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Naval Ammunition Depot : ウィキペディア英語版 | Naval Ammunition Depot The Naval Ammunition Depot (NAD) near Hastings, Nebraska was the largest United States World War II naval munitions plant operating from 1942 to 1946. Construction began in July 1942 on and was completed in early 1943 with over 2000 structures including buildings, bunkers, and various other types of structures built just for this operation.〔ibiblio.net. Hyperwar. US Navy., (''Building the Navy's Bases in WWII'' ), Chapter 13, Page 342.〕 The cost of construction was over $71 million and at one point during World War II the facility was producing over 40% of the U.S. Navy's munitions. The navy built in this location due the proximity to the area's three railroads, the abundance of underground water, cheap natural gas and electricity, the stable work force and the distance from either coast〔Adams County (Nebraska) Historical Society. ("The Naval Ammunition Depot" ). from ACHS ''Historical News'', Vol. 25 No. 4, and Vol. 27 No. 4. Retrieved 4 June 2014.〕 (being beyond the range of Japanese or German bombers). Three smaller NAD plants were located at Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane in Burns City, Indiana, McAlester Naval Depot in McAlester, Oklahoma and the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot in Hawthorne, Nevada. The Nebraska facility produced 40mm shells, 16 inch projectiles, rockets, bombs, depth charges, mines and torpedoes. Production peaked in June–July 1945, when the depot employed 125 officers, 1,800 enlisted men, and 6,692 civilians.〔 ==Wartime accidents== While the NAD had an excellent safety record considering the 24/7 operations and 60 hour work weeks, there were four explosions (only two were officially reported) during the war. All accidents occurred in 1944 and together resulted in the deaths of 22 people.〔 The most severe accidental blast killed nine people and injured fifty-three on September 15, 1944.〔 It was caused by human error while a train was being loaded. The loading depot and the train were totally destroyed. Part of the roof at a school in Harvard, approximately east of Hastings, collapsed as a result of the explosion; injuring 10 children.〔
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