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Submarines & Submersibles
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Fast Attacks and Boomers: Submarines in the Cold War 
 Explores how "nuclear powered submarines played major roles in American policy and strategy from the 1950s to the 1990s, the years of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union." Tells how the "machines were built, operated and utilized, [and] what life was like for the sailors on board and their families back home." Also has history of submarines and a Cold War timeline. From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. http://americanhistory.si.edu/subs/ Topics: Energy, History, Military, Science, Technology, Transportation, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jul 16, 2002 Land, Air & Sea
Website for this virtual museum dedicated to alternative vehicles, including "flying cars, amphibious aeroplanes, amphibious cars, hovercraft, submarines and ATV's." The exhibits section features descriptions and images of vehicles such as the "Yellow Submarine," and the "Amfibidiver," a "twin seat machine, that drives on land, floats like a boat and dives like a submarine." http://www.landairandsea.com Topics: Automobiles, Technology, Transportation Last updated Jan 24, 2007 Lusitania Online
Information about the design and history of the R.M.S. Lusitania , its sinking by a German U-boat torpedo (May 7, 1915), and the rescue of its survivors. There is also a biographical article on Captain William Thomas Turner, her last master. There is also information about the submarine that attacked her, U20 , and its captain, Kapitan-Leutnant Walther Schwieger. http://www.lusitania.net/ Topics: Transportation, Wars & Conflicts Last updated May 22, 2002 The Official Site of the Friends of the Hunley
Site describes the tragic history of the H.L. Hunley , the first submarine to sink a ship in battle (Charleston, South Carolina, February 17, 1864), and the people who developed it and lost their lives in it. It also discusses and illustrates the ongoing efforts to recover and preserve the wreck. Includes an animation of the raising of the Hunley (in QuickTime format), pictures, and archived articles. Searchable. http://www.hunley.org/ Topics: Transportation, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jan 2, 2001 Serafina
Information about the Australian National University project that "explores the potentials of multiple, small, fully autonomous, but organized submersibles." Includes images, technical details, and publications about the tiny underwater vehicles. http://users.rsise.anu.edu.au/~serafina/ Topics: Transportation Last updated Feb 17, 2005 Submarines, Secrets, and Spies
Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) NOVA program that "goes in search of clues to two tragedies of the Cold War, the wrecks of the nuclear submarines Thresher and Scorpion." The site features virtual tours through two submarines, information about the U.S. Navy loaning out its submarines, and stories about life on submarines. Also includes links to related information and a program transcript. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/subsecrets/ Topics: Government, Transportation Last updated Jan 13, 2004 SURTASS LFA
"The Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System (SURTASS) Low Frequency Active (LFA) is a new sonar" that, according to the Navy Fleet Commanders in Chief "is a crucial element of the Navy's anti-submarine warfare (ASW) force and is an asset required for our national security." This site contains a description of SURTASS, the U.S. Navy's research, findings, and opinions about the uses of LFA sonar for defense, and its impact on marine mammals. Includes a glossary. http://www.surtass-lfa-eis.com/ Topics: Transportation, U.S. Military, Weapons Last updated Oct 21, 2003 Uboat.net
Devoted to the World War II German fleet of U-boats. Includes articles, profiles of U-boats and commanders, information on the allied forces that fought the U-boats, photos, discussion forums, and more. http://uboat.net/ Topics: Photograph Collections, Photograph Collections: Regional, Transportation, World War II Last updated Sep 4, 2005 Vents Program
The Vents Program "conducts research on the impacts and consequences of submarine volcanoes and hydrothermal venting on the global ocean." Includes information about specific research sites, the New Millennium Observatory (which "studies the dynamic interactions between submarine volcanic activity and seafloor hotsprings"), ocean seismicity, bioacoustics, and related topics. Also includes teaching material and images. From the Pacific Maritime Environmental Laboratory. http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/ Topics: Geography, Geology, Transportation Last updated Apr 5, 2004 |
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