On June 4, 1944, the US Navy captured its first German submarine. Now it's displayed at Chicago's Griffin Museum of Science ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) Three admirals toured the USS Greeneville on Tuesday to try to understand the crowding in the control room of the nuclear submarine before it struck and sank a Japanese ...

HONOLULU (AP) — A crew member plotting sonar readings on a U.S. submarine that collided with a fishing vessel has told investigators he briefly stopped performing the task because he was distracted by ...

A plaque in my submarine control room summarized Admiral Chester Nimitz’ advice to help prevent casualty or failure. The time for taking all measures for safety is while still able to do so. Nimitz ...

GROTON, Conn. | If you've ever wondered what it would be like to be a submariner and dive deep below the ocean surface you can do just that at the Submarine Force Museum in Groton. There you can see ...

Matus Smutny, a features contributor to The War Zone, had a unique opportunity to visit the German Navy’s submarine base and its state-of-the-art hunter-killer submarine fleet. The resulting feature ...

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What You Need to Know: Commissioned in 1961, the USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the most advanced nuclear-powered attack submarine of its time, designed to dive deeper and operate more quietly than any ...

The sonar room is dominated by sonar consoles. Two modes of sonar observation are used. In the "active" mode, the echoes of sound waves sent out from the sub are timed and analyzed. In the passive ...

Sea Cadets receive a briefing aboard a U.S. Navy submarine. Sea Cadets experience immersive, real-world simulations aboard a U.S. Navy submarine, gaining firsthand insight into life and operations ...