United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka

United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka
Yokosuka, Japan
U.S. Fleet Activities Yokosuka logo
Type	Military Base
Site information
Controlled by	Japan (1870s–1945) United States (1945–present)
Site history
Built	1870
In use	1870–present
Battles/wars	Served as support in naval battles during World War II Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Korean War, Vietnam War
Garrison information
Current commander	Captain Les Sobol
Past commanders	Vice Admiral Robert L. Thomas Oliver O. Kessing
Garrison	United States Seventh Fleet

United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka (横須賀海軍施設, Yokosuka kaigun-shisetsu) or Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka (横須賀艦隊活動司令官 or 横須賀艦隊基地隊, Yokosuka kantai katsudō Shirei-kan or Yokosuka kantai kichi-tai) is a United States Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan. Its mission is to give support and service to the U.S. Naval Forces Japan, Seventh Fleet and other operating forces assigned in the Western Pacific. CFAY is the largest strategically important U.S. naval base in the western Pacific.^[1]