Digitized Documents
Browse scans of tech manuals, qualification books, official newsletters, and other archival material from our collection. Documents span the following subjects: undersea weapons, submarines, diving and salvage, undersea vehicles, oceanography and research, and Naval Base Kitsap history.
Spar-Torpedo Instructions for the United States Navy
Prepared at the [Naval] Torpedo Station [Newport] by direction of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, May 1890
NMNW.2015.023.008
The Schwartzkopff Torpedo, U.S.N.: Descriptions, Nomenclatures, and Plates, 1903
Prepared at the Naval Torpedo Station [Newport] by direction of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, 1903
NMNW.2015.023.009
The Howell Torpedo: 14.2 Inches, Mark I: General Description
Prepared at the Naval Torpedo Station [Newport] by direction of the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, 1896
NMNW.2015.023.003
U.S. Navy Torpedo Gyroscopes Non-Tumble Type
Ordnance Pamphlet No. 627(A)
Published by the U.S. Naval Torpedo Station Newport, October 1942
NUM.2019.010.002
Torpedoes Mark 14 and 23 Types
Ordnance Pamphlet 635, First Revision
Published by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, March 24, 1945
NUM.2019.010.153 and NUM.2019.010.154
Torpedo Mark 27 Mod 4 Operation and Maintenance
Ordnance Pamphlet 699, First Revision
Published by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, March 28, 1956
NUM.2019.010.168
Mine Disposal Handbook, Part 1 of 4
Ordnance Pamphlet 1330
Published by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, November 1, 1944
NUM.2019.010.190
Mine Disposal Handbook, Part 2 of 4
Ordnance Pamphlet 1330
Published by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, November 1, 1944
NUM.2019.010.190
Mine Disposal Handbook, Part 3 of 4
Ordnance Pamphlet 1330
Published by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, November 1, 1944
NUM.2019.010.190
Mine Disposal Handbook, Part 4 of 4
Ordnance Pamphlet 1330
Published by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, November 1, 1944
NUM.2019.010.190
The Care and Feeding of Hedgehogs: Safety Precautions for “Hedgehog” Type Projectors and Ammunition
Ordnance Pamphlet 2082
Published by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, February 25, 1955
NUM.2019.010.048
Submarine Qualification Notebook for USS Sirago (SS 485)
Prepared and submitted by Lt. j.g. Allan H. Hawk, 1959
NUM.1996.007.009
Transcription of Submarine Qualification Notebook for USS Sirago (SS 485)
Transcription of NUM.1996.007.009
21-Inch Submerged Torpedo Tubes Marks 32, 33, 34, 35, and Mods: Installed in Submarines 215-525
NAVWEPS OP 1085, Third Revision
Published by direction of the Chief of the Bureau of Naval Weapons, September 11, 1957
NUM.2019.011.033
Submarine Escape and Rescue: An Overview
By Lieutenant Commander Dale M. Molé, Medical Corps
Approved by Commander, Submarine Development Group One, January 1990
NUM.2018.024.007
Diving
[U.S. Navy] Diving Manual 1943
Published by the Navy Department Bureau of Ships, 1943
NUM.2019.012.048
Diving and Deep-Sea Operations
Published and illustrated by the Training Office, Puget Sound Navy Yard, 1943
NUM.2019.012.056
[U.S. Navy] Diving Manual, 1952
NAVSHIPS 250-880
Published by the Navy Department, Bureau of Ships, July 1, 1952
NUM.2019.012.049
U.S. Navy Diving Manual (Parts 1–4), January 1959
NAVSHIPS 250-538
Published by the Navy Department, Bureau of Ships, January 1959
NUM.2019.012.047
Salvage
Report on Salvage Operations Submarine S-51
Published by the Bureau of Construction and Repair, 1927
NMNW.2015.023.011
Salvage Report of Submarine USS S-4
Published by the Bureau of Construction and Repair, October 5, 1928
NMNW.2015.015.001
Diary of Leroy A. O’Neil, documenting the attempted rescue and salvage of USS S-4
December 1927–March 1928
NUM.2006.018.002
Salvage Diver Training, Naval Training School Salvage, Pier 88, New York
circa 1942–1945
NUM.2004.081.002
Descending Line newsletters
1940s issues: U.S. Navy Training School Salvage at Pier 88, New York City
Sealab Program and Saturation Diving
Sealab II Report: An Experimental 45-Day Undersea Saturation Dive at 205 Feet
ONR Report ACR-124
Published by the Office of Naval Research, March 8, 1967
NUM.2019.012.002
U.S. Navy Man in the Sea Program: Fact Sheet
Published by the Deep Submergence Systems Project, February 15, 1968
NUM.2019.012.001
Press coverage of Sealab II project spanning February 1965 to January 1966
NUM.2019.008.001
Published by the Public Affairs Office, Deep Submergence Systems Project, September 1968
NMNW.2016.009.001
Ocean Simulation Facility Facts
Published by the Naval Coastal Systems Laboratory, Panama City, May 1973
NUM.2019.012.003
Log of dives made between 1953 and 1983 by Trieste submersibles
NMNW.2014.020.001
Transcription of Trieste Program Dive Log
Transcription of NMNW.2014.020.001
Ship Information Book: Trieste II (DSV 1)
NAVSHIPS 0905-071-4010
Published by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, 1975
NUM.2019.013.022
Trieste II (DSV 1) Qualification Notebook
Prepared and submitted by ETCS Norman (Jack) Brandt, circa 1977
NMNW.2011.500.001
Prepared by the Manned Undersea Science and Technology Office, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, December 1972
NUM.2019.013.001
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Memorandum 6-75, November 1975
NMNW.2012.012.057
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Memorandum 6-75, November 1976
NUM.2019.013.002
DSRV Alvin: A Review of Accomplishments
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Technical Report 76-114, January 1977
NUM.2019.013.020
Technical Manual for DSRV System
NAVSEA 0905-LP-120-0010
Published by direction of Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, March 11, 1975
NUM.2019.013.026
NR-1 Submarine: Nuclear Powered Research and Ocean Engineering Vehicle
NR-1 press kit booklet, undated
NMNW.2011.503.003
Naval Ocean Systems Center Underwater Vehicle History
Technical Document 1530
Published by the Naval Ocean Systems Center, April 1989
NUM.2019.013.010
Published by the Office of Ocean Engineering, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, August 1979
NUM.2019.013.017
NUC TN 707
Published by the Naval Undersea Research and Development Center, April 1972
NUM.2019.013.012
A Functional Description of the Remote Unmanned Work System (RUWS)
Report No. 155-3
Prepared for Ocean Systems Division, Ocean Technology Department, Naval Undersea Center, October 1972
NUM.2019.013.018
Manipulator Development at the Naval Undersea Center
NUC TP 553
Published by the Ocean Technology Department, Naval Undersea Center, January 1977
NUM.2019.013.023
Development of an Underwater Manipulator for Use on a Free-Swimming Unmanned Submersible
Technical Report 632
Published by the Naval Ocean Systems Center, October 1980
NUM.2019.013.003
NAVSHIPS 92127(B)
Published by the Department of the Navy, Bureau of Ships, December 30, 1960
NUM.1998.301.001
Pub. No. 606-c, Third Edition
Published by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, 1963
NUM.2006.011.355
Instruction Book for Hydrophone Type CBZT-51038-G
NAVSHIPS 92078
Approved by the Bureau of Ships, November 13, 1953
NUM.2019.014.004
Pub. No. 606-d, Second Edition
Published by the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, 1956
NUM.2006.011.350
NRL Memorandum Report 6208
Published by the Naval Research Laboratory, November 29, 1988
NUM.2019.014.002
Naval Ammunition Depot Bangor, Bremerton, Washington
Booklet published by the U.S. Navy Bureau of Ordnance, undated
NUM.2000.026.001