The Main Navy and Munitions Buildings were constructed in 1918 along Constitution Avenue (then known as B Street) on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall...
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In 1918, the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings were constructed alongside the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in West Potomac Park, and a cluster of...
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National Mall (category National Mall and Memorial Parks)
contractors for the United States Navy's Bureau of Yards and Docks constructed the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings along nearly a third of a mile of...
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The Pentagon (redirect from Pentagon Building)
original on 28 December 2007. Retrieved 18 October 2008. "Main Navy & Munitions Buildings". Naval History & Heritage Command. Archived from the original...
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Constitution Gardens (category Buildings and structures demolished in 1970)
River and was dredged at the beginning of the 20th century by the Army Corps of Engineers. The U.S. Navy built the Main Navy and Munitions Buildings as temporary...
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United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is the world's most powerful navy with the largest...
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as the Vietnamese government put it as a main priority, with constant improvement to its weapons, munitions and combat capability. This section will include...
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Naval Base Guam (category United States Navy submarine bases)
Sealift Command Ship Support Unit Guam Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit FIVE Navy Munitions Command East Asia Division Unit Guam Naval...
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navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces principally designated for naval and...
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States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the United States Navy's primary special operations force and a component...
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(PCB), solvents and pesticides. Both US Navy and EPA are coordinating efforts to clean up Vieques. On the Munitions Response Program, the Navy recently completed...
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Loitering munition (redirect from Loitering munitions)
area. Unlike many other types of munitions, their attacks can be changed mid-mission or aborted. Loitering munitions are typically aerial platforms, but...
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needs, and the completed installations were at the forefront of munitions handling and storage technology at the time. The Royal Australian Navy took over...
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial (category Buildings and structures completed in 1982)
acres next to the Lincoln Memorial was chosen and authorized by Congress. The World War I Munitions Building previously occupied that area. VVMF decided...
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propulsion, metal ship construction, and explosive munitions. Despite having to completely replace its war fleet, the Navy managed to maintain its overwhelming...
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Kauri Point Armament Depot (category Buildings and structures in Auckland)
Defence Force munitions storage facility in the Auckland suburb of Chatswood which was originally built for the Royal New Zealand Navy. The Depot has...
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DM Glen Douglas (redirect from Defence Munitions Glen Douglas)
Douglas and was used for munitions storage by the Royal Navy, the United States and the Netherlands. In 1993 the US withdrew from the site and the capacity...
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Hawthorne Army Depot (category Buildings and structures in Mineral County, Nevada)
Hawthorne Army Depot (HWAD) is a U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command ammunition storage depot located near the town of Hawthorne in western Nevada in the...
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Israeli attacks on Yemen (May 2025–present) (category Aerial operations and battles involving Israel)
with dozens of munitions. On 5 May, more than 30 Israeli Air Force aircraft attacked nine Houthi targets using approximately 50 munitions. Among the attack...
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disposal of conventional munitions. Royal Navy personnel spend their entire service working with and around explosives, and associated sciences. As such...
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Caerwent Training Area (redirect from Royal Navy Propellant Factory, Caerwent)
manufacture and storage of Royal Naval munitions. It has been used as a training area since its closure as an armament works in 1966, and between 1967 and 1993...
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Port Chicago disaster (redirect from Port Chicago explosion and mutiny)
States. Munitions being loaded onto a cargo vessel bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations detonated, killing 320 sailors and civilians and injuring...
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RNAD Trecwn (category Buildings and structures in Pembrokeshire)
Wales. Built in 1938 to store and supply naval mines and munitions ordnance to the Royal Navy, at its height during the Cold War 400 permanent workers...
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ROF Glascoed (category Buildings and structures in Monmouthshire)
experience in munitions production. Safety considerations were paramount. The design, style and spacing of individual production buildings meant that they...
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Picatinny Arsenal (category Buildings and structures in Morris County, New Jersey)
which time the facility also began producing heavy munitions and grew more involved in research and development activities. During World War II, Picatinny...
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demolition of the temporary Main Navy and Munitions Buildings on the National Mall, the site of the proposed D.C. Cultural Center, and the size of the federal...
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Royal Navy. It was reactivated in World War II to manufacture gun propellants for the Admiralty and its output was supplemented by the Royal Navy Propellant...
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and Destruction of Chemical Weapons and was named the Leonidovka Chemical Weapons Storage Facility. The depot was storing aviation chemical munitions...
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from the main navy yard site. The FDNY's Marine Operations Division and their fireboats are located at Building 292. The site of the Brooklyn Navy Yard was...
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The structure of the United States Navy consists of four main bodies: the Office of the Secretary of the Navy, the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations...
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