United States Naval Hospital Beaufort

Naval Hospital Beaufort is a United States Navy hospital located in Beaufort, South Carolina.

United States Naval Hospital Beaufort
Part of Navy Medicine East[1]
1 Pinckney Boulevard, Beaufort, South Carolina 29902-6148
Camp Saxton Site and Fort Frederick Heritage Preserve
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	32°23′6″N 80°40′46″W
NRHP reference No.	74001826[2]
Site information
Type	Military base
Controlled by	Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, United States Navy
Location
Coordinates	32°23′20″N 80°40′57″W
Site history
Built	1949

History

Commissioned on April 29, 1949, the hospital is one of only a handful of its kind that sits within its own complex rather than within a larger base. It takes its name from Beaufort, the larger community north of Port Royal that is commonly associated with military installations in the Lowcountry region.

Function

NH Beaufort serves nearby Marine Corps bases MCRD Parris Island and MCAS Beaufort, including the housing area of Laurel Bay.