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Port of Haifa Study: Logistics Support
May 1, 1993
The Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 1992 directed the Secretary of the Navy to study 'the costs of improving the Port of Haifa, Israel, and facilities in the immediate vicinity, to accommodate the full complement of services required for the maintenance, repair and associated tasks needed to support a carrier battle group.' The Secretary of the Navy tasked the Center for Naval Analyses to conduct the study. He asked that we address the needs of rotationally deployed naval forces in the U.S. Sixth Fleet. We did not address homeporting in Haifa. We assumed that the Navy would continue to maintain self-sufficiency of its deployed forces. Providing support to visiting ships can be thought of in two dimensions: (1) the level of services each ship will demand; and (2) the number of ships that will simultaneously make such demands. Even more complicating is the fact that different types of ships request different levels and types of service. To cover the range of needs the port of Haifa may encounter in the future, we examined different levels of demand and support. Our analysis examines requirements generated by five notional task groups, comprising various numbers and types of ships. For each task group, we also analyze different degrees of support and provide assessments of the marginal benefits of a range of investment levels. This paper presents our research on logistics issues relevant to ship visits to Haifa and support of fleet operations in the general vicinity of Israel. We also address the flow
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Port of Haifa Study: Summary Report
May 1, 1993
The Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 1992 directed the Secretary of the Navy to study 'the costs of improving the Port of Haifa, Israel, and facilities in the immediate vicinity, to accommodate the full complement of services required for the maintenance, repair, and associated tasks needed to support a carrier battle group.' The Secretary of the Navy asked the Center for Naval Analyses to conduct the study. He asked that we address the needs of rotationally deployed naval forces in the U.S. Sixth Fleet. We did not address homeporting in Haifa. We assumed that the Navy would continue to maintain self-sufficiency of its deployed forces. The study addresses: (1) the needs of the Sixth Fleet, including carrier battle groups when they operate or visit ports in the eastern Mediterranean; (2) Haifa's capabilities to meet the Fleet's support demands; and (3) upgrades to services that would improve overall support to the Fleet. This report summarizes our findings and conclusions. We provide the data and analysis that support these conclusions in three separate documents, each corresponding to a different category of support -- harbor services, ship maintenance, and logistics support. See also 27 930090.10 - 27 930092.10.
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Port of Haifa Study: Harbor Services
May 1, 1993
The Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 1992 directed the Secretary of the Navy to study 'the costs of improving the Port of Haifa, Israel, and facilities in the immediate vicinity, to accommodate the full complement of services required for the maintenance, repairs, and associated tasks needed to support a carrier battle group.' The Secretary of the Navy tasked the Center for Naval Analyses to conduct the study. He asked that we address rotationally deployed naval forces to the U.S. Sixth Fleet. We did not address homeporting in Haifa. We assumed that the Navy would continue to maintain its self-sufficiency of deployed forces. We have published the results of our study in separate documents -- one each on harbor services, ship maintenance, and logistics support, plus a summary report. This research memorandum addresses the harbor services portion of the support provided to ships visiting Haifa. Our work was supported by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic Division. See also 27 930089.10 - 27 930092.10.
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Port of Haifa Study: Ship Maintenance
May 1, 1993
The Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 1992 directed the Secretary of the Navy to study 'the costs of improving the Port of Haifa, Israel, and facilities in the immediate vicinity, to accommodate the full complement of services required for the maintenance, repair, and associated tasks needed to support a carrier battle group.' The Secretary of the Navy tasked the Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) to conduct the study. He asked that we address rotationally deployed naval forces to the U.S. Sixth Fleet. This study did not address homeporting in Haifa. We assumed that the Navy would continue to maintain its self-sufficiency. The results of the study as a whole are being published in three parts plus a summary. The parts are harbor services, ship maintenance, and logistics support. This paper summarizes the research on maintenance. CNA was supported in its maintenance research by the NAVSEA Shipbuilding Support Office in Philadelphia, and much of the material in this paper was drawn from their report. See also 27 930089.10 - 27 930092.10.
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THE US SIXTH FLEET AND THE CONVENTIONAL DEFENSE OF EUROPE
October 1, 1976
This paper looks at the reasons the Sixth Fleet and its centerpiece weapon, the aircraft carrier, are in trouble. The issues addressed include the military and political problems the Fleet faces in a Mediterranean environment given Soviet military capabilities in both the land and sea areas of Europe; U.S. initiatives to retain the Fleet's viability; Fleet deployment alternatives; and some longer-term implications for NATO of a possible reduction in the carrier force in the Mediterranean.
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