The World's Largest Naval Station — Naval Station Norfolk's 75+ warships define the skyline, the Chrysler Museum holds Tiffany glass and Rodin sculptures in a free world-class collection, and the Chesapeake Bay crab scene is unbeatable
Norfolk, Virginia is a city of 240,000 in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area — home to Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval station (75+ ships, 130+ aircraft, 80,000+ military and civilian workers), whose grey warships are visible from the downtown waterfront. The Chrysler Museum of Art holds one of America's finest mid-sized collections — outstanding Tiffany art glass, ancient Egyptian and Roman sculpture, Rodin bronzes, and a permanent collection of 40,000+ works — and is entirely free. The Ghent neighborhood is Norfolk's finest dining and arts district. The Hampton Roads regio…
Norfolk was founded in 1682 and became the most important port in colonial Virginia — the largest city in Virginia at the time of the American Revolution. The British destroyed it by fire in 1776 (the largest destruction of an American city during the Revolution). The city rebuilt as a major maritime and naval centre. During the Civil War, the Confederates seized the Gosport Navy Yard (now Norfolk Naval Shipyard) in 1861 — the largest naval facility in the US — and used its machinery and the raised USS Merrimack to build the CSS Virginia ironclad. The Monitor vs. Virginia battle (March 9, 186…