US Navy White Beach Port Facility
Japan /
Okinawa /
Haebaru /
World
/ Japan
/ Okinawa
/ Haebaru
World / Japan / Okinawa
military, seaport, United States Navy, United States Marine Corps
Constructed in late 1945 by US Navy engineers as the principal seaport for the Okinawa-based staging area for the upcoming Invasion of Mainland Japan, the White Beach Port Facility covers just under one square mile of land and features two large piers that extend into Nakagusuku/Buckner Bay. The Southern or "Navy" pier is 2,790ft long by 79ft wide and is capable of berthing nearly any vessel in both the JMSDF and US Navy Fleets, while the Northern "Army" pier is 1,480ft long by 79ft wide.
Now used primarily as a staging area for the Okinawa-based 31st US Marine Expeditionary Unit, the facility also plays regular host to visiting warships of the US Navy, JMSDF and allied nations.
www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/white-beach.ht...
Now used primarily as a staging area for the Okinawa-based 31st US Marine Expeditionary Unit, the facility also plays regular host to visiting warships of the US Navy, JMSDF and allied nations.
www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/white-beach.ht...
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruma,_Okinawa#White_Beach_Naval_Facility
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 26°18'5"N 127°54'39"E
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- Kadena U.S. Air Force Base (DNA/RODN) 18 km
- 505th Quartermaster Battalion (83rd Ordnance Battalion) Chibana Compound 21 km
- Camp Kinser 22 km
- Camp Schwab 30 km
- Camp Gonsalves 61 km
- Wreck of HIJMS Yamato (大和) 494 km
- Potential USA airbase 574 km
- JMSDF Kanoya Air Field 633 km
- Hamahiga Island 5.3 km
- Henza Island 7.2 km
- Hiyagon 9 km
- Miyagi Island 10 km
- Golf Club 11 km
- Aeon Mall Okinawa Rycom 12 km
- Ocean Castle Country Club 12 km
- Operation Red Hat Phase 1 Chemical Weapon Storage Igloos 13 km
- Kadena U.S. Air Force Base (DNA/RODN) 15 km
- Okinawa 21 km
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