Type Naval Base Open to
the public No Phone +1 757-444-7955 | Operator United States Navy In use 1917 (1917) - present Owner United States of America | |
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Built July 4, 1917 (July 4, 1917) Current
commander CAPT Douglas J. Beaver, USN Address 9079 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23505, USA Hours Closed now Wednesday9AM–3PMThursday9AM–3PMFriday9AM–3PMSaturday9AM–3PMSunday9AM–3PMMonday9AM–3PMTuesday9AM–3PMSuggest an edit Occupants Commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, Navy Warfare Development Command Similar Joint Expeditionary Base–Littl, Nauticus, USS Wisconsin (BB‑64), Hampton Roads Naval Mu, Naval Medical Center P | ||
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Naval Station Norfolk (IATA: NGU, ICAO: KNGU, FAA LID: NGU), is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia. It supports naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and Indian Ocean. The installation occupies about 4 miles (6.4 km) of waterfront space and 11 miles (18 km) of pier and wharf space of the Hampton Roads peninsula known as Sewell's Point. It is the world's largest naval station, with the largest concentration of U.S. Navy forces through 75 ships alongside 14 piers and with 134 aircraft and 11 aircraft hangars at the adjacently operated Chambers Field and Port Services controls more than 3,100 ships' movements annually as they arrive and depart their berths.
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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.
Incidents
On Easter (April 3) of 1988, members of the anti-nuclear group Plowshares boarded USS Iowa (BB-61) with visitors for a ship's tour, and left their group to do symbolic damage to the ship's empty Tomahawk missile launchers, using hammers and their own blood.
Naval Station Norfolk is home port for the USS Cole (DDG-67), which was the victim of an Al-Qaeda terrorist attack in October 2000 while it was harbored and being refueled in the port of Aden, Yemen. 17 American sailors were killed, and 39 were injured in the attack, which was later revealed to have been a dress rehearsal for future terror attacks by the group in the United States. The USS Cole remains in active service and remains homeported at Norfolk.
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. EST aboard the USS Mahan (DDG-72). Security forces shot and killed the civilian who had allegedly shot the sailor aboard the vessel. The base was closed for a short time after the shooting on the USS Mahan.
Operational Units
Naval Station Norfolk is home port of four carrier strike groups and it's assigned ships. In addition, the Naval Station plays host to several Military Sealift Command ships, as well as the Atlantic Fleet submarines.
As of February 2017, the following operational units are headquartered or homeported at Naval Station Norfolk:
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 February 2017, these included: