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Join Us at a Meeting

We meet the second Saturday of every month at 1200 hours  (noon if you’ve been out a while.) 

American Legion Post #105
3534 W. Calavar Rd.
Phoenix, AZ 85053 

(Click on the “Where We Meet" button, above, for a map to the base meeting)

Perch Base
Ship's Store

Click the button, above, to see our list of items for sale, some with our Base's logo on them.

What U.S. submarines never returned to port?  Click on Eternal Patrol and see pictures and stories of the "boats" that remain forever at sea. 

USSVI Creed: "To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and its Constitution."

Click on the Blackboard for a Complete Glossary of Submarine, Naval and Nautical Terms

August 2010 Newsletter is available! Check "Base Newsletter" tab at left.

SubVet Shipmates, a Vest Order Form
is now available at
"Ships Store".

Last Updated: 07/30/2010 17:58

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communications@perch-base.org

How We Began
(The story of Perch Base)

We are an organization with but one simple requirement to join — have you ever been designated, “Qualified in Submarines.”

All of us have served their country in the Silent Service.

We honor those submariners who have never returned to port and remain on
Eternal Patrol

Click on the picture, above,
 to see those boats on
"Eternal Patrol"

As a monument to all Cold War veterans, Perch Base is dedicated to help in the preservation of parts of the original USS Phoenix (SSN-702.)

To that goal, the Base has built the float, shown above.

The float is a 1/15 scale model of the nuclear powered submarine USS Phoenix (SSN-702,) named after our city. The Phoenix was a Los Angeles-class submarine that was 362 feet long and, on the surface, had 32 feet under water.

Check out the “Photo Gallery” page for more photos of the Base Float.

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