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Military Ocean Terminal Military Ocean Terminals are operated by the U.S. Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) for distribution of surface cargo from storage and repair depots to military forward based units. Current facilities * Military Ocean Terminal ...

(NOMOT) was a large military ocean terminal at

New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans
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. It served as a transfer point between rail, trucks, and ships for the import and export of weapons, ammunition, explosives and military equipment for the

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. It was located at 4400 Dauphine Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70145 on the

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and Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, also called the Industrial Canal, the entrance to the Turning Basin in

Bywater, New Orleans Bywater is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Bywater District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Florida Avenue to the north, the Industrial Canal to the east, the Mississippi River ...

. New Orleans Military Ocean Terminal had three large warehouses at Dauphine Street and Poland Ave on the 25-acre site. New Orleans Military Ocean Terminal has 1.5 million square feet of floor space and a 5 story parking garage. The terminal was closed in September 2011 and ownership was transferred to the City of New Orleans in 2014. The Ocean Terminal was built by the Army quartermaster depot for

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and was fully completed in 1919. In

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

it was called New Orleans Port of Embarkation. The Army transferred the depot to the

US Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage of ...

in 1966 for

Naval Support Activity New Orleans Naval Support Activity New Orleans was a United States Navy installation until September 2011. During its time in operation, it was the largest military installation in greater New Orleans. It hosts activities for other branches of service and ...

. The US Navy used it as a depot and national headquarters for the Navy Reserve and

Marine Corps Reserve The Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES or MFR), also known as the United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) and the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, is the reserve force of the United States Marine Corps. It is the largest command, by assigned pe ...

. The main building was called the F. Edward Hebert Defense Complex named for

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a New Orleans congressman. Navy Reserve headquarters to Virginia and many of the personnel moved to Tennessee. Other operations moved to

Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans is a base of the United States military located in Belle Chasse, unincorporated Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. NAS JRB New Orleans is home to a Navy Reserve strike fighter squadron ...

. The Marine Forces Reserve headquarters was moved to

Algiers, New Orleans Algiers is a historic neighborhood of New Orleans and is the only Orleans Parish community located on the West Bank of the Mississippi River. Algiers is known as the 15th Ward, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. It was once home to many jazz mu ...

.New Orleans acquires former Navy base in Bywater neighborhood, Paul Purpura, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune
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External links

Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) web site
{{coord missing, New Orleans United States Army logistics installations Military installations in Louisiana

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