New Orleans Military Ocean Terminal
New Orleans Military Ocean Terminal was a large military ocean terminal at New Orleans, Louisiana. It served as a transfer point between rail, trucks, and ships for the import and export of weapons, ammunition, explosives and military equipment for the United States Army. It was located at 4400 Dauphine Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70145 on the Mississippi River and Inner Harbor Navigation Canal, also called the Industrial Canal, the entrance to the Turning Basin in Bywater, New Orleans. New Orleans Military Ocean Terminal had three large warehouses at Dauphine Street and Poland Ave on the 25-acre site. New Orleans Military Ocean Terminal has 1.5 million square feet of floor space and a 5 story parking garage. The terminal was closed in December 1994 and now is owned by the City of New Orleans.
The Ocean Terminal was built by the Army quartermaster depot for World War I and was fully completed in 1919. In World War 2 it was called New Orleans Port of Embarkation. The Army transferred the depot to the US Navy in 1966 for Naval Support Activity New Orleans. The US Navy used it as a depot and national headquarters for the Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve. The main building was called the F. Edward Hebert Defense Complex named for F. Edward Hebert a New Orleans congressman. The U.S. Navy closed the Complex is 2005. Navy Reserve headquarters to Virginia and many of the personnel moved to Tennessee. Other operations moved to Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans. The Marine Forces Reserve headquarters was moved to Algiers, New Orleans.
