Supply, amphibious, and combat ships pass Yorktown ontheir way to and from the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. The military installation's pier is located three miles upstream.

When the 20-square-mile site was acquired by the Navy on August 7, 1918, it was the largest naval installation in the world. Commissioned as the U.S. Navy Mine Depot, operations supported the World War INorth Sea Mine Barrage. During World War II, the Depot continued to produce a wide range of ordnancematerials such as underwater mines, depth charges, and torpedoes. Activities were reduced after World War II,but were soon increased again to meet the needs of theconflicts in Korea and Vietnam.

In 1958, the Depot was renamed Naval Weapons StationYorktown. Today, the installation and its tenant commands provide technical, logistical, and supply-related services to the Atlantic Fleet.

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