anti-submarine warfare

US Navy submariner recalls when while his boat was on silent running engineering watchstanders had to bang wrenches on metal for half an hour before other subs and ships could find it during drills

US Navy submariner recalls when while his boat was on silent running engineering watchstanders had to bang wrenches on metal for half an hour before other subs and ships could find it during drills

Silent running. Silent running (or ultra-quiet) is a stealth mode of operation for submarines. During silent running, the propellers have… Read More

3 weeks ago

US Navy Nuclear Submariner explains what Ohio-class SSBN crews are supposed to do afterwards if they really did finish launching their ICBMs

Ohio-class SSBN. The Ohio-class SSBN was conceived in the early 1970s and at 560 feet, they became the largest submarines… Read More

4 weeks ago

U-2 pilot recalls when a Soviet submarine nearly fired a nuclear torpedo at a US Navy ship almost escalating Cuban Missile Crisis into World War III

A U-2 pilot tells a scary story that took place during the Cuban Missile Crisis. Built in complete secrecy by… Read More

1 month ago

When China took control of the Paracel Islands after defeating South Vietnam (The US did not lend help to the South Vietnamese)

Paracel Islands had been claimed by South Vietnam and China since the departure of the French from their Indochina colony… Read More

1 month ago

SSN-810 Virginia-class attack sub to be named after San Francisco

Secretary of the US Navy Carlos Del Toro announced the name for the future SSN-810 as part of the Navy’s… Read More

2 months ago

Sonar Technician explains why when US Navy Submarines go to “Ultra-quiet” they suddenly seem to disappear from other boats’ sonar

Ultra-quiet mode of operation Silent running (or ultra-quiet) is a stealth mode of operation for submarines. During silent running, the… Read More

2 months ago

The story of the Japanese Naval Aviator who became the only Axis Pilot to bomb US Mainland during World War II

Nobuo Fujita was a Japanese naval aviator who flew a seaplane from a submarine and dropped incendiary bombs on the… Read More

3 months ago

The story of when a RAF Sunderland and a German U-boat destroyed each other

Sometimes, both the hunter and the hunted were destroyed, with one such encounter occurring on Aug. 1, 1943 when a… Read More

3 months ago

US Navy Submarine Chief Petty Officer explains why it’s not true that Ohio-class submarines lack enough ballast to remain submerged after they fire all of their SLBMs

‘Yes. If a Trident submarine launched all of its missiles the water that backfilled into the now empty tubes would… Read More

3 months ago

USS San Francisco submarine electronics technician recalls when a sailor went comatose after learning his submarine’s depth

‘His eyes glazed over and went stiff and completely unresponsive, even when I snapped my fingers merely inches in front… Read More

4 months ago

US Navy submariner recalls that time a sailor had a mental break aboard his boat during covert ops and ripped off parts of one of the cabinets that provided backup control of the nuclear reactor

‘He ended up cracking the “local control” switch for the control rods before I was able to intercept and subdue… Read More

4 months ago

Sonar Technician explains why talking normally while aboard a US Navy Submarine on silent running can compromise the boat’s stealthiness

Silent running (or ultra-quiet) is a stealth mode of operation for submarines. Silent running (or ultra-quiet) is a stealth mode… Read More

4 months ago

US Navy Submarine Chief Petty Officer recalls when his boat was pinged by the sonar of a Spruance-class destroyer (the sonar ping sound could be heard through the hull of his submarine)

‘The Spruance-class destroyer sighted our periscope and decided to prosecute. We ran for a while, let them have some ASW… Read More

5 months ago

USS Boston submarine weapons officer recalls when he remained locked in his stateroom for two hours during test depth testing (the door wedged shut because during the dive the hull compressed the deck above the stateroom)

‘When the Thanksgiving lunch meal was ready, a crew member knocked on my stateroom door to invite me to the… Read More

5 months ago

US Navy Submariner tells the story of when on his boat Sonar notified the Head Cook when the submarine passed through shrimps and tunas to fish and cook them (with CO’s approval)

‘The head cook would take sonar’s intel, relay it to the Old Man, and the two of them would discuss… Read More

5 months ago

Former US Navy XO involved in the making of the movie “Crimson Tide” explains why given the many roles the Executive Officer of a Submarine fills he is in control of everything in the sub’s operations

‘I didn’t think I would enjoy my XO tour. Turns out I loved it because you are in the middle… Read More

6 months ago

Sturgeon class submarine Sonar Technician explains how a sub can surface through the ice cap at the North Pole and recalls the first 3-Submarine rendezvous at the Geographic North Pole in history

‘Once Sonar has found a potentially good surfacing spot, the boat will hover (station-keeping maneuver), then slowly rise until the… Read More

6 months ago
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