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Henry C. Mustin Naval Air Facility (IATA: MUV, ICAO: KMUV), [1] also known as NAF Mustin Field, is a former military airfield located at the United States Navy Naval Aircraft Factory on board the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was in service from 1926 to 1963.
An aerial view of Mustin Field and the shipyard with Philadelphia Municipal Stadium visible behind the runways in September 1948. The Naval Aircraft Factory was established at the League Island site in 1917. Just after of the end World War I, a 350-ton capacity hammerhead crane was ordered for the yard.
1891 USGS Topographic Map showing League Island at the confluence of the Schuylkill and Delaware Rivers. League Island was an island in the Delaware River, part of the city of Philadelphia, just upstream from the mouth of the Schuylkill River. The island was developed as the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Since the late 20th century, it has been ...
The Naval Aircraft Factory (NAF) was established by the United States Navy in 1918 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.It was created to help solve aircraft supply issues which the Navy Department faced upon the entry of the U.S. into World War I.
It was owned by the city and called Philadelphia Airport. Airline operations were also conducted at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard's Mustin Field, where Philadelphia Rapid Transit Service (P.R.T. Line) operated a three-times daily passenger service to Hoover Field, Washington, D.C. from 6 July to 30 October 1926 using Fokker F.VII Trimotors.
The battleship's expected to cross the river to Philadelphia on March 27. That should only take about an hour. No events or public access are planned for the March 27 move. Read more on The Battleship
Dry docking involves exposing typically submerged parts of a ship, like the hull, in a shipyard for cleaning, inspection and repair. Navy regulations require decommissioned vessels to be dry ...
Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster (IATA: NJP, ICAO: KNJP) was a U.S. Navy military installation located in Warminster, Pennsylvania and Ivyland, Pennsylvania.For most of its existence (1949–1993), the base was known as the Naval Air Development Center (NADC) Warminster, [2] but it has also been referred to as Johnsville Naval Air Development Center, NADC Johnsville or simply, Johnsville.