U.S. Naval Districts

The United States and island possessions are divided into naval districts, with limits and headquarters as indicated below.

District Headquarters
No. 1. Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island (including BLock Island). Boston, Mass.
No. 3. Connecticut, New York, northern part of Nw Jersey (including Counties of Mercer, Monmouth, and all counties north thereof), also the Nantucket Shoals Lightship. New York, N.Y.
No. 4. Pennsylvania, southern part of New Jersey (including Counties of Burlington, Ocean, and all counties south thereof), Delaware (including Winter Quarters Shoal Light Vessel). Philadelphia, Pa.
No. 5. Maryland less Anne Arundel, Prince Georges, Montgomery, St. Mary's, Calvert, and Charles Counties; West Virginia; Virginia less Arlington, Fairfax, Stafford, King George, Prince William, and Westmoreland Counties; and the Counties of Currituck, Camden, Pasquotank, Gates, Perquimans, Chowan, Tyrrell, Washington, Hyde, Beaufort, Pamlico, Craven, Jones, Carteret, Onslow, and Dare in North Carolina; also the Diamond Shoal Lightship. Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Va.
No. 6. South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina, except Counties of Camden, Pasquotank, Gates, Perquimans, Chowan, Tyrrell, Washington, Hyde, Beaufort, Pamlico, Craven, Jones, Carteret, Onslow, and Dare; and the Counties of Nassau and Duval in Florida. Charleston, S.C.
No. 7. Florida, except the Counties of Nassau, Duval, and those west of Apalachicola River. Miami, Fla.
No. 8. Florida counties west of Apalachicola River, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas. New Orleans, La.
No. 9. Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas. Great Lakes, Ill.
No. 10. Puerto Rico, Vieques, Culebra, Virgin islands and the Naval Reservation, Guantanamo, and U.S. Naval shore activities at Jamaica, Trinidad, Bahamas, Antigua, St. Lucia, British Guiana. San Juan, P.R.
No. 11. New Mexico; Arizona; Clark County, Nevada; southern part of California, including Counties of Santa Barbara, Kern, and San Bernardino, and all counties south thereof. San DIego, Calif.
No. 12. Colorado; Utah; Nevada except Clark County); northern part of California, including Counties of San Luis Obispo, Kings, Tulare, Inyo, and all counties north thereof. San Francisco, Calif.
No. 13. Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming Seattle, Wash.
No. 14. Hawaiian Islands, and islands to westward, including Midway, Wake, Kure, Johnston, and San Islands, and Kingman Reef. Pear Harbor, T.H.
No. 15. Panama Canal Zone Balboa, C.Z.
No. 16. Philippine Islands. Cavite, P.I.
No. 17. Alaska. Kokiak (Temp. Adak), Alaska.
Areas Established for General Military Control  
Potomac River Naval Command. The Potomac River up to the Great Falls, the District of Columbia, and the Counties of Prince Georges, Montgomery, St. Mary's, Calvert, and Charles in Maryland; Arlington, Fairfax, Stafford, King George, Prince William, and Westmoreland Counties in Virginia, less the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Virginia and the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. Navy Yard, Washington, D.C.
Severn River Naval Command. Anne Arundel County, Maryland. United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.


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