Apr 10, 2017 | Featured Artifacts
American submarines played a crucial role in the Pacific theatre during World War II. Most U.S. submarines served in the Pacific, patrolling and hunting enemy ships. Between December 1941, when the United States entered World War II, and September 1945, when Japan...
Jan 19, 2017 | Featured Artifacts
Can you think of a symbol that has immediate meaning for you? Maybe it’s the American flag, the logo of your favorite sports team, or your college mascot. For the men and women of the Submarine Force, it’s the submarine warfare insignia, known informally as submarine...
Oct 11, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
This ocean floor sediment in the U.S. Naval Undersea Museum’s collection (left) comes from the final resting place of the fast attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN 589). Scorpion is one of only two nuclear-powered submarines the U.S. Navy has lost. The cause of...
Sep 23, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
The submarine rescue chamber (SRC) was developed in the early 1930s to rescue submariners from downed submarines. One was famously used in May 1939 to save 33 men trapped in sunken USS Squalus (SS 192). The Navy continues to own and operate rescue chambers today...
Sep 23, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
The MK 7 Mod 6 swimmer delivery vehicle (SDV) was used by Navy Special Operations Forces (SOF) and Underwater Demolition Teams (UDTs) during the late 1960s and early 1970s, including during the Vietnam War. SDVs are small, free-flooding submersibles that allow the...
Sep 23, 2016 | Featured Artifacts
Trieste II (DSV 1) was the first deep submergence vehicle (DSV) built by the U.S. Navy and the successor to the original Trieste bathyscaphe. Trieste II performed undersea research and tasks, including examining the remains of USS Scorpion in 1969. Information...
