The Navy recycled the name “Penguin” during WWII for the lead ship(ASR-12)of a class of submarine rescue and salvage vessels. Commissioned 29 May 1944. She spent a lengthy career working out of New London with the Second Fleet and Rota with the Sixth and, while she conducted hundreds o...
The Gato-class submarine uses both a diesel engine and an electric motor, and was the main submarine used by the U.S. during World War II. The 77 Gato-class submarines were charged with disrupting Japanese and German trade routes, delaying the transporta
But as the Navy wanted to preserve the ship so it could potentially be reactivated if necessary, care was taken to make the process reversible. Continue reading “How To Properly Patch Your Iowa-Class Battleship” → Posted in Engineering, HistoryTagged battleship, museum, US Navy, wwii ...
The USS New Jersey is one of the newest submarines to join the U.S. Naval fleet. It's the first Navy submarine designed with women in mind, and it boasts a crew that includes 40 women sailors. Charlie D'Agata has the story.
Doctors not onboard US Navy submarines What happens when you get sick on a submarine? When we think about the day to day operations of the submarine fleet, sickness isn’t something that normally comes up in a discussion. While crews today are larger than in t...
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BUNK BAGS-Unique to submarines, these all purpose nylon bags were priceless. THE SUB THAT SANK A TRAIN-The only ground operation against the Japanese motherland during WWII was carried out by crewmembers from the USS Barb including one who would later be COB on the Cusk. ...
A Short History of US Naval Camouflage in WWIIIntroduction The origin of U.S. Naval dazzle camouflage had been in the First World War. The U.S. Navy assembled a camouflage design team during WWI that was supervised by the commercial painter Everett Warner. Warner was then influenced by ...
In Navy Secrets, a woman (Fay Wray) and a man (Grant Withers) spend an evening together, at the end of which they bust up a spy ring. All along each of them had thought that the other was an enemy agent. At the conclusion they find out they are both in US Naval Intelligence. ...
The U.S. Navy is indeed a force to be reckoned with. With thousands of surface, submarine, and aviation assets, the Navy can reach out and touch our enemies anywhere in the world. The following links will help you learn more about specific types of Navy Ships, Submarines and Aircraft. ...