Orange County Almanac
The Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station, which recently celebrated its 50th anniversary, started out as a net depot, repairing steel nets designed to keep Japanese submarines out of U.S. harbors.
In the 1960s, it became a full-fledged weapons station where workers assembled part of the Saturn 5 rocket system used in the Apollo and Skylab space missions.
The weapons station is now the only West Coast base that loads Tomahawk missiles onto ships.
The procedure is called “Tomahawk in a can” because the Tomahawks are loaded into missile-firing canisters, which are then loaded below deck on ships.
Today
Hospital auxiliary workers will hold their annual “Holiday Faire” to raise money for South Coast Medical Center in Laguna Beach.
The group will sell items such as antique jewelry, baked goods and Christmas decorations to benefit the not-for-profit hospital.
Officials said that proceeds from the event will go directly to improve the medical center.
The boutique will be set up in the hospital lobby at 31872 Coast Highway. Information: (714) 499-7229.
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