The principal responsibility of the Admiral commanding is to operate, maintain, train, and equip submarines.

"In correspondence of 31 January 1949, the Chief of Naval Operations directed 'that the Fleet Commanders assign one division in each fleet to [the] sole task [of solving] the problem of using submarines to detect and destroy enemy submarines.

All other operations of any nature, even type training, ASW services, or fleet tactics, shall be subordinated to this mission.'

"[3] The initial staff included Captain Roy S. Benson, two officers and two yeomen reporting directly to him.

Submarine Squadron 14 operated Fleet Ballistic Missile boats from Holy Loch, Scotland, from 1961 until it was disbanded in 1992.

As Commander, Task Force 42, COMSUBLANT operated Atlantic Fleet attack submarines.

Commander, Naval Submarine Forces wrote in June 2012 on his blog: "We're not perfect.

[7] The responsibilities of the 45 personnel in the group headquarters have been shifted to the individual submarine squadrons.

With the vastly improved capabilities of the modern nuclear submarine and a weapons delivery capability that include mines, torpedoes, and cruise missiles, there are few naval warfare missions which cannot be conducted by submarines.

The Headquarters has been located at the Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut since 1949.