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  1. Submarine Force - NHHC

    Apr 24, 2025 · 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, …

  2. Submarine Development, A Short History - NHHC

    Oct 12, 2022 · The first American submarine was designed before the Revolutionary War by David Bushnell, a young inventor from Connecticut. He designed and built a one-man …

  3. The first American submarine was designed before the Revolutionary War by David Bushnell, a young inventor from Connecticut. He designed and built a one-man submersible that he called …

  4. Elements of Submarine Operation - NHHC

    May 3, 2024 · DETECTION A submarine's effectiveness depends on its ability to remain submerged and undetected. From this position beneath the surface, a sub can search, track, …

  5. Submarines - NHHC

    The evolution of the Navy's submarines spans self-propelled through nuclear.

  6. 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 …

  7. Submarine Warfare Insignia (Dolphins) - NHHC

    Feb 21, 2023 · In the summer of 1923, while serving as Commander, Submarine Division Three, Captain Ernest J. King proposed that the Navy create a warfare insignia device for qualified …

  8. Thresher (SSN-593) - NHHC

    Jul 23, 2025 · The second Thresher (SSN-593) was laid down on 28 May 1958 by the Portsmouth (NH) Naval Shipyard, launched on 9 July 1960, sponsored by Mrs. Frederick B. Warder, and …

  9. US Navy Submarines Losses, Selected Accidents, and Selected

    Submarines Lost Through Enemy Action Submarines Lost Through Accidents and Perils of the Sea Selected Submarine Accidents/Damage From Enemy Action Sources

  10. Submarine Force Museum - NHHC

    1944: Kamikazes attack a convoy steaming to support the assault on Mindoro result in the sinking of two freighters and damage to five other ships.