submarines


Monday, October 10, 2011
DSME Eyeing $1.1 Billion Submarine Deal
Engineering News

DSME Eyeing $1.1 Billion Submarine Deal

SEOUL (Dow Jones)–Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (042660.SE) said Monday it is talking with the Indonesian government about the

October 10, 2011
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
chainsaw-submarines-alaska-ice
Blog

Chainsawing Submarines – Images From the Arctic

While some are using this month’s bizarre winter weather to ski naked, Gizmodo points us to more serious work being done by the Applied Physics Lab Ice

June 1, 2011
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
General Dynamics wins potentially huge Navy contract
Engineering News

General Dynamics wins potentially huge Navy contract

Electric Boat, a subsidary of General Dynamics, has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy to develop advanced submarine technologies for current and future

May 19, 2011
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Dutch Navy Discovers Missing German WWI U-boat
Defense

Dutch Navy Discovers Missing German WWI U-boat

The Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN) has located the wreck of the World War I German submarine U-106 off the coast of Terschelling in the Netherlands.  The

May 11, 2011
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Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Drug smuggling submarine
Blog

Drug Smuggling Sub’s [Photos]

gCaptain has looked at the phenomena of drug trafficking submarine’s before (Link) but a new photo documentary from Time magazine shows these tiny

March 29, 2011
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Severodvinsk - New Russian Attack Sub
Navy

Severodvinsk Attack Sub – Russians Launch First Of A New Class

After near 20 years of construction, the first of Russia’s 4th generation multi-purpose submarine will sail out in the White Sea in May. The submarine,

February 3, 2011
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Monday, January 3, 2011
US Submarines Ban Smoking – 40% Of Crew Switching To Nicorette
Navy

US Submarines Ban Smoking – 40% Of Crew Switching To Nicorette

A Navy tradition will ended at midnight on Friday. By order of the Navy’s top admiral, smoking will no longer be allowed on submarines effective Jan 1st,

January 3, 2011
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Interesting

James Cameron to Explore Challenger Deep: Are you really THAT surprised?

It really did not surprise us when it was revealed in the most recent Maritime Monday that James Cameron is planning a nearly 7 mile voyage to the Mariana

September 21, 2010
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Sunday, November 1, 2009
Uncategorized

Naval Architecture – Designing A Quiet Ship.

No this isn’t going to be a post about china’s new submarines…. instead we look at designing ships to be quiet for more relaxing purposes.

November 1, 2009
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Monday, March 9, 2009
Merchant Marine

US Navy Vs China An Impeccable Incident – A Video Explanation

Why did the Chinese Navy harass the USNS Impeccable? gCaptain has been recieving a number of emails, Tweets and forum questions about this incident so I put

March 9, 2009
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Navy

USNS Impeccable – Harassed by Chinese Navy + FAQ

Yesterday, five Chinese vessels “shadowed and aggressively maneuvered in dangerously close proximity” to the U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship,

March 9, 2009
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Sunday, May 25, 2008
Incidents

Error In Navigation – Tracing Paper Blamed

The Guardian tells us: A nuclear-powered Royal Navy submarine needed £5m worth of repairs after it struck the seabed because a piece of tracing paper covered

May 25, 2008
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Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Navy

MARINER WAKE UP CALL – China’s Growning Submarine Fleet

Experts attempting to understand the strategic aims behind China’s aggressive military expansion have generally focused on Taiwan. But a new naval base

May 13, 2008
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Thursday, March 20, 2008
USCG

Coast Guard Interception Of Homemade Submarine

The USCG has intercepted another DIY Semi-Submersible operated by drug smugglers. CNN tells us: In the past three months the Coast Guard has learned of more

March 20, 2008
Total Views: 117