POMFLANT Naval Weapons Station (closed) (Goose Creek, South Carolina)

USA / South Carolina / Goose Creek / Goose Creek, South Carolina / South Freedom Road, 12001
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Naval Weapons Station, POMFLANT

By 1960, the first Polaris Missile Facility Atlantic (POMFLANT) was constructed. During this same period, facilities were built at the NAVSPNSTA CHASN (Naval Weapons Station - Charleston) for handling the first surface launched Terrier guided missile. During the 1960s, both NAVWPNSTA CHASN and its major tenant, POMFLANT, continued to expand their missions with NAVWPNSTA CHASN acquiring an additional 1,656 acres of land in leases, easements, and through civil actions. Facilities were added at NAVWPNSTA CHASN for the new Terrier, Tartar, and Hawk missiles in 1965 and the Standard and Red Eye missiles in 1969. In the 1970s, over 2,730 acres of additional land was acquired. NAVWPNSTA CHASN continued to improve its torpedo and mine capability during this time.

In September 1980 NAVWPNSTA CHASN assumed coordination responsibilities of Charleston Army Depot for Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Alabama. By Memorandum of Understanding, Commanding Officer, NAVWPNSTA CHASN, agreed to manage maintenance, utilities, supply, and security services at Charleston Army Depot until the formal turnover from the Department of the Army to the Department of the Navy. Acquisition rights to the real estate and buildings at the Charleston Army Depot were transferred to NAVWPNSTA CHASN on 30 September 1981. At that time the name changed to NAVWPNSTA South.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Base_Charleston
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Coordinates:   33°0'30"N   79°58'27"W

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  • No this is the Directorate of Transient Personel, a part of NWS, also on this land is Homeland Security training and an Army storage area.
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