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The Naval Support Base Bangor's naval history began in 1942 when it became a site for shipping ammunition to the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.For an expansion and to establish a permanent naval base, the U.S. Navy purchased 7,676 acres (3100 hectares) of land on the Hood Canal near the town of Bangor, Washington for approximately $18.7 million.
Reactivated 1 January 1964 as Marine Barracks, Naval Ammunition Depot, Bangor, Washington. Relocated 23 November 1970 to Keyport, Washington, and redesignated as Marine Barracks, Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, Washington. Placed under Operational Control of Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Washington, on 1 February 1977.
Naval Base Kitsap is a U.S. Navy base located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state, created in 2004 by merging the former Naval Station Bremerton with Naval Submarine Base Bangor. It is the home base for the Navy’s fleet throughout West Puget Sound, provides base operating services, support for both surface ships and fleet ballistic ...
Bangor Air National Guard Base is a United States Air National Guard base located on the grounds of Bangor International Airport in Bangor, Maine.. Created in 1927 as the commercial Godfrey Field, the airfield was taken over by the U.S. Army just before World War II and renamed Bangor Army Air Field and later Dow Field.
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BANGOR — Hunley Road and Lee Street are no more, but Ramirez de Arellano Road and Joyner Drive are now on the map. Two streets on the Navy's Bangor base that previously had names affiliated with ...
Bangor Base is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, within U.S. Naval Base Kitsap on the Kitsap Peninsula. Its population was 5,482 at the 2020 census . [ 1 ]
DeCA Headquarters in Fort Gregg-Adams, Virginia. The commissary benefit is not a recent innovation. Sales of goods from commissary department storehouses to military personnel began in 1825, when U.S. Army officers at specified posts could make purchases at cost for their personal use; by 1841, officers could also purchase items for members of their immediate families.