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
In 1947 the US Navy under Admiral Byrd conducted Operation High Jump. The expedition to Antarctica involved 4000 naval personnel and 13 huge ships, including several large airplanes and helicopters. The goal was to map and catalog all of the coastline of the continent, including minerals and wild...
The I-400 was one of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Sen Toku-class submarines, which were the largest submarines ever built before the age of nuclear-powered subs. These massive vessels were longer than a football field, and were used as submarine aircraft carriers. The subs were capable of c...
4. Trainingexplores photographs of soldiers in boot camp or more-advanced phases of instruction and exercise. World War II Royal Navy officers gather around a desk to study different types of aircraft in a photograph by Sir Cecil Beaton. Also included is the iconic Vietnam-era photograph of a...
Daring U-Boat commanders carried out torpedo attacks within the defensive screen, and when several submarines attacked at once, the defenders had little chance of striking back. In the end, the Battle of the Atlantic was eventually won by technology. Radar to detect U-Boats from the surface,...
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 ...
- Navy strength: 94,094 people - Marine Corps strength: 19,694 people - Air Force strength: Not yet formed - Total strength: 247,031 people - Percent of population enlisted: 0.22% American soldiers spent part of 1923 in China, helping to control unrest that ensued amidst warlordism—the ...
If you imagine submarines as ships under the sea where you could watch schools of fishes swim by the window, then you're wrong.
“Join the Navy and see the world” has been a major recruiting slogan for the Navy for decades, and it proved to be true for Navy veteran Roland Whitely. Whitely, who served in World War II and turns 100 years old in September, has a prized memento from
The U.S. Navy decided to intentionally sink the submarines, rather than have the advanced technology fall into Soviet hands in the buildup to the Cold War. Four of the five sunken submarines in this region have since been found, HURL researchers said. "These historic properties in the ...