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Sunday, September 09, 2012

UNF study breaks down Mayport ship situation


Mayport Naval Station
A decade of economic ups and downs looms in front of the community around Mayport Naval Station, according to a recent study at the University of North Florida.

The reasons are obvious. The Navy continues to decommission its aged guided-missile frigates based at Mayport - all are expected to be gone by 2015. With those ships leaving, most of the sailors, their families and their business will go too.

The flip side is the Navy plans to deploy a handful of ships to Mayport over the next eight years. These include eight littoral combat ships, three destroyers and three patrol craft.

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