Naval Station Lake Galveston, is a former

United States 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 ...

Naval Station. It was planned for operation in the 1980s during the creation of the

Strategic Homeport Strategic Homeport was a plan developed in the 1980s by Secretary of the Navy John Lehman for building new U.S. Navy bases within the continental United States. It was proposed as part of the 600-ship Navy plan of the Reagan Administration. It ca ...

program under the administration of President Ronald Reagan. It was recommended for closure under the

1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission The 1988 Base Realignment and Closure Commission preliminary list was released by the United States Department of Defense in 1988 as part of the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. It recommended closing 17 major United States military bases. ...

, as it was deemed unnecessary with recent cutbacks in the United States Navy.

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Galveston Naval Station
{{coord missing, Texas Naval Stations of the United States Navy Galveston, Texas