On October 3, 1951, the naval ashore unit Headquarters, Support Activities was created to support Allied Forces Southern Europe, and later the Sixth Fleet.

Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic / Commander, Headquarters Support Activities, and re-designated U.S.

[2] Naval Hospital Naples was established at Agnano in 1967, and moved to Gricignano di Aversa in April 2003.

[3] In 2005 the United States Naval Forces Europe headquarters moved from London to Naples.

[4] Naval Support Activity Gaeta, established in 1967, became a detachment of NSA Naples on February 10, 2006.