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Members of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit provide security with an anti-aircraft missile as a Marine P-8 Poseidon is refueled during Exercise Noble Fusion at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa,…

The Star can now reveal that the first of the new ships, HMS Glasgow, is due to enter the waters in the second half of this year and be transferred to the Scotstoun yard for fitting out.Read more Read moreHMS Sheffield survivor says new…

Scavengers, trophy hunters and "metal pirates" plunder underwater treasures - and there are fears that Australia's first submarine is next.The location of HMAS AE1The wreckage is a secret closely held by a small group of people, including…

Members of SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1 pull a comrade aboard the guided-missile submarine USS Michigan during a SEAL Delivery Vehicle familiarization exercise in the southern Pacific Ocean, on February 20, 2012. US Navy / MCS3 Kristopher…

June 23, 1940. An enemy submarine arrives off the coast of the modern United Arab Emirates to wreak havoc in the Gulf of Oman.The Luigi Galvani aims to disrupt tanker traffic around the Strait of Hormuz to fuel the British war…

Veteran Fame Academia and daughter Lynnette pose for a photo during WWII weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum. (credit Anthony C. Hayes) READING, PA. - When war broke out in 1941 between the United States and the Empire of…

By 1939, the Navy had lost 851 men in submarine accidents and all submarine rescues had failed. But that would change with the USS Squalus. The Squalus (SS-192) was a diesel-electric submarine built at Portsmouth Shipyard and…

NEW YORK, March 10, 2020 / PRNewswire / - Veteran Ocean Explorer and CEO of Tiburon Subsea Tim taylor and his team "Lost 52 Project" added to their list of ocean discoveries with the USS Stickleback (SS 415). The USS Stickleback was lost…

Veteran Ocean Explorer and Tiburon submarine CEO Tim Taylor and his "Lost 52 Project" team added submarine ocean discoveries to their list USS Stickleback (SS 415). The submarine was lost 62 years ago in nearly 11,000 feet of water and is…

A 75-year-old mystery has been solved and the families of 80 American sailors lost at sea will now be closed.The USS Grayback has finally been found. He has been hidden from discovery all this time by a single wandering figure.The mystery…

The wreckage of a WWII submarine that was built in Barrow was discovered after 77 years. The U-class submarine HMS Urge went missing in 1942 after apparently striking an enemy minefield. However, almost…

Submarine technology had been developing for decades by the time the US Navy commissioned its first modern-era submarine, the USS Holland, in 1900. The armored warships Monitor and Merrimack staged the famous 1862 battle of Hampton Roads…

Japan carried out its first submarine exercise in the South China Sea, a newspaper said on Monday, a move that could provoke Beijing, which claims most of the disputed waters. The Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine Kuroshio…

The sunken wreck of a British WWII submarine with 71 bodies sealed inside has been found by divers off the coast of Sardinia.The submarine P311 mysteriously disappeared 73 years ago in the Mediterranean and was found at a depth of 100…

AP / FRANCK PREVELA Russian submarine.In a drastic change reminiscent of the Cold War, the United States is seeking to reopen parts of its former military base in Iceland for the express purpose of driving out Russian submarines. The base,…

The navy chief said the search for Australia's first submarine, missing off the coast of Papua New Guinea for a century, had come to nothing.Mine hunter HMAS Yarra spent four days combing the waters near the Duke of York Islands in search…

Britain's last surviving WWII submarine HMS Alliance reopens hatches after £ 7million refurbishment By Carol Driver for MailOnline Posted: 08:06 BST, March 31, 2014 | Update: 13:07 BST, March 31, 2014 !-->…

Sunken treasure: WWI submarine whose two captains won the Victoria Cross is discovered off the coast of Turkey 94 years after its fallThe government wants the site to be preserved as a war grave25 lives were lost when the ship was hit by…