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The Naval Support Activity, New Orleans was a United States Navy installation. During its time in operation, it was the largest military installation in greater New Orleans. It hosts activities for other branches of service and federal agencies. The installation met the needs of military personnel, both in and behind the battle. Home to nearly 3900 active-duty and 2,700 civilian personnel, the facility spreads over both banks of the Mississippi River. The base was home to: *Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve *Marine Forces Reserve *4th Marine Aircraft Wing *4th Marine Division The base was previously home to Commander, Navy Reserve Forces Command, until that command's relocation to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia in March 2009 pursuant to Base Realignment and Closure 2005.〔http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=28288〕〔https://www.navyreserve.navy.mil/news/Pages/Article2.aspx〕 Established in the early 1900s, but inactive for long periods, the facility was reborn in 1939. Between 1944 and 1966, the base progressed from a U.S. Naval Station to the Headquarters, Support Activity, New Orleans. In 1966, the Army, which owned the property on the river's east bank, transferred ownership to the Navy, thus establishing the New Orleans Naval Support Activity command. Base housing was limited to 300 units. Other amenities include a 22-unit Navy lodge, family service center, childcare center for 42, a medium-sized commissary and base exchange, and a healthcare clinic. Recreational activities include arts and crafts, auto hobby center, and a library. ==Early history== The land underlying the Naval Support Activity is part of an immense West Bank concession given to Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founder of New Orleans, in 1719 by the Compagnie des Indes. The land changed hands numerous times before being purchased by the United States government on 1849-02-14 for the site of a proposed Navy yard. The Navy yard was not built, however, and the land was leased off for farming. In May of that year, additional ground was purchased by the Navy to enlarge the original site. In November 1901, the Naval Dry Dock arrived and the US Naval Station was formally established. In 1902, the Commandant, Eighth Naval District received almost $4 million for the new buildings and improvements to the station. Additional property was obtained in 1903 giving the Navy almost three-fourths of a mile of valuable river frontage. The original buildings, some of which still stand, were completed on the site in 1903. Also located on the grounds is the LeBeuf-Ott Country Retreat, built in 1840. Today, that home is known simply as Quarters "A" and is occupied by the area's senior Naval flag officer. The Naval Station remained open until September 1911. Following four years of inactivity, it was reopened in 1915 as an industrial Navy yard for repair of vessels. The station continued in full operation until June 1933, when it was placed in a maintenance status. During the Great Depression, the Louisiana Emergency Relief Administration and later, the WPA, operated the third largest transient camp in the United States on the Naval Station. Opened in May 1934, the transient camp sheltered, worked, and trained approximately 25,000 homeless men before it closed in March 1936.〔Wild, Frederick A, III, New Deal Harbor : The Transient Camp at the New Orleans Naval Station, 1934-1936, Masters Thesis, University of New Orleans, 2001 〕 In December 1939, the station was reactivated and eventually became a base to handle transient naval personnel. In August 1940, the Navy transferred the YFD-2 to Pearl Harbor, where it was sunk during the attack on December 7, 1941 as it drydocked the . In September 1944, the station was designated the US Naval repair base. However, just three years later, it was designated the US Naval Station, a name it held until January 1962, when it became the Headquarters, Support Activity, New Orleans. The latter name came about to reflect the fact that the Headquarters, Eighth Naval District was aboard the station as a regular tenant. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Naval Support Activity New Orleans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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