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2. 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 .

3. 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.

4. USS Lake Erie (CG-70) - Wikipedia

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   2 × MH-60R Seahawk LAMPS Mk III helicopters. USS Lake Erie (CG-70) is a Ticonderoga -class guided missile cruiser of the United States Navy, commissioned in 1993. She was named after the U.S. Navy's decisive victory in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The cruiser was the first U.S. Navy ship to be commissioned in Hawaii.

5. USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) - Wikipedia

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   1 × Sikorsky MH-60R. USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) is an Arleigh Burke -class destroyer currently in the service of the United States Navy. She is part of the Destroyer Squadron 23 within the Third Fleet, and has her homeport at Naval Station Everett in Everett, Washington . The destroyer was involved in a collision with the tanker ship Alnic MC ...

6. United States Fleet Activities Sasebo - Wikipedia

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   Current. commander. Captain Michael Fontaine. U.S. Fleet Activities Sasebo is a United States Navy base, in Sasebo, Japan, on the island of Kyūshū. It provides facilities for the logistic support of forward-deployed units and visiting operating forces of the United States Pacific Fleet and designated tenant activities.

7. USS Barry (DDG-52) - Wikipedia

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   1 × Sikorsky MH-60R. USS Barry (DDG-52) is an Arleigh Burke -class guided missile destroyer, commissioned in 1992. Barry is the fourth United States Navy ship named after the "Father of the American Navy", Commodore John Barry (1745–1803). Her homeport is Naval Station Everett, Washington. Several improvements over Arleigh Burke exist on ...

8. USS Richard M. McCool Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Aircraft carried. Four CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters or two MV-22 tilt rotor aircraft may be launched or recovered simultaneously. USS Richard M. McCool Jr. (LPD-29) is the 13th and final Flight I San Antonio -class amphibious transport dock of the United States Navy. [2] [7] She is named after US Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient ...

9. USS Texas (SSN-775) - Wikipedia

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   USS Texas (SSN-775) is a Virginia-class submarine, and the fourth warship of the United States Navy to be named after the US state of Texas. The contract to build her was awarded to the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard (then called Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.) on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 12 July 2002.