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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.
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 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.
HRT offers a toll ($2) ferry service from downtown Norfolk to Old Town Portsmouth. [9] Additional services include an express bus and dedicated busses for the Norfolk Naval Base and park and ride lots. [10] An express intercity bus system named 757 Express (formerly MAX) connects Norfolk to the other the cities in the Hampton Roads area. [11]
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.
The station, which is administered by Naval Station Norfolk, [1] consists of two parallel pile-supported piers, roughly 1140 ft. (345 m.) in length, which form a slip that can accommodate all Navy and Coast Guard ships up to and including the largest warships afloat, the Nimitz class aircraft carriers. There is a second pier for smaller vessels ...
Commercial air travel faced challenges in 1932 when the Navy objected to the expansion of the Granby Street field due to its proximity to Norfolk Naval Air Station. Operations moved to Glenrock Airport, but the Great Depression caused all commercial flights to be suspended indefinitely, grounding Norfolk for five years. In 1938, Norfolk ...
View east along SR 406 at Diven Street in Norfolk. SR 406 begins at a signalized intersection with SR 337 (Hampton Boulevard). SR 337 heads north onto the grounds of the Norfolk Naval Station and south toward Downtown Norfolk. The west leg of the intersection is the entrance to the Norfolk International Terminals.