Geography
The base is the third largest naval installation in the world, comprising approximately 108 square miles (280 km2) of territory. Lake Greenwood, an 800-acre (3.2 km2) lake, is entirely encompassed by the base. Reconstructive White Oak wood for the USS Constitution is harvested from this base from a grove of trees known as "Constitution Grove".
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