Tom Nevers Naval Facility

Tom Nevers Naval Facility
Tom Nevers Naval Facility
Siasconset, Massachusetts
Type SOSUS submarine listening post
Coordinates 41°14′28.31″N 70°0′25.32″W / 41.2411972°N 70.0070333°W / 41.2411972; -70.0070333
Built 1954-1955
Built by United States Navy
In use 1955-1976
Current
owner		 Nantucket Hunting Association
Open to
the public		 Yes
Occupants United States Navy, Nantucket Hunting Association

Tom Nevers Naval Facility was a U.S. Navy submarine listening post active from 1955-1976. It later became home to the Nantucket Hunting Association.[1]

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History

Tom Nevers Naval Facility was founded in 1955 as a submarine listening base. It was built on land that the Navy had used as a bombing range during World War II. The facility also held a bomb shelter for President John F. Kennedy,[2] to be used in the event of a nuclear attack, if President Kennedy was in Hyannisport. The facility was abandoned in 1976 and later became home to the Nantucket Hunting Association.

See also

  • Wings (NBC)

References

  1. ^ "Welcome!". http://ackhunt.org/. 
  2. ^ Steve Sheppard. "The Kennedy Bunker Hidden history by the sea". http://www.nantucketindependent.com/news/2007/0718/Other_news/014.html. 

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