US Navy

Located just 10 miles from the Hyatt Place North Charleston hotel, the Charleston Naval Weapons Station (Charleston Naval Base) serves as a training facility and home to nearly 4,000 military personnel. With a tradition of military excellence dating back to the Civil War, the Naval Weapons Station is dedicated to training sailors for duty aboard the world’s most sophisticated nuclear aircraft carriers and submarines; shipping military cargo and supplies worldwide; storing and maintaining ordinances for Fleet operations; and engineering revolutionary advances in information and communication technologies into war fighting capabilities for all Department of Defense agencies.

The Nuclear Power School, a technical school operated by the U.S. Navy, was established in 1955 and in 1998 moved from the Naval Training Center in Orlando, Florida, to its current location on the Charleston Naval Base in Goose Creek, South Carolina. The school endeavors to train enlisted sailors, officers, KAPL civilians and Bettis civilians for shipboard nuclear power plant operation and maintenance of surface ships and submarines in the U.S. nuclear navy.

SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic is a Department of the Navy organization. It works to meet our nation's demands for uninterrupted vigilance, fail-safe cyber security, adaptive response and engineering excellence by delivering secure, integrated and innovative solutions to many naval, joint and national agencies. With a major stateside office in Charleston, South Carolina, SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic designs, acquires, engineers and sustains systems, sensor connections, cyber network infrastructures and knowledge management services to ensure reliable information is available to only those who need it, where and when it is needed.

The Hyatt Place North Charleston caters to all military personnel and family members who are in need of extended stay accommodations near the Charleston Naval Base, Nuclear Power School and SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic office. Contact us today to learn more about our special US Navy deals and rates.