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This is a list of submarines on display around the world separated by country. This list contains all preserved submarines and submersibles on display, including submarine museum boats, that currently exist as complete boats or as significant structural sections. This list does not contain replicas or wrecks.
K-5 moored at pier, circa 1915 USS Tallahassee tending to K-5 and K-6 in Hampton Roads, 1919. USS K-5 (SS-36) was a K-class submarine of the United States Navy.Her keel was laid down by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company in Quincy, Massachusetts, under a subcontract from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut.
K5 left Torbay on 19 January 1921 with the K8, K10, K15 and K22 as part of the Atlantic Fleet for a mock battle in the Bay of Biscay.. The submarine was commanded by an experienced officer, Lieutenant Commander John A Gaimes, DSO, RN, but had a new crew.
Submarine navigation underwater requires special skills and technologies not needed by surface ships. The challenges of underwater navigation have become more important as submarines spend more time underwater, travelling greater distances and at higher speed.
After the destruction of much of coastal Turkey, a United States led crew of experts from around the world pilots a five-person submarine, traveling the world oceans, planting sensors on the ocean floor to warn scientists of any impending earthquakes. Along the way the crew must deal with underwater exploding volcanoes and giant eels.
USS New Jersey is the "first fully integrated submarine built for both male and female sailors" in the 100-year history of submarines, according to the video posted by the Navy.
USS K-5 (SS-36), a 1914 United States Navy K-class submarine; PRR K5, a 1929 American experimental 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotive; LNER Class K5, a class of British steam locomotives; GSR Class K5, an 1894 Irish steam locomotive; Chevrolet K5 Blazer, a 1969-91 full size SUV; Kia Optima, a car branded as K5 in some markets
Heinz Stücke has been cycling around the world since 1962. Arthur Blessitt has been walking around the world carrying a 45 lb (20 kg) wooden cross since 25 December 1969, covering 42,279 miles (68,041 km) through 324 countries. As of 13 June 2008, aged 67, he had walked in every country of the world, since when he has returned to some.