FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Georgia ~ 27 SEPT 2011

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia

Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is a base of the United States Navy located adjacent to the city of St. Marys in Camden County, in southeast Georgia. It is the Atlantic homeport for US ballistic missile submarines armed with nuclear weapons. The submarine base encompasses about 16,000 acres, of which 4,000 are protected wetlands. Military and civilian personnel, including contract personnel, number more than 9,000.

Submarine Group 10 was commissioned January 1, 1989, and is the senior commander at Kings Bay. Group 10 is a subordinate command to Commander Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet. It exercises command over various commands and units assigned, including operational and administrative control of the Ohio-class submarines based at Submarine Base Kings Bay.

Group 10 is the local coordinating authority for all matters assigned by the submarine force commander and exercises direct control over the administration and training of submarine crews at Kings Bay. Specifically included in these responsibilities are the proper integration and coordination of the facilities dedicated to training support of the Trident system.

Strategic Weapons Facility Atlantic (SWFLANT) provides strategic missiles and strategic weapons system support to the fleet ballistic missile fleet. The command is responsible for assembling the D-5 missile and processing missile guidance and launcher subsystem components. Components are shipped to Kings Bay from more than 1,800 suppliers and subcontractors throughout the country.

The facilities include administration buildings, supply warehouses, a calibration laboratory, processing buildings (including two missile assembly buildings), two vertical missile packaging buildings (where the D-5 missile is made ready for delivery to the submarine), inspection buildings and explosive handling wharves (EHW).

EHW-1, which is 144 feet tall, is the tallest building in Camden County and rises at its pinnacle 161 feet above the water. A second EHW was completed in 1994. In addition, SWFLANT has 66 missile motor magazines and four small ordnance magazines in its 800-acre complex for storage of rocket motors, missiles and other ordnance components.

Trident Refit Facility (TRF) is the largest tenant command at Kings Bay and has quietly and efficiently kept a significant portion of America’s submarine warfare capability at sea since 1985. TRF provides quality industrial and logistics support for the incremental overhaul, modernization, and repair of Trident submarines and also provides global submarine supply support. In addition, TRF provides maintenance and support services to other submarines, regional maintenance customers, and other activities as requested.

TRF boasts the largest covered dry dock in the Northern hemisphere, measuring 700 feet  long, 100 feet wide, and 67 feet deep. A state-of-the-art Magnetic Silencing Facility (MSF) provides degaussing services, including ranging and deperming for US Navy and Royal Navy submarines, as well as steel hull surface craft. The MSF is the only facility of its kind on the East Coast and is also used for research for development of future magnetic systems. The Defensive Ordnance Support Facility maintains and stores torpedoes carried by Trident submarines.

Learn More About Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay HERE!

Since its inception in the late 1800s, the submarine force has had a profound effect on America's war effort. The Confederate Navy sunk the USS Housatonic off of Charleston, SC during the Civil War. The Confederate Submarine was raised recently and is now being restored in Charleston, SC.

During WWII American submarines sank over 50% the of enemy ships, despite the fact that they were manned by less than 2% of our sailors. They paid the price for our freedom today. And today's sub fleet is widely considered the most cost effective leg of our strategic defense system. More than 4,100 American submariners, and some riders, have paid the supreme price for our freedom today.

Located in historic downtown St Marys, GA, The St. Marys Submarine Museum is a great place to learn about the "Silent Service". A wide variety of Submarine artifacts, memorabilia and information are available for viewing, and you can checkout the beautiful St Marys waterfront through a real periscope.

Visit The St. Marys Submarine Museum HERE!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia ~

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[Viking2002]

That sub at the entrance to the base is awesome. The wife and I rented a vacation cottage in Crooked River State Park a few years ago, and passed it a number of times. We sat on one of the park boat docks fishing for drum and watched pods of dolphins swim by a few hundred yards out. Nice area.

"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."

[luvie]

Awesome road trip, ((((Lauren))))

Hope you’re having a good week! Can hardly wait to see you!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi MA!

*HUGS*

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy Viking2002!

THIRD!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Hey there!

Finished the month-long job in the sun, today, I am burnt, dirty, and oh-so glad it’s over for another year.

And OH-SO looking forward to seeing everyone too! Now I get a couple of months of relaxing and FUN! WOOHOO!

*HUGS*

[SkyDancer]

G'Day Frum Um Um Um ....ZZZZZZZZZZ

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, lauren, for today's Road Trip: Naval Submarine Base, Kings Bay, Georgia.

[Mrite]

Awesome!

I did the last 11 months of my apprenticeship in the Millwrights at Kings Bay, back in the early 80s during the building of that fine facility.

Leveled some of the longest lathes I’ve ever seen in my life before there. We roughed em in with a 98 and finished with a Starret 199 Master Precision level. Talk about time consuming...lol. Interesting notheless though. Glad to see it getting a mention here on FR :)

[laurenmarlowe]

Thanks MA!

Gonna give Lucy some grass time, and get clean.

Y’all have a great Tuesday!

*HUGS*

[Arrowhead1952]

Good evening ladies and (((HUGS))). Just getting ready to hit the sack, but will be posting to the thread tomorrow.

[Hammerhead]

Saturday night at the local diner. Ask the beehived waitress where all the action was in this town. She say, “well darl’n, you happen to be look’n at it!”

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The Tales Of Two Sticks
September 27, 2011

Conventional wisdom questions how much can be accomplished with little. We tend to believe that a lot more can be done if we have large financial resources, talented manpower, and innovative ideas. But these things don’t matter to God. Consider just a couple of examples:

In Judges 3:31, a relatively unknown man named Shamgar delivered Israel from the Philistines single-handedly. How? He won a great victory by killing 600 Philistines with nothing more than an oxgoad (a stick sharpened on one end to drive slow-moving animals).

In Exodus, when God asked Moses to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt, Moses was afraid the people wouldn’t listen to him or follow him. So God said, “What is that in your hand?” (4:2). Moses replied, “A rod.” God went on to use that rod in Moses’ hand to convince the people to follow him, to turn the Nile River into blood, to bring great plagues on Egypt, to part the Red Sea, and to perform miracles in the wilderness.

Moses’ rod and Shamgar’s oxgoad, when dedicated to God, became mighty tools. This helps us see that God can use what little we have, when surrendered to Him, to do great things. God is not looking for people with great abilities, but for those who are dedicated to following and obeying Him.

If you use what little you may have
To serve the Lord with all your heart
You will find that He can do great things
When you begin to do your part. —Sper

Little is much when God is in it.

Read: Exodus 4:1-9,17

You shall take this rod in your hand, with which you shall do the signs. —Exodus 4:17

Bible in a year:
Isaiah 3-4; Galatians 6

[diogenes ghost]

My son spent 14 years on boomers outta Kings Bay, and now works at TRF. He lives about a half mile from Crooked River State Park, and I launch my flats boat there often.