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Naval Base San Diego is a United States Navy base in San Diego, California. It is the world's second largest surface ship naval base. Naval Base San Diego is the principal homeport of the United States Pacific Fleet , consisting of over 50 ships and over 150 tenant commands.
The ship was originally scheduled for decommissioning in 2000, but with the requirements of the Operation Iraqi Freedom it was rescheduled. On 16 February 2007, Ogden was awarded the 2006 Battle "E" award. [4] After a ceremony held aboard the ship in port at Naval Base San Diego, Ogden was decommissioned from the United States Navy on 21 ...
Ships sometimes make unscheduled stops in San Diego because of storm warnings along the Mexico cruise route. During one such diverted call in 2018, San Diego hosted the largest cruise ship ever to dock in San Diego, the 4,500-passenger Norwegian Bliss. The largest ships that normally call in San Diego hold 3,000 passengers. [13]
USS Stethem (DDG-63) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy.The ship was built in Pascagoula, Mississippi, starting on 11 May 1993.She was commissioned on 21 October 1995.
Fort Worth departed her homeport of San Diego on 17 November 2014 for a 16-month rotational deployment to Singapore in support of the U.S. Navy's strategic rebalance to the Pacific. The ship is the first LCS to deploy under the "3-2-1" manning concept, swapping fully trained crews roughly every four months.
The ship was christened on 31 October 2015 at Bath Iron Works. [2] [17] In February 2017, the ship was accepted by the United States Navy. [3] Rafael Peralta was commissioned in San Diego, California on 29 July 2017 [4] and was homeported at Naval Base San Diego [18] before moving to Japan in 2021.
The Ashland, one of eight active ships in its class, is expected to remain in service and mission-capable to 2038. [15] In December 2020 the U.S. Navy's Report to Congress on the Annual Long-Range Plan for Construction of Naval Vessels stated that the ship was planned to be placed Out of Commission in Reserve in 2023. [16]
USS Chosin (CG-65) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser serving in the United States Navy. She is named in honor of the Battle of Chosin Reservoir of the Korean War. [1] Commissioned in 1991, she is currently serving in the Pacific Fleet, based at Naval Base San Diego.