The Navy's top secret submarine base in land-locked IDAHO where its new stealth technology
Source: Daily Mail
The Navy's top secret submarine base in land-locked IDAHO where its new stealth technology
By Daily Mail Reporter
The Navy's Acoustic Research Detachment at Bayview, Idaho, is located some 375 miles from the ocean on the banks of Lake Pend Oreille
It provides the perfect conditions for testing new submarine advancements as conditions closely mimic the ocean
ARD Bayview has supported every major submarine design development of the last 65 years and saved the Navy millions of dollars as a result
Published: 12:33 EST, 15 June 2014 | Updated: 12:42 EST, 15 June 2014
The U.S. Navy's submarine bases are some of the most high-security installations in the world, but one of the most important is located at a lake in landlocked Idaho.
The Navy's Acoustic Research Detachment (ARD) at Bayview, Idaho, has supported every major submarine design development of the last 65 years.
Although located some 375 miles from the ocean, it has been called the U.S. Submarine force's most important body of water" by Admiral Edmund Giambastiani, who once headed the Navy's submarine warfare group.
ARD is located on the banks of Lake Pend Oreille, which provides the perfect conditions for testing new submarine advancements as conditions closely mimic the ocean, reports FoxtrotAlpha.
At about 1150 feet, the lake is deeper than Loch Ness, while its large size, clear water and quiet conditions - provided by steep tree-lined shores and a flat muddy bottom - mean it has been a key testing location for the Navy since WWII.
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rickyhall
(4,889 posts)OneCrazyDiamond
(2,029 posts)is in the desert an it is HUGE.
SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)You don't want to be alpha testing new sub and sonar tech out in the ocean where anyone can listen in.
jmowreader
(50,453 posts)They can go out there, run their sonars in active mode for as long as they want, and not have to worry about whales washing up on the shore. (The fish population doesn't seem to mind.)
eggplant
(3,893 posts)SeattleVet
(5,468 posts)Who would ever think to look for a submarine there?
Wernothelpless
(410 posts)This is NO secret ... The Navy and submarines are not new to the area ...
ARD Bayview has supported every major submarine design development of the last 65 years
A sweet little town on 4th of July as well ...
tclambert
(11,080 posts)As far as secrecy, Wikipedia knows about it, so if the enemy wants to find out about it, they don't need to try very hard.
nikto
(3,284 posts)Submariner
(12,485 posts)In the 60s nuclear reactor operator school was/is in Idaho. Guys who signed up for a minimum of 6 years, and had passed the aptitude tests, would spend a couple of years in Idaho before reporting aboard a Fast attack or Missile Submarine boat.
The school was an Admiral Rickover invention away from prying eyes like nearby Hanford was in WWII. This school is probably responsible for most, if not all, the reactor operators at commercial nuclear power plants.
This article makes it sound like the mission has changed.
unhappycamper
(60,364 posts)Virginia-class subs cost $5 ~ $7 billion.
An $8+ billion dollar stealth sub would be worth it, doncha think?
NutmegYankee
(16,178 posts)Even Wiki lists the cost as half your numbers.
EX500rider
(10,532 posts)June 11, 2012: On June 1st the latest nuclear-powered Virginia class attack submarine, the USS Mississippi (SSN-782), entered service. Costing over $2 billion, the 7,800-ton boat has a length of 114.9 meters (377 feet) and is of 10.36 meters (34 feet) wide. Top speed is over 50 kilometers an hour and the boat can dive beyond 243.84 meters (800 feet).
https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20120611.aspx