Naval Base Guam | |
|---|---|
| Part ofJoint Region Marianas | |
| Apra Harbor, Guam | |
 Naval Base Guam in 2006 | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Naval base |
| Controlled by |  United States Navy |
| Location | |
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| Coordinates | 13°26′24″N144°39′9″E / 13.44000°N 144.65250°E /13.44000; 144.65250 |
| Garrison information | |
| Current commander |  CAPT Hans E. Sholley |
Naval Base Guam is a strategicU.S.naval base located onApra Harbor and occupying theOrote Peninsula. In 2009, it was combined withAndersen Air Force Base to formJoint Region Marianas, which is a Navy-controlledjoint base.
The Ship Repair Facility, Guam, was located next to Naval Base Guam, along Apra Harbor. It was closed in 1997, due to the recommendation of the1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.[1]
Naval Base Guam is home to CommanderSubmarine Squadron 15,Coast Guard Sector Guam, and Naval Special Warfare Unit One, and supports 28 other tenant commands. It is the home base to dozens ofPacific Command,Pacific Fleet,Seventh Fleet, andSeabee units.
USS Frank Cable is stationed in Guam to tend the submarines of the Seventh Fleet, andUSS Emory S. Land changed fromNaval Support Facility Diego Garcia to Naval Base Guam to fulfill the same role.
Coast Guard Sector Guam ships includeUSCGC Sequoia and includingUSCGC Myrtle Hazard,USCGC Oliver Henry,USCGC Frederick Hatch, andUSCGC Washington.
On July 21, 1944, also known asLiberation Day, American forces declared the island secure from the Japanese Army. The construction was started by the Navy's Lion Six.[2]Seabees from the 5th Naval Construction Brigade built the base on the site of the destroyed US Marine Corps barracks inSumay, Apra Harbor.[3]
The Navy code named the type of base the Seabees built for its size and purpose, i.e. Oak, Acorn, Lion and Cub. A Lion was a main base for the fleet. Naval base Guam was the first named Naval Operating Base and later nicknamed The Pacific Supermarket. In recent years, expansion of the base has been opposed by many locals in Guam.[4]
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On 26 November 2024, USSMinnesota arrived at her new home port, Naval Base Guam,[5] the first forward-deployment of aVirginia-class submarine.
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Sub-installations aboard Naval Base Guam include Camp Covington. Camp Covington is one of the three main body deployment locations for the Navy Seabees. Currently, Camp Covington is a deployment site in the rotation of the three Seabee battalions making up the 30th Naval Construction Regiment. The 7th Fleet'sNavy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific is also headquartered here.[6]
The camp has a gym, a cardio hall, and a mini-mart. It has its own barracks for Officers, Enlisted, and Chief Petty Officers; a galley, an armory, dental clinic, and various HQ buildings and warehouses.
Naval Base Guam has amenities and services including alibrary,chapel, visitor's quarters, theater, andbowling lanes.
In regards to theDepartment of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), the base is in the school transportation zone for McCool Elementary and McCool Middle School, whileGuam High School is the island's sole DoDEA high school.[7]
Non-DoDEA public schools are operated by theGuam Department of Education.
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