At the outbreak of World War II, the United States Navy was looking for a location for a port on the East Coast and became interested in the site for a large dry-dock and supply center. The Bayonne Naval Drydock base was opened by the Navy in 1942 as a logistics (Bayonne Naval Supply Depot) and repair base, well connected to the transportation network of the Northeast Corridor. After the war the site became port for part of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet or the Mothball Fleet, Atlantic Reserve Fleet, New York and later a Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility (NISMF).
The United States Navy established a dry dock and supply center at Bayonne Naval Drydock base during World War II to support logistics and repair operations within the Northeast Corridor's transportation network. After the war, the site transitioned into a port for reserve fleets and later became a facility dedicated to maintaining inactive ships.