Naval Air Station Hitchcock

Naval Air Station Hitchcock was a Naval Air Station built by the United States Navy during World War II to accommodate lighter-than-air aircraft, more commonly known as blimps.

It was located in the small town of Hitchcock, Texas, about fifteen miles (24 km) northwest of Galveston.

The most prominent feature of the base was the 1,000-foot (300 m) long, 200-foot (61 m) tall largely wooden blimp hangar.

The purpose of the base and its aircraft was to search for Axis power submarines in the Gulf of Mexico.

Camp Wallace, a U.S. Army World War II training center for antiaircraft units, was located adjacent to the base.