Adding to the cost of building the terminal, there was also the cost of maintaining it. The non-operational status was an immediate concerned. Despite its military background, it served a long time as a commercial terminal Therefore, they gave it a non-operational status, which lasted for about twenty years.įor a detailed history of the base during the Army’s years, you could read our History of Kings Bay Naval Base Vol I: The U.S. The thing is that there was not an immediate need for it. Nonetheless, the army never used the terminal for its intended use. Army, source: Translog – The journal of Military Transportation Management, July 1978) The Military Ocean Terminal Kings Bay entrance during the 1970s (U.S. Its name: Military Ocean Terminal Kings Bay (MOTKI). But, more specifically to assist Europe in case of a Soviet invasion. Its purpose was to use it as an ammunition supply facility in case of a national emergency. That year, the Army began to acquired acres of land in Camden, Georgia, in order to build an ocean terminal. The first military use for Kings Bay goes all the way down to 1954. Initially, Kings Bay was meant to be an emergency ocean terminal for the U.S. Something that makes total sense, since there was no need for such destructive power. A Submarine with Trident D5 missiles is capable of deploying a destructive power THIRTY times greater than all explosives detonated in World War II.Īs of today, Squadron Twenty has reduced its number of submarines from eight to five. Only one of these warheads has the same explosive power of 182 billion pounds of TNT. At the same time, each of these missiles has eight nuclear warheads. This squadron had eight Ohio submarines, each with twenty-four sixty-tons Trident II D5 missiles. By the 1990s, Squadron Sixteen became history, giving its place to Squadron Twenty. National Archives)īut the power-scale of Kings Bay submarines did not finish there. GRANT (SSBN-631) showing a simulated launching of a Poseidon missile. In the foreground is a model of the nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarine USS ULYSSES S. It follows Navy environmental sustainability regulationsĪ view of a mock-up of a Trident I C-4 missile, right, and its predecessor, the Poseidon C-3 missile. Has an archaeological site of national importance as well as a variety of wildlife Its immense Training Facility is almost a “grounded” submarine Submarine Missiles Are Not Armed While in the Base Kings Bay’s submarines have to make a very long trip to get into deep water Navy does take special measures for handling and taking care of the base missiles and warheads It has a whole Marine Company securing the base Sub missiles are assembled locally with around 55,000 components from 1,800 suppliers from all the US. Its dredging project became the biggest ever in Georgia or the Carolinas. Its construction made the local population explode Has the Deepest Covered Dry Dock in the Whole Western Hemisphere Its construction was the largest peacetime construction program ever undertaken by the U.S. Every ballistic submarine from Kings Bay Holds an incredible dissuasive power
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