Strategic Homeport

Strategic Homeport was a plan developed in the 1980s by Secretary of the Navy John Lehman for building new U.S. Navy bases within the continental United States. It was proposed as part of the 600-ship Navy plan of the Reagan Administration. It called for the construction of new ports for existing and newly commissioned ships.
The plan was based on five strategic principles:
The program was devised in part to achieve a political goal: to build support for the naval expansion program though the promise of new naval bases.
The program enjoyed broad support both in Congress and in the Reagan Administration.
Stations.
Stations opened under the program include: