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The Port of Hueneme in the city of Port Hueneme, California, United States, is the only deep water harbor between Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay area. Located in Ventura County on the Santa Barbara Channel, the port complex not only serves international shipping businesses but is an operating facility of Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC).
Beach and pier of Port Hueneme. Port Hueneme is located on the southwest portion of the Oxnard Plain on the Pacific Ocean. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7 square miles (12.1 km 2 (4.7 sq mi) (11.5 km 2) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km 2) of it (4.70%) is water.
Port of Hueneme (pronounced "Why-nee-mee") is the only deep-water port between Los Angeles and San Francisco. At Point Mugu, NBVC operates two runways and a 36,000-square-mile (93,000 km 2) sea test range, [2] anchored by San Nicolas Island. The range allows the military to test and track weapons systems in restricted air- and sea-space without ...
Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme, operated as an independent base from 1942 to 2000 as the West Coast home port of the Navy ’s Construction Battalions. In 2000, the CBC merged with nearby Naval Air Station Point Mugu to form Naval Base Ventura County.
The horseshoe shaped harbor contains 166 acres (0.67 km 2) of water surrounded by 126 acres (0.51 km 2) of land [5] and supports more than 2,500 vessels, [6] four yacht clubs, and nine full-service marinas. [7] The Channel Islands are a popular destination. [4] Island Packers operates a ferry service out of the harbor that accesses Anacapa ...
1,677 metres (5,502 ft) asphalt. Source: Federal Aviation Administration [1] Naval Air Station Point Mugu was a United States naval air station near Oxnard, California, which operated as an independent base from 1941 to 2000, when it merged with nearby Naval Construction Battalion Center Port Hueneme to form Naval Base Ventura County.
English: An Aerial view of Port Huneme, California (USA), 13 December 2020. Port operations at Naval Base Ventura County Port Hueneme provides direct support to Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet and Naval Sea Systems Command's (NAVSEA) Naval Surface Warfare Center in conducting pre-deployment combat system assessment and training.
Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 (NMCB 4) is a Navy Seabee battalion homeported at Port Hueneme, California. [2] Nicknamed the "Pioneers", it is the first of the many CBs created after the original three. The battalion's current insignia first appeared on its 1953–55 cruisebook. 4th NCB WWII insignia.