continuously as a training facility from her construction in 1949 until the base was closed by the BRAC commission in 1997. Liberty Station The Recruit still stands, currently unused, with the hope that she will someday become a maritime museum. Maintenance became the responsibility for a private company placed in charge of repurposing the former training center. In July 2001, Naval Training Center was listed in the National Register of Historic Places; the Recruit is included in the Naval Training Center's listing. In 2004, she was listed as a California Historical Landmark. In 2014, partnering with the USS Midway Museum, the Recruit was refurbished. The San Diego chapter of E Clampus Vitus also assisted with the renovation. She remains were she was built, is adjacent to a retail area of Liberty Station, as the redeveloped base is known, and can be seen from North Harbor Drive. A conference building and several hotels are also located nearby. She appears to be the one of two surviving examples of the Navy's landlocked ships, or "landships". At Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Illinois, there is the USS Trayer (BST-21), used for the battle stations phase of recruit training. The , located at the United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge in Maryland, was dismantled when the base closed in the 1970s. The , located at Naval Training Center Orlando in Florida, was also dismantled when this base closed March 31, 1995. , plans to make the Recruit into a museum ship have not yet been successful. In media The USS Recruit is featured in the opening credits of the 1976 television sitcom CPO Sharkey which takes place in San Diego. Notes References Buildings and structures in San Diego Landmarks in San Diego Buildings of the United States Navy Landlocked ships Training ships of the United States Navy 1949 ships California Historical Landmarks 1949 establishments in California Closed installations of the United States Navy