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A submarine sandwich, commonly known as a sub, hoagie (Philadelphia metropolitan area and Western Pennsylvania English), hero (New York City English), Italian (Maine English), grinder (New England English, Fulton County, NY), wedge (Westchester, NY), or a spuckie (Boston English) is a type of American cold or hot sandwich made from a cylindrical bread roll split lengthwise and filled with ...
This is a list of American sandwiches.This list contains entries of sandwiches that were created in, or commonly eaten in, the United States. A sandwich is a food item consisting of one or more types of food placed on or between slices of bread, or more generally any dish wherein two or more pieces of bread serve as a container or wrapper for some other food.
Turtle, an American submarine of the American Revolutionary War; H. L. Hunley, a human-powered submarine of the American Civil War in the early 1860s, operated by the Confederate States Army. The United States Navy operated several captured U-boats for publicity and testing purposes. Some were commissioned into the Navy.
Submarines of the United States Navy are built in classes, using a single design for a number of boats. Minor variations occur as improvements are incorporated into the design, so later boats of a class may be more capable than earlier.
The first submarine used in combat was the USS Turtle.The Turtle was built in 1775 and was made to attach explosive charges to the hulls of the ships. Several attempts were made against British Ships in American harbors in 1776, but none were successful.
The Ohio-class submarine was designed for extended strategic deterrent patrols.Each submarine is assigned two complete crews, called the Blue crew and the Gold crew, each typically serving 70-to-90-day deterrent patrols.
The Virginia class, or the SSN-774 class, is the newest class of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy.The class is designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions, including anti-submarine warfare and intelligence gathering operations. [10]
The Columbia-class is to replace the Ohio-class of ballistic missile submarines, whose remaining boats are to be decommissioned, one per year, beginning in 2028. [citation needed] The Columbia class will take over the role of submarine presence in the United States’ strategic nuclear force.