USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was a Skipjack-class nuclear powered submarine of the USN (United States Navy). It was commissioned on July 29, 1960, however, was declared lost on June 5, 1968. It was not at war that time. Brief Background After initial assignments of training and other short ...
October 27th is referred to as 'Black Saturday'. The B-59 hunt followed an accidental U-2 intrusion into Russia while another U-2 was shot-down over Cuba. Field commanders had their fingers on the nuclear trigger rather than the leadership of the United States and Soviet Union.The following...
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Operating with these submarines in the Luzon Straits Razorback damaged 6 933-ton freighter Kenjo Maru 6 December and sank 820-ton old destroyer Kuretake and damaged another freighter 30 December. she arrived at Guam for refit 5 January 1945. On 1 February Razorback set out for the East China...
I’ve been fortunate to have worked aboard several different memorial submarines and visited several others, but I have not as yet seen or worked aboard a memorial boat that approaches the current condition of the Trout. Hell, if they’d let me, I’d take her out and bottom her in 300...
The U.S.S. PROTEUS (AS-19) at Yokosuka Ko, Japan, with her nest of twelve U. S. submarines all of which were present during the signing of surrender terms on 2 September. Photo by Captain Lewis S. Parks, U. S. Navy. FORWARD ...
The USS Randolph was a nuclear-capable anti-submarine aircraft carrier designed to hunt down and destroy Soviet submarines in times of war. The ship deployed with an escort of frigates, destroyers, submarines, and supply ships in a Hunter Killer (HUK) task force. During the North Atlantic depl...
While North Korea is not thought to have ballistic missiles or nuclear weapons capable of reaching the U.S. mainland, it is capable of striking U.S. bases in the region, including Guam, where Freedom will be visiting. More On This... ...
At any given moment, about 100 ships and submarines are deployed there and assigned to 7th Fleet. On March 15, the fleet marked the 70th anniversary of its maintaining security and stability in the region. While North Korea is not thought to have ballistic missiles or nuclear weapons ca...