A submarine base is a

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 ...

that shelters

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

s and their personnel. Examples of present-day submarine bases include

HMNB Clyde His Majesty's Naval Base, Clyde (HMNB Clyde; also HMS ''Neptune''), primarily sited at Faslane on the Gare Loch, is one of three operating bases in the United Kingdom for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Devonport and HMNB Portsmouth). It ...

, Île Longue (the base for

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'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

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. A new underground submarine base, INS Varsha is under construction near Vishakhapatnam for the new expanding fleet of Indian nuclear submarines. The

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bases its growing submarine force in

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. 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

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, and the formerly-classified Soviet base at Balaklava in the now Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The Holland Torpedo Boat Station at

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of New Suffolk, New York claims to be the first submarine base in the

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: it served as the base for , a submarine launched in May 1897 and several submarines launched 1901–1903. However, the

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claims Naval Submarine Base New London was the Navy's first submarine base, having been so designated in 1916.

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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,

File:Ford Island aerial photo RIMPAC 1986.JPEG,

Naval Station Pearl Harbor Naval Station Pearl Harbor is a United States naval base on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. In 2010, as part of the recommendations of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission, the naval station was consolidated with the United States A ...

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 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 Ham ...

File:NavBasePointLoma.jpg, Naval Base Point Loma File:Anoriant submarine.jpg, Keroman III submarine pen, part of the former German submarine base in

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

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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

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