NSGA Bremerhaven Sports 1957-1972

Accurate records of the Navy's sports participation in Bremerhaven prior to the past two or three years are about as plentiful as dinosaur. Consequently, in compiling this brief summary of athletic kudos, it was necessary to blow away the dust from the trophies in the activity's showcases and piece together the scanty information preserved there. However, even the most "ancient" of trophies dates only to 1957, so that is where we have begun our chronology:

• 1957-58 - Navy takes the championship in the U.S. Army Port of Embarkation, Bremerhaven, (USARPEB) company-level basketball competition.
• 1958-59 - The Bravo Section "Bluejackets" become the Bremerhaven company-level basketball champs. That season a Navy All-Star team also wrapped up the USARPEB battalion-level basketball championship.
• 1960-61 - During this season, two Navy teams take the top two slots in the USARPEB company-level basketball competition: the "Bluejackets" take the championship, while the "Sparks" are the runner-up team.
• 1961-62 - Alfa Section has the runner-up team in Navy League basketball.
• 1962 - A Navy team takes third place in a USARPEB Shooting Festival.
• 1962-63 - The USARPEB company-level basketball championship goes to a Navy team.
• 1964 - Runner-up team in the Army-Navy League basketball championship is a Navy team called the "Boatswains".
• 1965-66 - The Navy takes second place in the U.S.Army Terminal Command, Europe (USATCEUR) company -level basketball competition.
• 1966 - This was the year that the Navy organized its Captain's Cup sports program. The Captain's Cup awards immediately follow the other listings.
• 1966 - The Navy "Mariners" win the USATCEUR company-level softball tournament, and a Navy team takes second place in USATCEUR company-level flag football competition.
• 1966-67 - The Navy "Pirates" take the USATCEUR company-level basketball league championship, while the "Mariners" win the USATCEUR Port Basketball Tournament.
• 1967 - Bravo Section takes third place in USATCEUR flag football competition.
• 1967-68 - Alfa and Bravo Sections take second and third places respectively in USATCEUR basketball competition.
• 1968 - Navy teams take the top three places in USATCEUR flag football play, and Bravo Section has the team that wins the USATCEUR Volleyball Championship.
• 1969 - NSGA Todendorf takes the Port City Softball title, and goes on to win the regional Theater Army Support Command (TASCOM) tournament. These are only preliminaries to "the really big one" when they walk away with the U.S.Army, Europe (USAREUR) softball championship.
• March 1970 - The Charlie Section "Chargers" take the Port City Basketball Championship.
• April 1970 - A Navy bowling team journeys to Berlin for a German-American friendship tournament and comes back with the team trophy. The Navy "Buccaneers" basketball team travels to Denmark to play Danish basketball teams in international play. They win three, lose three, of the six games played.
• August 1970 - NSGA Todendorf takes the regional TASCOM Softball Tournament for the second year in a row.
• March 1971 - Bravo Section wins the Port City Basketball Championship