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During World War II, the loch was used as a British Royal Navy submarine base. From 1961 to 1992, it was used as a United States Navy ballistic missile submarine base. In 1992, the Holy Loch base was deemed unnecessary following the demise of the Soviet Union and subsequently closed.
The U.S. Navy submarine tender USS Proteus (AS-19) tending two submarines at Holy Loch, Scotland (UK), circa 1962. To the right is cargo ship USS Betelgeuse (AK-260) which was especially modified to transport the UGM-27 Polaris missiles.
English: The U.S. Navy submarine tender USS Hunley (AS-31) at Holy Loch, Scotland (UK), with harbour tugs Piqua (YTB-793), at left, and Natick (YTB-760) assisting. Another Simon Lake-class submarine tender is on her opposite side, with masts, cranes and stack visible. The photograph was received in June 1992.
The squadron also included a series of submarine tenders anchored out in the loch, initially USS Proteus (AS-19), tugs, barges, small boats, and the floating drydock Los Alamos (AFDB-7). [5] The site was a deep, sheltered anchorage which had been a British submarine base during World War II, with the Submarine Depot Ship HMS Forth serving as a ...
U.S. submarine base. Sandbank was the site of the shore facilities of the U.S. Navy submarine base in the Holy Loch from 1961 to 1992, part of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet. [3] It was, for thirty years, until the end of the Cold War, the home port of the U.S. Navy's Submarine Squadron 14.
Almost immediately she began taking the load off USS Proteus, whom she officially relieved 15 March 1963 as tender to Submarine Squadron 14 at Holy Loch. This duty continued until 12 April 1964 when Hunley sailed for conversion that provided capability of handling the new A3 Polaris Missile. She resumed her duties at Holy Loch on 15 June 1964.
Thursday Island Submarine Base, Thursday Island in Torres Strait, Australia advanced submarine base; Holy Loch Submarine Base (1942–1945) in Scotland (1961 to 1992) Naval Station Rota (1964-1979) at Rota, Spain; Naval Support Activity La Maddalena, La Maddalena, Italy on Santo Stefano Island (1972–2008), advanced submarine base
Transfer of a Polaris missile between Proteus and USS Patrick Henry at Holy Loch, Scotland, in 1961. In 1980, her overhaul ended, Proteus returned to Guam via a port call in Mazatlán, Mexico. Once again, she relieved the USS Hunley and resumed duties as the Guam home-ported submarine tender. The ensuing year saw Proteus conduct the last ...