Qualla: Norfolk: The Navy's Capital Where the Fleet Calls Home https://qualla.com/norfolk en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Norfolk: The Navy's Capital Where the Fleet Calls Home https://qualla.com/norfolk Norfolk: The Navy's Capital Where the Fleet Calls Home: Introduction https://qualla.com/norfolk/ Norfolk is the Navy's city - Naval Station Norfolk is the world's largest naval base, the aircraft carriers visible from the waterfront, the personnel and dependents forming a significant portion of the population. The city of 240,000 anchors the Hampton Roads metropolitan area, the natural harbor that made naval presence inevitable since colonial times. But Norfolk faces an existential threat: sea level rise. The tides are higher each year; the flooding is more frequent; the infrastructure that the Navy depends on is increasingly underwater. Norfolk is America's second most vulnerable city to sea level rise after New Orleans, the naval headquarters building on borrowed time.

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/9/c/norfolk-city-wk/dq9c-norfolk-the-navys-capital-where-the-fleet-calls-ho-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Norfolk: The Navy's Capital Where the Fleet Calls Home: The Base https://qualla.com/norfolk/ Naval Station Norfolk is the world's largest naval base - 14 piers, 11 aircraft hangars, 134,000 personnel including contractors, the aircraft carriers that project American power worldwide berthed in a row. The base opened in 1917 and has expanded continuously since, the Navy an...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/9/c/norfolk-city-wk/dq9c-norfolk-the-navys-capital-where-the-fleet-calls-ho-the-flooding.mp3 0:06 3 full Norfolk: The Navy's Capital Where the Fleet Calls Home: The Ghent https://qualla.com/norfolk/ The Ghent neighborhood provides Norfolk's urban character - the walkable streets, the restaurants and shops, the tree-lined avenues that feel like somewhere people want to live. Ghent was Norfolk's first streetcar suburb; the houses from the early 1900s give it character that new...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/q/9/c/norfolk-city-wk/dq9c-norfolk-the-navys-capital-where-the-fleet-calls-ho-the-chrysler.mp3 0:06 5 full Norfolk: The Navy's Capital Where the Fleet Calls Home: Visiting Norfolk https://qualla.com/norfolk/ Norfolk is served by Norfolk International Airport (ORF). The Nauticus maritime museum and the battleship Wisconsin provide naval heritage; carrier tours are available when ships are in port (check schedules). The Chrysler Museum is essential and free. The Ghent neighborhood offe...

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