| Silver Strand Training Complex | |
|---|---|
Navy Radio Compass Station Navy Direction Finder Station Fort Emory Imperial Beach Radio Station Naval Radio Receiving Station Imperial Beach Naval Radio Receiving Facility | |
| Part of Naval Base Coronado | |
 Silver Strand Training Complex antenna array in 2013 | |
  Silver Strand Training Complex | |
| Coordinates | 32°35′47″N 117°07′41″W / 32.596389°N 117.128056°W |
| Site information | |
| Owner | United States Navy |
| Controlled by | U.S. Special Operations Forces |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1920 |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants | United States Naval Special Warfare Command |
Silver Strand Training Complex (SSTC) is a training facility for U.S. Special Operations Forces. Located between Imperial Beach and Silver Strand State Beach near San Diego. The area is part of Naval Base Coronado and commanded by that base's Commanding Officer.[1] While just north of Imperial Beach, it is within the city limits of Coronado.[2] The facility was known by locals as the "elephant cage" which is a nickname for the large Wullenweber direction finder antenna. The antenna was used to provide direction finding, primary communication links for U.S. Navy submarines. The antenna was finally dismantled in 2015,[3][4] even though it was scheduled to be removed in fiscal year 2007.[5][6]
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- ^ Sampite-Montecalvo, Allison (21 July 2017). "Poop suit settled between Coronado, I.B. over naval services". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ Steele, Jeanette (20 March 2015). "Navy SEALs eye dramatic expansion". San Diego Union Tribune. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
SDUTwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ CDR Alvin H. Grobmeier (9 December 2007). "USN CDAAs". Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ^ Dee Ruzicka (May 2007). "U.S. Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Naval Radio Station, AN/FRD-10 Circularly Disposed Antenna Array" (PDF). Historic American Buildings Survey. U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved 16 February 2011.