Shippingport (ARDM-4)
USA /
Connecticut /
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park /
World
/ USA
/ Connecticut
/ Conning Towers-Nautilus Park
World / United States / Connecticut
Activated with the US Navy in 1979 as a Medium Auxiliary Repair Dry Dock, the Shippingport has been based at Pier 16 since her arrival. She currently supports the Los Angeles, Seawolf and Virginia Class Attack subs based out of Groton.
www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2804.htm
www.navsource.org/archives/09/28/2804.htm
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 41°23'50"N 72°5'39"W
- Connecticut College 1.9 km
- Haley Farm State Park 8.9 km
- Gates Correctional Institution for Men 13 km
- Sandy Point 18 km
- Ragged Rock Marsh Conservation Area 25 km
- Great Cedars Conservation Area (East) 27 km
- Great Cedars Conservation Area (West) 29 km
- Accabonac Harbor 40 km
- Montauk Beach 40 km
- Jessup Neck / Morton National Wildlife Refuge 48 km
- Naval Submarine Base New London 0.6 km
- Connecticut College Aboretum 2.6 km
- United States Coast Guard Academy 2.7 km
- Lake Konomoc 8.1 km
- Mohegan Reservation 10 km
- New London County, Connecticut 11 km
- Norwich State Hospital Historic District 11 km
- Norwich Golf Club 12 km
- Powers Lake 13 km
- Gardner Lake 17 km