Submarine base

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short description 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).

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.

The Israeli navy bases its growing submarine force in Haifa.

Former submarine bases include DORA 1, Template:HMAS, 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.

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 Template:USS, a submarine launched in May 1897 and several Template:Sclass submarines launched 1901–1903.

However, the United States Navy claims Naval Submarine Base New London was the Navy's first submarine base, having been so designated in 1916.

See also

• Submarine pen
• List of countries operating submarines
• United States Navy submarine bases
• Shore facility
• Airbase
• Naval base
• Loss of Strength Gradient

Gallery

• Holland Torpedo Boat Station Plaque stating New Suffolk, New York's claim to be the first submarine base.
  Holland Torpedo Boat Station Plaque stating New Suffolk, New York's claim to be the first submarine base.
• HMNB Clyde
  HMNB Clyde
• Naval Station Pearl Harbor
  Naval Station Pearl Harbor
• Naval Base Guam
  Naval Base Guam
• Naval Station Norfolk
  Naval Station Norfolk
• Naval Base Point Loma
  Naval Base Point Loma
• Keroman III submarine pen, part of the former German submarine base in Lorient, Brittany.
  Keroman III submarine pen, part of the former German submarine base in Lorient, Brittany.
• Portsmouth Naval Shipyard with Template:USS in 1917, the first submarine built by a US Navy shipyard
  Portsmouth Naval Shipyard with Template:USS in 1917, the first submarine built by a US Navy shipyard
• USS Holland (AS-3) tending submarines at Fremantle submarine base, Australia, on 5 March 1942
  USS Holland (AS-3) tending submarines at Fremantle submarine base, Australia, on 5 March 1942
• Naval Submarine Base Bangor with tug Mishawaka (rear left) and three other Template:Sclass tugs guiding the Template:USS out of dry dock at Delta Pier
  Naval Submarine Base Bangor with tug Mishawaka (rear left) and three other Template:Sclass tugs guiding the Template:USS out of dry dock at Delta Pier
• Three U-boats in a submarine pen at Dora I in Trondheim, 19 May 1945
  Three U-boats in a submarine pen at Dora I in Trondheim, 19 May 1945
• German type VII and IX U-boats at Trondheim after the war on 19 May 1945
  German type VII and IX U-boats at Trondheim after the war on 19 May 1945

External links

• German submarine bases in France (World War II)
• Russian submarine base in Crimea Template:Webarchive

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