The Submarine Review

Introduction In the 1984-1996 period the Soviet and Russian shipbuilding industry built 16 Akula class (Project 971) nuclear attack submarines. They were built in Severodvinsk…

THE WASHINGTON POST-WHO THEY QUOTE 21 July 1997 The W asbington Post Letters to the Editor 1150 1siii Street, NW Washington, DC 20071 Dear Sir…

Land Plat Purchase On 29 July 1900 John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy, appointed a military board to determine the feasibility of changing the…

Submariners, without question, do not represent society’s norm. They speak differently, with a rich, jargon-filled vocabulary. Their sense of humor is sharp, but with a…

As the post World War II years passed, there was a gradual but persistent growth of doubt by some who questioned the morality of having…

Mooring Alpha at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard is the last port of call for the U.S. Navy’s nuclear Submarine Force; the place where nuke boats…

FOR DIE NEW ATTACK SUBMARINE? Recently I read a document that dealt with major weapons systems costs, and I noted that the New Attack Submarine…

What Need to be Done There exists both advantages and disadvantages of manning U.S. fast attack submarines with two crews, as we do with our…

By 1918, Guatemala had cowered under the oppressive rule of President Manuel Estrada Cabrera for 30 years. While the Indian population tolled in medieval serfdom…

Captain Ralph Enos was the Mk48 Project Officer from 1974 to 1977. He is currently with the Naval Undersea Museum in Keyport, Washington. In the…