Florida’s Senators Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio have sent a letter to President Donald Trump asking for funding in 2019 in order to bring a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier to NS Mayport.
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By U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Gary Granger Jr. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
The sailing branch had promised to home-port a carrier there in 2009. Last year, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson told the Virginian-Pilot that it will be “very difficult” to get funding for upgrading Naval Station Mayport so that a carrier can be stationed there.