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Lockheed Corporation / Nuclear weapons programme of the United Kingdom / UGM-27 Polaris / Holy Loch / USS Will Rogers / USS Hunley / Submarine tender / USS Proteus / Fleet Ballistic Missile / Watercraft / Nuclear weapons of the United States / Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory


The US Navy nuclear submarine mooring at Holy Loch provided an idyllic sheltered cove which was strategically located to allow Polaris submarines to get “on station” in the shortest possible time. The 10,500-ton submarine tender USS Hun!ey (AS-31) was modified from a Polaris to Poseidon missile support ship in 1975.
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Document Date: 2007-04-28 15:49:43

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Rota / New London / Charleston / Newport / /

Country

United States / Guam / Canada / Scotland / Spain / /

Facility

Apra Harbor / /

IndustryTerm

food service / auxiliary machinery / aircraft carrier / metal parts / weapons systems / fire control systems / repair services / selfdefense weapons systems / service communications / inertial navigation systems / search problems / food / /

NaturalFeature

North Channel / Irish Sea / Mare Island / Gulf Stream / USS Simon Lake / Hudson Bay / River Clyde / Simon Lake / /

OperatingSystem

Poseidon / /

Organization

North Atlantic Treaty Organization / Royal Navy / Weapons Department / US Navy / Engineering Department / United States Navy / Army / Navy / /

Position

commanding officer / Secretary of Defense / /

Product

Franklin / /

ProvinceOrState

South Carolina / /

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R&R / /

Region

North Atlantic / Northern Canada / /

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