Cold War Stories – Periscopes off our Coasts: 1954
Did you ever get that feeling like someone is watching you? No, I’m not talking about that natural paranoia some people feel in this modern age of electronic snooping. Although we do have some reason for concern. After all, if you have a smart phone, how many times has something you have been discussing with […]
Read More Cold War Stories – Periscopes off our Coasts: 1954Cold War Stories: Navy Believes Destroyers Our Best Defense Against Soviet Submarine Threat (1961)
Before I joined the navy in 1972, my high school band was invited to participate in a parade in Norfolk Virginia. Part of the trip included a trip to the Norfolk naval base. I will readily admit that most of the trip was focused on social events and spending time with the girl I was […]
Read More Cold War Stories: Navy Believes Destroyers Our Best Defense Against Soviet Submarine Threat (1961)Cold War Stories: Submarines: Past, Present And Future Of Silent Service (1962)
In April of 1962, I had not even turned ten years old. But I already had a fascination with submarines But I was conscious of many of the things that were going on in the world. I read every book I cold find in the library about the wars that came earlier in the century. […]
Read More Cold War Stories: Submarines: Past, Present And Future Of Silent Service (1962)Cold War Stories – That’s a tall bomb you got there; does it work?
Like many people in America recently, I have been following the televised reports of bombings in Iran. To be clear, Iran has brough the attention on itself over the course of the last 47 years by being a less than desirable neighbor. Since the radical islamists took over their country, they have killed too many […]
Read More Cold War Stories – That’s a tall bomb you got there; does it work?Cold War Stories – Torpedo in the water
From the beginning of the Cold War, the idea of using nuclear power for propulsion was something discussed on both sides of the conflict. But just as important was the idea that having weapons delivery systems tied to submarines would be a game changer in any future hot conflict. The devastating effect of unrestricted submarine […]
Read More Cold War Stories – Torpedo in the waterCold War Stories – “perhaps we’ll have an aircraft carrier with the underwater body of a speedboat.”
I’ve written before about the rush of the nation to disarm after the second world war. The navy in particular was hard hit based on the emergence of the atomic bomb and the lack of a major sea going threat. The Soviets exited the war with a small blue water navy. That would not change […]
Read More Cold War Stories – “perhaps we’ll have an aircraft carrier with the underwater body of a speedboat.”And so, you master self then, laugh at fear – The Story of a Sub Man and USS Grayback SS 208
And so, you master self then, laugh at fear – The Story of a Sub Man There was a total of fifty-two American submarines lost during World War 2. The damage that the submarine force had inflicted on the Japanese and naval forces was staggering. But losing that many submarines was also a very high […]
Read More And so, you master self then, laugh at fear – The Story of a Sub Man and USS Grayback SS 208Cold War Stories – Truman Joins the Royal Order of Deep Dunkers
The Royal Order of Deep Dunkers Up until today, I had only known of a few US Presidents that had submerged on board a submarine. The first was Theodore Roosevelt who rode an early sub called the Plunger. August 21, 1905 – Plunger to Oyster Bay today A partial list of modern Presidents that would […]
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