in 1939 with the purchase of the property and commencement of site construction. Operational missions officially began with the commissioning of Air Station Elizabeth City in August 1940. During World War II, the installation experienced significant growth to support Navy and Army needs. Following the war, facilities constructed for the war effort were repurposed to establish an aircraft repair and supply center. This unit, currently named the Aviation Logistics Center (ALC), was commissioned in 1947. In 1949, the aircraft repair and supply center commenced providing select aviation enlisted force training. In 1978, the Aviation Technical Training Center (ATTC) was commissioned to consolidate and oversee all aviation enlisted personnel training nationwide.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City” as installation of the United States Coast Guard. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as installation of the United States Coast Guard. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q136231759. Authority coordinates are 36.258, -76.183. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1939, 1940, 1947 and 1949.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City primary sources, Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City archive and Coast research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City”?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.