Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne | |
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Bayonne, New Jersey | |
Site information | |
Controlled by | United States Navy (1942–1967) United States Army (1967–1999) |
Site history | |
Built | 1939–1942 |
In use | 1942–1999 |
40°39′49.3″N 74°4′8.7″W / 40.663694°N 74.069083°W Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne (MOTBY) was a U.S. military ocean terminal located in the Port of New York and New Jersey which operated from 1967 to 1999. From 1942 to 1967 the site was the Bayonne Naval Drydock. The site is on Upper New York Bay south of Port Jersey on the eastern side of Bayonne, New Jersey.[1][2] Since its closure, it has undergone maritime, residential, commercial, and recreational mixed-use development. Part of the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway runs along its perimeter.