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German submarine U-571 was a Type VIIC U-boat built for the Kriegsmarine of Nazi Germany for service during World War II. U-571 conducted eleven war patrols, sinking five ships totalling 33,511 gross register tons (GRT), and damaging one other for 11,394 GRT.
U-571 is a 2000 submarine film directed by Jonathan Mostow from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sam Montgomery and David Ayer. The film stars Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Harvey Keitel, Jon Bon Jovi, Jake Weber and Matthew Settle. The film follows a World War II German submarine boarded by American submariners to capture her Enigma cipher ...
[12] On 12 December 1951, the US Department of the Navy announced that the submarine would be called Nautilus, the fourth U.S. Navy vessel officially so named. The boat carried the hull number SSN-571. [2] She benefited from the Greater Underwater Propulsion Power (GUPPY) improvements to the American Gato-, Balao-, and Tench-class submarines.
SSN-571 Nautilus: First nuclear powered submarine. First submarine to travel under the North Pole. Museum ship, U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum, Groton, Connecticut SSR-572 Sailfish: Lead boat of a class of 2 SSR-573 Salmon: SSG-574 Grayback: Lead boat of a class of 2. Converted and re-designated as LPSS-574 (amphibious transport submarine) on ...
The Secret of the Submarine (1915) – US action-adventure silent serial directed by George L. Sargent depicting prevention of US submarine from falling into enemy hands; A Submarine Pirate (1915) – US heist-comedy-short directed by Charles Avery and Syd Chaplin, depicting waiter attempting to foil sea-heist of gold-filled cargo vessel by ...
U-571, a fictional war film, about a submarine, released in 2000 Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered the deployment of a guided missile submarine to the Middle East, the Pentagon said on Sunday, as the region braces for possible attacks by Iran and ...
Until 2014, submarine watchkeeping had an 18-hour day, as opposed to a standard 24-hour schedule. Sailors spent 6 hours on watch, 6 hours maintenance and training and 6 hours off (3 watches of 6 hours.) [24] In 2014, the Navy began transitioning the fleet to a 24-hour schedule. [25] The submarine force has always been a small fraction of the ...