old D & S...aka destroyers and subs.....piers still there, just a different name...think it is all just NOB now....but you/re right..pier 1 used to be part of D&S...D&S is no more...guess what ties up at those piers?...destroyers and subs.....or whatever the new name is for destroyers and subs...
I knew it had to be close because we tied up a few times up at Pier 7. But back then NOB was a three carrier berth base. Pier 1 the Main Gate would have heard it also. Up till tonight I don’t think I’d heard of a shooting on base. Fights? Yea sure, but no shootings.
“old D & S...aka destroyers and subs...”
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I had a great tour of the Norfolk base, but it was back in he 60s. A neighbor of my relatives was a fellow ham radio guy, as well as a legal officer at the base. We had a tour of the Independence carrier. The Intrepid was docked next to her, and a number of subs were on the other side of the road.