Crane Army Ammunition Activity
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Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA) stores, receives, produces and demilitarizes conventional ammunition. It also designs, develops and improves ordnance components and processes.
. It will also gain the demolition charges workload from Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant
. Both of these facilities are closing due to BRAC 2005. CAAA will also gain the ammunition demilitarization function from Sierra Army Depot
which is realigning due to BRAC 2005.
Capabilities
Capabilities of the center include: munitions and manufacturing; demilitarization; munitions and munitions-related maintenance and renovation; remote operations and environmental testing; logistics support; machine shop; chemical laboratory; and engineering.History
CAAA was established in 1977 as a tenant on Naval Support Activity Crane (established in 1941 as Crane Naval Ammunition Depot) to implement the “single manager for conventional ammunition” concept. In October 1999, command and control of Letterkenny Munitions Center transferred to CAAA.Facilities
The facilities at CAAA include 209 production buildings, a 72000 square feet (6,689 m²) machine shop, 1,800 storage buildings for both explosive and inert ammunition with a total capacity of 4800000 square feet (445,934.6 m²), an 80 acres (323,748.8 m²) demolition range and 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) of ammunition burning grounds.BRAC 2005
CAAA will gain the detonator, relays and delays workload from Kansas Army Ammunition PlantKansas Army Ammunition Plant
The Kansas Army Ammunition Plant was a government-owned, contractor-operated facility, established in 1942, located in Parsons, Kansas. The plant produced ammunition during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. The plant was deactivated on March 4, 2009 as part of the Base...
. It will also gain the demolition charges workload from Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant
Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant
The Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant was a government-owned, contractor-operated facility 12 miles west of Texarkana, Texas that was established in 1942. The land was taken from the local citizens by eminent Domain from the Federal Government. The Lone Star Defense Corporation, a subsidiary of...
. Both of these facilities are closing due to BRAC 2005. CAAA will also gain the ammunition demilitarization function from Sierra Army Depot
Sierra Army Depot
Sierra Army Depot is a United States Army post located near the unincorporated city of Herlong, California northwest of Reno, NV and southeast of Susanville, CA. Sierra Army Depot is in the highest desert plain east of the Sierra Nevada mountains at an elevation of . The high desert plain is only...
which is realigning due to BRAC 2005.
- Information compiled from http://www.jmc.army.mil/FactSheets/FactSheets%202008/Crane%20Army%20Ammunition%20Acitivity.pdf