Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Norfolk, VA
The exact date of the establishment of the Norfolk Navy Yard is not known but it was started by the British prior to the Revolutionary War and named by them Gosport, the name by which it was known until after the War Between the States.
Marine Barracks, Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA
When the World War broke out, the Philadelphia Barracks, a very important Marine Corps post, the oldest and foremost station of the Corps, was under command of Colonel Charles G. Long; Colonel Long being ordered to Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D. C., on September 4, 1917.
Marine Baracks, Port Royal, South Carolina
Marine Baracks,Port Royal,South Carolina Muster Rolls database, Incomplete: Names, 1%, Data 1%.
In 1883 the Federal government began purchasing land on Parris Island for a naval station. The base opened in 1889 and remained in operation until the early twentieth century when most of its activities were moved to Charleston.