Changi Naval Base
{{short description|Naval base located at the eastern end of Singapore}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use Singapore English|date = March 2019}}
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| name = Changi Naval Base
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| native_name = RSS Singapura – Changi Naval Base
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| location = Changi Bay
| nearest_town = Changi
| country = Singapore
| image = File:Singapore and US Navy warships at Changi Naval Base in July 2015.jpg
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| type = Naval base
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| operator = Republic of Singapore Navy
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| open_to_public = Limited
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| built = {{Start date and age|2004}}
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| website = [https://www.mindef.gov.sg/oms/navy/Changi_Naval_Base.HTM mindef.gov.sg]
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Changi Naval Base (CNB), officially known as RSS Singapura – Changi Naval Base,{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/changi-naval-bases-new-name-to-hark-back-to-beginnings|title=Changi Naval Base to get new name: RSS Singapura - Changi Naval Base|last=Lim|first=Adrian|date=10 February 2017|website=The Straits Times|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720110229/https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/changi-naval-bases-new-name-to-hark-back-to-beginnings|archive-date=20 July 2018|url-status=live|access-date=10 March 2019}} is a naval base of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and United States Navy (USN). Located about 1.5 kilometres east of Changi Air Base (East) and 3.5 kilometres east of Singapore Changi Airport, the base was built on {{convert|1.28|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} of reclaimed land. It was officially opened on 21 May 2004 by then Prime Minister of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong. A Navy Museum was opened at the entrance of the base in 2012.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mindef.gov.sg/oms/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/navymuseum/home.html|title=Navy Museum - Home|website=www.mindef.gov.sg|access-date=10 March 2019}}
Overview
File:ChangiNavalBase-Singapore-20070526.jpg
Its {{convert|6.2|km|mi|abbr=on}} berthing space can accommodate an aircraft carrier{{cite web|title=Our Bases |work=Republic of Singapore Navy |url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/navy/assets_bases.html |access-date=4 March 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050208163737/http://www.mindef.gov.sg/navy/assets_bases.html |archive-date=8 February 2005 }} and is often used by visiting ships of the Royal Navy as part of the Five Power Defence Arrangements (FPDA) and United States Navy, as a result of the signing of the addendum to the 1990 United States–Singapore Memorandum of Understanding on 10 November 1990, which formalised arrangements for US Navy ships to use CNB facilities.{{cite web|title=Transcript: Cohen/Tan press briefing on US-Singapore relations |work=USIS Washington File |url=http://canberra.usembassy.gov/hyper/WF981110/epf203.htm |access-date=7 May 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050426084021/http://canberra.usembassy.gov/hyper/WF981110/epf203.htm |archive-date=26 April 2005 |url-status=dead }}
The Straits Times stated in an editorial that:
{{cquote|The US Navy uses Singapore's naval facilities for logistics and re-supply, while Singapore uses American airbases and abundant space for ground training.The Straits Times (in print) editorial on November 23, 2009. http://www.straitstimes.com/Home.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729193221/http://www.straitstimes.com/Home.html |date=29 July 2012 }}}}
In 2017, India and Singapore signed a bilateral agreement which will allow Indian Navy ships limited logistical support, including refuelling, at CNB.{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/navy-gets-access-to-singapores-changi-naval-base/articleshow/61855776.cms|title=Navy gets access to Singapore's Changi naval base|first=Shaurya Karanbir|last=Gurung|date=30 November 2017|access-date=6 December 2017|newspaper=The Economic Times|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206095051/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/navy-gets-access-to-singapores-changi-naval-base/articleshow/61855776.cms|archive-date=6 December 2017|url-status=live}}
Design
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Automation was incorporated into the design of CNB to reduce manpower requirements. It has an automated underground ammunition depot that allows ammunition to be loaded onto the ships and an automated warehouse system to store items. The base has a fibre-optic broadband network for information management. The base was also designed to be environment-friendly, with three small-scale wind turbines powering the 50 lights along the breakwaters at night. Conventional roof construction materials were substituted by 72 thin-film solar panels and the solar energy generated lights 100 downlights in the base. Seawater is used in the air-conditioning system,{{cite web|title=DSTA developed innovative solutions at Changi Naval Base |work=DSTA |url=http://www.dsta.gov.sg/home/DisplayPage/ContentPage10.asp?id=2170 |access-date=7 May 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071006231700/http://www.dsta.gov.sg/home/DisplayPage/ContentPage10.asp?id=2170 |archive-date=6 October 2007 }} saving about 35,000 m3 (equivalent to 20 Olympic-sized pools) of potable water annually.{{cite web|title=DSTA gives Changi Naval Base a 'green' edge |work=DSTA |url=http://www.dsta.gov.sg/home/DisplayPage/ContentPage12.asp?id=2166 |access-date=7 May 2005 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060528220016/http://www.dsta.gov.sg/home/DisplayPage/ContentPage12.asp?id=2166 |archive-date=28 May 2006 }}
Deployment
Currently, aircraft carriers, submarines, frigates, amphibious transport docks and missile gunboats are based at CNB. Co-located in CNB is the Changi Naval Training Base, also known as RSS Panglima—named in honour of the first ship of the Navy.{{cite web |url=http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/about_us/history/birth_of_saf/v12n01_history.html |title=1956 - Serving with pride: The RSS Panglima |publisher=MINDEF |access-date=13 March 2019 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120804180717/http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/about_us/history/birth_of_saf/v12n01_history.html |archive-date=4 August 2012 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nexus.gov.sg/imindef/about_us/history/maturing_saf/v10n05_history.html |title=2004 - Changi Naval Base |publisher=MINDEF |access-date=22 March 2010 |archive-date=5 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200905022808/https://www.mindef.gov.sg/oms/imindef/mindef_websites/topics/nexus/home.html |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Changi Naval Base}}
- [http://www.mindef.gov.sg/imindef/mindef_websites/atozlistings/navy/assets/bases.html RSN web page on Changi Naval Base (CNB)]
- [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/singapore.htm Changi Naval Base on GlobalSecurity.Org]
Category:Camps and bases of the Singapore Armed Forces