Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne

Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne
Bayonne, New Jersey
Site information
Controlled byUnited States Navy (1942–1967)
United States Army (1967–1999)
Site history
Built1939–1942
In use1942–1999
Bayonne Naval Drydock in 1942

40°39′49.3″N 74°4′8.7″W / 40.663694°N 74.069083°W / 40.663694; -74.069083 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.

The west side of Upper New York Bay showing MOTBY, Port Jersey, and the no longer extant Caven Point pier extending into the harbor
  1. ^ "History of the Authority". Bayonne Local Redevelopment Authority. Archived from the original on 2011-04-15. Retrieved 2009-05-04.
  2. ^ "Cruise Liberty.com - Home". cruiseliberty.com. Archived from the original on 2010-12-06.