The pier is basically a parking lot for Naval ships including aircraft carriers. The Navy's shipyard is across the river in Portsmouth, VA. I use the rrNaW label because the Virginian Railroad served this base.
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| Iowa Class Battleships posted Follow on to yesterday's picture. USS Missouri is seen pulling into port at Naval Station Norfolk. USS Palau (CVE-122) and Siboney (CVE-112), the heavy cruisers USS Albany (CA-123) and Macon (CA-132), and in front of Missouri are the Greek destroyer escorts HNS Aetos (ex-USS Slater) and Hierax (ex-USS Ebert), which had just been transferred to the Hellenic Navy. Date is in 1951. The heavy cruiser at the other pier is USS Des Moines. the carrier across the pier from Des Moines is a Commencent Bay-class escort carrier (one of seven in the Atlantic Fleet at the time). The two transports are not transports, but rather the "amphibious command" ships Pocono (AGC-16) and Taconic (AGC-17). |
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| Ray Bean posted dated 1987 ... from my collection...I have a lot more of these ..but dont want to bore you to tears .. DeQuante Bazemore shared Take a look toward the middle of the photo of that rail yard within the base limits. It would be pulled up within 5-6 years after this photo. |
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| Ray Bean posted loved the 80s. The piers were full of everything . DeQuante Bazemore shared Check out the left hand side of the photo. In conjunction with my last post [see above]. Rhett Coates: The VIRGINIAN RAILROAD had a massive export coal yard (just above and out of the area in the photo) and large grain elevators (to the right, and out of the photo area) up through the time N&W took them over. The rails were still there for a long time but most (the RR yard and the coal & grain export area) are long since gone - I believe they were taken up during the 70's and 80's. DeQuante Bazemore: Rhett Coates you’re correct. Mid-late 70s |
DeQuante Bazemore posted five photos with the comment: "Naval Station Norfolk once again. For those who’s never seen these pictures before, me included."
Pj Heck: Gem in the first one is the Long Beach on the left. early phased array radar - also being the only Nuclear powered cruiser built. It was the last one built on a traditional cruiser hull.
Brian R. Wroblewski: Wow! That 1st photo- All the heaviest hitters in the fleet there except for the Chicago. There's a combined total of 11 twin arm missile launchers between those 3 cruisers with 3 different types of missiles. All 3 had nuclear capabilities too with Talos. Awesome.
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| The Warshipologist posted USS America (CV-66) and USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) at Norfolk in 1991. Ike just visible to the left. |
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| Military Tactics posted In 1985, the USS America (CV-66), USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67), USS Nimitz (CVN-68), and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) were docked at piers 11 and 12 at Norfolk Naval Station, Virginia, US |
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| Air Supremacy posted Five enormous US aircraft carriers docked together in Norfolk, Virginia in 2012. |
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| MilitaryPhotoDepot posted (10/1/1984) An aerial view of submarine and destroyer piers 22 and 23 at Norfolk,VA. A Los Angeles-class submarine sits in dry dock, front center USN image PH1 D.E. Erickson, USN |
This base was served by the Virginian Railroad.
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| 1948 Horfolk North Quad @ 24,000 |
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