Naval Weapons Station Yorktown

Naval Weapons Station Yorktown is a United States Navy base in York County, James City County, and Newport News in the Hampton Roads region of Virginia. It provides a weapons and ammunition storage and loading facility for ships of the US Atlantic Fleet.LocationThe Naval Weapons Station Complex is 20.7 square miles in size, roughly 1/5 of the total land area of York County, in which most of it lies; a small portion is within James City County.The station is bounded on the northwest by the Naval Supply Center Cheatham Annex, the Virginia Emergency Fuel Farm, and land owned by the Department of the Interior; on the northeast by almost 14mi of the York River and the Colonial National Historical Park; on the southwest by Route 143 and I-64; and on the southeast by Route 238 and the community of Lackey.The station borders the cities of Newport News and Williamsburg. It shares almost 14mi of the York River shoreline with the National Park Service.