The Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot, is a former United States Navy

United States Navy

The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S...

 ammunition depot located in Hingham, Massachusetts

Hingham, Massachusetts

Hingham is a town in northern Plymouth County on the South Shore of the U.S. state of Massachusetts and suburb in Greater Boston. The United States Census Bureau 2008 estimated population was 22,561...

. At its peak, it employed over 2,400 people. It also consisted of 90 buildings at that time.

History

From 1903 until 1961, The Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot (originally called the Hingham Naval Reserve) was a major supplier of U.S. munitions, occupying 990 acres (4.0 km2) on the Weymouth Back River (in the section once known as The Hockley). At peak capacity in 1945, over 2,400 civilians and military personnel worked there. In the mid 1950s, the site contained over 90 buildings, its own telephone exchange, and 15 cranes. The base was decommissioned in 1961, though the Navy held on to the property until 1971, when it was turned over to the town of Hingham. Today much of the site is now occupied by the town's Bare Cove Park.

External links

• http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/Building_Bases/bases-13.html
• http://www.wickedlocal.com/hingham/archive/x1838783709
• http://www.northernatlanticdive.com/shipwr
• http://www.friendsofwompatuck.org/FOW2.PDF
• http://www.friendsofwompatuck.org/FOW6.pdf
• http://www.hingham-ma.com/barecove/index.html