List of United States Navy shore activities during World War II
# 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
