This is a list of current and former military installations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Current military installations in Massachusetts
[edit]Joint facilities
[edit]- Bases
- Joint Base Cape Cod (state designation, not federally recognized)[1][2]
- Centers
United States Army
[edit]- Camps
- Centers
- Crosman Army Reserve Center[8]
- Poncin Army Reserve Center[8][9]
- Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center[10]
- Forts
- Heliports
- Laboratories
United States Navy
[edit]- Centers
United States Air Force
[edit]- Bases
- Barnes Air National Guard Base[16]
- Hanscom Air Force Base[17]
- Otis Air National Guard Base[1]
- Westover Air Reserve Base[4]
United States Space Force
[edit]- Stations
United States Coast Guard
[edit]- Air Stations
- Bases
- Depots
- Stations
- Coast Guard Station Brant Point[21]
- Coast Guard Station Cape Cod Canal[21]
- Coast Guard Station Chatham[21]
- Coast Guard Station Gloucester[22]
- Coast Guard Station Menemsha[21]
- Coast Guard Station Merrimack River[22]
- Coast Guard Station Point Allerton[22][23]
- Coast Guard Station Provincetown[21]
- Coast Guard Station Scituate[23]
- Coast Guard Station Woods Hole[21]
Former military installations in Massachusetts
[edit]United States Army
[edit]- Army Airfields
- Hyannis Army Airfield[24]
- Moore Army Airfield[25]
- New Bedford Army Airfield[24]
- Otis Army Airfield[1]
- Armories
- Arsenals
- Bases
- Camps
- Camp Adams[33]
- Camp Andrew[34][35]
- Camp Banks[36]
- Camp Brigham[37]
- Camp Cameron[38]
- Camp Candoit[39]
- Camp Chase[40]
- Camp Dalton[41]
- Camp Edmunds[36]
- Camp Ellsworth[42]
- Camp Framingham (Dalton, Bartlett, McGuinness, Dewey)[41]
- Camp Guild[43]
- Camp Havedoneit[44]
- Camp Hill[45]
- Camp Hingham[46]
- Camp Hobson[47]
- Camp Joe Hooker[35]
- Camp Houston[48]
- Ipswich Camp[49]
- Camp Lander[35]
- Camp Lincoln[50]
- Camp Massasoit[51]
- Camp Meigs[52]
- Camp Myles Standish[53]
- Camp Perkins[54]
- Plymouth Camp[55]
- Camp Prescott[56]
- Camp Prospect Hill[57]
- Camp Scott[58]
- South Hingham Camp[59]
- Camp Stanton[60]
- Camp Sutton[36]
- Camp Washburn[61]
- Camp Wellfleet[62]
- Camp Wightman[63]
- Camp Wool[50]
- Centers
- Antiaircraft Artillery Training Center, Camp Edwards[64]
- Gardner Army Reserve Center[65]
- Greenfield United States Army Reserve Center[66]
- United States Army Reserve Center Hingham[67]
- MacArthur Army Reserve Center[5]
- Harry J. Malony United States Army Reserve Center[5]
- Millis United States Army Reserve Center
- Firing Ranges
- Forts
- Acushnet Fort[68]
- Fort Andrew[33]
- Fort Andrews[36]
- Fort Banks[36]
- Beverly Fort[69]
- Fort Dalton[41]
- Fort Dawes[70]
- Fort Defiance[71]
- Fort Duvall[72]
- Eastern Point Fort[73]
- Fort Glover (Gilbert Heights Fort)[43]
- Fort Heath[45]
- Fort Independence[74]
- Fort Juniper[75]
- Fort Lee[52]
- Long Point Battery[52]
- Fort Miller (Fort Darby)[70]
- Fort Nichols (Fort Merrimac)[76]
- Old Stone Fort[77]
- Fort Philip[57]
- Fort Phoenix[57]
- Fort Pickering[78]
- Fort Revere[79]
- Fort Taber (Rodman)[80]
- Fort Ruckman[80]
- Fort at Salisbury Point[81]
- Fort Sewall[82]
- Stage Fort[47]
- Fort Standish (Boston)[53]
- Fort Standish (Plymouth)[53]
- Fort Strong (East Boston & Long Island)[53]
- Fort Warren[83]
- Fort Washington[31]
- Fort Winthrop[63]
- Heliports
- Hospitals
- Lovell General Hospital East[84]
- Lovell General Hospital North[84]
- Lovell General Hospital South[84]
- Murphy Army Hospital[85]
- Labs
- Nike Sites
- Reading Nike Site B-03[86]
- Danvers Nike Site B-05[86]
- Beverly Nike Site B-15[86]
- Nahant Nike Site B-17[86]
- Fort Heath Nike Site B-21DC[86]
- Fort Banks Nike Site B-21R[86]
- Fort Duvall Nike Site B-36[86]
- Weymouth (Quincy) Nike Site B-37[86]
- Hingham Nike Site B-38[86]
- Blue Hills (Milton) Nike Site B-55[86]
- Needham Nike Site B-63[86]
- Lincoln (Wayland) Nike Site B-73[86]
- Burlington Nike Site B-84[86]
- Bedford Nike Site B-85[86]
- Rehoboth Nike Site PR-19[87]
- Swansea Nike Site PR-29[87]
- Plants
- Proving grounds
- Military Reservations
- Barneys Joy Point Military Reservation[91]
- Brewster Islands Military Reservation[56]
- Butler Point Military Reservation[91]
- Calf Island Military Reservation[92]
- East Point Military Reservation[92]
- Elizabeth Islands Military Reservation[91]
- Fourth Cliff Military Reservation[93]
- Long Island Military Reservation[92]
- Lovell's Island Military Reservation[92]
- Mishaum Point Military Reservation[91]
- Sagamore Hill Military Reservation[94]
- Salisbury Beach Military Reservation[95]
- Training
United States Navy
[edit]- Naval Air Stations
- Naval Air Station Chatham[97]
- Naval Air Station South Weymouth[24][98]
- Naval Air Station Squantum[24][99]
- Naval Training Station Marblehead[99]
- Massachusetts State Militia Aviation Camp[100]
- Naval Airfields
- Naval Ammunition Depots
- Areas
- Naval Auxiliary Air Facilities
- Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Ayer[24]
- Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Beverly[24]
- Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Hyannis[24]
- Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Martha's Vineyard[24]
- Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Nantucket[24]
- Naval Auxiliary Air Facility New Bedford[24]
- Naval Auxiliary Air Facility Otis[1]
- Camps
- Camp Hingham[46]
- Camp Plunkett (Navy predecessor to Camp Curtis Guild)
- Facilities
- Hospitals
- Plants
- Outlying Landing Fields
- Naval Outlying Landing Field Mansfield[24]
- Naval Outlying Landing Field Norwood[24]
- Naval Outlying Landing Field Plymouth[24]
- Naval Outlying Landing Field Westfield[24]
- Reserve Centers
- Ranges
- Test Stations
- Naval shipyards
- Boston Navy Yard (Chelsea Naval Annex, East Boston Naval Annex, Boston Naval Yard Fuel Depot Annex)[113]
- South Boston Naval Annex[113]
United States Air Force
[edit]- Air Force Bases
- Centers
- Air Force Electronic Systems Center[115]
- Facilities
- Air Force Special Projects Production Facility[116]
- Post Attack Command and Control System Facility, Hadley[117]
- Hospitals
- Laboratories
- Air Force Plants
- United States Air Force Plant 28[120]
- United States Air Force Plant 29[120]
- United States Air Force Plant 63[121]
- United States Air Force Plant 69[122]
- Ranges
- Air Force Stations
United States Coast Guard
[edit]- Air Stations
- Loran
- Stations
References
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- ^ a b Westover Air Reserve Base official website
- ^ a b c d "New Armed Forces Reserve Center opens at Westover Air Reserve Base, MA" at www.army.mil
- ^ Camp Edwards at Mass ARNG official site
- ^ Camp Curtis Guild at Mass ARNG official site
- ^ a b Official map of US Army reserve locations in Massachusetts
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- ^ "NSRDEC, now the CCDC Soldier Center, has a new name and a bright future" at army.mil
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- ^ Defense Base Closure And Realignment Commission: Report To The President 1995. DIANE Publishing Company. 1995. p. 66. ISBN 9780788124617.
- ^ Navy Operational Support Centers map at US Navy Reserve official website
- ^ Barnes ANGB at GoANG.com
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- ^ Coast Guard Base Boston information page
- ^ Coast Guard Base Cape Cod information page
- ^ 2016 contract announcement for repairs at South Weymouth Buoy Depot at govtribe.com
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- ^ "Massachusetts - Fort at Salisbury Point". American Forts Network. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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The city recently acquired $2 million from the federal government to help clean up 23 acres (9 ha) of the former Murphy Army Hospital, which will be turned over to the city for use as public parks.
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- ^ 762nd AC&W Sqdn at Radomes.org
- ^ Stony Brook Weapons Storage Area at Coldwar-ma.com
- ^ a b Texas Towers at www.thetexastowers.com (archived link)
- ^ CGAS Salem at airfields-freeman.com (archived)
- ^ "Salem Coast Guard Air Station, Salem, MA". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ "Ten Pound Island Coast Guard Air Station, Ten Pound Island, MA". Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields. Retrieved 12 July 2020.
- ^ LORAN station Martha's Vineyard at www.loran-history.info (archived link)
- ^ Loran Station Nantucket at www.loran-history.info (archived link)
- ^ Station Manomet Point at media.defense.gov
- ^ "New Bedford port has grown since Coast Guard’s departure" at SouthCoastToday.com (16 November 2010)
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