General Submarine Messages

From Naval News: On May 4, 2023, the final test of the French “UAV on submarine” experimentation was held off Toulon. The objective of this project is to deploy a drone from a submerged submarine in order to recover video data and to pilot it from the

The submarine fleet of Sweden will help ease some of NATO’s vulnerability in Northwest Europe, specifically in the Baltic Sea. The Baltic represents a bottle neck for several countries with access restricted through the Danish Strait separating Sweden and Denmark. Sweden’s key to keeping those waters navigable

The Navy christened its newest Virginia-class fast-attack submarine, the future USS Iowa (SSN 797), during a Saturday, June 17, 2023, ceremony at Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. The Virginia Class USS Iowa (SSN 797) is the fourth U.S. Navy vessel and first submarine named for the state.

On May 17th Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea held a summit meeting in Seoul to commemorate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between their respective nations. Focusing on bilateral cooperation the topics included defense. As Canada has been planning to

04 May 2023 From Lt. Eric Uhden, Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 Public Affairs NAVAL BASE GUAM – Senior leaders from the navies of Japan, South Korea and the United States visited Naval Base Guam to embark a U.S. Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine operating off Guam, April

1 May 1957 – “Hellcats of the Navy” is released starring Ronald Reagan with Arthur Franz as CO and XO, along with the future First Lady Nancy Davis as the love interest. Their boat the ‘Starfish’ is ordered to retrieve a new type of mine from Japanese

For the first time in over 40 years a US Nuclear Submarine will make port visits to South Korean. The last time a US Submarine visited was in 1981. North Korea’s continuing aggressive acts, such as the recent test firing of a solid fuel missile, prompted the

The Navy has contracted with Electric Boat to build a new SSW boat based on a Virginia Class hull. Although details are closely guarded a few key aspects of the design have emerged. Notably several of the vertical VPMs (Virginia Payload Modules) will be refitted with new