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What Could Possibly Go Wrong… Searching for new roles for Submarines at the Dawn of the Cold War

by NationalArchivesBlog, posted in Cold War, Navy, Marines, & Coast Guard

This fall I am going to be presenting a paper on the Navy’s development of the Hunter-Killer Submarine (SSK) and how they evolved the World War II submarine into more familiar submarines of today. In researching that paper, I was digging in Record Group 38: Records of the Chief of Naval Operations in Entry P … Continue reading What Could Possibly Go Wrong… Searching for new roles for Submarines at the Dawn of the Cold War

b/w photo of submarine partially emerged from water

A Modern Submarine on Eternal Patrol – A Tribute to the USS Thresher (SSN 593)

by NationalArchivesBlog, posted in Cold War, Navy, Marines, & Coast Guard

This April 10th marks the 60th Anniversary of the loss of the USS Thresher (SSN 593). The Thresher was the first of two nuclear submarines lost during the Cold War,  the other being the USS Scorpion (SSN 589) in 1968. Bow View of the Nuclear-Powered Attack Submarine USS Thresher (SSN-593), July 24, 1961 (Local ID: … Continue reading A Modern Submarine on Eternal Patrol – A Tribute to the USS Thresher (SSN 593)