The Bonnie Holy Loch - 08 March 2008
SubRon 14
Holy Loch, Scotland
1961 to 1992


by Jim Collins BM3 (Boats)
"Boatswain's Mates are true shipmates!"

USS Fulton AS 11  '60 - '60  State Pier, New London, CT

USS Proteus AS 19  '62 - '63  Holy Loch, Dunoon, Scotland

USS Hunley AS 31  '63 - 64  Holy Loch, Dunoon, Scotland


History of this Polaris Tartan;
Designed for the Officers and men of the American Submarine base at Holy Loch, Scotland - making the Polaris submarine the first ship in history to have its own tartan. The idea came from Captain Walter F Schlech, Commander of the submarine squadron, SubRon 14, aboard the USS Proteus AS19.

Take a trip back to The Holy Loch
and bring back some fond memories.

The History of SubRon Fourteen
Holy Loch Reunion News
USS Proteus '62-'63 Pictures

USS Hunley '63-'64 Pictures
Thing from the Navy Days
Navy Boot Camp 29 Mar 1961 Company A22
eMail List from Holy Loch, Scotland

The Lone Sailor West Haven, Connecticut
Plaques of SubRon 14
Bits and Pieces of Submarine History

Links
Rontini's Free Submarine BBS
Jim Bishop's USS Hunley AS31 Web Site
Gary Flynn's Site One Holy Loch, Scotland
US Navy Ship Locator
Find your Ship and it's status

Time Line of Submarine Tender History

Link to Some History of Scotland

The American Years
Dunoon and the US Navy


A book about the US Navy's Submarine Base
at Holy Loch, Scotland.


Writen by Andrene Messersmith,

Herself a child at the time of the US Navy arrival in 1961, has compiled a collection of impressions and memoir from both sides of the Atlantic of what this major change meant to Dunoon, Scotland.


| Home to Holy Loch | The History of SubRon Fourteen | Holy Loch Reunion News |
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USS Proteus '62-'63
| USS Hunley '63-'64 | Thing from the Navy Days |
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Navy Boot Camp 29 Mar 1961 Company A22 
| E-Mail List from Holy Loch, Scotland |
| The Lone Sailor West Haven, Connecticut | Plaques of SubRon 14
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| Bits and Pieces of Submarine History |


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Started on: 20 July 1998
Last revised: 27 April, 2008 by ThistleGroup.