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, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Naval Submarine Base New London, and :ru:Рыбачий |Rybachiy Nuclear Submarine Base.
The Israeli navy bases its growing submarine force in Haifa.
Former submarine bases include DORA 1,, Naval Submarine Base Bangor, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Ordnance Island in Bermuda during World War II, and the formerly-classified Soviet base at Balaklava in the now Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
The 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.
