Sewell's Point
Naval Station Norfolk currently occupies Sewells Point. The base is approximately and is the largest naval base in the world.
Farragut Naval Training Station
Ground was broken on the naval reservation in March 1942, and its first phase opened in early August; by September the base had a population of 55,000, making it the largest "city" in the state. At the time, Farragut was the second-largest training center in the world (behind Naval Station Great Lakes near Chicago), and liberty trains ran three times daily to Spokane, Washington, about an hour away.