Strategic Homeport

Strategic Homeport was a plan developed by the then Secretary of the Navy John Lehman for building new naval bases for the U.S. Navy. It was proposed as part of the 600-ship Navy plan of the Reagan Administration. It called for the construction of new ports for existing and newly commissioned ships. The plan was based on five strategic principles:^[1]

force dispersal to complicate Soviet targeting
battlegroup integrity
wider industrial base utilization
logistics suitability
geographic considerations such as reduced transit times to likely operating areas

The program was devised in part to achieve a political goal: to build support for the naval expansion program though the promise of new naval bases.^[2]^[3]

The program enjoyed broad support both in Congress and in the Reagan Administration.

Stations

Stations opened under the program include:

Naval Station Everett, Everett, Washington
Naval Station Galveston, Galveston, Texas
Naval Station Ingleside, Ingleside, Texas
Naval Station Lake Charles, Lake Charles, Louisiana
Naval Station Mobile, Mobile, Alabama
Naval Station New York, Staten Island, New York
Naval Station Pascagoula, Pascagoula, Mississippi

References

↑ Lewis, Billy L. (1992). "Strategic Homeporting: National Strategy or Bureaucratic Politics?" (PDF). National War College. p. 1. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
↑ "Ports and Harbors". GlobalSecurity.org. GlobalSecurity.org. 2010. Retrieved 10 May 2010.
↑ Lewis, Billy L. (1992). "Strategic Homeporting: National Strategy or Bureaucratic Politics?" (PDF). National War College. p. 3. Retrieved 10 May 2010.

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