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{{Short description|Military base that shelters submarines and their personnel}}
{{For|the 1943 film|Submarine Base (film)}}
A '''submarine base''' is a [[military base]] that shelters [[submarine]]s and their personnel. Examples of present-day submarine bases include [[HMNB Clyde]], [[Île Longue]] (the base for [[France]]'s [[Force océanique stratégique]]), [[Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay]], [[Naval Submarine Base New London]], and [[:ru:Рыбачий (Камчатка)|Rybachiy Nuclear Submarine Base]] (near [[Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/uk/resolution.htm|title=Resolution|publisher=Global Security|access-date=19 March 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | last= Ardouin-Dumazet| first= Victor-Eugène| title= Voyages en France| publisher= Berger-Levrault| location= Parigi| year= 1895 |chapter= Les Îles de l'Atlantique: 2. D'Hoëdic à Ouessant |chapter-url = http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k73539j/f319.image|language=fr}}</ref>

[[INS Virbahu]], [[INS Vajrabahu]] and [[INS Satavahana]] are the submarine bases of the [[Indian Navy]]. A new underground submarine base, [[INS Varsha]] is under construction near [[Vishakhapatnam]] for the new expanding fleet of Indian [[nuclear submarines]].<ref name=gs-bases>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/ports.htm|title=Indian Naval Bases|publisher=Global Security|access-date=9 January 2012}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = INS Satavahana {{!}} Indian Navy|url = http://indiannavy.nic.in/content/ins-satavahana|website = indiannavy.nic.in|access-date = 29 December 2015}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title = Undersea warfare: Surfacing now, navy's biggest batch of submariners : India, News – India Today|url = http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/undersea-warfare-surfacing-now-navys-biggest-batch-of-submariners/1/556654.html|website = indiatoday.intoday.in| date=27 December 2015 |access-date = 29 December 2015}}</ref> 

The [[Israeli navy]] bases its growing submarine force in [[Haifa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nti.org/analysis/articles/israel-submarine-capabilities/|title=Israel Submarine Capabilities|date=15 August 2024 }}</ref>

Former submarine bases include [[DORA 1]], {{HMAS|Platypus|naval base|6}}, [[Naval Submarine Base Bangor]] (now part of [[Naval Base Kitsap]]), [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]] (a nuclear-capable base), [[USN Submarine Base, Ordnance Island, Bermuda|Ordnance Island in Bermuda]] during [[World War II]], and the formerly-classified [[Balaklava#Nuclear submarine base|Soviet base at Balaklava]] in the now [[Autonomous Republic of Crimea]].<ref name=NBK>{{cite web|title=Naval Base Kitsap|url=https://www.cnic.navy.mil/Regions/cnrnw/installations/navbase_kitsap/|publisher=[[United States Navy]]|access-date=23 January 2014}}</ref><ref>Sergei R. Grinevetsky, et al. ” The Black Sea Encyclopedia”, Springer, 2014: 80–81.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://an-crimea.ru/page/news/178768 |title=Аргументы Недели. Крым |access-date=4 August 2019 |language=ru |script-title=ru:Балаклава официально стала городом |trans-title=Balaklava officially became a city |archive-date=4 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804153655/https://an-crimea.ru/page/news/178768 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Holland Torpedo Boat Station]] at [[Administrative divisions of New York#Hamlet|hamlet]] of [[New Suffolk, New York]] claims to be the first submarine base in the [[United States]]: it served as the base for {{USS|Holland|SS-1|6}}, a submarine launched in May 1897 and several {{sclass|Plunger|submarine|4}} submarines launched 1901–1903.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=175636|title=First Submarine Base Historical Marker|website=www.hmdb.org}}</ref>

However, the [[United States Navy]] claims Naval Submarine Base New London was the Navy's first submarine base, having been so designated in 1916.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut|url=https://www.navymwrnewlondon.com|website=Submarine Base New London|language=en-US|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/organization-and-administration/installations/sub-base-new-london.html|website=Naval History and Heritage Command|language=en-US|access-date=12 May 2020}}</ref> 

==See also==
* [[Submarine pen]]
* [[List of submarine operators|List of countries operating submarines]]
* [[United States Navy submarine bases]]
* [[Shore facility]]
* [[Airbase]]
* [[Naval base]]
* [[Loss of Strength Gradient]]

==Gallery==
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Image:New Suffolk Sub Memorial.JPG|[[Holland Torpedo Boat Station]] Plaque stating [[New Suffolk, New York|New Suffolk, New York's]] claim to be the first submarine base.
File:HMNB Clyde.jpg|[[HMNB Clyde]]
File:Ford Island aerial photo RIMPAC 1986.JPEG|[[Naval Station Pearl Harbor]]
File:US Navy 060920-N-0000X-001 An aerial view of U.S. Naval Base Guam Sept. 20, 2006. Naval Base Guam supports the U.S. Pacific Fleet.jpg|[[Naval Base Guam]] 
File:9 Flattops at Norfolk naval base, December 20, 2012.jpg|[[Naval Station Norfolk]]
File:NavBasePointLoma.jpg|[[Naval Base Point Loma]]
File:Anoriant submarine.jpg|Keroman III [[submarine pen]], part of the former [[Lorient Submarine Base|German submarine base]] in [[Lorient]], [[Brittany]].
File:USS-L8.jpg|[[Portsmouth Naval Shipyard]] with {{USS|L-8|SS-48|2}} in 1917, the first submarine built by a US Navy [[shipyard]]
File:USS Holland (AS-3) tending submarines at Fremantle, Australia, on 5 March 1942 (AWM 302625).jpg|[[USS Holland (AS-3)]] tending submarines at [[Fremantle submarine base]], Australia, on 5 March 1942
File:Four Natick class hardor tugs guide USS Ohio (SSBN-726) out of drydock.jpg|[[Naval Submarine Base Bangor]] with tug [[Mishawaka (YTB-764)|''Mishawaka'']] (rear left) and three other {{sclass|Natick|large harbor tug|0}} tugs guiding the {{USS|Ohio|SSGN-726}} out of dry dock at Delta Pier
The Campaign in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU6376.jpg|Three [[U-boat|U-boats]] in a submarine pen at [[Dora I]] in  [[Trondheim]], 19 May 1945
Captured German U-boats outside their pen at Trondheim in Norway, 19 May 1945. BU6382.jpg|German type VII and IX U-boats at Trondheim after the war on 19 May 1945

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== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.uboat-bases.com/index.php?lang=en German submarine bases in France (World War II)]
*[http://ukrainian.su/en/photogallery/category/41 Russian submarine base in Crimea] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310202204/http://ukrainian.su/en/photogallery/category/41 |date=10 March 2012 }}

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