Plan Your Visit The U.S. Army Transportation Museum is free and open to the American public, who can access Joint Base Langley-Eustis (JBLE) with a valid state or national Identification (driver’s license, passport, etc). To learn more about entering JBLE please visit the JBLE Visitor Center [link – same as entry page]
We recommend at least two hours for a basic visit to the museum. We have 24,000 square feet of interior galleries and four additional outdoor areas to explore, the majority under roof. The museum main galleries and most of the outdoor displays are wheelchair accessible. There is lots of free parking at the Museum.
Reservation Policy The U.S. Army Transportation Museum is free and open to the American public to visit. Certain areas can be reserved by Department of Defense personnel or organizations for official functions such as training events, promotions, or changes of command. We cannot reserve spaces for non-official events or non-Department of Defense organizations without a DoD sponsor.
Entry Information To learn more about entering JBLE, please visit the JBLE Visitor Center. The museum staff generally cannot serve as DoD sponsors for groups due to current Department of Defense Regulations.
Google Map We can be found under our museum name – U.S. Army Transportation Museum on most updated Global Positioning Systems (GPS). The street address of the museum is:
300 Washington Blvd, Besson Hall
Fort Eustis, VA 23604-5260
We hope you come and stay all day, but realize you have numerous other sites to visit in the local area. A full self-guide tour can be completed in about 2 hours. Our guided tours are generally about an hour, but do not cover the complete museum and outdoor pavilions. Please see our tour link [main page tour portion]. Tour do need to be booked two weeks in advance.
The museum is the only fully public accessible facility on Ft Eustis. For Department of Defense employees, there is the full compliment of shopping, Morale-Welfare-Recreation (MWR) and other support organization found on any other military installation. The 733rd Mission Support Group, 733rd Civil Engineering Squadron Environmental Element Eustis - Environmental (af.mil) is responsible for the archeological sites found on Ft Eustis land and can be contact at 757-878-7365 or mailing: 1407 Washington, Blvd Fort Eustis, VA 23604.
The museum does not hold, nor maintain the records for any specific vehicle, other than those on exhibit.
The Army did not “track” vehicles by stock number, serial number, or hood number. Vehicles were given registration numbers, usually stenciled on the hood, sides and possibly the dash area. These registration numbers were assigned by the unit when the vehicle was issued and were used only for maintenance purposes.
As mission dictated, vehicles were often transferred from one unit to another; sometimes even from one branch of service to another. We recommend contacting the Military Vehicle Preservation Association (MVPA), a good source for restoration of military vehicles. http://www.mvpa.org
Our reference collection does not contain logbooks for all Army vessels.
Our collection does include the “vessel data” page and crew lists for SOME small craft. The majority of this collection is dated from 1970 on, and includes Small Tugs (ST), Large Tugs (LT), Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM), Landing Craft Utility (LCU), Logistic Support Vessels (LSV), and a few other small vessels.
Most of these are for vessels that operated here at Fort Eustis out of 3rd Port.
Records for inactive military personnel are not kept at Fort Eustis. You must contact the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, Missouri. This includes survivors of deceased military personnel.
Historical information for a specific Transportation unit is located on the U.S. Army Transportation history webpage at: U.S. Transportation Unit History
Additional historical questions, or to add/correct information, should be directed to the Command Historian, at: (804) 734-7449
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Although the Reserve Fleet is situated in the James River just off of Fort Eustis, it comes under the direction of the Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation. To learn more about the National Defense Reserve Fleet and Services visit their webpage - The James River Reserve Fleet
You can also find information on the James River Reserve Fleet at The Department of Transportation Website: https://www.maritime.dot.gov/ or by calling The James River Reserve Fleet directly at: (757) 887-3233