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With the closure of the Naval Base and Charleston Naval Shipyard in 1996, Detyens, Inc. signed a long-term lease. With three dry docks, one floating dock, and six piers, Detyens Shipyards, Inc. is the largest commercial facility on the East Coast. Projects include military, commercial, and cruise ships.
The Charleston Naval Hospital Historic District is a portion of the Charleston Navy Base that included a collection of buildings connected with the medical needs of the Navy base. Early years: 1902-1922
The oldest building on the base are Quarters F, a Victorian house that predates the Navy base and was built as the superintendent's house for the earlier Chicora Park (that the Navy acquired and converted into the base). [4] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. [1
A 120-foot former U.S. Navy vessel has been abandoned on the South Carolina coast. ... a nonprofit founded in 2009 to protect Charleston’s waterways. The Navy ship was sold by the General ...
Second, in 1993, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) directed that Naval Base Charleston be closed. Pursuant to BRAC action, Naval Base Charleston was closed on April 1, 1996, although some activities remain under the cognizance of Naval Support Activity Charleston, now part of Joint Base Charleston. [76]
The Base Realignment and Closure Commission announced on 26 February 1993 that the Charleston Naval Shipyard would be closed. The squadron was deactivated in late 1995 just prior to the official closure of Charleston Naval Shipyard on 1 April 1996.
The Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act of 1990 provided "the basic framework for the transfer and disposal of military installations closed during the base realignment and closure (BRAC) process". [3] The process was created in 1988 to reduce pork barrel politics with members of Congress that arise when facilities face activity reductions ...
H. Halavo Seaplane Base; Hamilton Ship repair depot; Hangar One (Moffett Federal Airfield) Hastings Naval Ammunition Depot, Nebraska; Henderson Field (Guadalcanal)