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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.
Known as Admiral Taussig Boulevard, after US Navy Rear Admiral Edward D. Taussig, the Interstate runs 3.03 miles (4.88 km) from State Route 337 (SR 337) east to I-64 within the city of Norfolk. I-564 is the primary access highway to Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval base.
Naval Air Station Oceana. Navy and Marine Corps Intelligence Training Center Dam Neck, Virginia; Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek; Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Virginia; Norfolk Naval Shipyard; Naval Security Group Activity Chesapeake; Naval Station Norfolk; Naval Support Activity South Potomac. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
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.
Naval Station Norfolk at Norfolk, Virginia (1917–present) Naval Base Point Loma at Point Loma, San Diego, California (1917–present) Naval Support Activity Bahrain at Manama, Bahrain (2014–present), forward base. Naval Support Activity Naples (1951–present) – Submarine Group 8 with Sixth Fleet, forward base.
St. Julien's Creek Annex (SJCA) is a U.S. naval support facility that provides administrative offices, light industrial shops, and storage facilities for tenant naval commands. Its primary mission is to provide a radar testing range (35 acres or 141,640 m 2) and various administrative and warehousing structures for the Norfolk Naval Station.
NAS (Naval Air Station) Norfolk started its roots training aviators at Naval Air Detachment, Curtiss Field, Newport News, on May 19, 1917.Approximately five months later, with a staff increasing to five officers, three aviators, ten enlisted sailors and seven aircraft, the detachment was renamed Naval Air Detachment, Naval Operating Base, Hampton Roads.
Known as Little Creek Road, the state highway runs 2.65 miles (4.26 km) from SR 165 east to U.S. Route 60 (US 60) within the independent city of Norfolk. SR 170 is the eastern part of the connection between Naval Station Norfolk and Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek.