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Friday, August 08, 2014

Navy to base 6 littoral combat ships at Mayport

USS Freedom (LCS 1) & USS Indepencence (LCS 2)The Navy made it official Thursday: Six littoral combat ships will be homeported at Mayport Naval Station starting in 2016, and more of the Navy's newest ships could be assigned there by 2020.

The six ships would bring 900 sailors and support personnel to the Mayport area. The ships are the future Little Rock, Sioux City, Wichita, Billings, Indianapolis and LCS 19 (name pending).

"Naval Station Mayport should be the rightful home of the Navy’s cutting edge ships and technologies, and I’m pleased by what the LCS will mean for Florida and Jacksonville’s military community,:" said Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida. "With this announcement the Navy is again demonstrating how vital Mayport is to U.S. national defense and our maritime security posture."

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