Naval Station Norfolk
Naval Station Norfolk | |
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Part of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic | |
Norfolk, Virginia, United States | |
Coordinates | 36°56′42″N 76°18′47″W / 36.94500°N 76.31306°W |
Type | Naval Base |
Site information | |
Owner | United States |
Operator | United States Navy |
Open to the public | No |
Site history | |
Built | July 4, 1917 |
In use | 1917 | –present
Garrison information | |
Current commander | CAPT Janet H. Days |
Occupants | Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Commander, Navy Warfare Development Command |
Naval Station Norfolk is a
Air Operations conducts over 100,000 flight operations each year, an average of 275 flights per day or one every six minutes. Over 150,000 passengers and 264,000 tons of mail and cargo depart annually on Air Mobility Command (AMC) aircraft and other AMC-chartered flights from the airfield's AMC Terminal.[2]
History
The area where the base is located was the site of the original 1907 Jamestown Exposition.[3]
In 1915, the Headquarters of the
When
In March 1946, the
Following World War II, NOB Norfolk became the primary base of the Atlantic Fleet. It was one of the largest naval bases in the world.
On 1 January 1953, the name of the naval base was officially changed to Naval Station Norfolk (NS Norfolk), after being known as the NOB.[5]
In 1968, the Naval Air Station was given a major role in John F. Kennedy's vision of putting a man on the moon. The air station became Recovery Control Center Atlantic, which provided command, control, and communications for the ships and aircraft that participated in the recovery operations of Apollo 7.[5]
Due to the end of the Cold War, a drawdown began in the 1990s, and the Navy began reducing shore installations to help with operating costs. Due to this, the Navy merged the separate Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Air Station Norfolk into a single installation to be called Naval Station Norfolk, which became official on 5 February 1999.[5]
Following the attack on USS Cole in October 2000 and the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks, the base had some major upgrades to its security gates, costing more than $12.5 million.[5]
On 26 January 2017, Naval Station Norfolk celebrated its centennial at the Pennsylvania House, a historical building built for the Jamestown Exposition,[7] located on the base.[8]
Incidents
On Easter (3 April) of 1988, members of the anti-nuclear group
On March 24, 2014, a shooting at NS Norfolk resulted in the death of a sailor and a civilian. The shooting occurred around 11:20 p.m. EDT aboard USS Mahan. Security forces shot and killed the civilian who had allegedly shot the sailor aboard the vessel.[10] The base was closed for a short time after the shooting on USS Mahan.[11]
On 26 July 2022, a severe thunderstorm with winds of 60 miles per hour (97 km/h) and over caused nine helicopters assigned to Naval Station Norfolk to be damaged. Damaged aircraft include the
Operational units
Naval Station Norfolk is home port of four
As of October 2022, the following operational units are headquartered or homeported at Naval Station Norfolk:
Carrier Strike Groups (CARSTRKGRU)
- Carrier Strike Group Two
- Carrier Strike Group Eight
- Carrier Strike Group Ten
- Carrier Strike Group Twelve
Destroyer Squadrons (DESRONS)
Submarine Squadron (SUBRON)
Aircraft carriers
- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)
- USS George Washington (CVN-73)
- USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74)
- USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75)
- USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77)
- USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78)
Cruisers
- USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55)
- USS Philippine Sea (CG-58)
- USS Normandy (CG-60)
- USS Gettysburg (CG-64)†
- USS Vicksburg (CG-69)†
Amphibious assault
Guided missile destroyers
- USS Stout (DDG-55)
- USS Mitscher (DDG-57)
- USS Laboon (DDG-58)
- USS Ramage (DDG-61)
- USS Gonzalez (DDG-66)
- USS Cole (DDG-67)
- USS Ross (DDG-71)
- USS Mahan (DDG-72)
- USS McFaul (DDG-74)
- USS Porter (DDG-78)
- USS Oscar Austin (DDG-79)
- USS Nitze (DDG-94)
- USS James E. Williams (DDG-95)
- USS Bainbridge (DDG-96)
- USS Forrest Sherman (DDG-98)
- USS Truxtun (DDG-103)
- USS Gravely (DDG-107)
Submarines
- USS Helena (SSN-725)
- USS Pasadena (SSN-752)
- USS Albany (SSN-753)
- USS Boise (SSN-764)
- USS New Hampshire (SSN-778)
- USS New Mexico (SSN-779)
- USS John Warner (SSN-785)
- USS Washington (SSN-787)
- USS Montana (SSN-794)
Military Sealift Command
- USNS Comfort (T-AH-20)
- USNS Lewis and Clark (T-AKE-1)
- USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2)
- USNS Leroy Grumman (T-AO-195)
- USNS Kanawha (T-AO-196)
- USNS Big Horn (T-AO-198)
- USNS Patuxent (T-AO-201)
- USNS Laramie (T-AO-203)
- USNS Supply (T-AOE-6)
- USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8)
- USNS Zeus (T-ARC-7)
- USNS Grasp (T-ARS-51)
- USNS Grapple (T-ARS-53)
- USNS Apache (T-ATF-172)
Air Squadrons
Tenant/Shore Commands
In addition to the several operational units, Naval Station Norfolk is also headquarters to a number of shore activities that provided administrative and specialty support to regional operational assets, and in some cases, the entire Navy.
As of June 2021, these included:
- Navy Warfare Development Command
- Navy Region Mid-Atlantic
- United States Second Fleet
- Carrier Strike Group Four
- Navy Expeditionary Combat Command
- Naval Reserve Force
- Navy Fleet Readiness Centers
- Naval Surface Force Atlantic
- Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic (NCTAMS LANT)
- Navy Exchange Command
- Naval Safety Center
- Naval Criminal Investigative Service, Norfolk Field Office headquarters and NCIS Resident Agency (NCISRA) Norfolk, a subordinate component of the Norfolk Field Office.
- Commander Navy Installations Command, N6 and N8
Base housing
There is a public-private venture (PPV) housing by Liberty Military Housing for accompanied service members.[13] Some properties are on the property of the base.[14]
See also
References
This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States Navy.
- ^ "History of Naval Station Norfolk". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ "NS Norfolk History". cnic.navy.mil. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
- ^ a b c "Naval Station Norfolk - History". CNIC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "NS Norfolk Naval Base in Norfolk, VA". Military Bases. Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^ a b c d e "History of Naval Station Norfolk". Naval Station Norfolk Base Guide & Telephone Directory. Archived from the original on 2017-03-12. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
- ^ Pike, John. "Naval Station Norfolk". www.globalsecurity.org. Archived from the original on 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
- ^ Hansen, Louis. "What's in a name? | Pennsylvania House, Norfolk". The Virginian-Pilot. Archived from the original on 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
- ^ "Naval Station Norfolk Centennial". CNIC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 23 March 2017.
- ^ "An Activist Nun Trying To Provoke People To Think". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 17 April 2015.
- ^ "Family: Military Policeman Was Shooting Victim". CBS Local. Associated Press. 25 March 2014. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ West, Rachel (25 March 2014). "Navy ID's shooter in USS Mahan death". WAVY-TV. Archived from the original on 25 March 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ Nine Navy helicopters damaged in Norfolk storm, Diana Stancy Correll, NavyTimes, 2022-07-28
- U.S. Navy. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- ^ "Communities Naval Station Norfolk". Liberty Military Housing. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
External links
- Official website
- Flagship - military-authorized newspaper of NAS Norfolk and Commander Navy Region Mid-Atlantic
- NS Norfolk at GlobalSecurity.org
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective April 18, 2024
- FAA Terminal Procedures for NGU, effective April 18, 2024
- Resources for this U.S. military airport:
- FAA airport information for NGU
- AirNav airport information for KNGU
- ASN accident history for NGU
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KNGU