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A Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility ( NISMF) is a facility owned by the United States Navy as a holding facility for decommissioned naval vessels, pending determination of their final fate. All ships in these facilities are inactive, but some are still on the Naval Vessel Register (NVR), while others have been struck from the register.
In 2000, the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation, on behalf of the City of Philadelphia, acquired it and began to redevelop the land. First called Philadelphia Naval Business Center, it is now known as The Navy Yard. It is a large mixed-use campus where nearly 15,000 people are employed by more than 120 companies representing a mix ...
Naval Support Activity Philadelphia. / 40.0416828; -75.0937712. Naval Support Activity Philadelphia is a 134 acres (0.209 sq mi) United States Navy base located in the Lawncrest section of Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and located 113 miles (182 km) east of its parent command, NSA Mechanicsburg. With the exception of a few buildings ...
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service ( AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange and The PX or The BX) provides goods and services at U.S. Army and Air Force installations worldwide, operating department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, military clothing stores, theaters and more across 50 U.S. states and more than 30 countries.
Stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base, Yokosuka, Japan [76] CVN-77 George H.W. Bush: Nimitz: 10 January 2009 — 15 years, 223 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [77] CVN-78 Gerald R. Ford: Gerald R. Ford (lead ship) 22 July 2017 — 7 years, 29 days Stationed at Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia [78] [79] CVN-79 John ...
19146. Area code (s) 215, 267 and 445. Naval Square is a gated community within the Graduate Hospital neighborhood of Philadelphia that served as the first United States Naval Academy from 1834 to 1845, when the Naval Academy formed in Annapolis. It continued as a retirement home for sailors and marines and was called the Naval Home until 1976 ...
Established in 1993, the Naval Expeditionary Logistics Support Group (NAVELSG) was built upon the foundation of the Navy Cargo Handling Force (NCHF). The NCHF originated in the 1970s with the establishment of six Reserve Navy Cargo Handling Battalions to support the Marine Corps Maritime Prepositioning Force. The number of battalions grew to 12 ...
Commandant's Quarters, also known as Quarters "A", is a historic home located at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1874–1875, and is a three-story, painted brick dwelling in the Italian Villa -style. A porch was added in 1901. It features an off-center square tower, slate covered gable roof ...