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Tengan Pier

Japan / Okinawa / Ishikawa /
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Tengan pier and (Tengan pier), Okinawa Prefecture Uruma ( Okinawa located in) Japan United States Marine Corps is a port facility. Take the bank is jutting out into the sea in shallow water, the pier can handle a ship of 20,000 tons of cargo. Namely dangerous cargo like munition and other dangerous material.

There are two piers at White Beach. Navy Pier is under the control of the U.S. Navy Commander Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO) and is also used by the Military Sealift Command (MSC) as a back-up ordnance-handling pier. The coordinating authority for U. S. Navy vessels for both piers is Buckner Port Control, White Beach.
Primarily U.S. Navy vessels and Japanese Self Defense Force minesweepers use the Navy Pier. The pier is approximately 2,400 ft (732 m) long. In total, the dimensions consist of a 40 ft (12.2 m) wide by 1,220 ft (372 m) long earth-filled causeway and a 39 ft (11.9 m) wide by 386 ft (117.8 m) long structural causeway that is connected to the main pier. East Navy Pier for berthing is 790 ft (240.8 m) and the West Navy Pier for berthing is 810 ft (246.9 m). The Navy Pier has reinforced concrete pilings with a steel concrete surface. The deck height is 10 ft (3.1 m). Beyond the pier are two 25 ft (7.6 m) by 125 ft (38.1 m) mooring dolphin decks. Ships can moor bow in or bow out at these berths.
The Army Pier is controlled by the U.S. Army and used primarily for the loading and discharge of fuel. U.S. Navy vessels using the Army Pier do so with the understanding that the pier might have to be vacated with little notice when fuel handling evolutions are scheduled or at the request of the U.S. Army Harbor Master.

The Army Pier is an asphalt-surfaced causeway connecting to a steel pier reinforced with concrete and with a solid facing to the sea floor. The approximate total dimensions of the pier and the causeway are 1,224 ft (373 m) long by 100 ft (30.5 m) wide. The portion of the pier for berthing is approximately 525 ft (160 m) long with a deck height of 10 ft (3.1 m). Ships are required to be bow in at the Army Pier.

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Coordinates:   26°24'19"N   127°50'49"E
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