United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka
| United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka | |
|---|---|
| Yokosuka, Japan | |
U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka logo | |
| Site information | |
| Type | Military Base |
| Controlled by | Japan (1870s–1945) United States (1945–present) |
| Site history | |
| Built | 1870 |
| In use | 1870–present |
| Battles/wars | Served as support in naval battles during World War II Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Korean War, Vietnam War |
| Garrison information | |
| Current commander | Captain Jonathan Hopkins |
| Past commanders | Vice Admiral Robert L. Thomas Oliver O. Kessing |
| Garrison | United States Seventh Fleet |
United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka (横須賀海軍施設, Yokosuka kaigun-shisetsu) or Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (横須賀艦隊活動司令官 or 横須賀艦隊基地隊, Yokosuka kantai katsudō Shirei-kan or Yokosuka kantai kichi-tai) is a United States Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan. Its mission is to maintain and operate base facilities for the logistic, recreational, administrative support and service of the U.S. Naval Forces Japan, Seventh Fleet and other operating forces assigned in the Western Pacific. CFAY is the largest strategically important U.S. naval installation in the western Pacific.
Fleet Activities Yokosuka comprises 2.3 km2 (568 acres) and is located at the entrance of Tokyo Bay, 65 km (40 mi) south of Tokyo and approximately 30 km (20 mi) south of Yokohama on the Miura Peninsula in the Kantō region of the Pacific Coast in Central Honshu, Japan.
The 55 tenant commands which make up this installation support U.S. Navy Pacific operating forces, including principal afloat elements of the United States Seventh Fleet, including the only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS George Washington (CVN-73), the group she heads, Carrier Strike Group Five, and Destroyer Squadron 15.