Mayport makes its case for expensive expansion

navytimes.com 07 May '12, 1pm

Mayport makes its case for expensive expansion

http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/05/navy-mayport-carrier-competition-050712/ Mayport makes its case for expensive expansion By Mark D. Faram - Staff Writer Posted : Monday May 7, 2012 8:38:32 EDT MAYPORT, Fla. — Something is missing at Naval Station Mayport — specifically, ships and sailors. The numbers of both have been dwindling since budget constraints put on hold the dreams of local leaders to get an aircraft carrier transferred to the base near Jacksonville, which hasn’t had one since the John F. Kennedy was decommissioned in 2007. Their focus on the larger ship caused the Navy to hold off on moving other vessels there. As of March 28, just 19 ships call the base home with a total of 5,017 sailors. In the 1980s, the base boasted two aircraft carriers, 28 combatants and nearly 30,000 sailors. Since 2000, the Navy has sent only one ship to the base, the destroyer Farr...

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