Concord Naval Weapons Station was a military base established in 1942 north of the city of Concord, California at the shore of the Sacramento River where it widens into Suisun Bay. The station functioned as a World War II armament storage depot, supplying ships at Port Chicago.

The Concord Naval Weapons Station began in 1942 as the U.S. Naval Magazine, Port Chicago, an annex to the long-established Mare Island Naval Shipyard and Mare Island magazine. Located in what is referred to as the Tidal Area of the CNWS, the depot built up rapidly to support the heavy explosives demands of World War II in the Pacific.

With roots dating back to the mid-1800s, Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach Detachment Concord, CA was one of the oldest naval ordnance support bases on the Pacific coast.

Naval Weapons Station (WPNSTA) Concord is a 12,800-acre site located in the north-central portion of Contra Costa County. WPNSTA Concord facility is comprised of two geographically...

Sep 27, 2023 · New details have been released for one of the largest projects in the region, a several-thousand-unit mixed-housing expansion across the former Concord Naval Weapons Station in Concord, the largest city in Contra Costa County.

Military Ocean Terminal Concord was originally established as the Concord Naval Weapons Station in 1942 on the shores of the Sacramento River. During World War II the weapons station served as a storage depot and rearmament facility for naval munitions, supplying ships at Port Chicago in Suisan Bay.

May 6, 2024 · CONCORD — Transforming an abandoned military base into a massive $6 billion, mixed-use community is no simple task — and Concord has the $40 million bill to prove it.

Mar 20, 2024 · CONCORD — The ink is drying on the sign-off of the latest vision for the long-anticipated development at the former Concord Naval Weapons Station — a billion-dollar project projected to...

Mar 22, 2024 · The Concord City Council has accepted a term sheet for the development of the former Naval Weapons Station from Brookfield Properties — a plan the developer would do in five phases spread over 40 years, with extensive community benefits and union involvement that critics said were lacking from the previous two master developers.

Apr 15, 2021 · Located in the City of Concord, CA and part of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Concord Naval Weapons Station (CNWS) was created by the Navy in the 1940s during World War II. The Inland Area of the base was deactivated …