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Submarine Force - NHHC 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
Submarines! - NHHC 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 Turtle Bushnell's Turtle featured a hand-cranked screw-like paddle that moved the boat forward and back underwater, air pipes that brought fresh air into the boat, ballast tanks that took on water to dive and
Wahoo (SS-238) - NHHC USS Wahoo (SS-238) was commissioned 15 May 1942, and on 12 August was bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where the submarine conducted intensive training On 23 August, Wahoo was underway for her first war patrol Although the submarine made enemy contact, torpedoes missing their target plagued Wahoo’s first patrol The submarine arrived back at Pearl Harbor on 17 October for refit and overhaul
Nautilus (SSN-571) - NHHC 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
Submarine Development, A Short History - NHHC 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 vessel that he called Turtle Bushnell's Turtle featured a hand-cranked screw-like oar that moved the boat forward and back underwater, air pipes that brought fresh air into the boat, ballast tanks that took on water to dive
Barb (SS-220) - NHHC USS Barb (SS-220) was commissioned on 8 July 1942 at Groton, Connecticut Following shakedown and participation in Operation Torch—the invasion of North Africa—Barb was ordered in the spring of 1943 to the Pacific Fleet by Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Ernest J King After refitting and intensive training, Barb was underway for patrol duty in the fall of 1943 in Pacific waters, but
Submarine Warfare Insignia (Dolphins) - NHHC 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 submariners The insignia came to be known as “dolphins” or “fish,” and is one of the Navy’s oldest warfare devices The hard-earned badge distinguishes and identifies the members of the submarine community and has
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
Scorpion (SSN-589) - NHHC 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