Featured in SubmarinesBYOrvelin ValleFeb 21, 2023ShareHere’s what life is like aboard the largest US Navy submarineSubmarines are a tremendous strategic and tactical advantage to countries that have them. Also see: 27 incredible photos of life on a US Navy Subma… BYOrvelin ValleFeb 21, 2023ShareBYHarold C. HutchisonFeb 5, 2023ShareThis is what happened to the USS ScorpionThe loss of the nuclear attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN 589) was the last peacetime loss of a Navy vessel until the Avenger-class mine countermeasures vessel BYHarold C. HutchisonFeb 5, 2023ShareBYHarold C. HutchisonAug 16, 2022ShareThis is why the Russian submarine fleet is such a basket caseThe Russian Navy has been having a lot of problems since the end of the Cold War. The BYHarold C. HutchisonAug 16, 2022ShareBYHarold C. HutchisonJan 17, 2023ShareThis is what ‘eternal patrol’ means for submarinesAs of this writing, it appears there is little hope for an actual rescue of the crew of the Argentinean submarine ARA San Juan. Some reports indicate an explosion … BYHarold C. HutchisonJan 17, 2023ShareBYHarold C. HutchisonDec 19, 2021ShareThis is what happened to Argentina’s lost submarineThe loss of the submarine ARA San Juan this past November is the most significant loss of a submarine since an explosion sank the Russian Oscar-class nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine Kursk in 2000. All 44 sailors aboard the… BYHarold C. HutchisonDec 19, 2021ShareBYTeam MightyDec 27, 2021ShareThe 4 deadliest submarine accidents in historyIt takes a special kind of sailor to work aboard a submarine, especially the modern, nuclear-powered submarines that can spend months hidden below the ocean’s surface. Close quarters, limited access… BYTeam MightyDec 27, 2021ShareBYTeam MightyDec 2, 2021ShareThe USS Jimmy Carter does some serious secret squirrel stuff and no one will ever knowIn 2013, the USS Jimmy Carter sailed into Pearl Harbor for repairs just two months after leaving her home port in Washington. No one knows what the submarine was doing,… BYTeam MightyDec 2, 2021ShareBYBlake StilwellNov 28, 2021ShareThe Royal Navy’s stealth sub can stay submerged for 25 yearsThe UK’s submarine fleet conducts some of the most secret missions in the Royal Navy. For that, it requires the quietest ships ever built – the Astute-class submarine. Capable of tracking enemy ships, listening in on foreign communicatio… BYBlake StilwellNov 28, 2021ShareBYBlake StilwellNov 27, 2021Share10 silly terms you’ll only hear on submarinesSubmarines are a little world of their own. With little more than 100 people aboard and submerged, running silent for months at a time, the crews of these nuclear powered undersea monsters begin to develop an entirely new culture of their own. Even … BYBlake StilwellNov 27, 2021ShareBYLogan NyeOct 19, 2022Share5 times the US was attacked at home during WWII (besides Pearl Harbor)For decades before 9/11, Americans talked about how they hadn’t been attacked at home since Pearl Harbor, but that actually wasn’t true. The California coast was attacked less than three months later, and two additional attacks were lau… BYLogan NyeOct 19, 2022ShareBYLogan NyeOct 18, 2022ShareThis was the ‘unluckiest’ U-boat of World War IIU-505 was a near absolute failure as a killer, failing to sink a single ship for multiple combat tours in a row, suffering the only suicide of a commanding officer in the German undersea service until the final days of the war, and becoming the firs… BYLogan NyeOct 18, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellAug 14, 2021ShareThis British sub hoisted its own Jolly Roger after sinking an Argentine cruiserThe HMS Conquerer is the only nuclear-powered submarine to engage an enemy with torpedoes. In a sea engagement during the Falklands War in the 1980s, two of the three shots fired at an Argentine cruiser hit home. Her hull pierces, the General Belgra… BYBlake StilwellAug 14, 2021ShareBYCoffee Or DieJul 21, 2021ShareHow WWII submarine commander Roy Davenport was awarded 5 Navy CrossesWorld War II was the golden age of American submarine warfare. By war’s end, seven submarine commanders and one enlisted crew member had received the Medal of Honor. The US submarine fleet,… BYCoffee Or DieJul 21, 2021ShareBYSandboxxJul 16, 2021ShareSDV: The secret weapon of the Navy SEAL TeamsThe Navy SEAL community is arguably the best-known special operations organization in the U.S. military, if not the world. But there is a smaller community within the SEAL Teams you… BYSandboxxJul 16, 2021ShareBYSandboxxJul 9, 2021ShareAN-1: America’s plan for submarine aircraft carriersToday, America’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and ballistic missile submarines represent two of the most potent forms of force projection wielded by any force in military history. For a short time… BYSandboxxJul 9, 2021ShareBYRuddy CanoJul 7, 2021ShareExclusive interview with US Naval Undersea Museum curator Mary RyanMary Ryan has been the curator at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum since October 2010. As curator, she leads the museum’s exhibit program, shapes the artifact collection, and connects the… BYRuddy CanoJul 7, 2021ShareBYLogan NyeJun 28, 2021ShareThe crazy story of the only underwater sub battle in history America has 50 attack submarines in active service designed to tail and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships. China and Russia have dozens more. Strangely enough, only one submarine battle has been fought underwater in over 100 years o… BYLogan NyeJun 28, 2021ShareBYCoffee Or DieJun 22, 2021ShareThe Confederate sub that killed its own sailors and namesakeSilently gliding through frigid February water, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley stayed just under the surface as it approached its prey. As it breached the surface, sailors aboard the Housatonic, a Union… BYCoffee Or DieJun 22, 2021ShareBYHarold C. HutchisonJun 3, 2021ShareThese are the only 2 subs that sank enemy ships in combat since 1945Submarines were very proficient ship-killers in World War II. Nazi U-boats hit 3,474 Allied ships. BYHarold C. HutchisonJun 3, 2021ShareBYCoffee Or DieMar 25, 2021ShareWhy this heroic Navy diver was awarded the Medal of Honor after a submarine sankChief Gunner’s Mate Frank William Crilley recognized the urgency unfolding 265 feet below the surface. Responding to a lost submarine in April 1915, a fellow Navy diver was operating at… BYCoffee Or DieMar 25, 2021ShareBYLogan NyeMar 19, 2021ShareWhat Russia’s deadliest nuclear sub could do to the USIn the inky black water, a predator slowly rises from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico like an Old God or Godzilla, but even more devastating and lethal: The BYLogan NyeMar 19, 2021ShareBYChuck LyonsFeb 22, 2021ShareThis WWII sub captain went down with his ship to save his crewThe USS Growler was listing at 50-degrees, its bow bent sharply to the side. Japanese machine gun fire raked the bridge. Two men had already been killed and three more wounded — including the submarine’s captain, Cmdr. Howard Gilmore. … BYChuck LyonsFeb 22, 2021ShareBYLogan NyeFeb 22, 2021ShareHow stealthy are the world’s subs?There used to be a rough ranking system for people who followed sub warfare. The best diesel submarines are the most quiet when they aren’t running their diesel, followed by the best nuclear submarines, followed by crappy and older subs. But… BYLogan NyeFeb 22, 2021ShareBYBlake StilwellFeb 19, 2021ShareWatch the Coast Guard bust the biggest Narco-Sub everNarco-subs, aka drug subs, aka Bigfoot submarines, are custom-made submarines used by cartels in Central and South America to smuggle drugs (usually cocaine) from Colombia to Mexico and/or the United States. For more than twenty years the U.S. Coa… BYBlake StilwellFeb 19, 2021ShareBYBlake StilwellJan 31, 2023ShareThat time a surfacing Russian sub slammed into an American spy submarineA submarine surfacing can happen pretty fast. And pretty violently. Even at its calmest and slowest pace, that’s still almost 9,000 tons of titanium-hulled, nuclear-powered Russian sub coming at you at 8 miles per-hour. <p cla… BYBlake StilwellJan 31, 2023Share1234567
BYOrvelin ValleFeb 21, 2023ShareHere’s what life is like aboard the largest US Navy submarineSubmarines are a tremendous strategic and tactical advantage to countries that have them. Also see: 27 incredible photos of life on a US Navy Subma… BYOrvelin ValleFeb 21, 2023Share
BYHarold C. HutchisonFeb 5, 2023ShareThis is what happened to the USS ScorpionThe loss of the nuclear attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN 589) was the last peacetime loss of a Navy vessel until the Avenger-class mine countermeasures vessel BYHarold C. HutchisonFeb 5, 2023Share
BYHarold C. HutchisonAug 16, 2022ShareThis is why the Russian submarine fleet is such a basket caseThe Russian Navy has been having a lot of problems since the end of the Cold War. The BYHarold C. HutchisonAug 16, 2022Share
BYHarold C. HutchisonJan 17, 2023ShareThis is what ‘eternal patrol’ means for submarinesAs of this writing, it appears there is little hope for an actual rescue of the crew of the Argentinean submarine ARA San Juan. Some reports indicate an explosion … BYHarold C. HutchisonJan 17, 2023Share
BYHarold C. HutchisonDec 19, 2021ShareThis is what happened to Argentina’s lost submarineThe loss of the submarine ARA San Juan this past November is the most significant loss of a submarine since an explosion sank the Russian Oscar-class nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine Kursk in 2000. All 44 sailors aboard the… BYHarold C. HutchisonDec 19, 2021Share
BYTeam MightyDec 27, 2021ShareThe 4 deadliest submarine accidents in historyIt takes a special kind of sailor to work aboard a submarine, especially the modern, nuclear-powered submarines that can spend months hidden below the ocean’s surface. Close quarters, limited access… BYTeam MightyDec 27, 2021Share
BYTeam MightyDec 2, 2021ShareThe USS Jimmy Carter does some serious secret squirrel stuff and no one will ever knowIn 2013, the USS Jimmy Carter sailed into Pearl Harbor for repairs just two months after leaving her home port in Washington. No one knows what the submarine was doing,… BYTeam MightyDec 2, 2021Share
BYBlake StilwellNov 28, 2021ShareThe Royal Navy’s stealth sub can stay submerged for 25 yearsThe UK’s submarine fleet conducts some of the most secret missions in the Royal Navy. For that, it requires the quietest ships ever built – the Astute-class submarine. Capable of tracking enemy ships, listening in on foreign communicatio… BYBlake StilwellNov 28, 2021Share
BYBlake StilwellNov 27, 2021Share10 silly terms you’ll only hear on submarinesSubmarines are a little world of their own. With little more than 100 people aboard and submerged, running silent for months at a time, the crews of these nuclear powered undersea monsters begin to develop an entirely new culture of their own. Even … BYBlake StilwellNov 27, 2021Share
BYLogan NyeOct 19, 2022Share5 times the US was attacked at home during WWII (besides Pearl Harbor)For decades before 9/11, Americans talked about how they hadn’t been attacked at home since Pearl Harbor, but that actually wasn’t true. The California coast was attacked less than three months later, and two additional attacks were lau… BYLogan NyeOct 19, 2022Share
BYLogan NyeOct 18, 2022ShareThis was the ‘unluckiest’ U-boat of World War IIU-505 was a near absolute failure as a killer, failing to sink a single ship for multiple combat tours in a row, suffering the only suicide of a commanding officer in the German undersea service until the final days of the war, and becoming the firs… BYLogan NyeOct 18, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellAug 14, 2021ShareThis British sub hoisted its own Jolly Roger after sinking an Argentine cruiserThe HMS Conquerer is the only nuclear-powered submarine to engage an enemy with torpedoes. In a sea engagement during the Falklands War in the 1980s, two of the three shots fired at an Argentine cruiser hit home. Her hull pierces, the General Belgra… BYBlake StilwellAug 14, 2021Share
BYCoffee Or DieJul 21, 2021ShareHow WWII submarine commander Roy Davenport was awarded 5 Navy CrossesWorld War II was the golden age of American submarine warfare. By war’s end, seven submarine commanders and one enlisted crew member had received the Medal of Honor. The US submarine fleet,… BYCoffee Or DieJul 21, 2021Share
BYSandboxxJul 16, 2021ShareSDV: The secret weapon of the Navy SEAL TeamsThe Navy SEAL community is arguably the best-known special operations organization in the U.S. military, if not the world. But there is a smaller community within the SEAL Teams you… BYSandboxxJul 16, 2021Share
BYSandboxxJul 9, 2021ShareAN-1: America’s plan for submarine aircraft carriersToday, America’s nuclear-powered aircraft carriers and ballistic missile submarines represent two of the most potent forms of force projection wielded by any force in military history. For a short time… BYSandboxxJul 9, 2021Share
BYRuddy CanoJul 7, 2021ShareExclusive interview with US Naval Undersea Museum curator Mary RyanMary Ryan has been the curator at the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum since October 2010. As curator, she leads the museum’s exhibit program, shapes the artifact collection, and connects the… BYRuddy CanoJul 7, 2021Share
BYLogan NyeJun 28, 2021ShareThe crazy story of the only underwater sub battle in history America has 50 attack submarines in active service designed to tail and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships. China and Russia have dozens more. Strangely enough, only one submarine battle has been fought underwater in over 100 years o… BYLogan NyeJun 28, 2021Share
BYCoffee Or DieJun 22, 2021ShareThe Confederate sub that killed its own sailors and namesakeSilently gliding through frigid February water, the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley stayed just under the surface as it approached its prey. As it breached the surface, sailors aboard the Housatonic, a Union… BYCoffee Or DieJun 22, 2021Share
BYHarold C. HutchisonJun 3, 2021ShareThese are the only 2 subs that sank enemy ships in combat since 1945Submarines were very proficient ship-killers in World War II. Nazi U-boats hit 3,474 Allied ships. BYHarold C. HutchisonJun 3, 2021Share
BYCoffee Or DieMar 25, 2021ShareWhy this heroic Navy diver was awarded the Medal of Honor after a submarine sankChief Gunner’s Mate Frank William Crilley recognized the urgency unfolding 265 feet below the surface. Responding to a lost submarine in April 1915, a fellow Navy diver was operating at… BYCoffee Or DieMar 25, 2021Share
BYLogan NyeMar 19, 2021ShareWhat Russia’s deadliest nuclear sub could do to the USIn the inky black water, a predator slowly rises from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico like an Old God or Godzilla, but even more devastating and lethal: The BYLogan NyeMar 19, 2021Share
BYChuck LyonsFeb 22, 2021ShareThis WWII sub captain went down with his ship to save his crewThe USS Growler was listing at 50-degrees, its bow bent sharply to the side. Japanese machine gun fire raked the bridge. Two men had already been killed and three more wounded — including the submarine’s captain, Cmdr. Howard Gilmore. … BYChuck LyonsFeb 22, 2021Share
BYLogan NyeFeb 22, 2021ShareHow stealthy are the world’s subs?There used to be a rough ranking system for people who followed sub warfare. The best diesel submarines are the most quiet when they aren’t running their diesel, followed by the best nuclear submarines, followed by crappy and older subs. But… BYLogan NyeFeb 22, 2021Share
BYBlake StilwellFeb 19, 2021ShareWatch the Coast Guard bust the biggest Narco-Sub everNarco-subs, aka drug subs, aka Bigfoot submarines, are custom-made submarines used by cartels in Central and South America to smuggle drugs (usually cocaine) from Colombia to Mexico and/or the United States. For more than twenty years the U.S. Coa… BYBlake StilwellFeb 19, 2021Share
BYBlake StilwellJan 31, 2023ShareThat time a surfacing Russian sub slammed into an American spy submarineA submarine surfacing can happen pretty fast. And pretty violently. Even at its calmest and slowest pace, that’s still almost 9,000 tons of titanium-hulled, nuclear-powered Russian sub coming at you at 8 miles per-hour. <p cla… BYBlake StilwellJan 31, 2023Share
