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Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam (JBPHH) (IATA: HNL, ICAO: PHNL, FAA LID: HNL) is a United States military base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.It is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's Hickam Air Force Base and the United States Navy's Naval Station Pearl Harbor, which were merged in 2010.
Naval Station Pearl Harbor is a United States naval base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.In 2010, as part of the recommendations of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission, the naval station was consolidated with the United States Air Force's Hickam Air Force Base to form Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam.
On 14 November 1980, one of the original parent commands, NSGA Kunia, was commissioned at what was then known as Wheeler Air Force Base (now Wheeler Army Airfield). On 30 September 2004, at a ceremony aboard the USS Nevada Memorial, NSGA Kunia and NSGA Pearl Harbor merged to form the new NSGA Hawaii. [ 3 ]
Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor with berths S-1 to S-21 Pearl Harbor PT Boat Base at berth S-13; Navy Yard Pearl Harbor with berths B-1 to B-26 Dry dock No. 1, 2 & 3 with berths DG-1 to DG-4; Dry dock YFD-2, next to Drydock 3 (1940-1947) 1010 dock, a 1,010 foot wharf at the Navy Yard berth B-1, B-2 and B-3
With the arrival of the major United States Pacific Fleet units at Pearl Harbor naval base in 1939, it became increasingly clear that a new receiver and control station was needed. Therefore, a secluded spot at Wahiawa, some 20 miles (32 km) north of Pearl Harbor, was chosen and purchased by the Navy for approximately one million dollars.
The Fourteenth District was formed in 1916 by then-Acting Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Darling, headquartered on the property of Naval Station Pearl Harbor. By 1945, the district consisted of the following geographic areas: the Hawaiian Islands , and islands to westward, including Midway , Wake , Kure , and Johnston , and Kingman Reef .
With the curtailment of the escort program, the activity at Bermuda was no longer needed and was transferred to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Following cessation of hostilities in the Pacific, Submarine Squadron SEVEN was disestablished in 1945. The current Submarine Squadron SEVEN was established in July 1951 at Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Submarine Squadron 1 (also known as SUBRON 1) is a squadron of submarines of the United States Navy based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam, Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i. The submarines that make up SUBRON 1 include: USS Hawaii (SSN 776) [2] USS North Carolina (SSN-777) [3] USS Mississippi (SSN-782) [4] USS Minnesota (SSN-783) [4]