thumb|2008 aerial view of Naval Base San Diego

thumb|right|1923 military map of [[San Diego Bay, depicting anchorages and moorings, various military facilities, Coronado, National City, and the surrounding area.]]

Naval Base San Diego is a United States Navy base in San Diego, California. It is the world's second largest surface ship naval base, after Naval Station Norfolk. Naval Base San Diego is the principal homeport of the United States Pacific Fleet, consisting of over 50 ships and over 150 tenant commands. The base is composed of 13 piers stretched over of land and of water. The total on base population is over 24,000 military personnel and over 10,000 civilians.

History

thumb|upright|left|Seal of Naval Station San Diego prior to its re-designation as a naval base.

The On 7 October 1943, the base was re-designated the U.S. Repair Base, San Diego, a title it retained throughout World War II. Between 1943 and 1945, the newly named base performed conversion, overhaul, maintenance, and battle damage repair to more than 5,117 ships.

An explosion and fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD-6) on July 12, 2020, resulted in the eventual decommissioning and scrapping of the ship.

Homeported ships

(As of August 2025)

Amphibious Assault Ships

Cruisers

Destroyers

Littoral Combat Ships

Supply and Support Ships

  • Transferred to MARAD

In fiction and literature

Naval Base San Diego is the setting for the 2005 naval thriller novel Treason by Don Brown.

Aerial view

The Navy has promised to alter the design of one of the buildings on site, which from above clearly resembles a Nazi swastika pitched at the correct 45-degree angle the Nazis used. A report by SFGATE suggests that top officials in the Navy knew what the design of the building would look like prior to the installation.

See also

  • Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego
  • USS Midway Museum

Notes

  • Map of the base
  • Naval Base San Diego on navy.mil