Naval Station Newport

Naval Station Newport
Naval Station Newport
Newport / Middletown, Rhode Island in USA
	Aerial view in 2010
	NAVSTA Newport Insignia
	Naval Station Newport
Coordinates	41°31′20″N 71°18′32″W / 41.52222°N 71.30889°W
Type	Military base
Site information
Controlled by	United States Navy
Site history
In use	1883 - present
Garrison information
Past; commanders	Captain Ian L. Johnson

Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA Newport) is a United States Navy base located in the city of Newport and the town of Middletown, Rhode Island. Naval Station Newport is home to the Naval War College and the Naval Justice School. It once was the homeport for Cruiser Destroyer Force Atlantic (COMCRUDESLANT), which relocated to Naval Station Norfolk in the early 1970s. In 1989 the base was added to the National Priorities List, after contamination had been discovered years earlier. Newport now maintains inactive ships at its pier facilities, along with the United States Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessels. In BRAC 2005 (Base Realignment and Closure), NAVSTA Newport gained over five hundred billets, in addition to receiving, again, the Officer Candidate School (OCS), the Naval Supply Corps School (in 2011^[1]), and several other activities, to include a few Army Reserve units.^[2]