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Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst (NAES Lakehurst), New Jersey, formerly the Lakehurst Naval Air Station then the Naval Air Engineering Center Lakehurst. Image File history File links Frontsignwithhangar2-sml. ...
Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ...
History It is most famous as the site of the Hindenburg Disaster on May 6, 1937. Despite the notoriety and well documented nature of this incident, today there is only a small white flag that denotes the location of the crash in the field behind the large hangars on base. The Hindenburg — moments after catching fire. ...
Prior to this event, the base was also the center of airship development in the United States and housed three of the Navy's four rigid airships (ZR-1) Shenandoah, (ZR-3) Los Angeles, and (ZRS-4) Akron. A number of the hangars built to berth these ships still survive. Hangar One, in which the Shenandoah was built, held the record for the largest "single room" in the world. According to an article in the January, 1925 issue of National Geographic Magazine, the hangar "could house three Woolworth buildings lying side by side." USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ...
ZR-1 at the mooring mast The USS Shenandoah was the first of four United States Navy rigid airships. ...
The USS Los Angeles flying over southern Manhattan The USS Los Angeles was an airship, designated ZR-3, that was built in 1923-1924 by the Zeppelin factory in Friedrichshafen, Germany, where it was originally designated LZ-126. ...
USS Akron (ZRS-4) was a rigid airship of the United States Navy. ...
ZR-1 at the mooring mast The USS Shenandoah was the first of four United States Navy rigid airships. ...
The National Geographic Society was founded in the USA on January 27, 1888, by 33 men interested in organizing a society for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge. ...
The 60-story Woolworth Building is one of the oldest – and one of the most famous – skyscrapers in New York City. ...
The base also housed many Navy blimps before, during, and after WWII.
Today, the base is still used for airship development as well as for other Navy programs. USS Akron (ZRS-4) in flight, November 2, 1931 An airship is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered and propelled through the air. ...
Geography NAES Lakehurst is located at 48.029455° N 74.366798° W GR1 The following is a list of sources used in the creation of encyclopedia articles on various geographic topics and locations, such as cities, counties, states, and countries. ...
Chronology - 1915-1917 Ammunition proving ground for the Russian Imperial Government.
- 1917-1921 Acquired by U.S. Army as an ammunition proving ground. Named Camp Kendrick.
- 1921 Commissioned as a Naval Air Station (NAS) Lakehurst. Captain Frank Taylor Evans is the first Commanding Officer.
- 1921-1961 The country's (and, perhaps, the world's) Lighter Than Air (LTA) Center. In 1961, the Navy's LTA program was terminated.
- 1937 Hindenburg catches fire while approaching for a landing.
- 1958 The Naval Air Test Facility (NATF) was established.
- 1973 The Naval Air Engineering Center (NAEC) was relocated from Philadelphia as directed by a Shore Establishment Realignment.
- 1977 NAS and NATF were disestablished and merged into NAEC.
- 1992 The Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) was established. NAEC becomes the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division Lakehurst (NAWCADLKE).
- 1994 NAWCADLKE becomes the Naval Air Engineering Station (NAES) for shore station management and the Aircraft Platform Interface (API) Group for technical mission support.
- 1994 NAWCADLKE and the rest of the AIRCRAFT DIVISION reorganize into a Competency Aligned Organizaiton.
- 1997 The Aircraft Division and Weapons Division are integrated into the Naval Aviation Systems Team's Competency Aligned Organization
- In February 2004, installation commanders from Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst, the Army's Fort Dix, and McGuire Air Force Base formed a partnership to generate joint solutions for common problems between the three contiguous bases and their tenant commands.
In 2005, the United States Department of Defense announced that Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst would be affected by a Base Realignment and Closure. It will be merged with two neighboring military bases, McGuire Air Force Base and Fort Dix, New Jersey, establishing Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. This will be the first base of its kind in the United States. LZ 129 Hindenburg was a German zeppelin that was destroyed by fire while landing at Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey on May 6, 1937. ...
Fort Dix is a census-designated place located in Burlington County, New Jersey. ...
Map of McGuire AFB in Burlington County McGuire AFB is a United States Air Force Base located in parts of New Hanover Township and North Hanover Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated as DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ...
Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) is a process of the United States federal government directed at the administration and operation of the US Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense and Congress to close excess military installations and realign the total asset inventory in order to save...
Map of McGuire AFB in Burlington County McGuire AFB is a United States Air Force Base located in parts of New Hanover Township and North Hanover Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey. ...
Fort Dix is a census-designated place located in Burlington County, New Jersey. ...
External links Coordinates: 40.029455° N -74.366798° E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically); large version (pdf) The geographic (earth-mapping) coordinate system expresses every horizontal position on Earth by two of the three coordinates of a spherical coordinate system which is aligned with the spin axis of the Earth. ...
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