In September 1914, a single German U-boat ventured into the North Sea. Lieutenant Otto Weddigen’s U-9 slipped past patrols and found itself within range of a British cruiser squadron. What followed ...

In 1939, German U-boat U-47, under the command of Günther Prien, embarked on a daring mission that would become legendary. Tasked with infiltrating the heavily guarded British naval base at Scapa Flow ...

The Japanese Navy included five Type A midget submarines in the Pearl Harbor raid of 7 December 1941. Transported on board large I type submarines, the midgets were launched near the entrance to Pearl ...

On Sept. 30, 1954, the USS Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine, was commissioned by the U.S. Navy, under the ...

(WHSV) - Over 70 years ago on Sept. 30, 1954, the U.S. Navy commissioned the world’s first nuclear submarine.

Here in the United States, it's no secret that we are a military powerhouse amongst other countries in the world. Still to this day, there are things that have remained instituted within the military ...

In 1963, USS Thresher sank, killing all 129 aboard—sparking decades of speculation. It remains the deadliest submarine ...

Armed with nuclear missiles, the USS Growler acted as a deterrent to keep other nations from using their nuclear weapons ...

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The nuclear submarine USS Arkansas was christened Saturday, almost a decade in the making since the U.S. Navy announced that a Virginia-class submarine would bear the state's ...

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — The United States Navy commissioned its first coed submarine on Saturday, in a ceremonial event that the vessel's commander called "a truly historic moment." "Today, we commissioned ...