naval station

{{Short description|Military organization}}

A naval station was a geographic command responsible for conducting all naval operations within its defined area. It could consist of flotillas, or squadrons, or individual ships under command.{{cite web|last1=Watson|first1=Graham|title=Royal Navy Organisation and Ship Deployment, Inter-War Years: 1914-1918: INTRODUCTION|url=http://www.naval-history.net/xGW-RNOrganisation1914-1918.htm#5|website=www.naval-history.net|publisher=Gordon Smith, 27 October 2015|accessdate=21 March 2018}}

The British Royal Navy for command purposes was separated into a number of stations or fleets, each normally under an admiral.{{cite web |last1=Archives |first1=The National |title=Records of Stations and Fleets: Division within ADM |url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C723 |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |publisher=The National Archives |accessdate=11 October 2018 |location=London, England}}

The United States Department of the Navy's General Order No 135 issued in 1911 as a formal guide to Naval Terms described a Naval Station as "any establishment for building, manufacturing, docking, repair, supply, or training under control of the Navy. It may also include several establishments". A Naval Base by contrast was "a point from which naval operations may be conducted" {{cite book|last1=Strauss|first1=Michael J.|title=The leasing of Guantanamo Bay|date=2009|publisher=Praeger Security International|location=Westport, Conn.|isbn=9780313377839|page=65}}