The USS Scorpion vanished in 1968 with 99 men, a nuclear reactor, and two nuclear weapons. The Navy still has no definitive ...

Just 60 miles off the coast of Point Pleasant, New Jersey, deep below the choppy surface lies an unmoving giant that once terrorized Allied forces. It’s far from its once-sleek appearance, now ...

Naval History and Heritage Command In June 1944, the USS Herring was on patrol in the Pacific Ocean when Japanese troops struck and sank the submarine. Now, more than eight decades later, underwater ...

Stacker compiled a look at U.S. submarines from the American Revolution to the contemporary U.S. Navy, drawing from military historical accounts, government records, and news articles. Submarines rank ...

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The submarine reshaped naval engagements thanks to its stealthy profile and ability to spring attacks on unsuspecting ships. Conventional naval engagements relied on big guns, positioning, and cool ...

Twenty years ago, Alice Smith began the hunt for the forgotten Civil War-era submarine Alligator Jr., the prototype for the first United States submarine USS Alligator. Both were designed by French ...

Submarines mauled shipping and threatened the survival of many nations in the second world war. One way to fight back was with anti-submarine warfare aircraft. Attacking a submarine from the air was a ...

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