Ardnadam Pier

What does one do with something like this? Hold it out proudly and just say, “Here I was. Take a look.”

This is a taxi ride from Dunoon to Ardnadam Pier. A regular ride after a night of carousing. This is the Holy Loch where the Polaris Submarines would tie up for repairs after each patrol into northern waters, sometimes above the Arctic Circle during the Cold War. The crew taking the ship through the 28 day upkeep period stayed aboard for the 2 month underwater patrol that followed.

I have so many memories of this place. I was 21 years old to start and left when I was 29 to start a new adventure. I am so lucky.

Holy Loch
Holy Loch with U. S. Navy submarine tender, floating drydock, and maybe a submarine. Ardnadam Pier is lower left jutting out into the loch. Liberty boats ran from the pier to the ships regularly. We’d take a taxi to Dunoon.

Questions?

G. M. Goodwin
10 December 2018


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