Recently, the Executive Director of the NSL had a conversation with Bill Mildon, President of Hydro Group Systems, Inc., a 2 star Corpo- rate Member…
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2018 SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM
The Submarine Technology Symposium (STS) is the premier clas- sified, non-attribution event of the year for the submarine community. STS is sponsored by the Naval…
WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE HISTORY – CAPT MAX DUNCAN AND THE USS BARB (SS-220)
Following is a slightly edited transcript of an interview with CAPT Max Duncan, USN, (Ret) The interview was conducted in Savannah, GA in May of…
WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE HISTORY – LT JACK WEINSTEIN AND THE USS JALLAO (SS-368)
In 1997, Judge Jack Weinstein was asked by William Stegman to write down his “recollections” of his time on the Jallao in World War II.…
WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE HISTORY – GM1 (SS) HANK KUDZIK AND USS NAUTILUS (SS-168)
Following is a slightly edited transcript of an interview with Gun- ner’s Mate First Class Hank Kudzik, a World War II member of the crew…
WORLD WAR II SUBMARINE HISTORY – JOHNNY LIPES AND USS SEADRAGON (SS-194)
Jan Herman was the historian for the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine when he met and interviewed Johnny Lipes. He wrote a book, Battleship Sick Bay,…
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S PLUNGE IN THE PLUNGER
In the late 1890s, some in America’s naval hierarchy considered submersibles to be somewhat of a novelty, even a downright nuisance, and worse, a source…
EVOLUTION OF THE PACIFIC COAST TORPEDO STATION
A version of this paper was presented at the USNA’s 2017 McMullen Naval History Symposium Overton is the writer/editor for the Naval Undersea Warfare…
LUNCHEON ADDRESS TO THE SUBMARINE TECHNOLOGY SYMPOSIUM Ronald O’Rourke
Introduction Thank you for the kind introduction. As always, I should state at the outset that these views are my own and not necessarily those…
Naval Submarine League Fleet Awards by Kris Korfonta
The Naval Submarine League’s Annual Symposium and Industry Update typically serves as a venue for Submarine Force leadership, ac- tive duty, government, and industry to…