The mission of the Navy is to maintain freedom of the seas for the United States and its allies, to be prepared to conduct combat operations at sea in support of the national interests of the United States, and to maintain the ability for power projection ashore.

The primary mission of the station is to provide general support, including underway seamanship and sail training; small arms weapons familiarization; and navigation and engineering professional development, for midshipmen enrolled at the U.S. Naval Academy. To accomplish this, the command maintains a fleet of over 250 Yard Patrol and sail craft; operates an Industrial Repair Department consisting of electronics, hull, sail loft, carpentry shop, and rigging divisions; employs divers who ensure the underwater integrity of all operations; and provides more than 90 points of various competitive, combat, and general use pistol and rifle ranges.

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Yard Patrol Craft	Sail Craft	Repair Dept.	Dive Ops

We are a fully integrated team of military and civilian professionals which consistently provides exceptional facilities, services, and functions to all customers. Through dedication to continuous improvement and teamwork, we have achieved an environment of pride in work, self, and organization.
We provide superior professional training resources and services: the highest quality training craft for USNA midshipmen and fleet units; prompt and proficient administrative, technical, and procedural services in support of USNA total quality education; a positive and aggressive training environment in support of midshipmen professional development and fleet requirements.

We listen to our customers, anticipate their needs, and deal honestly, fairly, and cooperatively with them. We have earned their full support and confidence.

We provide unsurpassed services to enhance morale, improve quality of life, safeguard professional and personal enrichment, and provide physical and moral well-being of all personnel using Naval Station facilities: active/inactive/retired military, their dependents and DOD civilian employees.

We embrace the Navy's core values of Honor, Courage and Commitment, and the highest standards of moral and ethical conduct.
We are committed to leadership as a critical part of our organization strategy. We advocate leadership and teamwork to empower all employees to make continuous improvement an integral part of their personal mission.

Naval support to midshipmen began in 1851, six years after the founding of the U.S. Naval Academy, when the USS PREBLE arrived at what was then, Fort Severn, for duty as the first training ship. Upon completion of the Naval Air Station at Greenbury Point in 1911, Annapolis became the home of naval aviation, having both the first naval air station and the first flight from a naval air station to add to its illustrious history.

Reina Mercedes	Old YP

The first Yard Patrol Craft arrived in 1939, and the Naval Station began to take shape as we know it today. The involvement of the United States in World War II prompted the establishment of the Severn River Naval Command in 1941, to provide efficient and centralized military control over the functionally diverse, yet geographically associated, activities located around the mouth of the Severn River. The Naval Air Facility was reestablished the same year at the present site of the Naval Station to enhance naval aviation indoctrination of midshipmen.

In 1943, 123 additional acres of land were purchased to improve undesirable living conditions for the 800 men living aboard the USS REINA MERCEDES and USS CUMBERLAND, part of the Naval Barracks Command responsible for the enlisted men assigned to the Naval Academy. That same year, the Boat Repair Facility and the Boat Basin were built.

On May 15, 1947, Rear Admiral J. L. Holloway, Jr., father of one of the former Chiefs of Naval Operations, formally commissioned the Naval Station Annapolis. Many large structures were built that year, including the first land barracks, Building 46. The Severn River Naval Command was now expanded to include Naval Station Annapolis, Naval Small Craft Facility, Naval Air Facility and Naval Barracks Command. Each of these commands had a Commanding Officer who reported to the Commandant of the Severn River Naval Command.

In 1962, the Severn River Naval Command was disestablished and all missions and personnel were transferred to the Commanding Officer, Naval Station Annapolis. Today, the Naval Station is home to more than 600 military and civilian employees representing the Naval Station staff, the U.S. Marine Corps Naval Academy Company and the Navy Exchange.