Naval Base Guam

US naval base in 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 / 13.44000; 144.65250
Type| Naval base
Site information
Controlled by|  United States Navy
Garrison information
Current
commander|  CAPT Hans E. Sholley
USS Nimitz (CVN-68) enters Apra Harbor on its way to mooring at Naval Base Guam for a scheduled port visit, June 2020

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

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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

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Naval Base Guam Harbor Security Forces escort the USS Topeka through Apra Harbor in December 2019

On 26 November 2024, USS Minnesota arrived at her new home port, Naval Base Guam,[5] the first forward-deployment of a Virginia-class submarine.

* USS Annapolis (SSN-760)
* USS Asheville (SSN-758)
* USS Jefferson City (SSN-759)
* USS Minnesota (SSN-783)
* USS Springfield (SSN-761)

## Sub-installations

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A change-of-command ceremony at Camp Covington

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.[6]

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

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* 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

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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.[7]

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

## See also

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* Ordnance Annex
* US military installations in Guam
* List of United States Navy installations § Guam
* United States Navy submarine bases
* Harmon Air Force Base on Guam

History:

* World War II United States Merchant Navy
* Naval Advance Base Saipan
* Naval Advance Base Espiritu Santo

## References

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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.
5. ^ . James Caliva (2024-11-26). "First Forward-Deployed Virginia-Class Submarine Arrives in Guam". US Navy Press Office.
6. ^ 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.
7. ^ "DoDEA Guam School Boundaries and Bus Transportation Zones". Military Morale, Welfare and Recreation Guam. Retrieved 2023-07-07.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Naval Base Guam.

* 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

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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

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* 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

1. ^ a b c d e Support services only
2. ^ Commanded by Commander Naval Forces Japan
3. ^ Commanded by Commander Naval Forces Korea
4. ^ Commanded by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Marianas
5. ^ Dual hat command with Commander, Task Force 73

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