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Three views of the American Turtle.
underwater

The World's First War Submarine Was Made of Wood, Tar, and a Bit of Metal

Underwater combat dates back to the American Revolution.
Cara Giaimo September 7, 2018
Video • Gastro Obscura

Eating Lunch 14,000 Feet Below Sea Level

3:07
USS Blueback in Portland.
Portland, Oregon

USS Blueback

The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.
The submarine watchtower in Ormond Beach.
Ormond Beach, Florida

Ormond Beach Watchtower

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.
The sail of the USS Parche.
Bremerton, Washington

Sail of the USS Parche

The only surviving piece of a submarine said to be the most decorated vessel in U.S. history.
The O'Brien.
Valdivia, Chile

O'Brien Submarine Museum

A 300-foot-long Cold War submarine floats in a Chilean River as a maritime museum.
Down periscope.
Washington, D.C.

USS Balao Conning Tower

Part of a WWII submarine is lurking outside the Washington Navy Yard parking lot.
Naval Surface Warfare Center.
Bethesda, Maryland

Naval Surface Warfare Center

This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.
A German U-boat in 1918.
boats

Did German U-Boats Smuggle Alcohol Into the U.S. During Prohibition?

One photo suggests that rampant rumors of submarine smuggling were true.
Sarah Laskow August 29, 2017
The wreck oof <em>H.L. Hunley</em>, suspended from a crane during its recovery from Charleston Harbor, August 8, 2000.
military history

Scientists Decode the Wreck of H.L. Hunley

Solving the century-old mystery of what killed the Confederate submarine's crew.
Natasha Frost August 24, 2017
Permanently Closed
The USS Ling
Hackensack, New Jersey

USS Ling Submarine

A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.
Go, bear, go!
submarines

A Rogue Bear Was Found in a Former Russian Nuclear Submarine Port

There's video.
Eric Grundhauser June 6, 2017
The submarine pens in La Rochelle.
La Rochelle, France

Nazi U-Boat Pens, La Pallise

A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.
A nuclear-powered submarine conducting a emergency surfacing, 1978
science

How the Navy Tried to Turn Bioluminescence Against the Soviets

They spent decades on it.
Sarah Laskow January 13, 2017
Permanently Closed
Puthukkudiyiruppu, Sri Lanka

Sea Tigers Submarine Yard

Remains of military submarines built in secret jungle factories by the Tamil guerrillas' naval wing.
One of the markers commemorating the events in October 1981
Karlskrona Ö, Sweden

Whiskey on the Rocks

A plaque on this tiny Swedish island commemorates an unusual Cold War standoff of Soviet submarine intrigue.
submarines

They Found a WWII-Era Submarine With Bodies in It Off the Coast of Sardinia

The HMS P311 had vanished.
Erik Shilling May 25, 2016
le téléscaphe in the 60s
Marseille, France

Le Téléscaphe

For a brief time in 1960s France, families could climb into a tiny submarine and be pulled along an underwater journey.