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The Line (Revisited)

He’s in Submarines Now – A long line of Shared Experience

In 1942, the world was at war. There were very few places that weren’t affected by Chaos. The oceans were still the primary way that commerce traveled abroad, and those seas were filled with sharks that did their best to slow that commerce down. Those were, of course, the steel submarines that were filled with […]

REPORT ON THE U.S. SUBMARINE PROGRAM – 1968

During the period from 1966 through 1968, the Cold War was producing a heightened level of activity on both sides of the global divide. The Soviets were building their submarine fleet with increased attention to both quantity and quality. The west was trying to make sure its qualitative edge would be enough to counter that […]

The Patten Family and the USS Nevada (first posted in 2018)

Is there any such thing as an average Submariner?

Happy birthday Joey

Updated with current information regarding the Bancroft Association

The Polaris Story Revisited

1985: On the Brink and the Year of the Spies

I don’t think most people realized how much the year 1985 changed the course of naval history. In April of 1985, I was a First-Class Machinist Mate petty officer stationed on board the mighty warship USS Ohio SSBN 726. It was the height of the Cold War, and we were engaged in Strategic Deterrent Patrols […]

My Submarine Journey – Part 1

What’s in a name?

It’s all about the education