Submarine Group 2
Submarine Group 2 is a seagoing group of the United States Navy based at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads, Norfolk, Virginia.
History
Between 1965 and 2014, Submarine Group 2 was responsible for the administrative control of attack submarines to include training and maintenance. It was headquartered at the Naval Submarine Base New London in Groton, Connecticut and was a subordinate command of Commander, Naval Submarine Force Atlantic. Prior to the mid-1970s, it was designated Submarine Flotilla 2. Submarine Group 2 was disestablished on August 22, 2014. Three submarine squadron commanders, who oversee attack submarines stationed in Connecticut and Virginia, reported from that point on to COMSUBLANT, headquartered in Norfolk, Virginia.Prior to its disestablishment in 2014, the subordinate units of Submarine Group 2 included -
- Submarine Squadron 2
- Submarine Squadron 4
- Submarine Squadron 10
- Submarine Development Squadron 2
- Submarine Squadron 14
Reestablishment 2019 onwards
On 30 September 2019, Submarine Group 2 was re-established with a new headquarters in Norfolk, Virginia. The United States Navy restored Submarine Group 2 in order to enhance its capacity to command and control undersea warfare forces seamlessly across the Atlantic.Submarine Group 2 is the Commander, Task Force 84. CTF 84 is the theater undersea warfare commander for U.S. Fleet Forces Command. Additionally, the command is capable of operating as an embedded task force within U.S. 2nd Fleet or U.S. 4th Fleet as assigned.
"We will prepare forces to control the undersea domain through rigorous competitive training, and a thorough understanding of our adversaries and the environment where we both operate", said the re-establishing commander Rear Admiral James Waters. "Further, we will innovate and advance the art of theater anti-submarine warfare through complex fleet exercises and war games."
On May 26, 2021, the U.S. Navy announced that Rear Admiral Brian L. Davies would be assigned additional duties as deputy commander, Second Fleet, Norfolk, Virginia. He was to retain all currently assigned duties as Commander, Submarine Group 2, Norfolk, Virginia.