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, , 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 , a submarine launched in May 1897 and several 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

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Image:New Suffolk Sub Memorial.JPG|Holland Torpedo Boat Station Plaque stating New Suffolk, New York's claim to be the first submarine base.

File:HMNB Clyde.jpg|HMNB Clyde

File:Ford Island aerial photo RIMPAC 1986.JPEG|Naval Station Pearl Harbor

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|Naval Base Guam

File:9 Flattops at Norfolk naval base, December 20, 2012.jpg|Naval Station Norfolk

File:NavBasePointLoma.jpg|Naval Base Point Loma

File:Anoriant submarine.jpg|Keroman III submarine pen, part of the former German submarine base in Lorient, Brittany.

File:USS-L8.jpg|Portsmouth Naval Shipyard with in 1917, the first submarine built by a US Navy shipyard

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

File:Four Natick class hardor tugs guide USS Ohio (SSBN-726) out of drydock.jpg|Naval Submarine Base Bangor with tug Mishawaka (rear left) and three other tugs guiding the out of dry dock at Delta Pier

The Campaign in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU6376.jpg|Three U-boats in a submarine pen at Dora I in Trondheim, 19 May 1945

Captured German U-boats outside their pen at Trondheim in Norway, 19 May 1945. BU6382.jpg|German type VII and IX U-boats at Trondheim after the war on 19 May 1945

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References

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