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Naval Support Activity Panama City
Part ofNavy Region Southeast
Bay County, nearPanama City, Florida
Naval Support Activity Panama City in 1980
Site information
Controlled by	United States Navy
Location
Coordinates	30°10′24″N85°45′00″W / 30.17333°N 85.75000°W /30.17333; -85.75000
Site history
In use	20 July 1945 - present
Garrison information
Past commanders	CDR Jessica M. Pfefferkorn, USN
Occupants	Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division,Navy Experimental Diving Unit,Navy Diving and Salvage Training Center,United States Coast Guard

Naval Support Activity Panama City (NSA PC), is a military shore installation of theUnited States Navy located inBay County, inPanama City, Florida. Among its various tenant commands, it houses theNaval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), theCenter for Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Diving (CENEODDIVE), theNavy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU), andCoast Guard Station Panama City.

The NSA PC was founded as theU.S. Navy Mine Countermeasures Station on 20 July 1945, as a result of the transfer of the test station fromSolomons, Maryland, but was renamed ca. 1955 to theU.S. Navy Mine Defense Laboratory. In 1972, it was renamed theNaval Coastal Systems Laboratory which changed toNaval Coastal Systems Center in 1981. The base has been a subsidiary of several other commands in the past includingNaval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division, andNaval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, under which it was designatedNaval Surface Warfare Center: Coastal Systems Station. It obtained its current name in 2007 after changing from the prior command structure to the tenant command structure used by theNavy today in its command of research and development centers.

In addition to waterfront port facilities, the installation also contains a hangar and a paved heliport facility approximately 300 feet by 400 feet in size to accommodate naval helicopters up to and including theMH-53E Sea Dragon. The Navy airfield identifier is NBV.

NSAPC consists of several tenant command organizations:

• Naval Surface Warfare Center: Panama City Division (NSWC PCD): This is the largest tenant command and theResearch and Development arm of the base. It is part of theNAVSEA System ofNaval Surface Warfare Centers.
• Center for Explosive Ordnance Disposal & Diving (CENEODDIVE)
• Navy Experimental Diving Unit (NEDU): The Experimental Diving Unit is the evaluation facility for Navy Diving.^[1]
• Navy Diving Salvage and Training Center: The Navy Diving Salvage Training Center is the training facility for Navy Diving, Reconnaissance Marines, Army engineer divers, and Coast Guard diving. These divers are trained for such missions as wreckage recovery, mine defusing, and reconnaissance.
• Deployable Joint Command and Control System
• Explosive Ordnance Disposal Detachment
• Coastal Operations Institute
• Coast Guard Station Panama City

NSWC PCD conducts research onlittoral warfare and its disciplines includeoptics,acoustics,mine warfare androbotics. NSWC PCD employs approximately 1,100 scientists and engineers within NSWC PCD. The newest facility on the base is theLittoral Warfare Research Facility, a $10 million research and development facility dedicated to littoral warfare research; it was completed in 2006.^[2]

Engineering projects of historical note include theSwimmer Delivery Vehicle,Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems (JAUS) andLanding Craft Air Cushioned (LCAC). Current projects include the majority of U.S. research intohovercraft technology and weapons integration for theLittoral Combat Ship (LCS).

NSWC PCD Heliport
IATA:none ICAO:KNBV FAALID:NBV
Summary
Airport type	Military
Owner	United States Navy
Location	Panama City, Florida, USA
Elevation AMSL	10 ft / 3 m
Interactive map of NSWC PCD Heliport
Helipads
Number Length Surface ft m H1 390 119 Concrete
Statistics
Based Aircraft 2 to 4

NSA PC totals 657 acres (2.66 km²) and houses 221 buildings. Additionally, NSA PC operates several miles of inter coastal waterways for a direct connection to theGulf of Mexico.^[3]

NSWC PCD is a major research, development, test, and evaluation laboratories of the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). It is one of the largest employers inBay County, Florida with an annual payroll of about $117 million. NSA PC employs approximately 2800civilian andmilitary personnel, for an annual payroll of over $150 million. NSA PC contracts services buys local goods, and maintains an active construction program. Its economic impact on Bay County is about $400 million annually.^[4]

• Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
• Naval Surface Warfare Center

• NSWC PCD website
• CDSA websiteArchived 2008-04-09 at theWayback Machine
• NSAPC Website

• Naval Support Activities of the United States Navy
• Buildings and structures in Bay County, Florida
• Military installations established in 1945

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