Mine Warfare: Ingleside, Texas, may not be the Best Location for Consolidation

Abstract

This report concludes that the Navy's decision to homeport its mine countermeasures ships at Ingleside will necessitate the expenditure of significant additional funds to accommodate the ships and consolidate other mine warfare forces. Ingleside's distance from the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets could also increase operational costs and hamper efforts to better integrate mine warfare forces into overall Navy operations. Further, we believe that the Navy has not adequately addressed these concerns of sufficiently analyzed the potential benefits of locating mine warfare forces at a base on both the East and West Coasts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA244141

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • California
  • Countermeasures
  • Department Of Defense
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Explosives
  • Helicopters
  • Marine Corps
  • National Security
  • Naval Air Stations
  • Naval Operations
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Ships
  • South Carolina
  • Training
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime and Naval Warfare Studies
  • Systems Analysis and Design