Saturday, December 20, 2014

New Jersey (updated 11/15/18)


Cape May:
Cape May NAS
It was opened in December 1917. There were 12 seaplanes and 1 dirigible assigned to the station, In 1926, it was transferred to the Coast Guard. During WWII, it was reestablished as naval air station. After WWII, it was transferred to the Coast Guard again. Today it is an USCG boot camp with no aviation activity.

General Hospital No. 11
(added 11/05/18)
Colonia:
                                                  General Hospital No. 3

Dover:
Dover Naval Magazine

Picatinny Arsenal

Dumont:
Camp Merritt 
(added 11/05/18)

Edison:
                                                                    Raritan Arsenal
Circa 1918
The Arsenal opened in 1917. It was used in WWII. The Army kept it until 1963. In 1964, the GSA sold the majority of the former base and kept 200 acres for themselves.

Lakehurst:

Camp Kendrick
Lakehurst Proving Ground
This area had 2 bases, Lakehurst Proving Ground, and Camp Kendrick. During WWII, the Navy took over the land. It is now Lakehurst Naval Air Engineering Station, which is still active.    

Whiting Proving Ground
Lakewood: 
General Hospital No. 9
Little Silver:
Camp Alfred Vail
Circa 1919.
It was first called Camp Little Silver because of its proximity to that city's port. Included in the Signal Corps camp was a flying field that was short lived. The name was later changed to Camp Alfred Vail. It also saw WWII use. The name was changed to Fort Monmouth in 1925. The base was on the 2005 closure list and its assets were transferred to another WWI era base, Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD. 
 

Newark Area:

Elizabeth:
Aviation Acceptance Park No. 4
(added 10/13/18)
 
Acceptance Parks were places to launch or receive freshly built aircraft. It is unknown if these were fully developed airport facilities with regular flights, or merely a chunk of flat land near an aircraft factory. It was closed in October 1919. The closest airport to Elizabeth would be Newark International. So it appears this field is long gone and saw no civilian reuse. Exact location unknown.

Elizabethport Proving Ground

Hoboken:
Embarkation Hospital No. 1 (St. Mary's Hospital)

Hoboken Expeditionary Depot (Army Transport Service)

Newark:
Port Newark Quartermaster Depot

Secausus:
Embarkation Hospital No. 2

Pedricktown:
Delaware General Supply Depot

Sandy Hook:
Ft. Hancock
 (added 11/15/18)


Sandy Hook Storage Depot 
South Amboy:
South Amboy Storage Depot

Tuckahoe:
Tuckahoe Storage Depot

Wrightstown:
Camp Dix
(updated 11/15/18)


Camp Dix was one of 16 National Army cantonments. It was named after Major General John Adams Dix, who served as Secretary of the Treasury under President  Buchanan.  It had capacity to host 65,000 troops. It served to host to the 78th Division consisting of troops from parts of New York and northern Pennsylvania.  The cantonment area consisted of 1,414 buildings sitting on 4,502 acres. The entire camp consisted of 6,848 acres at the time.

It is among the vast majority of National Army cantonments that saw continuous use during WWII, and has seen tremendous growth, including the addition of McGuire Air Force Base. It was realigned in 1993 to be a Army Reserve training center and discontinued basic training.

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