Japan agrees to harbor (port) a US nuclear powered aircraft carrier

[Jeff Head]

Is Guam equipped take a ship the size of the Nimtz Class?

Apra harbor in Guam is a deep water port that can accomodate the largest US naval vessels, including carriers. In the past there has been talk of forward deploying a carrier there.

Guam Shipyard provides excellent repair and maintenance for US vessels, and Kilo Wharf is the only deep water ammunition port in the western pacific where a loaded ammunition ship can go pier side and get much needed maintenance accomplished.

Add to that Anderson Air Force base and the Naval air station there, and Guam represents a very critical and potent base for US forces in the Western Pacific.

Here's a good pic.

 

[Crusader2000]

Apra harbor in Guam is a deep water port that can accomodate the largest US naval vessels, including carriers. In the past there has been talk of forward deploying a carrier there.

Guam Shipyard provides excellent repair and maintenance for US vessels, and Kilo Wharf is the only deep water ammunition port in the western pacific where a loaded ammunition ship can go pier side and get much needed maintenance accomplished.

Add to that Anderson Air Force base and the Naval air station there, and Guam represents a very critical and potent base for US forces in the Western Pacific.

Here's a good pic.

Maybe the US would be better to base 1 Carrier at Pearl Harbor and 1 at Guam?

 

[Jeff Head]

Maybe the US would be better to base 1 Carrier at Pearl Harbor and 1 at Guam?

I believe it will definitely be Japan and Pearle...if things get more tense, Pearle will move to Guam. Japan is much closer to the action without being right in it.

 

[Crusader2000]

I believe it will definitely be Japan and Pearle...if things get more tense, Pearle will move to Guam. Japan is much closer to the action without being right in it.

Well, regardless what some think its obvious that Japan wants a USN Carrier based in Japan itself. I wonder about a Carrier each in Japan, Guam, and Pearl Harbor????

 

[Jeff Head]

I wonder about a Carrier each in Japan, Guam, and Pearl Harbor????

Definietely not out of the question in my opinion. It will depend on how strained relations with the PRC become, particularly over Taiwan.

 

[Crusader2000]

Definietely not out of the question in my opinion. It will depend on how strained relations with the PRC become, particularly over Taiwan.

Well, both Guam and Pearl Harbor are both nice duty stations! Further, both would shorten transit time thereby saving the US taxpayer alot of money.............Win-Win

 

[Jeff Head]

Well, both Guam and Pearl Harbor are both nice duty stations! Further, both would shorten transit time thereby saving the US taxpayer alot of money.............Win-Win

Agreed.

 

[Crusader2000]

Agreed.

What do you think the odds are that the US will base more Carrier in the Pacific than the Atlantic?

 

[aaaditya]

what about pearl harbour and the cam ranh bay,does the us navy still base vessels there?
can they be utilised in the event of a war with china.

 

[Crusader2000]

what about pearl harbour and the cam ranh bay,does the us navy still base vessels there?
can they be utilised in the event of a war with china.

Cam Ranh Bay is part of Vietnam. So, I wouldn't consider it a likely base that the USN could operate from? That said, there maybe other possibilities. Australia or South Korea come to mind?

 

[Francois]

Cam Ranh Bay is part of Vietnam. So, I wouldn't consider it a likely base that the USN could operate from? That said, there maybe other possibilities. Australia or South Korea come to mind?

Why everybody forgets that Singapore is a forward dep base for the USN?
And its position is FAR more convenient then KRBay!

 

[Crusader2000]

Why everybody forgets that Singapore is a forward dep base for the USN?
And its position is FAR more convenient then KRBay!

True, yet some mite consider Singapore alittle to close to China?:gun

 

[Francois]

True, yet some mite consider Singapore alittle to close to China?:gun

Compared to KRBay? Maybe you need to check a map...

 

[Crusader2000]

Compared to KRBay? Maybe you need to check a map...

Vietnam is not going to allow a major American Naval Base. So, really it doesn't matter.....................:smash

 

[Francois]

Vietnam is not going to allow a major American Naval Base. So, really it doesn't matter....................

You are so sure?

tempting the American military with the Cam Rahn Bay ex-U.S. base, etc. (U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary Peter Rodman has just held talks with Vietnam's Defense Minister Pham Van Tra and his deputy Nguyen Huy Hieu on a two-day visit.)

http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2005/s6_12.html

 

[Crusader2000]

You are so sure?



http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2005/s6_12.html

Yes, I've read several articles. Yet, we are along way from basing USN Warships in a Communist Vietnam. Just from a American Political point of view. I would view it as extremely unlikely. Also, could the US trust Vietnam in times of crisis???? As they say "to many what if's":fly

 

[bd popeye]

what about pearl harbour and the cam ranh bay,does the us navy still base vessels there?
can they be utilised in the event of a war with china.

Don't believe everything you read. There is no way this will happen. I'm 100% sure. There is no infastructure in Vietnam to suppourt a USN presence. Cam Ranh Bay is too shallow & Vietnam is a comunist country. Where will the carrier air wing be based? Where will the rest of the battle group be homeported? Where is the shipyard? If there is one can it suppourt nukes? US military members have dependents. Most are married. Where will they live? Back in the US? Can't do that because that would make the ship isolated duty that means a 1 year tour. That will not happen. Pearl Harbor or Guam is the best bet and that is what the USN is looking into now. In fact a study on this move of another CVN to the Pacific is funded in the 2006 DoD defense budget. I saw that on CSPN here in the US. More than likely it will be Pearl because of the excellent shipyard there. Plus it has the faclictiies to mainain a nuclear ship.

 

[Crusader2000]

Don't believe everything you read. There is no way this will happen. I'm 100% sure. There is no infastructure in Vietnam to suppourt a USN presence. Cam Ranh Bay is too shallow & Vietnam is a comunist country. Where will the carrier air wing be based? Where will the rest of the battle group be homeported? Where is the shipyard? If there is one can it suppourt nukes? US military members have dependents. Most are married. Where will they live? Back in the US? Can't do that because that would make the ship isolated duty that means a 1 year tour. That will not happen. Pearl Harbor or Guam is the best bet and that is what the USN is looking into now. In fact a study on this move of another CVN to the Pacific is funded in the 2006 DoD defense budget. I saw that on CSPN here in the US. More than likely it will be Pearl because of the excellent shipyard there. Plus it has the faclictiies to mainain a nuclear ship.

Pearl would make the most sense and any Carrier based there could be forward deployed to Guam during times of crisis. Personally, I would considering moving 1 Carrier to Guam and 1 to Pearl or possibly both to pearl.........:bazooka



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[bd popeye]

Pearl would make the most sense and any Carrier based there could be forward deployed to Guam during times of crisis. Personally, I would considering moving 1 Carrier to Guam and 1 to Pearl or possibly both to pearl.........:bazooka

I agree. There is no reason the USN could not foward deploy CVN's to both Hawaii and Guam. The faclities are there in both places to suppourt such a move.

 

[Crusader2000]

I agree. There is no reason the USN could not foward deploy CVN's to both Hawaii and Guam. The faclities are there in both places to suppourt such a move.

Then move one CVN from the Atlantic to the Pacific. (i.e. Washington or San Diego) Thereby giving the Pacific Fleet 7 Carriers compared to the Atlantics 5! This would not effect deployments to the Middle East because both deploy to the region from either fleet.


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