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BOOK REVIEW – Silent Killers: Submarines and Undersea Warfare

Posted on October 25, 2012 by

By James P. Delgado, Osprey Publishing, Oxford, (UK), (2011) Reviewed by Jan Churchill Dr. James P. Delgado, author of Silent Killers, is extremely well qualified to present the history of man’s desire to go beneath the sea, starting with the … Continue reading →

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New Photo Donation: Submarine USS Besugo (SS 321)

Posted on May 14, 2012 by

From time to time, we get something interesting or surprising in the mail. We recently received a wonderful collection of photographs – completely unsolicited – from Marie Gennette. Upon opening this unexpected package, we were delighted to find dozens of … Continue reading →

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OUTLAW SHARK Submarine History Seminar a Success

Posted on April 30, 2012 by

The 2012 Submarine History Seminar was held on the evening of 24 April 2012, as part of the National War College Commandant’s Lecture Series in historic Roosevelt Hall at the War College’s Fort McNair campus in southwest Washington, DC. 2012 … Continue reading →

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Digital Collection of WWII Submarine War Patrol Reports Donated to Navy Department Library

Posted on April 10, 2012 by

On 3 April 2012, RADM William J. Holland, USN (Ret.), Vice President of the Naval Historical Foundation, presented a digital copy of hundreds of World War II Submarine War Patrol Reports to the Navy Department Library on behalf of retired … Continue reading →

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2012 Submarine Force History Seminar: OUTLAW SHARK

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

Submarine Force History Seminar: “OUTLAW SHARK – The Beginning of Over The Horizon Targeting” During World War II and into the Cold War, torpedoes remained the primary offensive weapon for American attack submarines. With the development of surface-to-surface missiles such … Continue reading →

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BOOK REVIEW: Project AZORIAN – the CIA and the Raising of the K-129

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

by Norman Polmar and Michael White. Naval Institute Press, 2010. 173 pp. Reviewed by Captain James B. Bryant, U.S. Navy (Retired) The year 1968 was bad for submarines.  In January the Israelis and the French lost their diesel-electric powered submarines … Continue reading →

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