ARCHIVED INTERVIEWS & PREVIEWS
SUBMARINE
& SUBSIM ARTICLES
USS Greeneville Hearings Transcript
- Details
from the inquiry in Hawaii.
World
Navies in Review
- A broad
survey arranged by broad category of ship and within that
alphabetically by country. By
A. D. Baker, III, Naval
Institute Proceedings
PRACTICING
FOR DOOMSDAY
- The cold
war may be over, but dozens of U.S. and Russian subs still lurk under the
ocean, poised to attack. Time's Douglas Waller was granted the most
access any journalist has ever had to chronicle a patrol of one of those
Tridents, the U.S.S. Nebraska.
A
Small History of Swiss Submarines - What
could the Swiss army, though famous for its multi-purpose pocket knife (without
cork-screw for privates! What a shame...), do with a submarine force? Four
Swiss-designed and/or built submarines which are amongst the most famous ones
in the world. By Pascal Mauron
PACIFIC
THUNDER! SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE FRONT
- There
is a battle underway on the virtual battlefield, a re-enactment of the
unrestricted submarine warfare that was waged against Japan from December
1941 to August 1945. By Frank Kulick.
GAMES
OF OLDE - New
writer Richard Gillespie takes us back to the stoneage of computer games. Get
your time-travel boots on.
HISTORY
OF SUBSIM REVIEW -
What do you get
when you cross a love for computers, submarines, and journalism? A
submarine simulation website that strives to be the best and most
informative on the web. By Jason Dorris.
MARK
48 TEST
-
An
Australian Collins class submarine, HMAS Farncomb, fired a Mark-48 war-shot
torpedo at the 28 year old former Destroyer Escort TORRENS.
THE
FIN PROJECT -
A Sculpture by John T. Young,
Seattle, Washington, 1998. A Monument to World Peace and Recycling: "From
Swords into Plowshares"
688(I)
SWEEPSTAKES
- Who won what in the latest and greatest SUBSIM Review contest.
US
NAVY SUBMARINE DOLPHINS
- On 13 June
1923, Captain E.J. King suggested to the Secretary of the Navy that a
distinguishing device for qualified submariners be adopted.
KURSK
DOWNED BY SECRET TORPEDO?
-- Military experts
said they believed the crew of the Kursk were testing an upgraded
version of a fast and silent torpedo called the Squall.
SUBSIM 2000 CONTEST
WINNERS -- We just love to give stuff away! See who won what and
when.
FASTER
THAN A SPEEDING BULLET
-- Called Shkval, meaning squall, it is
said to be capable of speeds as high as 500 kilometres an hour.
DEEP
& DEADLY: PM CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF THE SUBMARINE
- Submarine designs
took shape in wood, iron, steel and brass, and were powered by every
conceivable prime mover, from oars and hand cranks, to boilers and batteries,
and internal combustion engines. Yet no one could make the idea work. No one,
that is, until Holland.
SUBMARINE
HEROES - Of
the seven submariners granted the Medal of Honor in World War II, three
received the award posthumously. And among those, the one who sank the most
Japanese tonnage before being lost in action was Sam Dealey. ALTERNATIVE
FUELED SUBMARINE
- Nuclear
Powered! Diesel-Electric! Stirling Engine Air Independent Propulsion (AIP)?
What is this new method of propulsion, and how potent will it prove to be.
DEBATE CENTER ON MORE US SUBS
-- The US government has woken up to the fact that American submarines are
instrumental in world peace--they have an outstanding record. U-571
MOVIE SECTION
-- Fast paced and fun, the latest U-boat flick may not rival Das
Boot but it is a wild ride. Clips, articles and links here. TOP
TEN GOOD THINGS ABOUT SUBSIMS
-- There are a lot of good
reasons to be a subsim skipper. We've compiled a top ten list that may include
a few things you might not have thought of.
THE
CASE FOR MORE SUBMARINES
--
This article
discusses the unique value of the U.S. Submarine Force today and why it
warrants more defense investment for the future. By CDR Mark L. Gorenflo,
USN, and CDR Michel T. Poirier, USN AN SSK ADVENTURE
--
The minister was invited by the
Navy Chief of Staff to make a little trip on a sub with lunch on board. The
minister, knowing my passion, invited me. How could I say no to a minister? By
Jose Manuel Batista TOMAHAWK
SUPERSUBS -- By converting four soon-to-retire
ballistic-missile submarines into Tomahawk cannons, the Navy could produce
a Stealth weapon system that on its own could "take down a country
for a week. By Richard J. Newman
AKULA! THE SOVIET SHARK -- With the Akula, the former Soviet Union has caught the US in the undersea arms race. Original article by Neal Stevens
SUBSIM REVIEW FEATURED IN THE NEW LONDON DAY -- Connecticut newspaper zeroes in on SSR's Fix My 688(I) Campaign. By Robert Hamilton.
CONTEST WINNERS & SURVEY RESULTS -- The 1998 Summer Giveaway winners and the results of a poll of over 480 subsim warriors. Which sim is #1? Find out here.
THE HISTORY OF SUBSIMS -- We examine the pioneer programs of subsim history. These early efforts gave rise to a growing niche of computer games. By Brian H. Danielson and Neal Stevens
AMERICA'S FUTURE SUB -- The New Attack Submarine is the Navy's affordable alternative to the Seawolf. Can it do the job? By Neal Stevens
DEEP DIVE: SEAWOLF -- Seawolf SSN-21, the first of three, is the stealthiest vessel in the Navy's fleet. By Jim Wilson.
SUBSIMS BEYOND 2000 -- Since the advent of the personal computer, inspired companies and individuals have endeavored to reproduce the experience of undersea warfare. By Neal Stevens.
AOD U-BOAT TACTICS -- Hunt and kill tactics used in playing Aces of the Deep. By Fionn Kelly.
THE AKULA THREAT -- Recent case of Russian submarines tracking the US Navy. By Jane's Defence Weekly.
THRESHER DOWN -- The USS Thresher may have been a victim of the same advancing technology that brought her into being. Reprinted from Mechanical Engineering.
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