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  1. Submarine Force - NHHC

    Apr 24, 2025 · Submarines have a long history in the United States, beginning with Turtle, during the American Revolution. The world’s first combat submarine, invented by David Bushnell, …

  2. The first American submarine was designed before the Revolutionary War by David Bushnell, a young inventor from Connecticut. He designed and built a one-man submersible that he called …

  3. Submarine Development, A Short History - NHHC

    Oct 12, 2022 · The first American submarine was designed before the Revolutionary War by David Bushnell, a young inventor from Connecticut. He designed and built a one-man …

  4. H. L. Hunley Wreck (1864) - NHHC

    The Confederate submersible H. L. Hunley has the distinction of being the first submarine to sink an enemy warship in wartime. Although the boat and its crew were lost as a result of this …

  5. Nautilus (SSN-571) - NHHC

    Jul 9, 2025 · USS Nautilus (SSN-571) was commissioned at Groton, Connecticut, on 30 September 1954 with Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson as the boat’s first commander. The …

  6. US Navy Submarines Losses, Selected Accidents, and Selected

    Submarines Lost Through Enemy Action Submarines Lost Through Accidents and Perils of the Sea Selected Submarine Accidents/Damage From Enemy Action Sources

  7. Submarine Turtle Naval Documents - NHHC

    Presented here is a collection of documents that concern the submersible Turtle, the world’s first combat submarine. Named Turtle because its inventor, David Bushnell, believed the craft …

  8. Submarine Warfare Insignia (Dolphins) - NHHC

    Feb 21, 2023 · In the summer of 1923, while serving as Commander, Submarine Division Three, Captain Ernest J. King proposed that the Navy create a warfare insignia device for qualified …

  9. Ohio-class Submarines - NHHC

    Jun 24, 2024 · Ohio -class Submarines Trident submarine Ohio (SSBN-726) under construction. Commissioned between 1981 and 1997, 18 Ohio -class nuclear-powered ballistic missile …

  10. Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut - NHHC

    Apr 11, 2025 · Overview Naval Submarine Base New London is the Navy's first submarine base and the "Home of the Submarine Force." The base’s beginnings were as a naval yard and …