 Recreational activities included an arts and crafts center, auto hobby center, and a base library.The land underlying the Naval Support Activity is part of an immense West Bank concession given to Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, founder of New Orleans, in 1719 by the Compagnie des Indes.The land changed hands numerous times before being purchased by the United States government on 1849-02-14 for the site of a proposed Navy yard.