Naval Station Ingleside
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Naval Station Ingleside is a United States Navy base in Ingleside, Texas, on the northern shore of Corpus Christi Bay, 20 miles northeast of the city of Corpus Christi, about 150 miles south of San Antonio, and approximately 200 miles south of Houston. This region is known as the Coastal Bend. The Naval Station is ideally situated aside the Corpus Christi ship channel, which links the Port of Corpus Christi with the Gulf of Mexico.
NS Ingleside is one of three South Texas installations that comprise Naval Region South.
As of 2005, NS Ingleside is commanded by CAPT Timothy L. Watkins.
On August 24, 2005, the BRAC Committee voted to close NAS-Ingleside.
[edit] Homeported ships
- USS Avenger (MCM-1)
- USS Champion (MCM-4)
- USS Chief (MCM-14)
- USS Defender (MCM-2)
- USS Devastator (MCM-6)
- USS Pioneer (MCM-9)
- USS Sentry (MCM-3)
- USS Warrior (MCM-10)
- USS Black Hawk (MHC-58)
- USS Cormorant (MHC-57)
- USS Falcon (MHC-59) *Decom status as of March 2007
- USS Heron (MHC-52) *Sold to Foriegn Navy
- USS Kingfisher (MHC-56)
- USS Oriole (MHC-55) *Decom status as of March 2007
- USS Osprey (MHC-51) *Decom status as of March 2007
- USS Pelican (MHC-53)*Sold to Foriegn Navy
- USS Robin (MHC-54) *Decom status as of March 2007
- USS Shrike (MHC-62)
- USS Swift (HSV-2)
[edit] Forward deployed ships
- USS Guardian (MCM-5)
- USS Patriot (MCM-7)
- USS Ardent (MCM-12)
- USS Dextrous (MCM-13)
- USS Gladiator (MCM-11)
- USS Scout (MCM-8)
- USS Cardinal (MHC-60) *Sold to Foriegn Navy
- USS Raven (MHC-61) *Sold to Foriegn Navy
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