Virginian Pilot – More ships to Florida? Navy may snub Hampton Roads on new combat ships

As Hampton Roads’ leaders try to fend off plans to move a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier to Mayport, Fla., a top naval officer said the Florida base also has the upper hand to get another prize that Norfolk hoped to share. Mayport Naval Station “is the primary site we’re looking at” for the East Coast homeport of the new littoral combat ships, Adm. Gary Roughead, the chief of naval operations, told a congressional panel.