Military Ocean Terminals are operated by the U.S. Army Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC) for distribution of surface cargo from storage and repair depots to military forward based units.
Current facilities
edit- Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO), California on the Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel (formerly Concord Naval Weapons Station)[1]
- Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU), North Carolina [2]
Former and closed facilities
edit- Military Ocean Terminal (MOTBY), Bayonne, New Jersey, closed 1999 [3][4]
- New Orleans Military Ocean Terminal (NOMOT), New Orleans, Louisiana, Closed December 1994 [5]
- Military Ocean Terminal Bay Area (MOTBA), headquartered at Oakland Army Base, Oakland, California, closed 1999.[6]
References
edit- ^ Military Ocean Terminal Concord (MOTCO)
- ^ Powell, William S. (2006). Encyclopedia of North Carolina. University of North Carolina Press. pp. 737–746. ISBN 0-8078-3071-2.
- ^ "History of the Authority". Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority. Archived from the original on 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
- ^ "Cruise Liberty.com - Home". cruiseliberty.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06.
- ^ defense.gov, Closures, 1988 Commission Recommendations
- ^ militarymuseum.org, Military Ocean Terminal Bay Area