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Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is a base of the United States Navy located adjacent to the city of St. Marys in Camden County, Georgia, on the East River in southeastern Georgia, and 38 miles (61 km) from Jacksonville, Florida.
The Squadron is currently stationed at the Kings Bay Naval Base, Georgia, and operates alongside the guided missile submarines of Squadron 16 under the broader umbrella of Submarine Group Trident. The five Ohio -class submarines under the command of Squadron 20 are USS Alaska , USS Tennessee , USS West Virginia , USS Maryland , and USS Wyoming ...
A MFPU boat pictured in 2016. A Maritime Force Protection Unit (MFPU) is a U.S. Coast Guard special unit tasked with the protection of U.S. Navy ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) while surfaced and transiting U.S. territorial waters to and from their patrol stations.
Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia: 41 years, 8 months and 6 days (in active service) [33] Georgia: SSGN-729: 20 February 1976: 7 April 1979: 6 November 1982: 17 January 1984: 11 February 1984 Proposed 2028 [34] Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia: 41 years and 13 days (in active service) [35] Ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) Henry ...
Kings Bay Base is located in southeastern Camden County at (30.798022, -81.564966 It is bordered to the west by the city of St. Marys . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 1.9 square miles (5.0 km 2 ), of which 0.031 square miles (0.08 km 2 ), or 1.62%, is water.
Alaska shifted to Submarine Squadron 20, Submarine Group 10, at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, on 1 May 2009; she arrived at Kings Bay on 1 April. On 28 April 2010, the Navy announced plans to convert living spaces on Alaska to accommodate female crewmembers.
Maryland departed Groton for Kings Bay on 15 June 1992 and immediately started preparation for strategic certification, with a successful test launch on 29 Jul 1992, and starting Trident D-5 missile Demonstration and Shakedown Operations (DASO) on 7 July 1992. [8] DASO was completed on 22 October 1992.
Submarine Squadron 16 is a United States Navy unit that served in World War II and the Cold War before being deactivated in the 1990s. It was reactivated in 1997 and now is responsible for the maintenance and operation of two guided-missile submarines (SSGNs) and one ballistic-missile submarine (SSBN) based in Kings Bay, Georgia.