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Pictured December 20, 2012. Naval Station Norfolk is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, that is the headquarters and home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command. The installation occupies about 4 miles (6.4 km) of waterfront space and 11 miles (18 km) of pier and wharf space of the Hampton Roads peninsula known as Sewell's Point.
Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The Norfolk Naval Shipyard, often called the Norfolk Navy Yard and abbreviated as NNSY, is a U.S. Navy facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, for building, remodeling and repairing the Navy's ships. It is the oldest and largest industrial facility that belongs to the U.S. Navy as well as the most comprehensive.
One of the largest battleships ever built arrived at Nauticus on the downtown Norfolk waterfront on December 7, 2000. That date was significant because it marked the 57th anniversary of USS Wisconsin ' s launching in 1943 – two years to the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. USS Wisconsin opened for main deck tours on April 16, 2001.
Norfolk International Terminal. Norfolk International Terminals is the largest of the four facilities, with a land area of 648 acres (2.62 km 2). The terminal has fifty-foot-deep entrance channels at the north and south ends. The terminal is serviced by 89,300 feet (27,200 m) of rail track and 11 Suez-class container cranes.
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Sewell's Point. Sewells Point is a peninsula of land in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States, located at the mouth of the salt-water port of Hampton Roads. Sewells Point is bordered by water on three sides, with Willoughby Bay to the north, Hampton Roads to the west, and the Lafayette River to the south.
Ocean View (Norfolk) Coordinates: 36°57′00″N 76°14′47″W. East Beach in Ocean View, along the Chesapeake Bay. Ocean View is a coastal region in the independent city of Norfolk, Virginia in the United States. It has several miles of shoreline on the Chesapeake Bay to the north, starting with Willoughby Spit to the west and the Joint ...
Jami Frankenberry, 757-446-2376, jami.frankenberry@pilotonline.com. The Norfolk Admirals open the season tonight against the South Carolina Stingrays at Scope. The puck drops at 7:05 p.m. Tickets ...