Submarine base
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description Script error: No such module "For". A submarine base is a military base that shelters submarines 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 Rybachiy Nuclear Submarine Base (near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky).[1][2]
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.[3][4][5]
The Israeli navy bases its growing submarine force in Haifa.[6]
Former submarine bases include DORA 1, Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., Naval Submarine Base Bangor (now part of Naval Base Kitsap), Mare Island Naval Shipyard (a nuclear-capable base), Ordnance Island in Bermuda during World War II, and the formerly-classified Soviet base at Balaklava in the now Autonomous Republic of Crimea.[7][8][9]
The Holland Torpedo Boat Station at hamlet of New Suffolk, New York claims to be the first submarine base in the United States: it served as the base for Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities"., a submarine launched in May 1897 and several Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". submarines launched 1901–1903.[10]
However, the United States Navy claims Naval Submarine Base New London was the Navy's first submarine base, having been so designated in 1916.[11][12]
See also
- Submarine pen
- List of countries operating submarines
- United States Navy submarine bases
- Shore facility
- Airbase
- Naval base
- Loss of Strength Gradient
Gallery
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Holland Torpedo Boat Station Plaque stating New Suffolk, New York's claim to be the first submarine base.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard with Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". in 1917, the first submarine built by a US Navy shipyard
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USS Holland (AS-3) tending submarines at Fremantle submarine base, Australia, on 5 March 1942
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Naval Submarine Base Bangor with tug Mishawaka (rear left) and three other Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". tugs guiding the Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". out of dry dock at Delta Pier
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German type VII and IX U-boats at Trondheim after the war on 19 May 1945
References
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External links
- German submarine bases in France (World War II)
- Russian submarine base in Crimea Template:Webarchive
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