Tom Nevers Naval Facility

Tom Nevers Naval Facility
Siasconset, Nantucket, Massachusetts
Coordinates	41°14′28.31″N 70°0′25.32″W / 41.2411972°N 70.0070333°W
Type	SOSUS submarine listening post
Site information
Owner	Nantucket Hunting Association
Open to the public	Yes
Site history
Built	1954-1955
Built by	United States Navy
In use	1955-1976
Garrison information
Occupants	United States Navy, Nantucket Hunting Association

Tom Nevers Naval Facility was a U.S. Navy submarine listening post on Nantucket active from 1955 to 1976. It later became home to the Nantucket Hunting Association.^[1]

History

Tom Nevers Naval Facility was founded in 1955 as a submarine listening base. It was built on land that the Navy had used as a bombing range during World War II. The facility also held a bomb shelter for President John F. Kennedy,^[2] to be used in the event of a nuclear attack, if President Kennedy was in Hyannisport. The facility was abandoned in 1976 and later became home to the Nantucket Hunting Association. The shelter still has electricity and can still be used.

See also

• Wings (NBC TV series)

References

1. "Welcome!".
2. Steve Sheppard. "The Kennedy Bunker Hidden history by the sea".

External links

• The Greater Tom Nevers Area Plan: The Nantucket Planning & Economic Development Commission, October 10, 2007