Submarine Force - NHHC
2024年2月12日 · Submarines have a long history in the United States, beginning with Turtle, during the American Revolution. The world’s first combat submarine, invented by David Bushnell, was devised as a means of breaking the British blockade of Boston Harbor but was unsuccessful on multiple attempts. The U.S. Navy officially joined the undersea world when it purchased USS Holland (SS-1) on 11 April 1900 ...
Submarine Force Museum - NHHC
2024年10月18日 · 1980: Serving in the submarine tender Dixon (AS-37), Ensign Roberta McIntyre becomes the first female to qualify as a surface warfare officer.
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Nautilus (SSN-571) - NHHC
2024年12月19日 · USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was commissioned at Groton, Connecticut, on 30 September 1954 with Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson as the boat’s first commander. The construction of Nautilus—the world’s first nuclear powered submarine—was made possible by the successful development of a nuclear propulsion plant by a group of scientists and engineers, under the leadership of Captain Hyman G ...
Scorpion (SSN-589) - NHHC
2022年6月7日 · Scorpion, a Skipjack-class attack submarine, was laid down on 20 August 1958 by the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 19 December 1959. Between 1961 and 1968, Scorpion took part in U.S. and NATO operations in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, contributed to the development of nuclear submarine warfare tactics, and deployed for special ...
H. L. Hunley Wreck (1864) - NHHC
The Confederate submersible H. L. Hunley has the distinction of being the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in wartime. Although the boat and its crew were lost as a result of this endeavor, the success of their mission proved that this new style of naval warfare would be an inevitable course of future development. The Boat Privately built in 1863 by Park and Lyons of Mobile, Alabama ...
USS Thresher (SSN-593) - NHHC
USS Thresher (SSN-593) was the lead nuclear-submarine attack submarine of her class and was commissioned on August 3, 1961, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. Following commissioning, she completed trials in the Atlantic and Caribbean areas testing her new technological systems and weapons. On April 10, 1963, following overhaul, Thresher began deep-diving tests, along with USS ...
Ohio-class Submarines - NHHC
2024年6月24日 · Commissioned between 1981 and 1997, 18 Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) replaced the original 41 for Freedom SSBNs and became the largest submarines built by the U.S. Navy. In the 2000s, the Navy converted the first four Ohio-class SSBNs to guided missile submarines (SSGNs) after the 1994 Nuclear Posture Review recommended the U.S. only needed 14 SSBNs to meet ...
Growler (SS-215) - NHHC
2024年9月20日 · Gato-class submarine USS Growler (SS-215) was commissioned on 20 March 1942 with Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Gilmore in command. For the first couple of months, Growler conducted intensive training off the Connecticut coast that was hampered by continuous mechanical problems and subsequent repairs. On 1 May 1942, Growler was underway for Pacific waters, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 31 May ...