Naval Air Station Halifax
The Naval Air Station Halifax, also NAS Halifax, was a United States Navy Naval Air Station located in Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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NAS Halifax was established in August 1918 by Richard E. Byrd in the months following the United States' entry into World War I.[1] United States Naval Aviation briefly operated the base on the shores of Halifax Harbour, adjacent to RCAF Station Dartmouth, to stage its Curtiss HS-2L flying boats used in coastal and anti-submarine patrols along North America's eastern seaboard.
NAS Halifax was transferred to the Royal Canadian Naval Air Service (RCNAS) at the end of World War I and the facility was renamed HMCS Shearwater. The flying boat facility was merged with the land-based airfield at RCAF Station Dartmouth to form RCAF Station Shearwater (also known as RCNAS Shearwater).
In 1968 the entire facility (airfield and shore-based former flying boat base) was merged into the Canadian Forces and the base was renamed CFB Shearwater. The flying boat base has been redeveloped as a shore-side pier to the air force base and is occasionally used for transferring aircraft to and from warships, as well as being a secure dock outside of Downtown Halifax for visiting nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed NATO warships.
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Coordinates: 44°38′5.81″N 63°30′28.23″W / 44.6349472°N 63.5078417°W
- United States Naval Air Stations
- Transport in Halifax, Nova Scotia
- History of Halifax, Nova Scotia
- 1918 establishments in Nova Scotia
- Closed installations of the United States Navy