Norfolk hosting five carriers is like Pearl Harbor circa 1941
Glad I wasn’t the only one who thought that.
Oh it's much worse than Pearl Harbor. The International Piers are about 2 or so miles upstream past N.O.B. and any flagged ship can go there. There is also two large bridges and tunnels to consider. The Hampton Roads tunnel and Chesapeake Bay Bridge tunnel all ships much cross. Then there is Portsmouth home of Norfolk Naval Shipyards which can berth three carriers and also Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock company the one sole remaining carrier builder all in a nice tight circle.
Before anyone says loose lips to me ALL our enemies already know all this. A city map on line shows all they need. The NOB piers are well within sight of I-64 meaning you can see the carriers as you enter Norfolk.
We do or rather we used to have a second carrier homeport in Mayport, Florida that I think could hold two.
There's also pictures of shipyard tents and shacks sitting on flight decks of carriers berthed at N.O.B. This isn't just an Obama issue neither. It goes all the way back to Poppy starting policies and calling for cuts that never slowed down. Congress shares more responsibility though than anyone because they have the full say as to money allotted for what programs, how much, how many ships, how many active duty troops in all services and reservist etc. DEM majority or GOP majority didn't change one decimal point on anything.
One last thing many more critical Naval assets are in Norfolk. The U.S.N. Amphib Base and Oceana N.A.S. are there as well. At least the sub fleet is somewhat more scattered.