Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot - Wikipedia
WEBFrom 1903 until 1961, The Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot (originally called the Hingham Naval Reserve) was a major supplier of U.S. munitions, occupying 990 acres (4.0 km2) on the Weymouth Back River (in the section once known as The Hockley).
Looking back 50 years at the closing of the Hingham Ammunition Depot
WEBFeb 5, 2013 · The Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot closed in 1962. Fifty years later, a few local reidents stationed there look back on the experience.
Naval Ammo Depot - Hingham, MA
WEBMar 1, 2021 · The Furnace Area was a 3-acre area used for disposal of unserviceable and unused munitions. The Weymouth Back River site encompasses is 227 acres in and around the Weymouth Back River (203 acres of water and 24 acres of land), used for transportation of packaged ammunition.
Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot Annex - Wikipedia
WEBThe Depot was the main ammunition supplier for Naval Forces of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet, during World War II, employing 2,091 civilians along with 721 naval officers and sailors and 375 Marine guards at its peak in June, 1945.
WEBThe former Hingham Naval Ammo Depot, and the six associated munitions response sites are in Plymouth County and Norfolk County on the northern edge of the Weymouth Back River in Hingham and Weymouth, MA, approximately 15 miles south of Boston.
Bombs in Your Backyard: HINGHAM NAD (ANNEX) - ProPublica
WEBDec 5, 2017 · The former Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot Annex is located approximately 15 miles southeast of downtown Boston, Massachusetts, in Plymouth and Norfolk Counties. The property is located in...
Remembering a deadly explosion off Hingham 68 years later
WEBMay 3, 2012 · It was dumping obsolete ammunition from the Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot 14 miles off the coast when signal rockets caught fire and detonated artillery shells and other explosives.
66 years ago today, a world war touched the Massachusetts coast
WEBJun 12, 2008 · The Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot and Cohasset Annex became the major source of ordnance for the Navy’s Atlantic Fleet. The “Depot” worked shifts around the clock to meet war’s demands.
Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot - Wikiwand
WEBFrom 1903 until 1961, The Hingham Naval Ammunition Depot (originally called the Hingham Naval Reserve) was a major supplier of U.S. munitions, occupying 990 acres (4.0 km2) on the Weymouth Back River (in the section once known as The Hockley).
Hingham Ammunition Depot Site, Massachusetts - clui.org
WEBHingham Ammunition Depot Site, Massachusetts. This now abandoned 991-acre industrial complex was used for munitions storage and weapons assembly during World War II, and into the 1950's. Missile components and rocket fuels were tested here as well.
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