Nov 17 2008
Mayport to get nuclear carrier
Naval Station Mayport will be getting a nuclear-powered carrier, the Navy told key Florida lawmakers Monday.
The Navy informed Sens. Bill Nelson and Mel Martinez and Rep. Ander Crenshaw that Mayport will be a home port for a nuclear carrier.
Nelson received word around noon in a phone call from Secretary of the Navy Donald Winter.
The Navy is scheduled to officially release a final environmental impact statement Nov. 21 concerning the possibility of shifting ships to Mayport from Norfolk, Va. The study evaluated the impact of more than a dozen alternatives that included a nuclear carrier, destroyers and amphibious ships.
This is great news, as someone who spent 6 years in the Navy and made Jacksonville home after getting; I am glad for the city.
