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To accommodate a nuclear carrier, the Navy would have to dredge a channel about 10 feet deeper and build three major maintenance facilities, according to the report.

The Navy estimates it would cost $50 million to dredge 5.7 million cubic yards of sediment and up to $370 million to build the shore and pier infrastructure.

Future of Mayport Naval Station remains uncertain

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No matter the cost we need more than one operational carrier base on the east coast. Pier 10 I think it is called in NORVA has issues such as lacking wind shear protection that the old pier 12 offered due to location. Hampton Roads storms can be quite mean and quite sudden. Pier 12 held us tight while other ships broke away.

We don't need every undeployed carrier sitting in NORVA. Mayport used to be one of our liberty ports. KENNEDY was homeported there in the 1970's IIRC and in 1980 we got orders for a homeport change to Mayport that I think Cap Weinberger later rescinded. Not sure about that I was off ship by then.