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The major naval bases on the East Coast of the Havre, France; Copenhagen, Demnark; Oslo/ Nonvay;
United States are Newport, Rhode Island; New London, and Lisbon, Portugal. Almost all direct support for u.s.
Connecticut; Norfolk, Virginia; King's Bay, Georgia; and forces in Germany comes through Antwerp or Bremer-
Mayport (near Jacksonville), Florida. A major naval ship- haven. You should know the location of these ports. They
yard is located at Portsmouth, Virginia. Large commer- all figure prominently in U.s. trade, and all are vital to
cial shipyards that handle major naval shipbuilding pro- the defense and economies of Western Europe.
grams are located at Bath, Maine; Quincy, Massachusetts; On the western side of the South Atlantic are some
and Newport News, Virginia. On the eastern side of the important South American ports. A large amOtillt of
Atlantic, the u.s. Navy maintains an important naval air bauxite ore for making aluminum is exported from
station at Keflavik, Iceland, and a much-used naval base Georgetown, Guyana, to the United States and other in-
at Rota, Spain. TI,e major ports of Britain are Liverpool, dustrialized nations. Tropical woods, quinine, and nat-
London, and Southampton. The largest and busiest At- ural rubber are exported from Belem, near the mouth of
lantic port of Western Europe is Antwerp, Belgium. the Amazon River in Brazil. The great Brazilian cities of
Other important Western European ports are Rotterdam, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo-Santos export iron ore and
Holland; Bremerhaven and Hamburg, Germany; Le import U.S.- and European-manufactured products used

The Port of New York. Manhattan is to the upper left, with the Hudson River and its wharves on the left and the East River to the right. Cour-
tesy Port of New York Authority