During 1957 I served in USS CAIMAN (SS 323) with Lieutenant Commander Jack Hawkins as CO. Jack was a wonderful man to work for if…
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SEA STORIES – THERE I WAS
We were headed Southwest, somewhere off Newfoundland, homeward bound after a Cold War adventure off the Faeroes, where we had patrolled submerged for about six…
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE U.S. SUBMARINE VETERANS FRATERNAL ASSOCIATION
The United States Submarine Veterans was started by a group of United States Submarine Veterans of World War II led by Dominic Joe Negri and…
FITTING MEMORIAL TO SILENT SERVICE
h4Reprinted with permission, Charleston Post and Courier, December 14, 2003. At the recent dedication of the Cold War Submarine Memo-rial at Patriot’s Point in Mount…
THE SUBMARINE COMMUNITY – MESSAGE TO TODAY’S SUBMARINERS
The following article appeared in the Winter 99 issue of Undersea Warfare Magazine published by N77. It is reprinted with permission. As a young ten…
TOWARD AN UNMANNED ATTACK SUBMARINE?
Nader Elhefnawy has a degree in International Relations from Florida International University and has previously published in several journals on maritime and military affairs. This…
DISCUSSIONS – SINGLE CREW SSBN FORCE
Today’s SSBN force can be dramatically improved by eliminating the current two crew concept and shifting to a single crew for manning. In the past…
NAVINT NEWS
The following has been excerpted with permission from NA VINT. which is published twice monthly by Tileprint, Ltd. Of J 3 Crondace Road, London, SW6…
HELL’S BELLS-A SUBMARINER’S VERSION
Dr. Beynon sailed USS BOWFIN during WWII at the sound of HellsĀ· Bells. He is the author of The Pearl Harbor Avenger. The following quotation…
SUBMARINE BELLS TO SONAR & RADAR SUBMARINE SIGNAL COMPANY (1901-1946) Part II
ulPart I of Mr. Merrill’s article appeared in the October 2002 issue of THE SUBMARINE REVIEW. In the years immediately following the Annistice, many of…