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Submarines have a long history in the United States, beginning with Turtle, during the American Revolution. The world’s first combat submarine, invented by David Bushnell, was devised as a means of breaking the British blockade of Boston Harbor but was unsuccessful on multiple attempts. The U.S. Navy officially joined the undersea world when it purchased USS Holland (SS-1) on 11 April 1900 ...
Italian Submarine Casualties in World War Two; Japanese Submarine Casualties in World War Two (I and RO Boats) Unmanned Vehicles for U.S. Naval Forces: Background and Issues for Congress; US Democracy Promotion Policy in the Middle East; US-Greek Naval Relations Begin; US Marines at Pearl Harbor; US Mining and Mine Clearance in North Vietnam
In the summer of 1923, while serving as Commander, Submarine Division Three, Captain Ernest J. King proposed that the Navy create a warfare insignia device for qualified submariners. The insignia came to be known as “dolphins” or “fish,” and is one of the Navy’s oldest warfare devices. The hard-earned badge distinguishes and identifies the members of the submarine community and has ...
Underwater exploration has fascinated people for thousands of years, yet submarine travel did not become common until the mid-twentieth century. The ancient Athenians used divers in secret military operations, and a legend maintains that Alexander the Great descended into the sea in a primitive diving bell. Many talented and curious people dabbled with submersible boat designs, but achieved ...
Harder's fifth war patrol was the submarine’s most successful. Harder depleted the critical supply of destroyers by sinking three of them and heavily damaging or destroying two others in four days, and her frequent attacks resulted in Adm. Ozawa's Mobile Fleet departing Tawi-Tawi a day ahead of schedule.
Gato-class submarine USS Silversides (SS-236) was commissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, on 15 December 1941, with Lieutenant Commander Creed C. Burlingame in command. After shakedown off the U.S. west coast, the boat set sail for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. With World War II escalating on all fronts, Silversides steamed to Japanese Home Island waters—in the area of Kii Suido—on 30 ...
DETECTION A submarine's effectiveness depends on its ability to remain submerged and undetected. From this position beneath the surface, a sub can search, track, and attack using the element of surprise. The element of surprise has always been the submarine's greatest asset and is still considered its most powerful weapon. When surfaced, however, submarines are quite vulnerable, since modern ...
Scorpion, a Skipjack-class attack submarine, was laid down on 20 August 1958 by the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 19 December 1959. Between 1961 and 1968, Scorpion took part in U.S. and NATO operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, contributed to the development of nuclear submarine warfare tactics, and deployed for special ...
The Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley was the first submarine to sink an enemy ship during wartime. On 17 February 1864, H.L. Hunley rammed her torpedo into the Union sloop-of-war Housatonic, sinking both ships off the entrance to Charleston Harbor. Housatonic lost two officers and three enlisted men. Hunley, however, sunk with all hands after the collision and was not seen again for 131 years ...
USS Squalus (SS-192), a diesel-electric submarine built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire and commissioned there on 1 March 1939, suffered a catastrophic valve failure during a test dive off the Isle of Shoals at 0740 on 23 May. Partially flooded, the submarine sank to the bottom and came to rest keel down in 40 fathoms ...