Submarine Bases

Groton, Connecticut

Naval Submarine Base New London

The "Home of the Submarine Force" and home of the Naval Submarine School, where nearly every submariner starts.

Norfolk, Virginia

Naval Station Norfolk

The world's largest naval base, home port for Atlantic Fleet fast attack boats and Submarine Force Atlantic.

Charleston, South Carolina

Naval Weapons Station Charleston

Former home of the 41 for Freedom boats and today the Navy's Nuclear Power Training Unit.

Kings Bay, Georgia

Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay

Atlantic home of the Ohio-class ballistic missile and guided-missile boats.

San Diego, California

Naval Base Point Loma

Pacific Fleet fast attack home port on the shores of San Diego Bay.

Bremerton, Washington

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard

Where boats come for overhaul, refueling and, at the end, inactivation and recycling.

Bangor, Washington

Naval Base Kitsap–Bangor

Pacific home of the Ohio-class Trident boats and the Seawolf-class attack boats.

Apra Harbor, Guam

Naval Base Guam

The forward-deployed fast attack squadron at the edge of the western Pacific.

Rota, Spain

Naval Station Rota

Gateway to the Mediterranean and a Cold War tender base for the missile boats.

Firth of Clyde, Scotland

Holy Loch

Forward base for US missile boats and their tenders from 1961 until 1992.

Closed 1992 — no official site