SYDNEY, June 22 (Xinhua) -- State of the art 3D modelling technology has been used to explore the wreckage of Australia's first submarine lost at sea, with the interim findings of the research presented to the Australian National Maritime Museum's Archaeology of War conference on Friday. Carr...
During the last month of World War II, a German U-boat was lost due to problems with its toilet. The captain of the U-1206 wanted to use the toilet, and did so without the assistance of one of the on-board engineers qualified in the operation of that particular toilet. The resulting...
“He stated, ‘In my opinion, the most dangerous condition that exists in Thresher is the danger of salt water flooding while at or near test depth,’” the report said. The brazed joints in pipes were a special concern, and many electrical panels were not adequately protected from sea wat...
has finally been found. The missing and presumed-lost sub was discovered off the coast of northern Japan by a team using autonomous underwater vehicles. The submarine disappeared in November 1944, on her 11th war patrol, likely after striking a mine. The announcement was made by the ...
(WMSL 755) crew members aboard the cutter's 35-foot Long Range Interceptor small boat supervising the intentional sinking of suspected drug-smuggling boats, following the seizure of cocaine from the boats during an at-sea interdiction while Munro's crew patrolled international waters of the Easte...
When the submarine operates at great depths, the surrounding water can exert immense pressure on the pressure hull; when that pressure crosses the threshold, it becomes unbearable for the pressure hull to hold. This causes the hull to collapse inward. A number of reasons can contribute to this...
As with the loss of USS Scorpion (SSN 589), the causes were often unclear even... TJ Galpin - 《Journal of Cold War Studies》 被引量: 0发表: 2009年 WALLY BISHOP Chief of the Boat of the USS SCORPION (SSN-589) In 1968 approximately 400 men were lost with their submarines at sea....
and lost lives – not for nothing is submarining called the “silent service.” And while the submarine as a viable weapon is only a little over a century old, serious attempts at waging underwater warfare go back much further – all the way back, in fact, to the American Revolutionary...
The attack led to the ship sinking, and 100 of the 270 crew members onboard lost their lives. Vital de Oliveiro became the only Brazilian military ship to be sunk by enemy forces during World War II. For decades, the ship’s exact location remained unknown until 2011, when it was first...
should be made as to their cause, as well for future guidance as to restore the confidence of the public in the possibility of successfully establishing a system of Ocean Telegraphy, which, from the disastrous failures I have enumerated, if not entirely lost, has at least been considerably ...