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USS ALBACORE (AGSS569) AN ORAL IDSTORY EDITED BY JACK HUNTER AND AUSTIN JORDAN CREATESPACE INDEPENDENT PUBLISIDNG PLATFORM, NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., 2017
When WW II ended the Allies discovered that they were badly lag ging Germany in submarine design. The German Type XXI boat, with streamlining and…
HUNTERS AND KILLERS BY NORMAN POLMAR AND EDWARD WHITMAN ANNAPOLIS MD, NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS, 2016
Author and naval historian Norman Polmar and Engineer/Scientist (and former editor of Undersea Warfare magazine) Edward Whitman have collaborated in writing what is advertised as…
COMSUBDEVGROUP TWO/ COMSUBDEVRON TWELVE 1949-2016 BY WILLIAM J. BROWNING
COMSUBDEVRON TWELVE held a Change of Command and Sundown Ceremony at the Submarine Force Library and Museum, Groton, Connecticut, 15 January 2016. OPNAV Notice 5400,…
WHY 2,000 OR EVEN 400 SUBMARINES? BY NORMAN POLMAR
During the 45 years of the Cold War the Soviet Union operated the world’s largest submarine force, reaching a peak of390 “boats” in 1962. Based…
REMEMBERING SCORPION BY CAPT MARK GOLDEN, USN, RET.
I reported to USS Scorpion (SSN-589) as a young ensign straight out of the Academy, nuclear power training and an abbreviated sub school, in August…
Observations related to the loss of USS Thresher (SSN 693) on 10 April 1963
One of the few communications (by underwater telephone) from Thresher to the accompanying Submarine Rescue Vessel (ASR), during her fatal deep dive, was “experiencing minor…
THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THE NUCLEAR SUBMARINE THRESHER 10 APRIL 1963
The USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the first in a new class of deep diving fast attack nuclear submarines. She was constructed in the Ports mouth…
THE FIRST SKIPPER PROBLEM BY CAPT MICHAEL JUNGE, USN MILITARY PROFESSOR, JOINT MARITIME OPERATIONS US NAVAL WAR COLLEGE
Note: This article was submitted in January 2018. -Ed The United States Navy is well known for publicizing removal of its commanding officers. In…
THE TRIAD HOW DID WE GET HERE AND WHERE ARE WE GOING? BY RADM JERRY HOLLAND, USN, RET.
The implosion of the Soviet Union marked the disappearance not only of a threat but also of the political entity to be deterred. Strategic nuclear…
