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  Submarines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Nuclear powered submarines and other large submarines are classed as ships, but are customarily referred to by their crews as "boats".
Submarines did not have a major impact on the outcome of the war, but did portend their coming importance to naval warfare and increased interest in their use in naval warfare.
Submarines are popular subjects for films due to the danger, drama and claustrophobia of being on a submarine, and the suspense of the cat-and-mouse game of submarine or anti-submarine warfare.
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 List of sunken nuclear submarines
Eight nuclear submarines have sunk as a consequence of either accident or extensive damage: two from the United States, four from the Soviet Navy, and two from the Russian Navy.
All sank as a result of accident with the exception of K-27, which was scuttled in the Kara Sea when repair was deemed impossible and decommissioning too expensive.
All of the Soviet/Russian submarines belonged to the Northern Fleet.
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  SUBMARINE FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Nuclear powered submarines and other large submarines are classed as ships, but are customarily referred to by their crews as ''"boats"''.
The first military submarine was ''Turtle'', a hand-powered egg-shaped device designed by the American David_Bushnell, to accommodate a single man. It was the first verified submarine, capable of independent underwater operation and movement, and the first to use screws for propulsion.
Submarines did not have a major impact on the outcome of the war, but did portend their coming importance to naval warfare and increased interest in their use in naval warfare.
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 Submarine - free-definition
The first military submarine was the Turtle, a hand-powered spherical contraption designed by American David Bushnell that accommodated a single man. During the American Revolutionary War, the Turtle attempted and failed to sink a British warship, the HMS Eagle in New York harbor on September 7, 1776.
Until the advent of nuclear marine propulsion, most 20th century submarines used batteries for running underwater and gasoline (petrol) or diesel engines on the surface and to recharge the batteries.
Submarines are popular subjects for films due to the danger, drama and claustrophobia of being on a submarine, and the suspense of the cat-and-mouse game of submarine or anti-submarine warfare.
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 Submarine - Art History Online Reference and Guide
Modern attack submarines, such as in the US Navy are known as fast attack subs and generally operate in the hunter-killer role, and large subs carrying strategic nuclear missiles are known as boomers.
Royal Navy submarines classes, including ballistic missile submarines, are letter-based; thus, all boats of the Swiftsure class begin with the letter S and the Trafalgars, the letter T. Though this has been the way with all Royal Navy submarines, they were originally designated alphanumerically, such as HMS A1 of the A-class of 1903.
The first submarine, and first military submarine was the Turtle, a hand-powered spherical contraption designed by the American David Bushnell that was designed to accommodate a single man. It was the first verified submarine, capable of independent underwater operation and movement, and the first to use screws for propulsion.
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 The Mother of All Maritime Links: Page 42 of 47
The Western Rivers Mailing List (devoted to the Western Rivers steamboats of North America, operating on the Mississippi and its tributaries, focusing on historical research, operational practices and archaeology of riverboats)
The Naval Submarine League (A professional organization for submariners and submarine proponents)
The Submarine Quartermaster Page (A site for and about Navy quartermasters, not specifically submarine quartermasters, "there seems to be a dearth of QM pages that are not about Army quartermasters, and I intend to help correct this")
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 Submarine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Submarines at periscope depth in clear water during the daytime are more easily detectable by aircraft that are directly overhead.]] Modern submarines are usually cigar-shaped.
Ballistic missile submarines (boomers or SSBN in American slang) carry submarine-launched ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads, for attacking strategic targets such as cities or missile silos anywhere in the world.
The submarine and her plane could then act as a reconnaisance unit ahead of the fleet, an essential role at a time when radar still did not exist.
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 Submarine - guideofcasinos.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Thus, submarines are able to control their buoyancy by regulating the amount of water in their ballast tanks.
The first military submarine was the Turtle, a hand-powered spherical contraption designed by the American David Bushnell that was designed to accommodate a single man. It was the first verified submarine, capable of independent underwater operation and movement, and the first to use screws for propulsion.
The Soviet Union suffered the loss of at least four submarines during this period: K-129 was lost in 1968, K 8 in 1970, K -219 in 1986, and Komsomolets (the only Mike class submarine) in 1989 (which held a depth record among the military submarines—1000 m).
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 NTU Info Centre: Submarine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Submarines designed for the purpose of attacking merchant ships or other warships are known as "fast attacks", "hunter-killers", or "fast boats".
Germany again put submarines to devastating effect in the Second Battle of the Atlantic in World War II.
There were two Russian submarine incidents, and in both cases the submarines in question were lost, along with two United States submarine incidents, and a single Canadian incident.
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 List of sunken nuclear submarines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Eight nuclear submarines have sunk as a consequence of either accident or extensive damage: two from the United States, four from the Soviet Navy, and two from the Russian Navy.
All sank as a result of accident with the exception of K-27, which was scuttled in the Kara Sea when repair was deemed impossible and decommissioning too expensive.
All of the Soviet/Russian submarines belonged to the Northern Fleet.
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 sunken - OneLook Dictionary Search
Sunken : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
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 The Nautical Fiction List: Page 5 of 15
Then, during the war, the girl becomes engaged to another submariner, who gets sent out on a one-time, dangerous mission on the same submarine that her first fiancee was killed in.
He is blocked in his efforts by the admiral commanding the nuclear submarine program.) Neptune, 1976 (The American navy, using a civilian ocean exploration ship for a cover, attempt to salvage a Soviet nuclear submarine wrecked on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean.) Liner, A Novel About a Great Ship, 1977.
He was appointed to submarines, and from then onwards remained in that service until he retired in August 1937.) No Less Renowned, 1939 (RN submarines in peace-time 1918-1938.
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 The Nautical Fiction List: Page 13 of 15
The captain had backed off punishing the officer in 1945 because he was the only witness, and the officer had had an affair with the captain's wife while a midshipman at Annapolis.) Overboard, 1977 (Yachtsman sailing the Pacific wakes up to discover that his wife has fallen overboard.
Seventy miles from Tahiti he searches for her along the yacht's path.) Soundings, 1982 (A sperm whale that wants to communicate with humans encounters a sonar officer in a Soviet nuclear submarine stranded on the ocean's bottom.
The submarine's designer realizes that the only way to counteract the flare is to launch a payload of ionized carbon into the Van Allen Belt, and takes the SEAVIEW to do so.
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