A submarine base is a military base that shelters

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 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 Vajrabahu INS Vajrabahu is an Indian Navy submarine base of the Western Naval Command located near Mumbai in Maharashtra. It was commissioned on 1 February 1996. History After the Indian Navy acquired the Vela class submarines in 1973 from the Soviet Un ...

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 Dora I (Dora 1) is a former German submarine base and submarine pen or bunker built in Trondheim, Norway. Construction of the bunker (designated by the Germans as DORA I) was undertaken during the Second World War. Nearby is the uncompleted Dora ...

, , Naval Submarine Base Bangor (now part of Naval Base Kitsap),

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 ...

(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 Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,

. 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.

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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 ...

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

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 ...

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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