Naval Submarine Base Bangor
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Naval Submarine Base Bangor is a former submarine base of the
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that was merged with Naval Station Bremerton into
Naval Base Kitsap Naval Base Kitsap is a United States Navy, U.S. Navy base located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington (state), Washington state, created in 2004 by merging the former Naval Station Bremerton with Naval Submarine Base Bangor. It is the home ba ...
in 2004.


History

The Naval Support Base Bangor's naval history began in 1942 when it became a site for shipping ammunition to the Pacific Theater of Operations during
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. For an expansion and to establish a permanent naval base, the U.S. Navy purchased 7,676 acres (3100 hectares) of land on the
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was established on June 5, 1944, for its construction, and it began operations in January 1945. Beginning in World War II, and through the
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and the
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, until January 1973, the Bangor Annex continued its service as a U.S. Navy Ammunition Depot responsible for shipping conventional weapons abroad. In 1973, the Navy announced the selection of the Bangor base as the home port for the first squadron of
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s. On February 1, 1977, the Trident Submarine Base was officially activated. Naval Base Kitsap includes the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific (SWFPAC) which provides maintenance, calibration, missile assembly/test, spare parts, and spare nuclear warhead storage for the
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submarine-launched ballistic missiles carried by the
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. This Trident submarine base is the sole one for the U.S. Pacific Fleet, with the Trident submarine base at Kings Bay, Georgia, for the
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being the only other one. The Marine Corps Security Forces Battalion Bangor has secured the ballistic missile submarines and associated infrastructure since before it was specifically designated a security unit, at company size, in October 1978.


See also

* Maritime Force Protection Unit *
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*
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References

{{USWWII Buildings and structures in Kitsap County, Washington Base Bangor Naval installations in Washington (state) Nuclear weapons 1942 establishments in Washington (state)