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  1. Elements of Submarine Operation - NHHC

    Oct 12, 2022 · DETECTION A submarine's effectiveness depends on its ability to remain submerged and undetected. From this position beneath the surface, a sub can search, track, and attack using …

  2. Submarine Force - NHHC

    Apr 5, 2019 · Submarines have a long history in the United States, beginning with Turtle, during the American Revolution. The world’s first combat submarine, invented by David Bushnell, was devised …

  3. The first American submarine was designed before the Revolutionary War by David Bushnell, a young inventor from Connecticut. He designed and built a one-man submersible that he called Turtle. …

  4. Submarine Development, A Short History - NHHC

    Oct 12, 2022 · The first American submarine was designed before the Revolutionary War by David Bushnell, a young inventor from Connecticut. He designed and built a one-man submersible vessel …

  5. Nautilus (SSN-571) - NHHC

    USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was commissioned at Groton, Connecticut, on 30 September 1954 with Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson as the boat’s first commander. The construction of Nautilus—the …

  6. US Navy Submarines Losses, Selected Accidents, and Selected ... - NHHC

    Submarines Lost Through Enemy Action Submarines Lost Through Accidents and Perils of the Sea Selected Submarine Accidents/Damage From Enemy Action Sources

  7. Submarine Force Museum - NHHC

    1858: Following a previous failed attempt, the U.S. steam frigate Niagara and the British warship Agamemnon succeed in laying a telegraph cable across the Atlantic Ocean.

  8. H. L. Hunley Wreck (1864) - NHHC

    The Confederate submersible H. L. Hunley has the distinction of being the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in wartime. Although the boat and its crew were lost as a result of this endeavor, the …

  9. Wahoo (SS-238) - NHHC

    Jul 23, 2025 · USS Wahoo (SS-238) was commissioned 15 May 1942, and on 12 August was bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, where the submarine conducted intensive training. On 23 August, Wahoo was …

  10. Submarines - NHHC

    The evolution of the Navy's submarines spans self-propelled through nuclear.