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Aug. 7—A suspicious package was found Monday around noon near the Stimson Gate, forcing the closure of one of the main entrances to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. After the package was ...
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.
Aug. 3—Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay's original electrical infrastructure is getting a major overhaul. The $49.5 million in improvements are part of the National Defense Authorization Act ...
During Wednesday's Southeast Georgia Alliance meeting, Larry Price, director of the transition team at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, told board members that about 800 sailors leave Navy service ...
The Kings Bay Plowshares are a group of seven Catholic peace activists who broke into the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base and carried out a symbolic act of protest against nuclear weapons. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The name of the action and the wider anti-nuclear Plowshares movement comes from the prophet Isaiah’s command to "beat swords into plowshares."
Submarine Base Kings Bay at Camden County, Georgia (1978–present) Naval Base Kitsap at Kitsap Peninsula Washington (2004–present) Submarine Base New London at Groton, Connecticut (1915–present) Naval Station Norfolk at Norfolk, Virginia (1917–present) Naval Base Point Loma at Point Loma, San Diego, California (1917–present)
The Kings Bay spokesman, Scott Bennett, said that no one had been threatened and no military personnel or assets were endangered. The base houses 8 Ohio-class submarines, 6 of which carry ballistic missiles and are described by the Navy as "designed specifically for stealth and the precise delivery of nuclear warheads."
The sub made a surface transit to Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay for drydocking and repairs within a few days, [1] and San Diego required dry dock repairs that were completed 10 April 1989. [2] As a result of this collision, COMSUBLANT issued orders limiting submarine speed and passing activities while in the restricted waters of the Hampton ...