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{{Short description|US Navy ballistic missile submarine base}}
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'''Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay''' is a base of the [[United States Navy]] located adjacent to the city of [[St. Marys, Georgia|St. Marys]] in [[Camden County, Georgia]], on the East River in southeastern [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], and {{convert|38|mi|km}} from [[Jacksonville, Florida]]. The Submarine Base is the [[United States Fleet Forces Command|U.S. Atlantic Fleet]]'s home port for U.S. Navy Fleet [[ballistic missile]] [[nuclear submarine]]s capable of being armed with [[Trident (missile)|Trident missile]] nuclear weapons. This [[submarine base]] covers about {{convert|16,000|acre|ha|abbr=off}} of land, of which {{convert|4,000|acre|ha|abbr=off}} are protected [[wetland]]s.

==History==

===The early years===
Archaeological research has revealed a [[pre-Columbian era]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] presence throughout the area, dating back thousands of years.

Early in the 19th century, much of what is now the submarine base was the site of several plantations, including Cherry Point, Harmony Hall, New Canaan, Marianna and Kings Bay. Beginning in the 1790s, Thomas King built a plantation along the bay. John Houston McIntosh built a considerably larger plantation known as New Canaan, where he grew cotton and sugar cane.

The plantation system declined following the Civil War, and the land was broken up into smaller holdings. No residents were paid the going rate for the land that was used to build the submarine base.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}<!-- strong claims need substantial sources --> One land owner was paid four thousand dollars for 62 acres (25 ha) of deep water land. Such residents harvested shrimp, fish and other seafood, and trapped and hunted to supplement small-scale farming of corn, sugar and other vegetables.

===The Army years===
The [[United States Army|US Army]] began to acquire {{convert|7000|acre|km2 sqmi|2}} of land at Kings Bay in 1954 to build a military ocean terminal to ship ammunition in case of a national emergency. Construction began in 1955 and was completed in 1958. A 200-foot-wide channel was dredged to Cumberland Sound, and included two [[turning basin]]s.<ref name="CAMDEN">
{{cite book
|last=Reddick
|first=Marguerite
|title=Camden's Challenge
|publisher=Camden County Historical Commission
|year=1976
|page=215
|asin=B0006PBII2
}}</ref>

The most prominent feature of the terminal was its {{convert|2000|ft|m|adj=mid|-long}}, {{convert|87|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} concrete-and-steel wharf (600 m × 26 m). It had three parallel railroad tracks, enabling the simultaneous loading of several ammunition ships from rail cars and trucks.

Elsewhere on the base, the Army laid {{convert|47|mi|km}} of railroad tracks. Spurs off the main line ran into temporary storage areas protected by earthen barricades. These mounds of dirt, still prominent features in many areas of the base, were designed to localize damage in case of explosive accidents.

It was soon realized that there was no immediate operational need for the installation, so it was placed in an inactive ready status, and Blue Star Shipping Company signed a lease to use the wharf in 1959.<ref name="CAMDEN" />

Although the army post was never activated to serve its primary purpose, it was used twice for other missions. In 1964, as [[Hurricane Dora (1964)|Hurricane Dora]] hammered the area, nearly 100 area residents were sheltered aboard base. Also, during the [[Cuban Missile Crisis]], an Army Transportation Battalion of 1,100 personnel and 70 small boats took up position at Kings Bay.

===The Navy years===
The chain of events that led to submarine operations at Kings Bay began in 1975. At that time, treaty negotiations between [[Spain]] and the United States were in progress. A proposed change to the United States naval basing agreement with Spain included the withdrawal of the fleet ballistic-missile submarine squadron, [[Submarine Squadron 16]], from its operational base at [[Rota, Spain]], northwest of [[Gibraltar]], giving easy access to [[Atlantic Ocean]] patrol areas. Anticipating that this would take place, [[Chief of Naval Operations]] [[James L. Holloway III]] ordered studies to select a new refit site on the [[East Coast of the United States]].

In January 1976, the negotiators initialed a draft treaty between Spain and the United States. It called for withdrawal of the submarine squadron from Rota by July 1979. The [[U.S. Senate]] ratified the treaty in June 1976.

After review, Kings Bay was selected in November 1976, shortly after the election of Georgian [[Jimmy Carter]] as [[President of the United States|President]]. Soon afterward, the first Navy personnel arrived in the Kings Bay area and started preparations for the transfer of property from the Army to the Navy. ''Naval Submarine Support Base Kings Bay'' was established in a developmental status 1 July 1978. The base&mdash;now ''Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay'', not only occupies the former Army terminal land, but several thousand additional acres.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

Preparations for the arrival of the submarine squadron went forward throughout the remainder of 1978 and into 1979. Commander Submarine Squadron 16 greeted the [[submarine tender]] {{USS|Simon Lake|AS-33|2}}, when it arrived at Kings Bay on 2 July 1979. Four days later, {{USS|James Monroe|SSBN-622|6}} entered Kings Bay and moored alongside ''Simon Lake''{{'}}s starboard side to begin a routine refit in preparation for another nuclear weapons deterrence patrol. Kings Bay has been an operating submarine base ever since that time.
[[File:SWFLANT Missile Display.JPG|thumb|Display of submarine-launched missiles on board the base, including the Polaris, Poseidon, and [[Trident (missile)|Trident]].|left]]
In May 1979, the U.S. Navy selected Kings Bay as its preferred East Coast site for the new {{sclass|Ohio|submarine|0}} Trident submarines. On 23 October 1980, after a one-year environmental impact study was completed, and with Congressional approval, the [[Secretary of the Navy]] announced that Kings Bay would be the future home port for the new [[Trident missile|Trident]]-missile submarines in the [[Atlantic Ocean]].

The decision to base the Trident submarines at Kings Bay started the largest peacetime construction program ever undertaken by the U.S. Navy. The program took nine years to complete at a cost of about $1.3 billion. The building project included the construction of three major commands: Trident Training Facility (TTF), Trident Refit Facility (TRF), and Strategic Weapons Facility, Atlantic (SWFLANT).{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

On 15 January 1989, the first Trident submarine, {{USS|Tennessee|SSBN-734|2}}, arrived at Kings Bay. She was followed by {{USS|Pennsylvania|SSBN-735|2}} later that same year. {{USS|West Virginia|SSBN-736|2}} was commissioned at Kings Bay in October 1990, and she was followed by {{USS|Kentucky|SSBN-737|2}} in July 1991; {{USS|Maryland|SSBN-738|2}} in June 1992; {{USS|Nebraska|SSBN-739|2}} in July 1993; {{USS|Rhode Island|SSBN-740|2}} in July 1994; {{USS|Maine|SSBN-741|2}} in August 1995, and {{USS|Wyoming|SSBN-742|2}} in July 1996. The commissioning of {{USS|Louisiana|SSBN-743|2}} in September 1997 gave Kings Bay its maximum number of ten Trident submarines.

In late March 1990, the [[Trident missile#Trident-II (D5) UGM-133A|Trident II (D-5)]] missile made its first deterrent patrol on board the USS ''Tennessee''.

==== Post Cold-War Era ====
[[File:USS George Bancroft, SSBN-643, on display.jpg|thumb|right|Sail of {{USS|George Bancroft|SSBN-643|6}} on display at main gate, dedicated 7 April 2000, as part of Kings Bay's celebration of the submarine forces' 100th anniversary.]]

The end of the Cold War and the reorganization of Naval and Air Force strategic weapons forces during the 1990s had a significant effect on the submarine base at Kings Bay. A high-level nuclear weapons policy review recommended that the U.S. Navy reduce its number of Trident Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines from 18 to 14 by 2005.

The decision was made to temporarily decommission the four oldest ''Ohio''-class Trident missile submarines for extensive shipyard work in order to convert them into guided-missile submarines (SSGNs) carrying large numbers (about 150) of conventionally armed [[Tomahawk (missile family)|Tomahawk]] cruise missiles. These converted submarines also have accommodations for significant numbers of [[Navy SEAL]]s or [[U.S. Marine Corps|Marines]].

Furthermore, several Trident submarines were transferred from the Atlantic Fleet to the Pacific Fleet. USS ''Pennsylvania'' departed on 4 August 2003 and USS ''Kentucky'' departed on 24 August 2003, bound for the [[Naval Base Kitsap#Bangor|Trident submarine base at Bangor, Washington]], as part of balancing the Trident fleet. In addition, both USS ''Louisiana'' and USS ''Maine'' were transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 2005.

USS ''Florida'' and USS ''Georgia'' completed their conversions into guided missile submarines in 2006 and 2008, respectively, and now have their home port at the Kings Bay Submarine Base.

==== Anti-War Protest ====
On April 4, 2018, [[Kings Bay Plowshares|seven anti-war activists]] were arrested after breaking into the naval base and committing acts of vandalism after recording themselves dumping fake-blood on the ground while holding banners, spray painting anti-war and anti-nuclear slogans on facility walls and destroying equipment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news4jax.com/news/2018/04/05/7-anti-war-activists-detained-after-vandalism-on-kings-bay-sub-base/|title=7 anti-war activists detained after vandalism on Kings Bay sub base|website=News4Jax|date=5 April 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-30}}</ref> The activists, calling themselves the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, were found guilty of three felonies and one misdemeanor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/kings-bay-plowshares-trial/|title=Religious Beliefs Are Struck Down as Defense for Nuclear Protest|last=Husseini|first=Sam|journal=The Nation|date=2019-10-31|access-date=2019-11-30|language=en-US|issn=0027-8378}}</ref>

==Major Commands at Kings Bay==

===Submarine Group 10===
Submarine Group 10 was commissioned January 1, 1989, and is the senior command at Kings Bay. Group 10 is a subordinate command to Commander [[Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet]]. It exercises command over various commands and units assigned, including operational and administrative control of the ''Ohio''-class submarines based at Submarine Base Kings Bay.

Group 10 is the local coordinating authority for all matters assigned by the submarine force commander and exercises direct control over the administration and training of submarine offcrews at Kings Bay. Specifically included in these responsibilities are the proper integration and coordination of the facilities dedicated to training support of the Trident system.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Regions/cnrse/installations/navsubbase_kings_bay/about/tenant_commands/submarine_group_10/|title=Submarine Group 10|date=July 4, 2011|work=US Navy Website|access-date=April 19, 2016|via=Google News}}</ref>
[[File:USS Maryland prepares to get underway for routine operations from Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga. (25227823204).jpg|left|thumb|[[USS Maryland (SSBN-738)|USS ''Maryland'' (SSBN-738)]], an [[Ohio-class submarine|''Ohio''-class ballistic-missile submarine]] berthed at Kings Bay during 2016]]

===Submarine Squadron 16===
{{as of|2009}}, Submarine Squadron 16 provided administrative support for the East Coast-based ''Ohio''-class SSGN submarines. The squadron coordinates planning and executing all SSGN maintenance with Trident Refit Facility and is responsible for all material readiness and fiscal responsibility. The SSGN fleet relies heavily on this maintenance. In addition Submarine Squadron 16 will provide support for SSBNs during and after major overhaul periods.<ref name="subron-16-20-split">
{{cite press release
|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43845
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604175908/http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=43845
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=4 June 2011
|title=Navy's Only Combined Submarine Squadron Splits to Enhance Warfighting Readiness
|publisher=Submarine Group 10 Public Affairs
|date=30 March 2009
|access-date=2013-01-01
}}
</ref>

===Submarine Squadron 20===
Submarine Squadron 20 provides the same kind of support services as Submarine Squadron 16, except that it is responsible for the East Coast-based ''Ohio''-class SSBN and the strategic deterrence missions those SSBNs undertake.<ref name="subron-16-20-split" />

===Submarine Readiness Squadron===
The submarine center provides centralized administrative and support services to the submarine squadron assisting them in their responsibilities for material, personnel, training and logistics of assigned and visiting submarines.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

===Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic===
[[File:SWFLant 4.JPG|right|thumb|Flag display at Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic (SWFLANT)]]
Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic (SWFLANT) provides strategic missiles and strategic weapons system support to the ballistic missile fleet. The command is responsible for assembling the D-5 missile and processing missile guidance and launcher subsystem components.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

===Marine Corps Security Force Battalion===
Marine Corps Security Force Battalion, Kings Bay conducts security operations in Direct Support (DS) of SWFLANT. The battalion is commanded by a senior Marine Corps officer and provides security operations as approved by the Chief of Naval Operations, in coordination with the Commandant of the Marine Corps, As of June 27, 2008, MCSFCO was restructured from a company to a battalion. A similar [[Naval Base Kitsap|sister battalion]] is stationed with the [[West Coast of the United States|west coast]] submarine base in [[Bangor Base, Washington|Bangor, Washington]]. In addition to Marine Corps security forces, they are joined by Navy [[Master-at-arms|Master-at-Arms]] and Navy Law Enforcement/Security Officers with the 6490 designator. Both Masters-at-Arms and Navy Law Enforcement/Security Officers are part of the larger U.S. Navy Security Forces.

===United States Coast Guard (USCG) Maritime Force Protection Unit===
[[File:Foredeck of the newly commissioned USCGC Sea Dog, showing all three machine guns.jpg | left|thumb | Foredeck of the newly commissioned USCGC Sea Dog, showing all three machine guns.]]
One of the first Maritime Force Protection Units was established by the [[United States Coast Guard|United States Coast Guard (USCG)]] at Kings Bay. The Maritime Force Protection Unit provides escort protection for the submarines as they transit on the surface, to and from their homeports.<ref name=IndustryNews2009-05-13/><ref name=KitsapSun2008-06-20/><ref name=FlynnSmallCutters/><ref name=Periscope2008-07-31/><ref name=Periscope2008-01-24/><ref name=coastguardnews2008-01-11/><ref name=coastguardnews2009-05-22/>
The unit includes some smaller vessels, and two [[Marine Protector class cutter]]s, the {{USCGC|Sea Dragon|WPB-87367|6}} and the {{USCGC|Sea Dog|WPB-87373|6}}. The ''Sea Dragon'' and ''Sea Dog'', and two other cutters, the {{USCGC|Sea Devil|WPB-87368|6}} and {{USCGC|Sea Fox|WPB-87374|6}}, although crewed by sailors from the Coast Guard, were ordered, and paid for, by the Navy. For protecting submarines the Navy requested a slightly modified design, which added gyrostabilized machine gun, with advanced optics, which was fired under remote control from the ship's bridge. The gyrostabilized gun's greater long range accuracy made it more appropriate for intercepting speedboats laden with a suicide bomb.

=== Trident Refit Facility ===
[[File:The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Tennessee (SSBN 734) enters the Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay, Georgia, dry dock for an extended refit period (ERP). (50908318361).jpg|thumb|The {{USS|Tennessee|SSBN-734}} enters drydock at Trident Refit Facility in 2021]]
The Trident Refit Facility (TRF) is the largest tenant command at Kings Bay and has kept a significant portion of the United States Fleet Ballistic Missile submarines at sea since 1985. TRF provides quality industrial-level and logistics support for the incremental overhaul, modernization, and repair of Trident submarines. It also furnishes global submarine supplies and spare parts support. In addition, TRF provides maintenance and support services to other submarines, regional maintenance customers, and other activities as requested.{{citation needed|date=February 2015}}

The Trident Refit Facility possesses the largest covered [[drydock]] in the world,{{citation needed|date=February 2015}} measuring {{convert|700|ft|m}} long, {{convert|100|ft|m}} wide, and {{convert|67|ft|m}} deep. A state-of-the-art Magnetic Silencing Facility (MSF) provides [[degaussing]] services, including ranging and the removal of permanent magnetism for submarines of the [[U.S. Navy]] and the British [[Royal Navy]], as well as for steel-hulled surface warships. The MSF is the only facility of its kind on the East Coast, and it is also used for research and development of future magnetic systems. The Defensive Ordnance Support Facility maintains and stores all of the [[torpedo]]es carried by the Trident missile submarines for self-defense.

===Trident Training Facility===
[[File:TTF Simulator.JPG|right|thumb|Sailors use a simulator for refresher training at Kings Bay's Trident Training Facility (TTF)]]

The Trident Training Facility (TTF), with over {{convert|520,000|ft2|m2|abbr=off}} of classroom and office space, trains sailors in the skills necessary to operate and maintain the Trident submarine and its systems. TTF has an essential role in support of the Trident submarines and uses equipment trainers (simulators) to simulate, as realistically as possible, the actual equipment on the submarine.<ref name="simulator1">
{{cite web
|title=Trident Training Facility Ship Control Simulator
|date=3 June 2003
|url=http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=7956
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041220065146/http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=7956
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=20 December 2004
|access-date=2010-08-05
}}</ref> Trainers include damage control, fire fighting, ship control, navigation, and most weapons and engineering subsystems.<ref name=simulator2>
{{cite web
|title=Trident Training Facility Launch Control Simulator
|date=3 June 2003
|url=http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=7923
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041220064944/http://www.navy.mil/view_single.asp?id=7923
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=20 December 2004
|access-date=2010-08-05
}}</ref>

TTF's mission is to provide basic, advanced, functional, refresher and team training to Trident submarine crew members and submarine support personnel, in order to increase and maintain the knowledge and proficiency in specific skills and to provide specialized training. The [[United Kingdom]]'s {{sclass|Vanguard|submarine}}s, through the [[Polaris Sales Agreement]], also uses the [[Trident (missile)|Trident]] missile and their sailors sometimes visit the Kings Bay Naval Base. Additionally, the [[Colombian Navy]] trained at TTF because of the lack of high technology trainers in their own country.<ref name="Colombia">
{{cite press release
|title=Colombian Submariners Benefit from Damage Control Trainers at NSB Kings Bay
|url=http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=18262
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060408231448/https://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=18262
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=8 April 2006
|publisher=Submarine Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Public Affairs
|date=11 May 2005
|access-date=2010-08-05
}}</ref>

== Homeported submarines ==
[[File:Ohio-class submarine launches Tomahawk Cruise missiles (artist concept).jpg|thumb|Artist's concept of an {{sclass|Ohio|submarine|0}} SSGN launching [[Tomahawk (missile family)|Tomahawk Cruise Missiles]].]]
; Guided missile
* {{USS|Florida|SSGN-728}}
* {{USS|Georgia|SSGN-729}}

; Ballistic missile
* {{USS|Alaska|SSBN-732}}
* {{USS|Tennessee|SSBN-734}}
* {{USS|West Virginia|SSBN-736}}
* {{USS|Maryland|SSBN-738}}
* {{USS|Rhode Island|SSBN-740}}
* {{USS|Wyoming|SSBN-742}}

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px">
File:US Navy 090109-N-1841C-028 The ballistic-missile submarine USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740) is escorted by tug boats to her berth at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.jpg|[[USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740)|USS ''Rhode Island'' (SSBN-740)]] being escorted by tug boats to Kings Bay.
File:US Navy 091106-N-3737T-025 Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON) Rick West visits with World War II submarine veterans following a World War II submarine veteran memorial service at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.jpg|Former [[Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy]] [[Rick West (sailor)|Rick West]] visits [[World War II]] submarine veterans at Kings Bay.
File:US Navy 090327-N-1841C-045 The fleet ballistic missile submarine, USS Alaska (SSBN 732) arrives at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay.jpg|[[USS Alaska (SSBN-732)|USS ''Alaska'' (SSBN-732)]] arrives at Kings Bay.
File:US Navy 050812-N-1433S-016 Former President Jimmy Carter salutes the sideboys after departing the Sea Wolf-class attack submarine USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23).jpg|President [[Jimmy Carter]] salutes the [[sideboy]]s after departing the [[USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23)|USS ''Jimmy Carter'' (SSN-23)]]
File:Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel greets sailors as he arrives on Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga., July 9, 2014 140709-F-DT527-117c.jpg|[[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] [[Chuck Hagel]] greets sailors at Kings Bay.
File:US Navy 090805-N-1841C-013 The guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) prepares to get underway from Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Ga.jpg|[[USS Georgia (SSGN-729)|USS ''Georgia'' (SSGN-729)]] prepares to leave Kings Bay.
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[United States Navy submarine bases]]
*[[World War II United States Merchant Navy]]

==References==
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<ref name=Periscope2008-07-31>
{{cite news
| url         = http://news.jacksonville.com/military_archives/archives/2008/KingsBayPeriscope/KingsBay073108/073108-z-007-KBP-KingsBay_.pdf
| title       = Kings Bay Now...
| work        = [[Periscope magazine]]
| date        = 2008-07-31
| access-date  = 2018-10-02
}}
</ref>

<ref name=Periscope2008-01-24>
{{cite news
| url         = http://news.jacksonville.com/military_archives/archives/2008/KingsBayPeriscope/Kingsbay012408/012408-z-001-KBP-KingsBay_.pdf
| title       = Coast Guard commissions Sea Dragon: Cutter designed to protect submarines coming into or out of Kings Bay
| work        = [[Periscope magazine]]
| date        = 2008-01-24
| access-date  = 2018-10-01
}}
</ref>

<ref name=coastguardnews2008-01-11>
{{cite news
| url         = https://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-to-commission-cutter-sea-dragon/2008/01/11/
| title       = Coast Guard to Commission Cutter Sea Dragon
| work        = [[Coast Guard News]]
| date        = 2008-01-11
| access-date  = 2018-09-30
}}
</ref>

<ref name=coastguardnews2009-05-22>
{{cite news
| url         = https://coastguardnews.com/coast-guard-cutter-sea-dog-to-arrive-in-kings-bay/2009/05/22/
| title       = Coast Guard Cutter Sea Dog to arrive in Kings Bay
| work        = [[Coast Guard News]]
| date        = 2009-05-22
| access-date  = 2018-09-30
}}
</ref>

<ref name=KitsapSun2008-06-20>
{{citation
 |url         = http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local-news/new-coast-guard-cutters-only-job-to-protect-navy
 |title       = Enlisting a Coast Guard Cutter to Protect Navy Subs
 |author      = Ed Friedrich
 |publisher   = [[Kitsap Sun]]
 |date        = 2008-06-20
 |quote       = A second 87-foot cutter, the Sea Fox, is being built and will be added next year.
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20161002032957/http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/local/enlisting-a-coast-guard-cutter-to-protect-navy-subs-ep-421951733-358572611.html
 |archive-date = 2016-10-02
}}
</ref>

<ref name=IndustryNews2009-05-13>
{{cite news
| url         = http://www.yourindustrynews.com/bollinger+shipyards+delivers+final+marine+protector-class+cpb_32181.html
| publisher   = [[Industry News]]
| title       = Bollinger Shipyards delivers final Marine Protector-class CPB
| date        = 2009-05-13
| quote = "We're very sad to see the Sea Fox leave. This contract was supposed to end at 51 vessels, and now we're at 75," said Christopher Bollinger, executive vice president of new construction. "We're excited to see the workmanship continue as we start the next contract for 36 boats."
}}
</ref>

<ref name=FlynnSmallCutters>{{cite web
 |url         = https://www.uscg.mil/history/cutters/docs/Flynn_Small_Cutters_WPBs.pdf
 |title       = U. S. Coast Guard: Small Cutters and Patrol Boats 1915 - 2012
 |publisher   = [[US Coast Guard]]
 |author      = James T. Flynn Jr.
 |date        = 2014-06-23
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20170510095146/https://www.uscg.mil/history/cutters/docs/Flynn_Small_Cutters_WPBs.pdf
 |archive-date = 2017-05-10
 |url-status  = dead
 |quote       = The four boats which are stationed at Kitsap, WA and Kings Bay, GA submarine bases have an extra remotely operated 50 cal. m.g.
 |access-date = 2018-10-03
}}</ref>

}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20041015140153/http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/s_hp_KB.htm Naval Vessel Register]
* [https://cnrse.cnic.navy.mil/Installations/SUBASE-Kings-Bay/ NSB Kings Bay website]
* [http://xpda.com/kingsbay/ Aerial photos of Kings Bay Submarine Base]

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