Naval Ordnance Station Forest Park (NOSF) was in

Forest Park, Illinois Forest Park (formerly Harlem) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, United States. The population was 14,339 at the 2020 census. The Forest Park terminal on the CTA Blue Line is the line's western terminus, located on the ...

. It was founded during

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(1942-1945) as ''Naval

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Plant Forest Park (NOPF)''. The Forest Park Station was instrumental in building

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es for the

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, employing up to 6,500 workers and producing 19,000 torpedoes. Torpedo production was halted in 1945 and

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and development was performed until the main plant was shuttered and converted into a

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in 1971. The remaining facilities were turned into a Naval Reserve Center until it was finally closed in April 2007.

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Weapons and ammunition installations of the United States Navy Military installations in Illinois Military installations established in 1942 Buildings and structures in Cook County, Illinois Forest Park, Illinois Military installations closed in 1971 1942 establishments in Illinois 1971 disestablishments in Illinois {{US-navy-stub Closed installations of the United States Navy