Submersible Boiler to Silent Sea-Wolves

The graveyard of the Atlantic: U-boats at the bottom of the ocean

2011-06-13T02:24:00.003+08:00

This panorama of 33 individual images reveals how U-352, the first U-boat sunk by the U.S., has become an artificial reef, home to a plethora of marine life These ghostly images, taken off the coast of North Carolina, show the first Nazi contribution to a region known by divers as 'the graveyard of the Atlantic'. The panorama is made up of 33 individual images, all painstakingly aligned

Submersible Boiler to Silent Sea-Wolves

2011-03-14T16:43:00.001+08:00

From the advent of the earliest of the type, submarine design has always pressed against the outer limits of the contemporary technological envelope. Inventors and engineers have, of necessity, incorporated new and untested machinery and equipment into their craft in order to meet their goals of creating effective undersea vessels. The underwater environment, moreover, is unforgiving; errors in

GLOSSARY

2011-01-16T09:55:00.000+08:00

Admiralty: Shorthand terminology for the Royal Navy’s Board of Admiralty, which heads its central administration. Unlike most such boards, it includes both the civilian political appointees and the professional heads of the fleet. Air Lock: A watertight compartment through which a diver may pass between a submarine and the sea, pausing within it while the air pressure is equalized with the

Victor III SSN, (Type 671RTM)

2010-08-26T20:19:00.002+08:00

Approximately four Victor III class boats are currently operational with the Russian Navy, the only survivors of a total of 48 boats built from 1968 until 1993 in three distinct variants. By Russian standards they are relatively small but they are nevertheless well armed and equipped. The original Type 671 Victor I displaced 4,300 tons on the surface and could dive to 1,300 ft (400m); 15

Walrus SSK,

2010-08-26T20:18:00.003+08:00

Bruinvis (S810), one of four Walrus class SSKs.Walrus (S802). Note the cruciform stern planes. The initial contract for the first two boats was awarded in 1979 with a second pair ordered in 1985. Construction was delayed by design changes including a lengthening of the hull to accommodate larger diesel generators and also by a serious fire aboard Walrus while it was being fitted out.

R-class

2010-08-26T20:18:00.000+08:00

British submarine design took a decisive turn away from Holland’s concepts with the development of the D class, which entered service in 1908. These much larger boats introduced saddle tanks for ballast and marked the British shift to long-range craft optimized for surface operation and seaworthiness. They set the pattern for subsequent British development that was broken only by the R

M-class

2010-08-26T20:16:00.000+08:00

The British Royal Navy M-class submarines were a small class of diesel electric submarine built during World War I. The unique feature of the class was a 12-inch (305 mm) gun mounted in a turret forward of the conning tower. Background They were ordered in place of the last four of the first group of steam propelled K-class submarines, K17-K21, the original orders being cancelled. They

A U-Boat “Saga!"

2010-08-22T13:27:00.001+08:00

U-505. a typical Type IXC with her distinctive axe-head tradition insignia, enters a U-boat pen in occupied France. Commanded by Oberleutnant zur See Harald Lange, she was forced to the surface and captured north-west of Dakar on 4 June 1944 after having undertaken a total of 18 war patrols and having sunk eight enemy ships. I just ended reading the book "The Sea Hunters - Escort Carriers vs,

Book Review: A Big Anthology of World War II U.S. Submarine and Historic Stories by Paul W. Wittmer

2010-08-20T19:14:00.001+08:00

Very few men in an Army do all the fighting and dying. I didn’t fight or die but I was witness to a great many who did.” “Anyone who lives through a war without being killed or seriously wounded has had an experience that can be matched by no other. It is likely that I saw things most people will never see unless they were there.” Andy Rooney wrote those words, and Paul W. Wittmer was

The E-Class submarine

2010-08-19T11:04:00.000+08:00

Arguably Britain's best submarine of World War I, the E-Class was a logical progression in development from the D-Class. These boats were larger in displacement and were the first British submarines to incorporate transverse bulkheads, which divided the submarines internally into three compartments. This offered better survivability in the case of flooding. The outbreak of World War I led to

Wellington the Hunter

2010-08-16T21:51:00.001+08:00

People of Gosport were today urged to help preserve a vital piece of British history.The rallying cry came from the former commanding officer of Second World War era submarine HMS Alliance. The HMS Alliance Appeal, a restoration project which is aiming to raise almost £3m,

'War in Florida Waters' exhibit a tribute to Civilian Air Patrol, including Palm Beachers

2010-07-05T20:37:00.000+08:00

A ship burns after a U-boat attack off Florida’s east coast, circa 1942. The image is part of the exhibit, ‘War in Florida Waters 1942-1943, Eyes of the Home Skies’ at the Palm Beach County History Museum. Mounting a 100-pound bomb on a Stinson Voyager, CP3, June 16, 1942. CAP Lt. Wiley R. Reynolds Jr., the late husband of Palm Beach resident Janet Reynolds. He served in the Civilian

Discovery of U-boat wrecks rewrites the history books

2010-07-05T15:36:00.001+08:00

Newly identified sites show far more submarines were sunk by mines than previously thoughtBy David Keys, Archaeology Correspondent The final resting places of six German U-boats sunk in the final months of the Second World War's greatest naval conflict have finally been identified. After years of research, maritime experts say their discoveries will force historians to re-evaluate the battle

Working to maintain historic sub

2010-07-04T12:05:00.000+08:00

Manitowoc's U.S.S. Cobia needs work Reporter: Becky DeVries MANITOWOC - A local attraction will likely be getting help to stay afloat if a lakeshore museum can raise enough money. The U.S.S. Cobia is part of the Wisconsin Maritime Museum . The World War II submarine has made it's home in Manitowoc for 40 years, and museum officials hope it will be in the area for many years to come. "

Fact File: HMS Ostergotland

2010-06-14T14:39:00.000+08:00

Fact File: Tigr

2010-06-14T14:38:00.002+08:00

The Submarine War in the Pacific

2010-06-06T16:08:00.000+08:00

The U.S. Navy believed it could weaken Japan’s grip on Asia’s resources without depending on strategic bombardment or guerrillas. It proposed the destruction of the Japanese merchant marine by unrestricted submarine warfare, since Japan’s war industry and the fabric of its society, like Britain’s, depended upon the uninterrupted flow of raw materials and food to the Home Islands. Although the

Area man recalls life aboard WWII sub

2010-05-24T16:54:00.000+08:00

Shirley and Bob Eady of Niles recently celebrated their first wedding anniversary in Chicago, including watching the Cubs win last weekend. Bob retired in 1986 from Sundstrand in Dowagiac after about 25 years. (The Daily Star/John Eby) By JOHN EBY Niles Daily Star The last ship Robert Eady’s World War II submarine the Sawfish sunk “was kind of classic in a way.” “We had radar and the

Central Power’s Submarines in the Mediterranean

2010-05-21T21:11:00.005+08:00

By Auslan Cramb The Highland fjord in the far north-west of Scotland, close to Cape Wrath, was the only Scottish rendezvous point for U-boats. In the space of two weeks, from May 10 to May 25, 1945,

Antisubmarine Warfare after the Cold War

2010-03-20T12:46:00.000+08:00

MH-60R Strikehawk - Lockheed Martin Systems Integration - Owego, Owego, N.Y., is being awarded a $144,041,340 modification to definitize a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0005) to a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. This modification provides for the system design and development of the MH-60R Advanced Radar Periscope Detection and Discrimination System, to include

New Missions for Submarines after the Cold War

2010-03-20T12:44:00.000+08:00

VIRGINIA CLASS (2005) The U.S. Navy’s submarines have not been immune to the pressure to look at new missions, and this pressure has arguably been greatest in the area of strike warfare. One manifestation of this pressure is the Trident SSBN to SSGN program, which, when completed, will dramatically increase the submarine force’s capabilities in this mission area. A Trident SSGN program will also

The True Submarine

2010-03-11T21:08:00.000+08:00

USS Nautilus The growing importance of ASW and the resources now available to invest in it do not explain the decision by the U.S. Navy to begin the naval reactor program. The decision in 1949, before Korea, to develop naval nuclear reactors had multiple, independent origins, some of which are of no concern to this story. But one important element in this decision concerned the obvious utility of

Passive Acoustics in ASW

2010-03-11T21:04:00.000+08:00

Sonar detection. (a) In this passive sonar scheme, the submarine on the right uses a towed array of detectors to distinguish sounds that originate from the one to the left. The towed array provides a large aperture to discriminate the desired signal (blue) that is distorted by the shallow−water environment and embedded in ocean surface noise (green) and shipping noise (red). (b) In active sonar,

A steam powered submarine: the Ictíneo

2010-03-03T18:57:00.000+08:00

By Kris De Decker Replica's of both submarines are on display in Barcelona: the Ictíneo I in the garden of the Maritime Museum and the Ictíneo II in the harbour Few Victorian inventions have the grace and charm of the Ictíneo, the series of two wooden submarines built by Narcís Monturiol i Estarrol in the second half of the nineteenth century. Unlike some of the better known early submarines

Targa U-Boat - Cross Section Models

2010-02-21T12:12:00.000+08:00

This huge 18" long Targa U-Boat is assembled with 8 sections, historically accurate interiors and mechanical details of an actual U-Boat, all the skins can be removed and reattached. 1/144 scale, professionally painted. Each section in color box with content pictures, each display case has 16 sections to make 2 complete U-boats with matching colors. LINK

Fact File: British Astute Class SSN

2010-02-20T23:58:00.000+08:00

The Submarine Tulen

2010-02-20T23:43:00.000+08:00

In the campaign of 1916 the submarine Tulen, under Senior-Lieutenant Mikhail Kititsin, distinguished herself when she destroyed and captured six steamships, three launches and 21 sailing vessels. In September 1916, Kititsin attacked the heavily armed German transport Rodosto, forced it to surrender and towed it to Sevastopol.

USS Flier (SS-250) and Japanese Sea-Mines WWII

2010-01-18T13:11:00.001+08:00

USS Flier a Gato-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the flier, a round sunfish widely known in the United States. Her keel was laid down 30 October 1942 by Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 11 July 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. A. S. Pierce), and commissioned on 18 October 1943 with Lieutenant Commander John D. Crowley in

U.S. submarines - crew integration WWII

2010-01-14T17:41:00.000+08:00

In the case of U.S. submarines, "new construction" had the crew assigned several months before commissioning, sometimes at least part of the crew was assembled even before the sub was launched. These men worked alongside the ship builders, acting as both helpers and additional quality control. By the time the sub was ready for sea trials, the crew was fully assembled, organized into

Vice-Admiral Sir Ian McGeoch

2010-01-14T17:34:00.003+08:00

Commander of the submarine Splendid which wreaked havoc on the enemy before being sunk by a German destroyer.