The USS New Jersey made waves when it was commissioned — the first submarine in the U.S. Navy's fleet designed specifically ...
This is when he was offered the opportunity to travel from Orkney to Shetland on a submarine. The Orcadian newspaper, dated 23 August 1945, reported that 3,500 people visited the U-boat and ...
a seaman on the U-boat, the UC-18, when it was torpedoed near Guernsey. Seaman Hans Arthur Kuffner, 26, was one of the oldest members of the submarine's crew. His great grand nephew, Andreas ...
The French Rubis-class submarine, Saphir, demonstrated its stealth prowess by sinking the U.S. aircraft carrier USS Theodore ...
The U.S. Navy's "Navigation Plan for America's Warfighting Navy" sets a goal of having 80% of its fleet combat-ready by 2027 to counter China's military buildup. However, delays and budget overruns, ...
A bipartisan group of senators wants more details from the Navy and the White House Office of Management and Budget on a ...
As the world’s navies grow, they strengthen below the waves as well as above. Submarines have been around since the American Civil War and played a key role in both world wars. Several nations ...
In order to meet its commitment to Australia, as well as recover from its own submarine production shortfall, the U.S. must deliver an average of 2.33 boats a year. Only by doing so can it reach ...
But on June 13, 1987, a 138-thousand-pound nuclear submarine was clearly visible--docked in Norfolk Virginia, emblazoned with the name U.S.S. Albany ... a Japanese fishing boat—the Ehime ...
This historic vessel, which went on nine patrols during World War II, is one of only 15 U.S. World War II-era submarines that still exist. It now serves as a walk-through exhibit alongside a ...
Jerry Hendrix, retired Navy captain and senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute, wrote in American Affairs that the U.S. nuclear submarine fleet was 140 boats at its Cold War high, when everywhere ...
General Dynamics CEO Phebe Novakovic said GD Electric Boat work on the Columbia-class nuclear ballistic missile submarines and the Virginia-class nuclear attack boat would slow to keep pace with a ...