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The following month, Rear Admiral Jackson Knowles Parker, retired commander of Norfolk Naval Base, became the founding executive director. Construction began at the former site of Norfolk's Banana Pier on the downtown Norfolk waterfront in February 1992, and Nauticus opened to the public in June 1994.
During the 1980s, the city of Norfolk invited the museum to relocate to a new downtown maritime center. The Navy accepted the offer, and in 1994 the Hampton Roads Naval Museum opened in the Nauticus National Maritime Center. With the move, the museum's exhibit space increased significantly, while also increasing the number of educational programs.
Naval Station Norfolk is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, that is the headquarters and home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command.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.
Location of Horry County in South Carolina. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Horry County, South Carolina.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Horry County, South Carolina, United States.
The park is roughly 312 acres of maritime forest featuring a mile long beach. The park has a nature center where visitors can learn about the park’s unique habitat as well as a number of trails ...
Naval Station Norfolk currently occupies Sewells Point. The base is approximately 4,000 acres (16.2 km 2) and is the largest naval base in the world. The headquarters of the 5th Naval District, the Atlantic Fleet, the 2nd Fleet, the NATO Joint Force Command Norfolk and NATO Allied Command Transformation are there.
Located in Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth, Virginia, it was put into service in 1834, and has been in service since then. Its history includes the refitting of USS Merrimack, which was modified to be the Confederate Navy ironclad CSS Virginia. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1971. [3] [4]
Naval Air Station Astoria, Oregon; Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida; Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine; Naval Air Station Bunker Hill, Indiana; Naval Air Station Cape May, New Jersey