Month: September 2016

Current status: Not on display The near-term mine reconnaissance system (NMRS) was an interim program developed to bring organic mine warfare capability to the Submarine Force before a long-term system (LMRS) could be completed. NMRS consisted of two torpedo-shaped,...

Current status: On exhibit Exhibit: "Search, Spy, Rescue, Recover: Navy Vehicles Under the Sea" The mine neutralization vehicle (MNV) is a type of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) used by Navy mine countermeasure (MCM) ships to locate and destroy underwater moored and...

Current status: Not on display Makakai was a two-man, free-swimming submersible that was developed by the Navy to serve as an oceanographic research vehicle as well as a submersible developmental test and demonstration platform for undersea hardware. It features...

Current status: Not on display The MK 13 torpedo was the primary air-dropped torpedo of World War II and the first torpedo designed specifically for aircraft use. It was employed extensively by aircraft and patrol torpedo (PT) boats during World War II for anti-ship...

Current status: On display Exhibit: "Mine Warfare" Frame torpedoes were one of the most common, successful types of mines used by the Confederacy during the Civil War. The frame torpedo at the Naval Undersea Museum, here on long-term loan from the Naval History and...

Current status: On display Exhibit: "Torpedo Technology" The MK 14 was the primary submarine-launched, anti-surface ship torpedo of World War II before the introduction of the electric MK 18. Initially considered problematic and unreliable, the MK 14 torpedo became...

Current status: On display Exhibit: "Torpedo Technology" The MK 48 ADCAP torpedo is the U.S. Navy’s current submarine-launched torpedo. This heavyweight, acoustic-homing torpedo has sophisticated sonar and all-digital guidance-and-control systems; its digital guidance...

Current status: On display Exhibit: "Torpedo Technology" The cold-running Whitehead was the world’s first self-propelled torpedo, and the model from which all future design concepts originated. It was employed by navies throughout the world including — eventually —...

Current status: On display Exhibit: "Torpedo Technology" The Howell torpedo was the first self-propelled torpedo developed by the United States and used in service in the U.S. Navy. It was powered by a 10,000-rpm flywheel that doubled as a stabilizing gyroscope....

Current status: On display Location: Outdoors The Sealab undersea habitats were groundbreaking experiments conducted by the Navy between 1964 and 1969. Navy scientist Dr. George F. Bond developed and led the Sealab projects to test and demonstrate the concept of...