World War II was brought to the West Coast of the United States early one morning in September 1942, when a Japanese I 25 submarine…
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ARRIVEDERCI DACE
“Padio vante duo terco” (all ahead two-thirds), the Italian OOD ordered as the Dace (SS 2~7) cleared her berth and headed for Long Island Sound.…
LOSS OF THE THRESHER
(On the 20th Anniversary of the Thresher’s loss, a memorial ceremony was held at New London, Connecticut. RAdm. Brad Mooney, Jr., the Oceanographer of the…
WEAPONS AND THE NEW ATTACK SUBMARINE
The history of undersea warfare weapon development leads to two basic conclusions: the weapons developed for the attack submarine have suffered from serious deficiencies in…
SUBACS – THE SUBMARINE ADVIRCED COMBAT SYSTEM
The submarine community has begun development of a new combat system, the Submarine Advanced Combat System. SUBACS will be the immediate successor to today 1…
EMERGING SOVIET SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGIES
The appearance of three new types of Soviet nuclear submarines — the Typhoon, Oscar and Alfa indicate by their characteristics certain special capabilities which should…
ARCTIC SUBMARINE WARFARE
In an informal interview with newsmen on 19 May 1983, Admiral James D. Watkins publically articulated for the first time the U.S. Navy’s strong new…
THE SUBMARINE REVIEW
From The President The 225 members of the Naval Submarine League who attended our first annual Symposium made this a truly meaningful and useful event.…
THE SUBMARINE REVIEW
From The President I hope that you share the excitement and desire for success that I felt as I read through a draft of this…
Personnel Matters
The following major command assignments have been announced: – ComSubRon 14 -Capt. George DAVIS – ComSubRon 16 -Capt. Raymond JONES – ComSubRon 18 -Capt. Arlington…