Naval Station Norfolk

Naval Station Norfolk

by Arcadia Publishing
Naval Station Norfolk

Naval Station Norfolk

by Arcadia Publishing

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Overview

Straight from the archives of the Hampton Roads Naval Historical Foundation comes this visual history dating back over the installation's more-than 100 year history.

Naval Station Norfolk is the world's largest naval station, supporting the Navy ships, submarines, and aircraft of the US Fleet Forces Command with a multitude of facilities and services.

This shore establishment, located on the historic harbor of Hampton Roads, Virginia, has remained vital to the Navy since its foundation in 1917. Once established, the naval station focused on serving the fleet in four areas: aviation, recruit training, a submarine base, and a supply base. Men and women of the station continued to work on these and other activities through the pressures of World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, and wars in Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

Throughout its incredible history, Naval Station Norfolk made sure that ships and aircraft were successfully deployed to the far reaches of the globe—the nation's indispensable response to international conflicts. Nowadays, the station is the hub for Navy logistics supporting the defense of the entire Atlantic area, from the North Pole to the South Pole. A must-have for fans of United States Naval and military history.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467120272
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 02/24/2014
Series: Images of America Series
Pages: 128
Sales rank: 534,436
Product dimensions: 9.00(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

The Hampton Roads Naval Historical Foundation is dedicated to preserving the naval heritage of Hampton Roads. For this book, the foundation has selected images from the museum's archives that document the growth and development of the naval station over 100 years.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 6

Introduction 7

1 Before the Navy 9

2 Beginnings 15

3 Taking Flight 33

4 Peacetime Changes 45

5 A Decade of Shadows 57

6 World War II on the Naval Station 67

7 World War II and the Naval Air Station 83

8 Without Us, They Don't Fly 95

9 Into a Cold War 101

10 Service to the Fleet 121

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