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2. Naval Station Mayport - Wikipedia

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   Base history. Naval Station Mayport. The station was commissioned in December 1942. It was reclassified as a Naval Sea Frontier base in 1943. [3] A new naval auxiliary air station (NAAS) was established in April 1944. The naval section Base and the NAAS supported the Atlantic Fleet during World War II. Both were closed after the war.

3. Home port - Wikipedia

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   In a navy, a ship's home port is the port best suited to provide maintenance and restock weaponry particular to ships of that class and build. On conclusion of a tour of duty, a combat vessel returning to port will usually return to its home port. [citation needed] A single home port also makes it easier for family to visit sailors on leave .

4. Strategic Homeport - Wikipedia

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   Strategic Homeport. Strategic Homeport was a plan developed in the 1980s by Secretary of the Navy John Lehman for building new U.S. Navy bases within the continental United States. It was proposed as part of the 600-ship Navy plan of the Reagan Administration. It called for the construction of new ports for existing and newly commissioned ships.

5. USS Halsey (DDG-97) - Wikipedia

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   Torpedoes: 2 × Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes: Mark 46 lightweight torpedo. Mark 50 lightweight torpedo. Mark 54 lightweight torpedo. Aircraft carried. 2 × MH-60R Seahawk helicopters. USS Halsey (DDG-97) is an Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. It is the second ship to be named after admiral William Halsey Jr .

6. USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) - Wikipedia

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   2 × Rolling Airframe Missile. 6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) M2HB machine guns. USS Oak Hill (LSD-51) is a Harpers Ferry -class dock landing ship of the United States Navy. She is named in honor of Oak Hill, the residence of James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States. The Monroe Doctrine was penned at Oak Hill, and subsequently delivered at ...

7. USS Mount Whitney - Wikipedia

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   USS Mount Whitney. USS. Mount Whitney. USS Mount Whitney (LCC/JCC 20) is one of two Blue Ridge -class amphibious command ships of the United States Navy and is the flagship and command ship of the United States Sixth Fleet. USS Mount Whitney also serves as the Afloat Command Platform (ACP) of Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO).

8. USS Gridley (DDG-101) - Wikipedia

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   The fourth USS Gridley (DDG-101) is the 51st Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Gridley is named after Captain Charles Gridley, Commander of Admiral George Dewey's flagship USS Olympia, (Flag Captain) and recipient of Admiral Dewey's famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish–American War.

9. Navy Marine Corps Intranet - Wikipedia

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   Navy Marine Corps Intranet. The Navy/Marine Corps Intranet ( NMCI) is a United States Department of the Navy program which was designed to provide the vast majority of information technology services for the entire Department, including the United States Navy and Marine Corps .