Naval Station Norfolk
Naval Station Norfolk, is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia. It supports naval forces in the United States Fleet Forces Command, those operating in the Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, and the Indian Ocean. The installation occupies about of waterfront space and of pier and wharf space of the Hampton Roads peninsula known as Sewell's Point. It is the world's largest naval station, with the largest concentration of U.S. Navy forces through 75 ships alongside 14 piers and with 134 aircraft and 11 aircraft hangars at the adjacently operated Chambers Field and Port Services controls more than 3,100 ships' movements annually as they arrive and depart their berths.
Naval Bases and Supply Agency
The Naval Bases and Supply Agency (NBSA) and originally known as the Directorate-General Naval Bases and Supply was a defence agency within the Naval Support Command part of the UK Ministry of Defence. Its headquarters were at Ensleigh, Bath, England from 1995 to 2001.
In October 1995 Directorate-General Naval Bases and Supply was formed as part of Naval Support Command by bringing together management of the Royal Navy's three main bases (Devonport, Portmouth and the Clyde) including, the Royal Naval Supply and Transport Service its supply depots and the Directorate of Marine Services (Navy). On 11 December 1996 it was renamed the Naval Bases and Supply Agency. The organisation remit was to provide support to the office of the Commander-in-Chief Fleet simultaneously it cooperated closely with the newly formed Ship Support Agency (SSA). In 2001 the agency was merged with the Ship Support Agency to form the Warship Support Agency.