Navy still wants Mayport as East Coast LCS hub

Mayport Naval Station
Fleet Forces Command said Thursday it wants as many as 14 littoral combat ships to call Mayport, Fla., home by 2020 — confirming a basing plan that’s been in place for nearly three years.

The move signals the Navy’s support for Naval Station Mayport, whose piers are getting increasingly empty as the Navy retires its frigates.

Naval Station Norfolk, Va., is the secondary basing option, FFC said in its environmental assessment draft released Thursday, a 276-page document that details the projected environmental impacts of both basing plans.

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