Naval Weapons Station Earle
Naval Weapons Station Earle, originally known as the Naval Ammunition Depot Earle, is a United States Navy base in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. Its distinguishing feature is a 2.9-mile (4.7 km) pier in Sandy Hook Bay where ammunition can be loaded and unloaded from warships at a safe distance from heavily populated areas.
Naval Weapons Station Earle Insignia
The Leonardo Piers seen from the air
Aviation Ordnancemen inventory ordnance aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) at Naval Weapons Station Earle.
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County is a county, located in the central section of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Comprising much of the northern half of the Jersey Shore, it is bordered to its west by Mercer and Middlesex Counties, to its south by Ocean County, to its east by the Atlantic Ocean, and to its north by the Raritan Bay. Monmouth County's geographic area comprises 30% water. The county is considered part of the Central Jersey region of the state, though it was not among the four counties explicitly listed as included in Central Jersey as part of legislation signed into law in 2023.
Sandy Hook Light in Sandy Hook, New Jersey
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The Battle of Monmouth was fought on June 28, 1778
The Allentown Mill in Allentown