So i'm heading to Dunoon for a pint and fish & chips! of the Gold crew of the USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN 610). Are you contact with AJ? There are other information in this us navy bases by state which is really interesting. The holiday home has 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, bed linen, towels, a flat-screen TV, a dining . Thanks for writing. In Kilmun the 19th century church stands on a site where earlier ones are believed to date to the 6th or 7th Century. to live there and meet so many wonderful people. tour] serving until March '92. June, 2009 RM 2D758B4 - Strone Pier taken from near the A880 Shore Road, Strone, by Dunoon, Scotland UK. Mr. Black was the electrician. The loch is still there, of course, but there are no U.S. Navy ships or crafts left.I'd like to return to Holy Loch and Scotland with my wife, who has never been there, and see the loch and the area.Thanks for writing, and thank you for your service as well - as a Navy wife, you also served.Paul, I was afraid that would be the case. Looking back, it was the "primo" duty station of my career; I just didn't realize it at the time. I think I have a mental photo of you. You have done a very good thing in creating this site and im glad to have found it.it really made my day. As a student of history, and being Scot-Welsh on my father's side, I enjoyed visiting the many historical sites in Scotland. Many readers will be familiar with the American Nuclear Submarine Base that existed here for just over 30 years. The American Legion a U.S. Veterans Association. On housing, the MoD and the council have already begun to work with the private and social housing sectors to develop options for choice in the housing market. s.parentNode.insertBefore(p, s); What may have been forgotten is that the area went through similar periods before. From the mail, milk and spare parts you brought us to the target practice you provided you tug boat guys were the unsung heroes of the site. Many good memories from my Hunley time there 1986-1987 when we left. My husband was on the uss bluefish that was home in new london ct with frequent trips to this port. Directly opposite Lazaretto Point, on the northeast shore of the loch, is Graham's Point, once connected by a small ferry which sailed between the two points. Enjoy the area and the people. Never met one who wasn't the most cordial & friendly to a Yank Doc from the Colonies. Unless we have a merchant marine, our navy if called upon for offensive or defensive work is going to be most defective.William Howard Taft (18571930), February 1964, completed the first "off center" docking of a Polaris submarine. Simon Lake was there. I only wished I hadn't Complained all the time and had been a better cook. and can not be used without permission from AboutSubs. google_ad_client = 'pub-9912973797081854'; 1975-77. Thanks for writing. Thanks for checking in.Paul. I will never forget the kindness that he and his family showed me in my time of need. Great times. Loved the pubs in Dunoon and the fish & chips. Made two patrols on 598 boat in 66-67. The station was demolished in 1840. Holy Loch: The Scottish American Connection Frank L. Gosselin 3.67 3 ratings1 review This book reveals the history of the U.S. Navy's presence for 31 years, from 1961 to 1992, at a location in the Scottish Highlands during the Cold War, and the resulting interaction between the Scottish and American men and women. Krieger (EN3), Richard,Glad you enjoyed the photos and a bit of memory of the old base.I recall that our tugboat was serviced by the drydock for a quick couple of days between submarines. Came close to getting "hitched" to a lass from Falkirk. We may have passed each other in the street sometime and not given each other a look. Thank you. I was there from January 1974 to December 1975. From 1991 to 2005 he was a producer and on-air host of "Inside Government," a public affairs interview radio program that aired Sundays on WPEN AM and WMGK FM in the Philadelphia area. The tugboatwas assigned tothe American nuclear submarine base at Holy Loch, Scotland. The Submarine Tender USS Proteus (AS 19) arrived on 3 March 1961. I beleive he was an E~6 when his 4 yrs were up in 1978. It is a subsidy. Your photos are great and thanks again for your post.D. You can go to http://thistlegroup.net/ and perhaps make some contacts there.Thanks for writing.Paul. Government presented the problem of providing forward servicing facilities for Charles L. Witherow created the group Holy Loch American Veterans Association "HLAVA". Speaking to my old Navy pal brought back some good memories. Flemming, Glenn Francis. All Rights Reserved. I have heard many stories of his time in Holy Loch. The Navy is the asylum for the perverse, the home of the unfortunate. As a writer, he has attended police academy training, gone out on patrol with police officers, accompanied detectives as they worked cases, accompanied narcotics officers on drug raids, observed criminal court proceedings, visited jails and prisons, and covered street riots, mob wars and murder investigations. You may add a comment or offer further details which may be included in the page above. Actually spent a Christmas with them and her parents were wonderful and took me all over Scotland. They demand that a nuclear weapon be fired at the submarine base on the Holy Loch, or they will kill all the hostages and themselves. RM E139G0 - Feb. 29, 2012 - POLARIS SUBMARINE ARRIVES IN HOLY LOCH The 6700-ton American Polaris submarine ''PATRICK HENRY'' arrived in the RM BE3YDY - Looking north up towards Holy Loch from Kirn, Argyl and Bute, Scotland. In May 1962, the US Navy arranged for the old Ardnadam Hotel to be converted into an enlisted mens' club, commissary and exchange. Port stops in Scotland X2, Norway, Denmark, Germany, EnglandX2, Portugal, Spain X4, Azores X2 Key West was home. Life insurance. Perhaps I too will at least get to see the area. Below is a photo of me as a young man in "civies" on a Scottish street, circa 1974. What great images. Bucktrout Funeral Home is assisting with services. Following an approach to the British government, requesting permission to establish a refit site in the United Kingdom for Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) submarines, an agreement was negotiated which permitted the US to use the Holy Loch, on the Firth of Clyde, for the anchorage of a submarine tender, a large dry dock, and other supporting craft. Great days other than the cold winters. I remember when we had liberty we would go to officers club which was right opposite the Pierre that took us to the ship. Robertson's Yard at Sandbank, a village on the loch, was a major wooden boat building company in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. I served aboard The USS Sam Houston SSBN 609 and did 4 patrols out of Holy Loch (Simon Lake then the tender)1967-1969. They were married on the USS Holyloch on 12/3/76. I married a Scottish girl from Port Glasgow and we had two great children there. Holy Loch is nestled in the Scottish Highlands a setting of verdant, rolling hills, picturesque Lochs, parks, kilts and tamoshanters. Divisions within the British government and concerns about protests by the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) caused her arrival to be rescheduled to 3 March 1961. Enjoyed reading all of these articles,Im a local to Dunoon,I moved here two months after the USNavy left.All i here are these great stories about,how it was back then.Sounds amazing! Saugus at the U.S. floating nuclear submarine base at Holy Loch, Scotland. Holy Loch Port are heading to Seatrade Fort Lauderdale from the 14th to the 16th March. The memorial sits on a relatively exposed point of land, which is subject to sea erosion, meaning that the monument is in danger of being lost if the site is note maintained. Well I was a junior electrical merchant so I didn't actually do much in the way of Co ordination. Clark was one of the astronauts who perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on 1 February 2003. Negotiations with the British Government began as early as March 1959 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower mentioned the need to British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan at a meeting at Camp David. Oliver North's Vietnam War lesson on the 35th anni My Crime Beat Column: Conspirata - Crime, Conspira Site One: A Look Back At The American Nuclear Subm Make Friends With Eddie Coyle By Reading George V. New Low for Mob: Former Goodfella Henry Hill Not S My On Crime & Security Column: Take Steps to Preve An Intimate Memoir Revealed On Mark Twain's Centenary. I loved my time in Scotland, aboard the USS Holland, 1975-1977. This comment has been removed by the author.