Founded February 8, 1869 — New London, Connecticut
Above & Below
The Thames Club publication and civic invitation for those who serve above and below the surface.
Founded February 8, 1869 — New London, Connecticut
The Thames Club publication and civic invitation for those who serve above and below the surface.
Electric Boat. The submarine base. The museum. The contractors, engineers, and families who relocate here and find they want to stay. The Thames River has shaped the submarine force — and the submarine force has shaped this city — for over a century.
The Thames Club has been part of that story for longer than the submarine force has existed. Those who serve in it — and those who build, maintain, and support it — are among the people this club has always been for.
If you have dedicated your working life to something serious — whatever that work is — you share the culture this club has always celebrated. The introduction is a formality.
Issue One: Homecoming. The first meal ashore. Thirty-one years in Building 260. Two banks of one river. For the submarine community and the city that serves it.
Read the issue
There are men and women among us whose work is rarely seen.
They design, build, maintain, and sail the submarines that keep our country safe.
Their skills are rare and precise. Their commitment absolute. Their service, by its nature, quiet.
Here, they are numerous.
In our community, their lives move alongside others — families raised, days worked, routines kept — often without notice, even as they carry responsibilities few are ever asked to bear.
Over the years, many have crossed our threshold. Some paused briefly. Others stayed. Their profiles line our walls — not as decoration, but as part of a larger community. From many services and professions, they served our city across the last one hundred fifty years.
The Thames Club recognizes them.
We extend an open invitation to those whose lives have been dedicated to this demanding and singular calling. To visit. To sit at table. To be received not with ceremony, but with genuine respect.
All are welcome here.
The Thames Club — New London
Founded Eighteen Sixty-Nine
