Pier 10 at N.O.B. should have never been built. It's not wind protected like 12 & 7. I saw a storm in about 78 that put have of the ships at N.O.B. out in the river channel torn from the piers.
N.O.B. NORVA up till the mid too late 80's was a three carrier berth at N.O.B. I've seen a picture of 5 there at once after pier 10 was built. That is a bad case of the Stupids on the part of The Pentagon who had them there all at the same time. Mayport is a carrier port and was a carrier home port for many years. None are home ported there now and that doesn't make any sense at all. Mayport does have two carrier berths though.
The rationale for dispersing assets is so that you can’t wipe out an entire military capability with a single attack. It’s just as valid today as it was during the Cold War. The current mantra of consolidating assets to save money is downright suicidal. Do you want al Qaida to be able to shut down the entire Air Force with an attack on a single building? The senior leaders have dropped deep into denial. We’re 90% back to the pre-9/11 “it can’t happen to us” mentality.
(And it really pisses me off when even pro-military press and entertainment refer to Cold War “paranoia”. When the Russians are stating publicly, “Just wait America, just wait. You WILL be ours. Maybe not today, but it WILL happen.” The Chinese and al Qaida are saying the same thing today, and our leaders are choosing to pretend otherwise.)