Submarines have evolved gradually from their inception, when they were basically just submersible tubs. Today, however, the submarine is a remarkable machine, worth billions a piece, and loaded with ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The Skipjack class was an example of how innovative new technologies can combine to produce a weapons system with vastly improved characteristics. The design was so ...

“Fabulous, absolutely fabulous,” said Commander William W. Behrens Jr. of the nuclear submarine Skipjack, just returned last week from her first sea trials. “We could hardly believe it ourselves; ...

The US Navy is widely regarded for its global undersea superiority, a distinction which the service is intensely working to preserve through extensive modernization and submarine production. Today’s ...

"Skipjack personnel during this period have become accustomed to use of "ersatz," i.e., the vast amount of incoming non-essential paper work," Lt. Cmdr. James Coe wrote in his letter to the Navy.