The Shumaker Naval Ammunition Depot was a

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manufacturing facility of the

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located in

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and Ouachita counties in southern

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. It operated from 1945 until 1957, producing Sidewinder missiles and other weapons. The property was sold off in 1961. Part of the original site now houses

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. Two of its surviving buildings, the 500-Man Barracks and the Administration Building, were listed on the

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in 2018. At the time of construction, the depot was planned to be a 110 square mile site serving as the "principal rocket loading, assembly, and storage plant" for the United States, with a permanent complement of 5000 personnel.

Other naval munitions plants

Other inland naval munitions plants were located at Naval Ammunition Depot, Crane in Burns City, Indiana, McAlester Naval Depot in

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and the

Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Depot Hawthorne Army Depot (HWAD) is a U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command ammunition storage depot located near the town of Hawthorne in western Nevada in the United States. It is directly south of Walker Lake. The depot covers or 226 sq. mi. and ...

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{{reflist Weapons and ammunition installations of the United States Navy Ammunition depots of the U.S. Department of Defense Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Military installations closed in 1957 National Register of Historic Places in Calhoun County, Arkansas Closed installations of the United States Navy Barracks on the National Register of Historic Places Cold War military installations of the United States

Other naval munitions plants

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