Naval Base Guam

Naval Base Guam
Naval Base Guam
Part of Joint Region Marianas
Apra Harbor, Guam
	Naval Base Guam in 2006
Coordinates	13°26′24″N 144°39′9″E / 13.44000°N 144.65250°E
Type	Naval base
Site information
Controlled by	United States Navy
Garrison information
Current; commander	CAPT Hans E. Sholley

Naval Base Guam is a strategic U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor and occupying the Orote Peninsula. In 2009, it was combined with Andersen Air Force Base to form Joint Region Marianas, which is a Navy-controlled joint base.

The Ship Repair Facility, Guam, was located next to Naval Base Guam, along Apra Harbor. It was closed in 1997, due to the recommendation of the 1995 Base Realignment and Closure Commission.^[1]

Naval Base Guam is home to Commander Submarine Squadron 15, Coast Guard Sector Guam, and Naval Special Warfare Unit One, and supports 28 other tenant commands. It is the home base to dozens of Pacific Command, Pacific Fleet, Seventh Fleet, and Seabee units.

USS Frank Cable is stationed in Guam to tend the submarines of the Seventh Fleet, and USS Emory S. Land changed from Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia to Naval Base Guam to fulfill the same role.

Coast Guard Sector Guam ships include USCGC Sequoia and including USCGC Myrtle Hazard, USCGC Oliver Henry, USCGC Frederick Hatch, and USCGC Washington.

History

On July 21, 1944, also known as Liberation Day, American forces declared the island secure from the Japanese Army. The construction was started by the Navy's Lion Six.^[2] Seabees from the 5th Naval Construction Brigade built the base on the site of the destroyed US Marine Corps barracks in Sumay, Apra Harbor.^[3]

The Navy code named the type of base the Seabees built for its size and purpose, i.e. Oak, Acorn, Lion and Cub. A Lion was a main base for the fleet. Naval base Guam was the first named Naval Operating Base and later nicknamed The Pacific Supermarket. In recent years, expansion of the base has been opposed by many locals in Guam.^[4]

Homeported submarines

Sub-installations

Sub-installations aboard Naval Base Guam include Camp Covington. Camp Covington is one of the three main body deployment locations for the Navy Seabees. Currently, Camp Covington is a deployment site in the rotation of the three Seabee battalions making up the 30th Naval Construction Regiment. The 7th Fleet's Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific is also headquartered here.^[5]

The camp has a gym, a cardio hall, and a mini-mart. It has its own barracks for Officers, Enlisted, and Chief Petty Officers; a galley, an armory, dental clinic, and various HQ buildings and warehouses.

Other commands

Military Sealift Command Ship Support Unit Guam
Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit FIVE
Navy Munitions Command East Asia Division Unit Guam
Naval Airborne Weapons Maintenance Unit 1
Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station Guam
THIRTIETH Naval Construction Regiment

Services

Commander William C. McCool Elementary/Middle School

Naval Base Guam has amenities and services including a library, chapel, visitor's quarters, theater, and bowling lanes.

In regards to the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), the base is in the school transportation zone for McCool Elementary and McCool Middle School, while Guam High School is the island's sole DoDEA high school.^[6]

Non-DoDEA public schools are operated by the Guam Department of Education.

References

^ Limtiaco, Steven (19 December 2012). "Guam Ship Repair Facility Ownership Negotiations Fail". Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
^ "Naval Base Guam". CNIC. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
^ "Naval Base Guam". CNIC. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
^ "Proposed US military buildup on Guam angers locals who liken it to colonization". TheGuardian.com. August 2016.
^ Santos, Shaina Marie (24 January 2013). "NMCB 74 Turns Over Camp Covington to Army's 84th Engineer Battalion". Joint Region Marianas Public Affairs. Retrieved 13 July 2013.
^ "DoDEA Guam School Boundaries and Bus Transportation Zones". Military Morale, Welfare and Recreation Guam. Retrieved 2023-07-07.

External links

Official website
Military: Naval Air Station, Agana (Tiyan) (closed). GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
Historic American Engineering Record documentation:
- HAER No. GU-6, "U.S. Navy Main Base at Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas, Pan American Airways Slip & Boathouse, Sumay Cove, Apra Heights, Guam, GU", 3 photos, 15 data pages, 2 photo caption pages
- HAER No. GU-7, "U.S. Naval Base, Guam Munitions Site, Maanot Reservoir, Santa Rita, Guam, GU", 6 photos, 4 data pages, 1 photo caption page
- HAER No. GU-11-A, "U.S. Naval Operating Base Guam, Ship Repair Facility, Wharves Love, Mike, and Nan, Apra Harbor, Inner Harbor, Santa Rita, Guam, GU", 28 photos, 25 data pages, 3 photo caption pages

[Limtiaco-1] Limtiaco, Steven (19 December 2012). "Guam Ship Repair Facility Ownership Negotiations Fail". Pacific Islands Development Program, East-West Center. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

[2] "Naval Base Guam". CNIC. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

[3] "Naval Base Guam". CNIC. Retrieved 5 April 2019.

[4] "Proposed US military buildup on Guam angers locals who liken it to colonization". TheGuardian.com. August 2016.

[Santos-5] Santos, Shaina Marie (24 January 2013). "NMCB 74 Turns Over Camp Covington to Army's 84th Engineer Battalion". Joint Region Marianas Public Affairs. Retrieved 13 July 2013.

[6] "DoDEA Guam School Boundaries and Bus Transportation Zones". Military Morale, Welfare and Recreation Guam. Retrieved 2023-07-07.

[supponly-7] Support services only

[8] Commanded by Commander Naval Forces Japan

[9] Commanded by Commander Naval Forces Korea

[10] Commanded by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Marianas

[11] Dual hat command with Commander, Task Force 73

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v t e Territory of Guam
Hagåtña (capital)
Topics	Communications Demographics Economy Geography Geology Government History Transportation
Geography	Apra Harbor Bays (Agat, Pago, Piti, Talofofo, Tumon) Beaches Cabras Island Census-designated places Cocos Island and Lagoon Mountains (Lamlam, Jumullong Manglo) Orote Peninsula Two Lovers Point
Villages	Agana Heights Asan‑Maina Barrigada Chalan Pago-Ordot Dededo Hågat Hagåtña Humåtak Inalåhan Mangilao Malesso Mongmong-Toto-Maite Piti Sånta Rita-Sumai Sinajana Talo'fo'fo Tamuning Yigo Yona
History	Earthquakes Typhoons Spanish–Chamorro Wars 1856 smallpox epidemic U.S. capture Japanese capture Japanese occupation 2nd U.S. capture Organic Act Elective Governor Acts Typhoon Karen Guam v. United States
Culture	Chamorro Nation Cuisine (Chalakiles, Estufao, Fina'denne', Guyuria, Kaddon pika, Kalamai, Kelaguen, Latiya, Roskette, Tinaktak) Guam Museum Liberation Day Latte stone Music (Belembaotuyan) National Register of Historic Places listings Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Agaña Schools Underwater diving Cuisine of the Mariana Islands (Shared with the Northern islands)
Bases	Joint Region Marianas Andersen Air Force Base Northwest Field Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz‎ Naval Base Guam Radio Barrigada NCTS Guam Naval Hospital Guam Ordnance Annex
Healthcare	Guam Memorial Hospital Guam Regional Medical City Naval Hospital Guam COVID-19 pandemic

v t e Regions and Shore Installations of the United States Navy
Enterprise Commander: Commander, Navy Installations Command
Naval District Washington	Naval Support Activity Washington Naval Research Laboratory^[i] NSF Suitland^[i] NSF Naval Observatory^[i] NSF Carderock ^[i] Naval Support Facility Arlington Naval Support Facility South Potomac NSF Indian Head NSF Dahlgren Naval Air Station Patuxent River Naval Support Activity Annapolis Naval Support Facility Thurmont Naval Support Activity Bethesda
Navy Region Northwest	NAS Whidbey Island NAVBASE Kitsap NAVMAG Indian Island NAVSTA Everett
Navy Region Southwest	NAVBASE San Diego NAVBASE Point Loma NAVBASE Coronado Camp Morena NAVPHIBASE Coronado NAS North Island NALF San Clemente NOLF Imperial Bach Silver Strand Training Complex La Posta Mountain Warfare Training Facility, Warner Springs Remote Training Area NAF El Centro NAS Lemoore NAVBASE Ventura County Port Hueneme NAS Point Mugu NAVWPNSTA Seal Beach, CA NAS Fallon, NV. Naval Support Activity Monterey NAWS China Lake
Navy Region Southeast	Naval Air Station Jacksonville NS Mayport NAS Key West NSA Charleston NSA Beaufort NAS Pensacola NAS Whiting Field NAS Corpus Christi NAS Kingsville NAS JRB Fort Worth NAS JRB New Orleans NSA Orlando NCBC Gulfport, Mississippi NAVSTA GTMO SUBASE Kings Bay NAS Meridian NSA Mid-South
Navy Region Mid-Atlantic	NSA Saratoga Springs NAVSTA Newport, NSA Hampton Roads, NSA HR-Portsmouth at NMCP NSA Northwest Annex NAVWPNSTA Yorktown, NAS Oceana Dam Neck Annex SUBASE New London NWS Earle NAVSTA Great Lakes NSA Lakehurst JEB Little Creek-Fort Story Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg Naval Support Activity Philadelphia Philadelphia Navy Yard Annex Norfolk Naval Shipyard Naval Station Norfolk Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Surface Combat Systems Command Wallops Island, Virginia^[i] NSA Crane
Navy Region Hawaii	Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam Pacific Missile Range Facility
Navy Region Japan^[ii]	Naval Air Facility Atsugi Naval Air Facility Misawa onboard Misawa Air Base (support services to Naval personnel) Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka United States Fleet Activities Sasebo Naval Air Facility Kadena onboard Kadena Air Base (support services to Naval personnel)
Navy Region Korea ^[iii]	Fleet Activity Chinhae
Joint Region Marianas ^[iv]	Naval Base Guam Naval Support Activity Andersen Guam
Singapore Area Commander ^[v]	Navy Region Center, Singapore
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