That is the organization we belong to now, but we have transitioned through many things here at Crane. NSWC now is different than what it was called 10 years ago and that one was different than what it was called 10 years before that. My specific job has changed over the years, as has my bosses title. Working for the Government is like that and I guess I have just gotten used to it.

This may help:

Martin County and Crane - A Short History

In the late 1930s, the United States department of Agriculture proposed the White River Project for a portion of Martin county characterized by sub-marginal farm land and low living standards in the area. The project provided for the purchase of 32,000 acres of the poorest land in Martin county with the goal of restoring its forest productivity and creating a state park. About 90 acres of picnic areas were developed and Furst Creek was dammed to create the 800- acre Lake Greenwood. The White River Project was dedicated on September 15, 1939.

Early in 1940, with the war already in progress in Europe, Congress passed the first supplemental National Defense Appropriations Act, for new inland ammunition production facilities, $3 Million of which was earmarked to build a Navy Ammunition Depot at Burns City, Indiana on the site of the White River Project. Originally named Naval Ammunition Depot (NAD),Burns City, in 1943 the name was changed to Naval Ammunition Depot (NAD) Crane, to honor Commodore William Montgomery Crane, the Navy's first Chief of the Bureau of Ordinance. In 1975, owing to the changing nature of the mission of the site, the name was again changed to the Naval Weapons Support Center (NWSC), Crane. In 1992 as part of the on-going Department of Defense Re-organization, Crane was merged with the Naval Ordnance Station at Louisville, Kentucky to form the Crane Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC).

Today, the site comprises 62,465 acres, covering about one-third of Martin county, and small portions of Greene, Lawrence and Daviess counties. Of this, some 48,563 acres are timberland, part of the Hoosier National Forest.



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>>No BRAC is trying to close us, but after two rounds of BRAC we have only lost approximately 200 jobs. Those Jobs/Functions were transferred to Picatinny New Jersey. The reason I say Jobs/Functions is that the people doing those jobs (like myself) refuse to move to New Jersey. So the Jobs will be transferred, but people like myself will find something else here to do or maybe retire. Believe it or not, those in New Jersey are astounded to learn that we would not move. I personally have seen the Garden State and I believe I will stay put, even though the pay would be better.
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>>>Really? I thought it was a result of the Base Relocation and Closure Act (BRAC) and some VERY POWERFUL LOBBYING :o)
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>>>>Sorry it took me so long to respond, as I have been gone.
>>>>To answer your question, you are about correct. The base was created in WWII as a response to the attacks by the Germans and Japanese on our coast. The US figured it would be better to have ammunition depots located inside. So the base was created.
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>>>>>Joking aside, I suspect we all know why Colts fans are always waiting for the other shoe to drop. Because it DOES drop every year. They cruise through the regular season looking like the proverbial irresistible force, then collapse early in the playoffs. (FWIW, I like the Colts; just stating their recent history).
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>>>>>PS - How did the Naval Surface Warfare Center come to be situated in Indiana? So that in the event of an actual sea war -- which of course occur all the time these days -- it would be too far from sea to be damaged? <g>