When my father was drafted into the Navy during World War Two, he was sent to Farragut Idaho to the Farragut United States Naval Training Station. "In the wake of the Dec. 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor attack, U.S. military planners chose 4,000 rural acres in North Idaho for the Navy’s new training center. The inland site was believed to be far enough from the coast to be safe from another Pearl Harbor-style attack.
The government used the War Powers Act to move seven families off the land and began building the Farragut Naval Training Station on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille." Source
After the war, the area was reclaimed and became Farragut State Park. I remember being told that my father wasn't able to learn how to swim, and his instructor told him that if his ship sank, to head for the bottom and run like hell. I don't know if that is true.
Information about Farragut U.S.N.T.S. is available HERE.
