Naval Station Mayport, FL
Naval Station Mayport, FL
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About
Naval Station Mayport is one of three major Navy installations in the Jacksonville area. Mayport is home to a busy seaport as well as an air facility. The mission of NS Mayport is to sustain and enhance warfighter readiness. Naval Station Mayport is also home to the Navy's 4th Fleet, reactivated in 2008 after being deactivated in 1950.
NS Mayport has grown to become the third-largest naval surface fleet concentration area in the United States. The station has a busy harbor capable of accommodating 34 ships and an 8,001-foot (2,439 m) runway capable of handling most aircraft in the Department of Defense inventory.
Homeported ships
- Amphibious Assault Ship (1)USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7)
- Amphibious Transport Dock (1)
- USS New York (LPD-21)
- Coastal Patrol (3)
- USS Zephyr (PC-8)
- USS Shamal (PC-13)
- USS Tornado (PC-14)
- Cruisers (4)
- USS Philippine Sea (CG-58)
- USS Hue City (CG-66)
- USS Vicksburg (CG-69)
- Cutters (USCG) (1)
- USCGC Valiant (WMEC-621)
- Destroyers (6)
- USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)
- USS Roosevelt (DDG-80)
- USS Lassen (DDG-82)
- USS Farragut (DDG-99)
- USS Thomas Hudner (DDG-116)
- USS Paul Ignatius (DDG-117)
- Dock Landing Ship (1)
- USS Fort McHenry (LSD-43)
- Littoral Combat Ships (7)
- USS Milwaukee (LCS-5)
- USS Detroit (LCS-7)
- USS Little Rock (LCS-9)
- USS Sioux City (LCS-11)
- USS Wichita (LCS-13)
- USS Billings (LCS-15)
Helicopter squadrons
HSM-48 "Vipers"
Most recent contributors: PO1 Robert Payne