After commissioning in Severodvinsk on December 4, 200 I of the Russian Navy’s first nuclear powered attack submarine of the 21″ century, GEPARD (Project 971,…

One of the dilemmas that face the Submarine Force (and all naval units) from time to time is a unit that is mysteriously difficult to…

Mr. Buff is a novelist working in the national security field with a specialty in submarine~related subjects. He has contributed several articles to THE SUBMARINE…

Looking Back, 1963 In this fortieth anniversary year of the loss of USS THRESHER (SSN 593) it is incumbent on us to review the story…

Extending the Search for the Holy Grail The Submarine Force is fortunate that it has more than four decades of a common culture among operators…

A significant shift is occurring in the process the Submarine Force uses for tactical training. This shift was marked by decisions by both Submarine Force…

Dr. Friedman is a longtime U.S. Naval Institute author and Proceedings columnist. He has written on a wide variety of military and maritime subjects. This…

New Insights on December 7, 1944 and Relevance for Today’s Navy This article is dedicated to the memory of Captain Ned Beach, USN (Rel.), a…

Ingrid, Ned, Hugh and Ingie, I offer today a remembrance of your husband and father as I, and several hundred other U.S. sailors, saw him…

A few years ago the U.S. Naval Institute left the headquarters building it had occupied since 1939, the year Ned Beach graduated from the Naval…