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Hawthorne Ordnance Museum, Hawthorne, NV

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Hawthorne Ordnance Museum

A Hawthorne, Nevada museum showing demilitarized Navy and Army ordnance and the history of the local ammunition depot.

925 E Street, Hawthorne, Nevada · Hawthorne, NV

About Hawthorne Ordnance Museum

The museum honors the military, civil service, and civilian personnel who worked at the Hawthorne ammunition depot and some who died in service. The Navy commissioned the depot in 1930, after a 1926 explosion at the Navy's Lake Denmark, New Jersey depot prompted its creation. Exhibits include demilitarized ammunition and other military equipment from the Navy and Army that were made and stored at the Hawthorne depot. A local nonprofit runs the museum, and volunteers staff it, so visiting hours can change and calling ahead is advised.

  • #military history
  • #ordnance
  • #Navy
  • #Army
  • #Nevada

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