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The Defender, an early submarine rejected by the U.S. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
She took part in Nuclear Submarine Exercise (NUSUBEX) 3–61 off the northeastern coast of the United States from 18–24 September 1961. [6] On 18 October 1961, Thresher, in company with the diesel-electric submarine Cavalla, headed south on a three-week test and training cruise to San Juan, Puerto Rico, arriving 2 November. Following ...
USS San Francisco in a dry dock, after hitting an underwater mountain 350 miles (560 km) south of Guam in 2005 This article describes major accidents and incidents involving submarines and submersibles since 2000. 2000s 2000 Kursk explosion Main article: Kursk submarine disaster In August 2000, the Russian Oscar II-class submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea when a leak of high-test peroxide ...
The wreck of Suevic. The White Star Line passenger ship ran aground in thick fog and heavy seas on Lizard Point, Cornwall, England on 17 March 1907. Four lifeboats saved 456 people from the wreck, the largest number ever saved by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution from a single vessel. Her wreck later was blown in half by salvagers using ...
RELATED: Confederate submarine restored On July 15 of 1942, it waged an attack on the SS Bluefield, a Nicaraguan freighter that was part of a convoy being protected by the U.S. military.
An Algerine-class minesweeper that was torpedoed by the Italian submarine Ascianghi off Béjaïa 36°45′N 05°11′E / 36.750°N 5.183°E / 36.750; 5.183 ( HMS Algerine City of Venice
The U.S. Navy found the wreckage of the sub 16,500 feet below the surface and, with the help of the CIA, embarked on a secret mission to recover the Soviet vessel and its nuclear warheads.
The Soviet submarine K-129 carried nuclear ballistic missiles when it was lost with all hands, but as it was a diesel-electric submarine, it is not included in the list. (K-129 was partly recovered by the U.S. Project Azorian.) The two USN submarines belonged to Submarine Force Atlantic, in the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.