Submarine Squadron 4 Submarine Squadron 4 ( also known as SUBRON 4 or CSS - 4 ) is a squadron of submarine s based at US Naval Submarine Base New London , Groton , Connecticut . SUBRON 4 has been located in Groton since 9 July 1997 . Prior to reactivation in Groton with fast - attack submarines , the squadron , made up of fast - attack submarines , was located in Charleston , South Carolina from 1959 – 1995 . Before Charleston , SUBRON 4 homeport was Pearl Harbor , HI from its founding in 1930 until 1959 . Established in 1930 with operations based in Pearl Harbor , HI . SUBRON4 Commanders 1930 – 1959 Pearl Harbor , HI . The Pearl Harbor Submarine Base ( SUBASE PEARL HARBOR ) permanent foundations were laid down in 1919 . Upon the establishment of the Submarine Base at Pearl Harbor , Commander C . W . Nimitz was the Commanding Officer , a duty he held until 1922 . He was succeeded in command by the following officers : In 1930 , Submarine Squadron FOUR commenced operating in the Hawaiian Area . The two commands , SUBASE PEARL HARBOR and SUBRON 4 were united with the following officers pursuing duties as both Commander , Submarine Squadron FOUR and Commanding Officer , U . S . Submarine Base , Pearl Harbor , T . H . : On 13 January 1943 , the two commands were separated , due to the tremendous work load required of each command by war time operations . As a result , Captain C . D . Edmunds relieved Captain J . H . Brown , Jr . , as Commanding Officer of the Submarine Base , with Captain Brown retaining the command of SubRon FOUR . The Commanding Officer of the Submarine Base continued to come under the Squadron Commander until , in October 1945 , with the reorganization of the submarine force , he was placed directly under ComSubPac . Relocation of SUBRON 4 from Pearl Harbor , HI to Charleston , SC . In 1959 , the squadron was moved to Charleston , S . C . as part of a dispersal plan to make the Atlantic Fleet less vulnerable to nuclear attack . Built in 1901 and ultimately covering , Charleston Navy Base was located on the west bank of the Cooper River six miles ( ) north of the point where the Ashley and Cooper rivers meet to flow into the Atlantic Ocean . SUBRON4 Commanders 1959 - 1995 Charleston , SC . " ( Work in progress as information is submitted ) " Capt . Richard C . Latham ( AUG1959 - 27OCT1960 ) Capt . Morton H . Lytle ( 27OCT1960 - TBD ) TBD ( 1960 - Jun 1987 ) Capt . Frank Jordan ( June1987 - August 1989 ) Capt . Dennis Napior ( July 1991 - July 1993 ) Capt . Stanley R . Szemborski ( July 1993 - Late 1995 ) The Boats of SUBRON4 , Charleston , SC 1980 - 1995 . Home port : Pier Mike 1980 - 1996 : Charleston , SC PHOTO : A rare photo by COMSUBRON4 Capt . Dennis Napior : http : / / www . auburn . edu / ~ watkijm / SubRon4CHASSC . jpg USS Sturgeon SSN - 637 ( Decommissioned ) : 1 August 1994 Note : Her sail is on permanent display at the Naval Undersea Museum at Keyport , WA . Link : http : / / www . navalunderseamuseum . org / USS Grayling SSN - 646 ( Decommissioned ) : 18 July 1997 Note : Her sail is now a memorial on the grounds of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard at Kittery , Maine , and her anchor and chain are on display as a memorial in downtown Grayling , Michigan . USS Ray SSN - 653 ( Decommissioned ) : 16 March 1993 USS Sandlance SSN - 660 ( Decommissioned ) : 7 August 1998 USS Sea Devil SSN - 664 ( Decommissioned ) : 16 October 1991 USS Seahorse SSN - 669 ( Decommissioned ) : 17 August 1995 USS Narwhal SSN - 671 ( Decommissioned ) : 1 July 1999 USS Bluefish SSN - 675 ( Decommissioned ) : 31 May 1996 USS Billfish SSN - 676 ( Decommissioned ) : 1 July 1999 USS Batfish SSN - 681 ( Decommissioned ) : 17 March 1999 USS L . Mendel Rivers SSN - 686 ( Decommissioned ) : 10 May 2001 USS Bonefish SS - 582 ( Decommissioned ) : 28 September 1988 STURGEON - CLASS BOAT DISPLAYS from Decommissioned Boats Locations of other Sturgeon - class boat sails on Permanent Display there were not in SUBRON4 . USS Tautog SSN - 639 ( Decommissioned ) : 31 March 1997 Note : The USS Tautog ' s sail was preserved and is now on display at Seawolf Park in Galveston , Texas . USS Lapon SSN - 661 ( Decommissioned ) : 8 August 1992 Note : The sail of this Sturgeon class boat , featured in the N . Y . Times Bestselling book " Blind Man ' s Bluff : The Untold Story Of Submarine Espionage " by Sherry Sontag , is now on permanent display at the American Legion Post 639 in Springfield , MO . USS Hawkbill SSN - 666 ( Decommissioned ) : 15 March 2000 Note : Her sail is now on permanent display at the entrance to Arco as part of the first stage in the development of an Idaho Science Center . USS Parche SSN - 683 ( Decommissioned ) : 18 July 2005 Note : The sail of this most decorated Sturgeon class boat is on display as the centerpiece of a Navy Museum between the Bremerton ferry terminal and the entrance to Puget Sound Naval Shipyard . CHARLESTON NAVY BASE CLOSURE AND SUBRON 4 DEACTIVATION 1996 : CHARLESTON , SC . - - The Base Realignment and Closure Commission announced on Feb 26th , 1993 that the Charleston Navy Base would be closed . SUBRON 4 was deactivated in late 1995 just prior to the official closure of Naval Base Charleston , S . C . , on April 1 , 1996 . The Reactivation Of Submarine Squadron Four Groton , CT . 1997 : GROTON , Conn . - - Submarine Squadron 4 recently reactivated after a two - year break at Naval Submarine Base Groton , CT In 9 July 1997 . Source : All Hands , Nov 97 , Issue 968 , p42 , 1 / 4p ALL HANDS , NOV 1997 UNDERSEA WARFARE MAGAZINE 1998 - 2010 Link : http : / / www . navy . mil / navydata / cno / n87 / magarchive . html SUBRON4 COMMANDERS 1997 - PRESENT GROTON , CT ( Date of Command ) " ( Work in progress as information is submitted ) " TBD ( 1997 - Capt . Carl V . Mauney ( TBD - 16APR1999 ) Capt . Melvin G . Williams , Jr . ( 16APR1999 - 08SEP2000 ) Capt . George E . Manaskie ( 08SEP2000 - 26JUL2002 ) Capt . David E . Eyler ( 26JUL2002 - 29APR2004 ) Capt . Robert H . Perry ( 29APR2004 – JUL2006 ) Capt . Richard P . Breckenridge ( JUL2006 - 27JUN2008 ) Capt . Robert E . Clark II ( 27JUN2008 - 09APR2010 ) Capt . Michael Bernacchi ( 09APR2010 - 13JAN2012 ) Capt . Michael Holland ( 13JAN2012 - Present ) The Boats of SUBRON4 GROTON , CT Assigned at Reactivation ( 1997 ) . USS Trepang ( SSN 674 ) USS Billfish ( SSN 676 ) USS City of Corpus Christi ( SSN 705 ) USS Providence ( SSN 719 ) USS Miami ( SSN 755 ) USS Annapolis ( SSN 760 ) USS Hartford ( SSN 768 ) Change of command of SUBRON 4 to Captain Robert Clark II . The submarines that make up SUBRON 4 include :