Submarine base

Submarine base

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).

Former submarine bases include DORA 1, HMAS Platypus, 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 hamlet of New Suffolk, New York claims to be the first submarine base in the United States: it served as the base for the USS Holland, a submarine launched in May 1897.

ee also

* List of countries operating submarines
* Shore facility
* Airbase
* Distance in military affairs


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • submarine base — povandeninių laivų bazė statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Bazė, teikianti logistinę paramą povandeniniams laivams. atitikmenys: angl. submarine base pranc. base de sous marins …   NATO terminų aiškinamasis žodynas

  • submarine base —   Kahua mokulu u …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay — Kings Bay, Georgia SuBase Kings Bay insignia Type Submarine b …   Wikipedia

  • Naval Submarine Base New London — A student at Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS), repairs a simulated engine room leak in the school s damage control wet trainer at Naval Submarine Base New London. Naval Submarine Base New London is the United States Navy s primary submarine …   Wikipedia

  • Hainan Submarine Base — is a naval base for nuclear submarine in Hainan Island, PRC [citeweb|url=http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/192573.php|date=May 03, 2008|title= Secret Chinese Submarine Base on Hainan Island|accessdate=2008.5.11] [citeweb|url=http://www.telegraph.co …   Wikipedia

  • USN Submarine Base, Ordnance Island, Bermuda — US Navy Submarine Base, Ordnance Island. Ordnance Island, Bermuda, which sits a stone s throw off the King s Square, in St. George s, had gained its name as a Royal Army Ordnance Corp (RAOC) depot, supplying munitions to forts and batteries… …   Wikipedia

  • Submarine Squadron 11 — (also known as SUBRON 11) is a squadron of submarines based at Point Loma Submarine Base, San Diego, California, United States. History Submarine Squadron 11 is a squadron of submarines based in San Diego, CA. It consists of five Los Angeles… …   Wikipedia

  • Submarine Squadron 4 (United States) — Submarine Squadron 4 (also known as SUBRON 4) is a squadron of submarines based at US Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut under the command of Captain [http://www.csg2.navy.mil/Squadron%204%20Commander.htm Robert Clark II] . The… …   Wikipedia

  • Base Realignment and Closure — (or BRAC) is a process of the United States federal government directed at the administration and operation of the Armed Forces, used by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and Congress to close excess military installations and realign …   Wikipedia

  • base — n Base, basis, foundation, ground, groundwork are comparable when meaning something on which another thing is reared or built or by which it is supported or fixed in place. Base may be applied to the lowest part or bottom of something without… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”