US Naval Submarine Base New London aerial photo c1968

The

United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage ...

built permanent and temporary

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, Na ...

s around the world to maintain its fleet of

submarine A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely op ...

s and serve the needs of the crews. Submarine bases are

military base A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. A military base always provides accommodations for ...

s that offer good fleet anchorage and are designed to refuel and resupply submarines. The peak number of US submarine bases was during

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, as the submarine was well suited for fighting in the vast

Pacific War The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War, was the theater of World War II that was fought in Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, and Oceania. It was geographically the largest theater of the war, including the vast ...

, often in enemy waters. Many of the United States submarine bases were closed after the war.

History

The need for US submarine bases was created with the completion of the first submarine launched in May 1897. The USS ''Holland'' was acquired by the Navy 11 April 1900. On 16 October 1900, the USS ''Holland'' departed for her first port,

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for crew training. USS ''Holland'' had a crew of one officer, and five enlisted men. Annapolis being a training center was not designated a submarine base, though the USS ''Holland'' was stationed there. The USS ''Pike'' and the USS ''Grampus'' completed in 1902 were built in San Francisco, California. The

Holland Torpedo Boat Company General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) is a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corporation. It has been the primary builder of submarines for the United States Navy for more than 100 years. The company's main facilities are a shipyard in Groton, C ...

of New York City contracted

Union Iron Works Union Iron Works, located in San Francisco, California, on the southeast waterfront, was a central business within the large industrial zone of Potrero Point, for four decades at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. ...

to build the two ''Plunger''-class submarines. For three and half years the two submarines operated out of

Mare Island Naval Shipyard The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean. It is located northeast of San Francisco in Vallejo, California. The Napa River goes through the Mare Island Strait and separates th ...

San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the big cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. San Francisco Bay drains water from a ...

for training and testing. Mare Island, being a

shipyard A shipyard, also called a dockyard or boatyard, is a place where ships are built and repaired. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners or other cargo or passenger ships. Dockyards are sometimes more associated with maintenance a ...

, also was not designated a submarine base. The community of

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New Suffolk, New York New Suffolk is a census-designated place (CDP) that roughly corresponds to the hamlet by the same name in the Town of Southold in Suffolk County, New York, United States. The CDP's population was 349 at the 2010 census. History The submarine ...

claims to be the first submarine base in the United States. The USS ''Holland'' was based at Hamlet's

Holland Torpedo Boat Station Holland Torpedo Boat Station is where the first United States Navy submarines were stationed for trials and training of submarine crews from 1899 to 1905. Holland Torpedo Boat Station was located in the community of Hamlet in New Suffolk, New ...

, open from 1899 to 1905. Seven submarines built by the Holland Torpedo Boat Company were stationed at Hamlet. Torpedo Boat Station, also was not designated a submarine base by the US Navy, being a private company with Navy personnel stationed there. By January 1911 the Navy had 20 submarines built: Seven A-class submarine, Three B-class submarine, five C-class submarine, three D-class submarine, and two E-class submarines.

United States F-class submarine The F-class submarines were a group of four submarines designed for the United States Navy by Electric Boat in 1909. ''F-1'' and ''F-2'' were built by Union Iron Works in San Francisco, while ''F-3'' and ''F-4'' were built by The Moran Company ...

were built by the

Electric Boat An electric boat is a powered watercraft driven by electric motors, which are powered by either on-board battery packs, solar panels or generators. While a significant majority of water vessels are powered by diesel engines, with sail pow ...

in 1909. The first two, and * were built by Union Iron Works. The next two, ''F-3'' and ''F-4'' were built by Moran Brosthers in

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, Washington in 1912. In 1913 the F-class submarines were stationed at

San Pedro, California San Pedro ( ; Spanish: " St. Peter") is a neighborhood within the City of Los Angeles, California. Formerly a separate city, it consolidated with Los Angeles in 1909. The Port of Los Angeles, a major international seaport, is partially located wi ...

and

Naval Base San Diego Naval Base San Diego, also known as 32nd Street Naval Station, is the second largest surface ship base of the United States Navy and is located in San Diego, California. Naval Base San Diego is the principal homeport of the Pacific Fleet, cons ...

. San Pedro and San Diego also were not designated submarine bases. In 1915, the F-class submarines F-class submarines were stationed

Naval Station Pearl Harbor Naval Station Pearl Harbor is a United States naval base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. In 2010, along with the United States Air Force's Hickam Air Force Base, the facility was merged to form Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam. Pearl Harbor is ...

, also not designated a submarine base. In 1917 F-class submarines were stationed at San Diego and San Diego's Point Loma. The United States Navy designated

Naval Submarine Base New London Naval Submarine Base New London is the primary United States Navy East Coast submarine base, also known as the "Home of the Submarine Force." It is located in Groton, Connecticut directly across the Thames River from its namesake city of New Lon ...

as the first submarine base. Naval Submarine Base New London was commissioned in 1916 as a dedicated submarine base. Due to the Japanese hostilities in China and the South Pacific in 1939 the

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approved plans for building submarine bases and

seaplane base A seaplane base is a type of airport that is located in a body of water, usually a river, bay, harbor, or lake, where seaplanes and amphibious aircraft take-off and land. History Initially following the invention of the seaplane, traditional boat ...

s at Dutch Harbor Alaska,

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Midway Atoll Midway Atoll (colloquial: Midway Islands; haw, Kauihelani, translation=the backbone of heaven; haw, Pihemanu, translation=the loud din of birds, label=none) is a atoll in the North Pacific Ocean. Midway Atoll is an insular area of the Unit ...

, and

Wake Island Wake Island ( mh, Ānen Kio, translation=island of the kio flower; also known as Wake Atoll) is a coral atoll in the western Pacific Ocean in the northeastern area of the Micronesia subregion, east of Guam, west of Honolulu, southeast of To ...

USS Canopus (AS-9) with submarines at Guam in 1924

The ship USS ''Wyoming'' (BM-10) built in 1902 was used as the first

submarine tender A submarine tender is a type of depot ship that supplies and supports submarines. Development Submarines are small compared to most oceangoing vessels, and generally do not have the ability to carry large amounts of food, fuel, torpedoes, and ...

. The USS ''Wyoming'' and other Arkansas-class monitors were converted into submarine tenders, as they had low sides, good for mooring a submarine on her side. The submarine tender refueled and resupplied the submarines. The submarine tender allowed the submarine to operate at its patrol area long, operating out of advanced bases in the field. This reduced the need to return to permanent bases farther away. Other early Submarine Tenders, ''Auxiliary Submarine ship'', known as "AS", were USS ''Alert'' (AS-4), USS ''Camden'' (AS-6) US ''Rainbow'' (AS-7) and USS ''Canopus'' (AS-9). The USS ''Beaver'' was the first specially built submarine tender, completed in 1918. Other submarine tenders were built by conversions. The demand for submarine bases during World War 2 was so great that many specially built submarine tenders were built. Submarine Tender carried fuel for the submarines, food for the crew, and living quarters for the crew to rest while the sub was being serviced. The ship's depot would have all the supplies that the submarine needed to get back on patrol. Submarine bases that had limited or no land facilities used submarine Tender at the advanced submarine bases. The USS ''Fulton'', commissioned on 7 December 1914, was the first of the Fulton-class submarine tenders. Fulton class was followed by the Griffin Class in 1941, Aegir-class in 1943, Hunley-class submarine tender] in 1962, USS Simon Lake (AS-33), Simon Lake-class in 1964, L. Y. Spear-class in 1970, Emory S. Land-class in 1974, Emory S. Land Class in 1979. The current US Navy fleet of

nuclear submarine A nuclear submarine is a submarine powered by a nuclear reactor, but not necessarily nuclear-armed. Nuclear submarines have considerable performance advantages over "conventional" (typically diesel-electric) submarines. Nuclear propulsion, ...

s never need to be refueled. Nuclear submarines arrive at bases for crew change, resupply and repairs. Nuclear submarines have seawater

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, so bases are not needed for

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needs.

Active Bases

United States Navy submarine bases: *

, Hawaii (1917– ) -

Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor file:Hawaii map new.png, Map of the List of counties in Hawaii, five counties of the Hawaii, state of Hawaii Naval Base Hawaii was a number of United States Navy bases in the Territory of Hawaii during World War II. At the start of the war ...

Naval Base Guam Naval Base Guam is a strategic United States Navy#United States territories, U.S. naval base located on Apra Harbor and occupying the Orote Peninsula. In 2009, it was combined with Andersen Air Force Base to form Joint Region Marianas, which is a ...

(1944– ) * Submarine Base Kings Bay at

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(2014– ) *

Naval Base Kitsap Naval Base Kitsap is a U.S. Navy base located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state, created in 2004 by merging the former Naval Station Bremerton with Naval Submarine Base Bangor. It is the home base for the Navy’s fleet throughout Wes ...

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(2004–) *

Submarine Base New London Naval Submarine Base New London is the primary United States Navy East Coast submarine base, also known as the "Home of the Submarine Force." It is located in Groton, Connecticut directly across the Thames River from its namesake city of New Lon ...

Groton, Connecticut Groton is a town in New London County, Connecticut located on the Thames River. It is the home of General Dynamics Electric Boat, which is the major contractor for submarine work for the United States Navy. The Naval Submarine Base New London is ...

(1916– ) *

Naval Station Norfolk Naval Station Norfolk is a United States Navy base in Norfolk, Virginia, that is the headquarters and home port of the U.S. Navy's Fleet Forces Command. The installation occupies about of waterfront space and of pier and wharf space of the Hamp ...

Norfolk, Virginia Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...

(1917– ) *

Naval Base Point Loma Naval Base Point Loma (NBPL) is located in Point Loma, a neighborhood of San Diego, California. It was established on 1 October 1998 when Navy facilities in the Point Loma area of San Diego were consolidated under Commander, Navy Region Southwest ...

San Diego, California (1917– ) *

Naval Support Activity Bahrain Naval Support Activity Bahrain (or NSA Bahrain) is a United States Navy base, situated in the Kingdom of Bahrain and is home to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and United States Fifth Fleet. Occupying the original territory of the British Royal ...

Manama Manama ( ar, المنامة ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 200,000 people as of 2020. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is h ...

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

(2014– ), forward base. *

Naval Support Activity Naples Naval Support Activity Naples (NSA Naples) is a United States Navy military complex, located adjacent to Naples International Airport in Capodichino, Naples, Italy. The Activity is under Italian military control and can be managed anytime by Itali ...

(1951– ) Submarine Group 8 with Sixth Fleet, forward base.

Active Centers

* Submarine School at Submarine Base New London, for

Basic Enlisted Submarine School Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS) is the U.S. Navy's submarine training school for enlisted sailors. Located on Naval Submarine Base New London (NAVSUBASE NLON) in Groton, New London County, Connecticut New London County is in the sou ...

Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory The Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory (NSMRL) is located on the Naval Submarine Base New London, New London Submarine Base in Groton, Connecticut. The laboratory's mission is to protect the health of American sailors, focused on submari ...

at New London Submarine Base *

Naval Undersea Warfare Center The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) is the United States Navy's full-spectrum research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive weapons ...

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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, often called the Portsmouth Navy Yard, is a United States Navy shipyard in Kittery on the southern boundary of Maine near the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Founded in 1800, PNS is U.S. Navy's oldest continuo ...

repair

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* Naval Magazine Indian Island, refitted Ohio class missile submarines

Closed bases

Closed United States Navy submarine bases: *

San Pedro Submarine Base Naval Base San Pedro and San Pedro Submarine Base were United States Navy bases at the Port of San Pedro, California officially founded in 1919. While commissioned in 1919, the Navy started operating out of the port in 1910, by renting dock spac ...

(1917–1923)

Naval Air Station Key West Naval Air Station Key West , is a naval air station and military airport located on Boca Chica Key, four miles (6 km) east of the central business district of Key West, Florida, United States., effective 2007-10-25 NAS Key West is an air ...

(1917–1919)(1942–1945) *

Fremantle submarine base Fremantle submarine base was the utilisation of Fremantle Harbour as a submarine base in World War II. The submarine base was second only to Pearl Harbor in the Pacific theater, with US, British and Dutch submarines operating from Fremantle duri ...

(1942–1945 )at

Naval Base Perth Naval Base Perth was a United States Navy base near Perth, Western Australia during World War II. Perth was selected as the site for a U.S. Navy base as it was beyond the range of Japanese long-range bombers. The Bombing of Darwin on 19 February ...

Auxiliary Albany Submarine Base Naval Base Perth was a United States Navy base near Perth, Western Australia during World War II. Perth was selected as the site for a U.S. Navy base as it was beyond the range of Empire of Japan, Japanese long-range Bomber, bombers. The Bombing ...

(1942–1944) at

Albany, Western Australia Albany ( ; nys, Kinjarling) is a port city in the Great Southern region in the Australian state of Western Australia, southeast of Perth, the state capital. The city centre is at the northern edge of Princess Royal Harbour, which is a ...

* Brisbane Submarine base at (1942–1945)

Naval Base Brisbane Naval Base Brisbane was a major United States Navy base built in the early part of World War II at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. At first, operated as a base for patrol aircraft and convoy escort aircraft to protect the last leg of the Pacific ...

Naval Base Darwin file:Darwin Harbour (AWM 027334).jpg, Darwin Harbour with the sunken ship MV Neptuna and burnt-out wharf of Darwin Harbour following the attack on February 19, 1942 file:USS Holland (AS-3) with seven submarines alongside at San Diego, Californi ...

(1942–1945) * Cavite Submarine Base (1919-1960s) at

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, Philippine *Iliuliuk Submarine Base at Dutch Harbor Naval Operating Base (1941–1945) in

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*Kodiak Naval Operating Base at

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, now

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in Alaska *Wake Submarine Base on

(11 December 1941– ) *Submarine Base Midway at

Naval Air Facility Midway Island Naval Air Station Midway Island, also known as NAS Midway, Naval Air Facility Midway, and NAF Midway (former ICAO PMDY), was a U.S. Naval Air Station in the Midway Atoll, the northernmost group of the Hawaiian archipelago. It was in operation fr ...

* Yokosuka Submarine Base (1945–?) at

Naval Base Yokosuka or is a United States Navy base in Yokosuka, Japan. Its mission is to maintain and operate base facilities for the logistic, recreational, administrative support and service of the U.S. Naval Forces Japan, Seventh Fleet and other operating f ...

, JapanSubmarine Base Yokosuka
'US Navy'' * Majuro Submarine Base (1944–1945) * Ulithi Submarine Base (1944–1945) * Eniwetok Submarine Base (1944–1945) * Coco Solo Submarine Base (1914-1960s) at

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(1942 to 1945) * Submarine Base Bangor (1942–2014) at

Bangor, Washington Bangor Base is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kitsap County, Washington, within U.S. Naval Base Kitsap on the Kitsap Peninsula. Its population was 6,054 at the 2010 census. Geography Bangor is located north of the center of Kitsap County a ...

Exmouth Submarine Base Exmouth Submarine Base, called Operation Potshot, was a United States Navy base at Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia during World War II. Exmouth Gulf on western Australia was selected as the site for US Naval base as it was thought at the time t ...

, (1942–1943) advanced submarine base *

Milne Bay Submarine Base Naval Base Milne Bay, also called Naval Advance Base Milne Bay, was new major United States Navy sea and airbase base built on Milne Bay in Milne Bay Province in south-eastern Papua New Guinea. By spring 1943, the build up of the US Navy to s ...

in Papua New Guinea (1942–1945) advanced submarine base * Merauke Submarine Base

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, advanced submarine base * Thursday Island Submarine Base,

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, Australia advanced submarine base * Holy Loch Submarine Base (1942–1945) in

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(1961 to 1992) * Naval Support Activity La Maddalena,

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, Italy on

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(1972–2008), advanced submarine base

Gallery

File:USS Holland SS-1.gif, USS Holland (SS-1) underway File:A-2 torpedo loading.png,

Whitehead torpedo The Whitehead torpedo was the first self-propelled or "locomotive" torpedo ever developed. It was perfected in 1866 by Robert Whitehead from a rough design conceived by Giovanni Luppis of the Austro-Hungarian Navy in Fiume. It was driven by a th ...

loading into USS ''Adder'' ''A-2'' File:EB1911 Ship Fig. 126 -US 'Adder'.png, USS ''Adder'' File:USS A-4 - NH 57729-A.jpeg, USS ''Moccasin'' ''A-4'' torpedo room file:Plunger (SS2), renamed A1. Port bow, moored beside the Shark (SS8), 1902 - NARA - 512925.jpg,

USS Plunger USS ''Plunger'' has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship A ship is a large watercraft that travels the world's oceans and other sufficiently deep waterways, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized mission ...

moored beside the USS Shark in 1902 Uss Wyoming BM10.jpg, Submarine tender USS ''Wyoming'' File:USS Fulton (AS-11) at Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii (USA), on 8 June 1942 (80-G-10120).jpg, Submarine tender USS Fulton in 1942 File:Ford Island aerial photo RIMPAC 1986.JPEG,

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,

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with in 1917, the first submarine built by an US Navy

File:USS Holland (AS-3) tending submarines at Fremantle, Australia, on 5 March 1942 (AWM 302625).jpg,

USS Holland (AS-3) USS ''Holland'' (AS-3) was a submarine tender that served in the United States Navy before and during World War II. Holland was launched by the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Breme ...

tending submarines at

, Australia, on 5 March 1942 File:Four Natick class hardor tugs guide USS Ohio (SSBN-726) out of drydock.jpg,

Naval Submarine Base Bangor Naval Submarine Base Bangor is a former submarine base of the United States Navy that was merged with Naval Station Bremerton into Naval Base Kitsap in 2004. History The Naval Support Base Bangor's naval history began in 1942 when it became a sit ...

with tug ''Mishawaka'' (rear left) and three other tugs guiding the out of dry dock at Delta Pier

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