The submarine successfully tested her weapons systems again on 24 March 1990, when her Blue Crew launched four Trident I missiles as part of an evaluation test off Cape Canaveral. Despite …

The submarine primarily supported the Fifth Fleet’s maritime security operations, which were designed to help set the conditions for security and stability in the maritime environment, and …

Archerfish (SSN-678) was laid down on 19 June 1969 at Groton, Conn., by the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corp.; launched on 16 January 1971; sponsored by Miss Mary …

The submarine was taken over by the Germans, redesignated UIT-23, and commenced a return trip on 15 February 1944, only to be torpedoed and sunk by British submarine HMS Tally-Ho …

May 12, 2016 · SS -- submarine; or merchant steamship. SSA -- cargo submarine. SSB -- fleet ballistic missile submarine. SSBN -- fleet ballistic missile submarine (nuclear powered). SSC -- …

Feb 21, 2023 · In the summer of 1923, while serving as Commander, Submarine Division Three, Captain Ernest J. King proposed that the Navy create a warfare insignia device for qualified …

Aug 15, 2016 · USS Squalus (SS-192), a diesel-electric submarine built at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire and commissioned there on 1 March 1939, suffered a …

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The submarine made another southern cruise starting in July, operating in Korean waters early in the month before visiting Hong Kong and Subic Bay. Aside from one three week trip back to …

John Philip Holland, the man who developed the first true submarine accepted by U.S. Navy (spending 57 of his 74 years working with submersibles), was born in Liscannor, County Clare, …