title: List of United States Navy shore activities during World War II
text: # List of United States Navy shore activities during World War II
  
  During World War II, the United States Navy had a large contingent of operations based on land.
  
  ## Academies
  
  * Naval Academy Preparatory School, United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge
  
  ## Advisors
  
  * Naval Advisor, War Production Board Office, Baltimore, Maryland
  * Naval Advisor to Contract Distribution, Branch Office, War Production Board. Little Rock, Arkansas
  * Naval Advisor to Division of Contract Distribution, War Production Board, Birmingham, Alabama
  * Naval Advisor to War Production Board, Indianapolis, Indiana
  * Naval Advisor to the War Production Board, Birmingham, Alabama
  * Naval Advisor to the War Production Board, New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Advisor to the War Production Board, Springfield, Massachusetts
  * Naval Advisor, War Production Board, Little Rock, Arkansas
  
  ## Air Centers
  
  * Naval Air Center, Hampton Roads, Virginia
  * Naval Air Center, Hawaii
  * Naval Air Center, San Diego, California
  * Naval Air Center, Seattle, Washington
  
  ## Air Facilities
  
  * Naval Air Facility Attu, Alaska
  * Naval Air Facility Columbus, Ohio
  * Naval Air Facility Middle River, Maryland
  * Naval Air Facility Newport, Rhode Island
  * Naval Air Facility United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
  
  ## Air Stations
  
  * Naval Air Station Astoria, Oregon
  * Naval Air Station Banana River, Florida
  * Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine
  * Naval Air Station Bunker Hill, Indiana
  * Naval Air Station Cape May, New Jersey
  * Naval Air Station Charleston, South Carolina
  * Naval Air Station Clinton, Oklahoma
  * Naval Air Station Coco Solo, Panama
  * Naval Air Station Conroe, Texas
  * Naval Air Station Dallas, Texas
  * Naval Air Station Daytona Beach, Florida
  * Naval Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina
  * Naval Air Station Galveston, Texas
  * Naval Air Station Grosse Ile, Michigan
  * Naval Air Station Hitchcock, Texas
  * Naval Air Station Houma, Louisiana
  * Naval Air Station Hutchinson, Kansas
  * Naval Air Station Isla Grande, Puerto Rico
  * Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Florida
  * Naval Air Station Key West, Florida
  * Naval Air Station Klamath Falls, Oregon
  * Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey
  * Naval Air Station Litchfield Park, Arizona
  * Naval Air Station New York
  * Naval Air Station Memphis, Tennessee
  * Naval Air Station Miami, Florida
  * Naval Air Station New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Air Station Norfolk, Virginia
  * Naval Air Station Norman, Oklahoma
  * Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  * Naval Air Station Olathe, Kansas
  * Naval Air Station Ottumwa, Iowa
  * Naval Air Station Pasco, Washington
  * Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland
  * Naval Air Station Quonset Point, Rhode Island
  * Naval Air Station Richmond, Florida
  * Naval Air Station Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico
  * Naval Air Station San Diego, California
  * Naval Air Station San Pedro, California
  * Naval Air Station San Juan, Puerto Rico (see Naval Air Station Isla Grande)
  * Naval Air Station Seattle, Washington
  * Naval Air Station South Weymouth, Massachusetts
  * Naval Air Station Squantum, Massachusetts
  * Naval Air Station Tillamook, Oregon
  * Naval Air Station Tongue Point, Oregon
  * Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington
  
  ## Air Training
  
  ### Bases
  
  * Naval Air Training Bases, Corpus Christi, Texas
  
  ### Centers
  
  * Naval Air Training Center, Corpus Christi, Texas
  * Naval Air Training Center, Pensacola, Florida
  
  ### Intermediate
  
  * Naval Air Intermediate Training, Pensacola, Florida
  
  ### Primary
  
  * Naval Air Primary Training, Kansas City, Kansas
  
  ### Technical
  
  * Naval Air Technical Training (Chicago, Illinois)
  * Naval Air Technical Training Center (Memphis, Tennessee)
  * Naval Air Technical Training Center (Norman, Oklahoma)
  
  ## Air Delivery
  
  * Naval Aircraft Delivery Unit, Port Columbus, Ohio
  
  ## Airship Supply
  
  * Naval Airship Supply Center, Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey
  
  ## Ammunition Depots
  
  * Naval Ammunition Depot, Charleston, Goose Creek, South Carolina
  * Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane, Crane, Indiana
  * Naval Ammunition Depot, Dover, Dover (Lake Denmark), New Jersey
  * Naval Ammunition Depot, Earle, Earle, New Jersey
  * Naval Ammunition Depot, Hastings, Hastings, Nebraska
  * Naval Ammunition Depot, New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Ammunition Depot, Puget Sound, Puget Sound, Washington
  * Naval Ammunition Depot, Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico
  
  ## Ammunition
  
  ### Schools
  
  **Handling**
  
  * Naval Ammunition Handling School, Hingham, Massachusetts
  
  **Packaging**
  
  * Naval Ammunition Packaging School (Palletizing), Hingham, Massachusetts
  
  ### Laboratories
  
  * Naval Materials Handling Laboratory, Hingham, Massachusetts
  
  ## Amphibious Training Bases
  
  * Naval Amphibious Training Base Fort Pierce, Fort Pierce, Florida
  * Naval Amphibious Training Base Solomons Island, Solomons Island, Maryland
  
  ## Attaches
  
  * Naval Attache, London
  
  ## Auxiliary Air Facilities
  
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Ayer, Massachusetts
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Bar Harbor, Maine
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Beverly, Massachusetts
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Creeds, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Fentress, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Groton, Connecticut
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis, Massachusetts
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Lakeview, Oregon
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Lewiston, Maine
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Long Island, Casco Bay, Maine
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Monogram, Driver, Virginia
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Nantucket, Massachusetts
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility New Bedford, Massachusetts
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Otis Field, Camp Edwards, Massachusetts
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Sanford, Maine
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Station-Arlington, Washington
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Station Charlestown, Rhode Island
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Clatsop County, Oregon
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Corvallis, Oregon
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Station, North Bend, Oregon
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Pungo, Virginia Beach, Virginia
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Quillayute, Washington
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Rodd Field, Texas
  * Naval Auxiliary Air Station, Shelton, Washington
  
  ## Aviation Supply Offices
  
  * Naval Aviation Supply Office, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  
  ## Bases
  
  * Naval Station Argentia, Argentia, Newfoundland
  * Naval Base, Bermuda
  * Naval Base, Cape May, Cape May, New Jersey
  * Naval Base Cavite, Cavite, Philippine Islands
  * Naval Base, Chagaramus, Chagaramus, Trinidad
  * Charleston Naval Base, North Charleston, South Carolina
  * Naval Base, Funafuti, Funafuti, Ellice Islands
  * Naval Base, Newport, Newport, Rhode Island
  * Norfolk Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia
  * Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Yorktown, Virginia
  * Naval Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
  
  ## Cargo Handling
  
  * Naval Cargo Handling Unit, South Boston, South Boston, Massachusetts
  
  ## Code and Signal
  
  * Naval Code and Signal Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
  
  ## Commands
  
  * Naval Air Training Command (NATC), Patuxent River, Maryland
  * Naval Air Intermediate Training Command, Corpus Christi, Texas.
  * Naval Air Operational Training Command, Jacksonville, Florida
  * Naval Air Primary Training Command, Fairfax Airport, Kansas City, Kansas
  * Naval Airship Training Command, Lakehurst, New Jersey
  * Naval Command, Office of Strategic Services, Washington, D.C.
  
  ## Computing
  
  * Naval Computing Machine Laboratory, National Cash Register Co., Dayton, Ohio
  
  ## Construction Training
  
  * Naval Construction Training Center, Quaddy Village, Maine
  * Naval Construction Training Center, Davisville, Rhode Island
  
  ## Convalescent Hospitals
  
  * Naval Convalescent Hospital, Glenwood Springs, Colorado
  * Naval Convalescent Hospital, Springfield, Massachusetts
  
  ## Dental
  
  * Naval Dental School, Bethesda, Maryland
  
  ## Dispensary
  
  * Naval Dispensary, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Dispensary, Solomons Island, Maryland
  * Naval Dispensary, Woods Hole, Massachusetts
  * Naval Dispensary, Miami Beach, Florida
  
  ## Dry Docks
  
  * Naval Dry Dock, Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Dry Dock, South Boston, Massachusetts
  
  ## Fuel
  
  ### Annexs
  
  * Naval Fuel Annex, Navy Supply Pier, Portland, Maine
  * Naval Fuel Annex, Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
  
  ### Depots
  
  * Naval Fuel Depot, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Fuel Depot, Orient Heights, East Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Fuel Depot, Puget Sound, Manchester, Washington
  
  ## Hospitals
  
  * Naval Hospital, Chelsea, Massachusetts
  * Naval Hospital Corps School (WR), Bethesda, Maryland
  
  ## Hydrographic Offices
  
  * Naval Hydrographic Distributing Office, New Orleans, Louisiana
  
  ## Ordnance Inspectors
  
  * Naval Inspector of Ordnance, Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts
  * Naval Inspector of Ordnance, Excell Foundry and Machine, Fall River, Massachusetts
  * Naval Inspector of Ordnance, Quincy, Massachusetts
  
  ## Intelligence
  
  * Naval Intelligence Office, Naval Reserve Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana
  * Naval Liaison Office, Monroe, Louisiana
  * Naval Local Defense Force, Boston Section, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Magazine, Theodore, Alabama
  
  ## Material Handling
  
  * Naval Materials Handling Laboratory, Hingham, Massachusetts
  
  ## Medical Work
  
  * Naval Medical Research Institute, Bethesda, Maryland
  * Naval Medical School, Bethesda, Maryland
  * Naval Medical Storehouse, New Orleans, Louisiana
  
  ## Mine Work
  
  * Naval Mine Defense Laboratory, Panama City, Florida
  * Naval Mine Development Detachment, Key West, Florida
  * Naval Mine Test Facilities, Provincetown, Massachusetts
  
  ### Schools
  
  * Naval Mine Warfare School, North Charleston, South Carolina
  * Naval Mine Warfare School, Yorktown, Virginia
  
  ### Test Stations
  
  * Naval Mine Warfare Test Station, Solomons Island, Maryland
  
  ### Monitoring Stations
  
  * Naval Monitoring Station, New Orleans, Louisiana
  
  ## Net
  
  ### Depots
  
  * Naval Net Depot, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Net Depot, Indian Island, Washington
  * Naval Net Depot, Manchester, Washington
  * Naval Net Depot, Puget Sound, Washington
  
  ### Schools
  
  * Naval Net School, Tiburon, California
  
  ## Observatory
  
  * Naval Observatory, Washington, D.C.
  
  ## Operating Base
  
  * Naval Operating Base, Key West, Florida
  * Naval Operating Base, Newport, Rhode Island
  
  ## Ordnance
  
  ### Laboratories
  
  * Naval Ordnance Laboratory Annex, White Oak, Silver Spring, Maryland
  * Naval Ordnance Laboratory Experimental Facilities, South River, Maryland
  * Naval Ordnance Laboratory, Washington, D.C.
  
  ### Plants
  
  * Naval Ordnance Plant, Indianapolis, Indiana
  * Naval Ordnance Plant, Louisville, Kentucky
  * Naval Ordnance Plant, Shumaker, Arkansas
  
  ### Test Stations
  
  * Naval Ordnance Test Station (NOTS), China Lake, California
  
  ## Photographic
  
  * Naval Photographic Intelligence Center, Washington, D.C.
  * Naval Photographic Science Laboratory, Anacostia
  
  ## Powder facilities
  
  * Naval Powder Factory, Indian Head, Maryland
  
  ## Proving Grounds
  
  * Naval Proving Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia
  
  ## Radio
  
  ### Activities
  
  * Naval Radio Activities, Bainbridge Island, Port Blakely, Washington
  
  ### Stations
  
  * Naval Radio Station, Annapolis, Maryland
  * Naval Radio Station, Naval Air Station, Astoria, Oregon
  * Naval Radio Station, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Radio Station, Chatham, Massachusetts
  * Naval Radio Station, Cheltenham, Maryland
  * Naval Radio Station, Jupiter, Florida (aka Station J)
  * Naval Radio Station, Keyport, Washington
  * Naval Radio Station, New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Radio Station, San Juan, Puerto Rico
  
  ## Stations
  
  * Naval Station, Astoria, Oregon
  * Naval Station, Middle and Orchard Points, Manchester, Washington
  * Naval Station, Midway Island
  * Naval Station, Portland, Maine
  * Naval Station, Seattle, Washington
  * Naval Station, Tutuila, Samoa
  * Naval Station, Wake Island
  
  ## Storehouses
  
  * Naval Storehouse, Port Covington Terminal, Baltimore, Maryland
  
  ## Submarine Operations
  
  * Naval Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut
  * Naval Submarine Base, Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands
  * Naval Submarine School, New London, Connecticut
  
  ## Radio stations
  
  * Naval Supplementary Radio Station, Chatham, Massachusetts
  * Naval Supplementary Radio Station, Mansett (Seawall) Maine
  
  ## Supplies
  
  ### Corps Schools
  
  * Naval Supply Corps School, Graduate School of Business Administration, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Supply Corps School, Graduate School of Business Administration (Radcliff Branch), Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Supply Corps School, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
  
  ### Depots
  
  * Naval Supply Depot, Bayonne Annex, Bayonne, New Jersey
  * Naval Supply Depot, Clearfield, Utah
  * Naval Supply Depot, New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Supply Depot, Seattle, Washington
  * Naval Supply Depot, Spokane, Washington
  
  ### Piers
  
  * Naval Supply Pier, Casco Bay
  
  ## Torpedo Stations
  
  * Naval Torpedo Station, Alexandria, Virginia
  * Naval Torpedo Station, Keyport, Washington
  * Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island
  
  ## Training
  
  ### Commands
  
  * Naval Air Training Command (NATC)
  
  ### Centers
  
  * Naval Training Center Bainbridge, Maryland
  * Naval Training Center, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training Center, Farragut, Idaho
  * Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois
  * Naval Training Center, Naval Repair Base, New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Training Center, Portland, Maine
  
  ### Schools
  
  * Naval Training School (Aircraft Carrier Gasoline Systems), Manchester, Washington
  * Naval Training School (Armed Guard Gunnery), New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Training School (Armed Guard Gunnery), Seattle, Washington
  * Naval Training School (Ammunition Handling), Lake Union, Seattle, Washington
  * Naval Training School (Amphibious Firemen), Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
  * Naval Training School (Aviation Communications), NATTC, Memphis, Tennessee
  * Naval Training School (Aviation Engineering Officer), NATTC, Memphis, Tennessee
  * Naval Training School (Aviation Radiomen), NATTC, Memphis, Tennessee
  * Naval Training School (Basic Engineering), Hampton, Virginia
  * Naval Training School (Carpenter's Mates), Hampton, Virginia
  * Naval Training School (Communications), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (Communication WR), Mt. Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (Cooks & Bakers), Naval Reserve Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana
  * Naval Training School (Destroyer Escort), Cleveland, Ohio
  * Naval Training School (Diesel), Cleveland, Ohio
  * Naval Training School (Diesel), Fairbanks Morse Co., Beloit, Wisconsin
  * Naval Training School (Diesel), Hampton, Virginia
  * Naval Training School (Diesel), Nordberg Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  * Naval Training School (Direction Finders & Loran), Naval Station, Portland, Maine
  * Naval Training School (Electrical), Bainbridge, Maryland
  * Naval Training School (Electrical), Hampton, Virginia
  * Naval Training School (Electronics), Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (Electronics), New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Training School (Elementary Electricity and Radio Material), Takoma Park, Maryland
  * Naval Training School (Elementary Electricity and Radio Material), Stillwater, Oklahoma
  * Naval Training School (Fire-Control-Advanced), Washington, D.C.
  * Naval Training School (Fire Controlmen), Bainbridge, Maryland
  * Naval Training School (Fire Fighters Modified), New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Training School (Gunner's Mates), Naval Reserve Armory, Michigan City, Indiana
  * Naval Training School, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (Instructors), Bainbridge, Maryland
  * Naval Training School (Line Maintenance-JRM), Middle River, Maryland
  * Naval Training School (Loran), New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Training School, Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia
  * Naval Training School (Indoctrination & Communications), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (Japanese Language), University of Colorado
  * Naval Training School (Laundry), Anacostia, D.C
  * Naval Training School (Line Maintenance), NAS, Astoria, Oregon
  * Naval Training School (Line Maintenance PBM), NAS, Astoria, Ore
  * Naval Training School (Loran), Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (Machinist's Mates & Metalsmiths), Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (Machinist Mate), Wentworth Institute, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (Motion Picture Operators), Bainbridge, Maryland
  * Naval Training School, NAS, Quonset Point, Rhode Island
  * Naval Training School (Navigation), M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (Officers Cooks and Stewards), Annapolis, Maryland
  * Naval Training School (Oxygen Generation), Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (Physical Instructors), Bainbridge, Maryland
  * Naval Training School (Pre-Radar), Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine
  * Naval Training School (Pre-Radar), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (Pre-Radio Material), Michigan City, Indiana
  * Naval Training School (Radar), M.I.T., Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training School (radio), Bainbridge Island, Puget Sound, Washington
  * Naval Training School (Radio), Bainbridge, Maryland
  * Naval Training School (Radio), Naval Reserve Armory, Indianapolis, Indiana
  * Naval Training School (Radio-Special), Bainbridge Island, Port Blakely, Washington
  * Naval Training School (Radio-Women), University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
  * Naval Training School (Radio-W), Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
  * Naval Training School (Recruit Instructors - C), Bainbridge, Maryland
  * Naval Training School (Signals), Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana
  * Naval Training School (Sound Motion Picture Technician), Bainbridge, Maryland
  * Naval Training School (Turbo-Jet), NATTC, Memphis, Tennessee
  * Naval Training School, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
  * Naval Training School (Yeoman, Signal and Storekeepers), Toledo, Ohio
  * Naval Training Schools, Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa
  * Naval Training Schools, M.I.T., Cambridge, Massachusetts
  * Naval Training Schools, University of Colorado
  * Naval Training Schools (Yeoman) and (Storekeepers), Hampton, Virginia
  * Naval Training Station, Newport, Rhode Island
  
  ### Units
  
  * Naval Training Unit, Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
  * Naval Training Unit (Line Maintenance JM-1), Middle River, Maryland
  
  ## Units
  
  * Naval Unit, Air Technical Document Research Unit, Camp Ritchie, Maryland
  * Naval Unit, Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Maryland
  * Naval Unit, Special Projects Division, Chemical Warfare Service, Camp Detrick. Frederick, Maryland
  * Naval Unit, Special Projects Division, Chemical Warfare Service, Terre Haute, Indiana
  * Naval Unit, Western Chemical Warfare School, Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado
  
  ## Miscellaneous
  
  * Naval Electronics Laboratory, San Diego, California
  * Naval Engineering Experiment Station, Annapolis, Maryland
  * Naval Fire Fighter's School, Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Flight Test Center, Cedar Point, Maryland
  * Naval Frontier Base, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Radio Station, Winter Harbor, Maine
  * Naval Radio Transmitting Station, Bainbridge Island, Washington
  * Naval Recreation Camp, East Brewster, Massachusetts
  * Naval Regimental Officers Training Corps, New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Repair Base, New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C
  * Naval Reserve Educational Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
  * Naval Routing Office, Baltimore, Maryland
  * Naval Section Base, Lockwood Basin, Boston, Massachusetts
  * Naval Senior Advisor to the War Production Board, Boston, Massachusetts
  