During World War II, 24,484 sailors completed various programs under the direction of the Service School Command. These included: Coast Guard School Rockefeller Research Unit (Report to Naval Training Station). Stewards Mates' School Roll Naval Academy Preparatory School, founded in 1943. Naval Hospital Hospital Corps School Naval Training School (Radio) Naval Training School (Fire Controlmen) Fire Fighters School Naval Training School (Electrical) Naval Training School (Physical Instructors) Naval Training School (Instructors) Naval Training School (Sound Motion Picture Technician) Fire Fighters Training Unit Naval Training School (Motion Picture Operators) Naval Training School (Recruit Instructors – C) First deactivation After the war, the center continued limited operations until 30 June 1947, when it was first inactivated as a Navy training center. The sole remaining training activity on campus was the Naval Academy Prep School (NAPS). A maintenance staff remained active to protect the buildings from weather and other damage. Reactivation In mid-1950, with the advent of the Korean War crisis, plans were made to reactivate the center, and it was officially reopened on 1 February 1951, with Captain Robert Hall Smith in command. Despite the care of the maintenance staff, the buildings were in severe disrepair. A contract was awarded to Consolidated Engineering Company of Baltimore, Maryland. The necessary renovations and road work were accomplished ahead of schedule, and the center reopened its gates for recruits on 5 April 1951. Initially, the center admitted 500 recruits per week, but the rate soon doubled. The first class of 500 seamen recruits graduated on 23 June 1951. In 1962, the Naval Nuclear Power School was installed on the center. In 1976, the school was moved to Naval Training Center Orlando, Florida. Second deactivation The Navy deactivated the Center on 31 March 1976 and on the evening of 30 June 1976, Chief Petty Officer Stephen Kowalki locked the gates for the final time. Some of the facilities were used by the Department of Labor as a Job Corps Training Center until 1990. Base closing On 3 November 1986, the United States Congress authorized the Secretary of the Navy to dispose of Naval Training Center Bainbridge by sale to private parties or transfer to other government agencies. NTCB is the federal facilities equivalent of a brownfield site; the Navy's primary goal was effective re-use of the former property by the State of Maryland and the people of Cecil County. Congress specified that before any sale, the