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Mar 14, 2023

Australia is getting nuclear submarines from the US and UK

On March 13, 2023, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, US President Joe Biden announced a…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Mar 14, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Dec 14, 2022

NASA is designing submarines and drones to explore the seas on Saturn’s moon, Titan

If you thought life was difficult for the submarine service of the U.S. Navy here on Earth, just imagine a…

BYTeam Mighty

Dec 14, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 29, 2023

A US Navy destroyer once won a surface engagement with potatoes

In 1943, the U.S. Navy’s USS O’Bannon was on patrol near the Solomon Islands when it came in contact with a Japanese submarine.

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 29, 2023

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Sep 25, 2023

Why American submarines feared this Russian destroyer

Russian ships are often the butt of a joke. One infamous Russian destroyer, for instance, has had a long history of problems.

BYHarold C. Hutchison

Sep 25, 2023

BYTim Kirkpatrick

Sep 25, 2023

This legendary Navy skipper sank 19 enemy ships

In the early months of 1943, Lt. Commander Dudley Morton took control of the USS Wahoo. Watch what he did next that made him into a legend.

BYTim Kirkpatrick

Sep 25, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 14, 2023

How Germany brought the fighting of World War II to Antarctica

The German navy doesn’t get a lot of attention for its role during World War II, but the Kriegsmarine brought the war to Antarctica.

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 14, 2023

BYRuddy Cano

Aug 29, 2022

This is how modern submarines do not run out of oxygen while submerged

The United States Navy is the biggest, most technologically advanced Navy in the world. Sometimes it is easy to forget…

BYRuddy Cano

Aug 29, 2022

BYBlake Stilwell

Jul 30, 2022

What happens when a submarine runs into an undersea mountain

Just after noon on Jan. 8, 2005, the USS San Francisco, U.S. Navy nuclear-powered Los Angeles-class submarine collided with an undersea mountain while moving at maximum speed. The crew, most of them injured, one of them killed, fought for…

BYBlake Stilwell

Jul 30, 2022

BYBlake Stilwell

Aug 4, 2023

This is why nuclear subs don’t try to rest on the sea floor

Before getting into the details, let it be known that American nuclear submarines can come to rest on the ocean floor. But should they?

BYBlake Stilwell

Aug 4, 2023

BYLogan Nye

Jul 24, 2022

This sub sank because its commander couldn’t flush his toilet

In April 1945, being a German submariner was a dangerous prospect. Allied sub hunters had become much more effective and German u-boats were being sunk faster than they could be built. Technical breakthroughs like radar and new weapons like the homi…

BYLogan Nye

Jul 24, 2022

BYJames Elphick

Jul 23, 2022

Life aboard WWII submarines was brutal

No one has ever claimed that life aboard a U.S. Navy ship was luxurious. Even on the most advanced warships on the planet life can still be cramped. Though today amenities are much improved, the sailors patrolling th…

BYJames Elphick

Jul 23, 2022

BYMiguel Ortiz

Jul 9, 2022

The time a fishing boat helped capture a North Korean submarine

Since the Korean Armistice Agreement of 1953, a tenuous ceasefire has existed between South Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic…

BYMiguel Ortiz

Jul 9, 2022

BYMiguel Ortiz

Jun 27, 2023

The time Japanese submarines attacked California and Oregon during WWII

Aside from the attack on Pearl Harbor, many Americans aren’t familiar with Japanese submarine attacks on the states during WWII.

BYMiguel Ortiz

Jun 27, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Jun 22, 2022

Why Russia’s Typhoon-Class submarines are so massive

In 1981, both the United States and the Soviet Union commissioned a new class of submarine. Both were nuclear powered…

BYTeam Mighty

Jun 22, 2022

BYBlake Stilwell

Jun 9, 2023

There’s a German U-boat at the bottom of Lake Michigan

In 1992, a recovery crew found a German U-Boat at the bottom of Lake Michigan. What on Earth was it doing there?

BYBlake Stilwell

Jun 9, 2023

BYOrvelin Valle

May 26, 2022

11 things that are only funny to submariners

We asked the sailors of the Submarine Bubblehead Brotherhood, a Facebook group for U.S. Navy submariners, what some of their funniest experiences were while under…

BYOrvelin Valle

May 26, 2022