Naha Port Facility

LST ramp

The Naha Port Facility, formerly the Naha Military Port, is a United States Forces Japan facility located in Naha, Okinawa, Japan, at the mouse of Kokuba River (国場川, Kokuba-gawa^?), which flows into the East China Sea.^[1]

The Naha Military Port was constructed by the U.S. troops after their landing on Okinawa Island in 1945. It served as a logistic base during the Vietnam War.^[2] After the reversion of Okinawa from the United States to Japan in 1972, return of the land to the government of Japan was agreed at the 15th U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee held in 1974.^[1] A part of the land has been returned and the remaining land will be returned after the completion of planned move of the facility to Urasoe, Okinawa.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Military Base Affairs Division. "FAC 6064 那覇港湾施設 [FAC 6064 Naha Port Facility]" (in Japanese). Naha: Okinawa Prefecture. http://www3.pref.okinawa.jp/site/view/contview.jsp?cateid=14&id=1228&page=1. Retrieved January 1, 2011. 
2. ^ Kuniyoshi, Nagahiro (May 1983). "那覇軍港" (in Japanese). Okinawa Encyclopedia. III. Naha: Okinawa Times. p. 62. LCC DS894.99.O372 O442 1983. 

Coordinates: 26°12′30″N 127°40′00″E / 26.20833°N 127.6666667°E / 26.20833; 127.6666667