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Today, the Borough of Lynnhaven is home to Lynnhaven Mall and its related shopping and dining options. Major employers within the area include Stihl and Naval Air Station Oceana and once included Lillian Vernon and the corporate headquarters of Home Quarters Warehouse, and Lynnhaven Marine the largest Watercraft Dealer in Virginia.
She was abandoned by her crew but was later towed by Navy and Coast Guard vessels to Lynnhaven Roads, VA., and then to Newport News for repairs. Acme was sailing for Corpus Christi, Texas , from New York, on 17 March 1942, about 1 nmi (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) west of Diamond Shoal Light , North Carolina, ( 35°03′N 75°12′W / 35.05°N 75.20 ...
On 12 June 1942 J. A. Moffett Jr. sailed out of Baltimore, destined [29] to Port Arthur [30] before joining a convoy at Lynnhaven Roads on the 26th. Two days later, at 2:30 AM damage to two engine pistons was reported to the bridge with the recommendation of leaving the convoy for port repairs. The convoy commander was notified at 7:30 AM.
USCGC Frank Drew (WLM-557) is a Keeper-class coastal buoy tender of the United States Coast Guard.Launched in 1998, she is home-ported in Portsmouth, Virginia.Her primary mission is maintaining over 300 aids to navigation in lower Chesapeake Bay, the rivers that flow into it, and a portion of the North Carolina Coast.
3rd Battalion, 25th Marines (3/25) is a reserve infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps.The battalion was first formed in 1943 for service in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II, taking part in a number of significant battles including those at Saipan and Iwo Jima before being deactivated at the end of the war.
HMS Canso was the American letter of marque schooner Lottery, launched in 1811, that a British squadron captured in 1813.The Royal Navy took Lottery into service as HMS Canso and she served during the War of 1812 and briefly thereafter.
The Lynnhaven River is a tidal estuary located in the independent city of Virginia Beach, Virginia, in the United States, and flows into the Chesapeake Bay west of Cape Henry at Lynnhaven Inlet, beyond which is Lynnhaven Roads. It has a small, developed watershed covering 64 square miles (170 km 2), terminating at Lynnhaven
HMS Mosquidobit (sometimes Musquedobet or Musquidobit) was the Chesapeake-built six-gun schooner Lynx that the British Royal Navy captured and took into service in 1813. She was sold into commercial service in 1820 and nothing is known of her subsequent fate.