SUBRON

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SUBRON is the United States Navy (USN) abbreviation for Submarine Squadron. A SUBRON usually consists of three or more submarines. It is the submarine force equivalent to a Destroyer Squadron or DESRON in the surface Navy. However, unlike a DESRON -- which actually moves its staff aboard its ships and deploys with them as an operational Task Element commander -- a SUBRON commander and his staff always remain in homeport, and are responsible only for the training, equipping and administering of the ships under its umbrella. A submarine squadron is usually commanded by a Captain (O-6) who has already had at least one tour as commander of a submarine.

The officer in charge of SUBRON ONE is designated Commander Submarine Squadron One or COMSUBRON ONE.

Several SUBRONs may be organized into a Submarine Group (SUBGRU), headed under a flag officer. For instance, CSS-17 and CSS-19 are both part of SUBGRU-9 in Bangor, Washington. The overall responsibility for submarines on the west coast of the United States is taken by the Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC); on the east coast, the same responsibility rests with the Commander Submarine Force, Atlantic Fleet (COMSUBLANT). The latter is the senior of the two, and thus also plays a secondary role as Commander, Submarine Force (COMSUBFOR).

When a submarine deploys, for instance as part of a Carrier Strike Group, operational command is transferred to the numbered fleet commander for the theater to which the submarine is deploying, e.g., or Commander Fifth Fleet (COMFIFTHFLT).

[edit] List of submarine squadrons

Odd Numbered squadrons are West Coast (Pacific Fleet), Even numbered East Coast (Atlantic Fleet).

[edit] List of submarine groups

  • CSG-2 Groton, CT (Parent of CSS-2, CSS-4, CSS-6 and CSS-8)
  • CSG-7 Yokosuka, Japan (Parent of CSS-15. Also functions as CTF-74 under Seventh Fleet, and as CTF-54 under Fifth Fleet.)
  • CSG-8 Naples, Italy (Also functions as CTF-64 and CTF-69 under Sixth Fleet)
  • CSG-9 Bangor, WA (Parent of CSS-17 and CSS-19.)
  • CSG-10 Kings Bay, GA (Parent of CSS-16 and CSS-20.)