WW2 Submarines
During World War 2, no ocean-going surface vessel was safe from the attack submarine.
1939
The Archimede was a diesel-electric powered attack submarine serving the Regia Marina of Italy during World War 2. She was bo...
1942
Development and production of the RO-100 series (sometimes referred to as "Kaisho" or "small" or simply Type "KS") of Japanes...
1940
Ordered in 1936 the HMS Upholder (P37) was the seventh U-class submarine built by the Vickers Armstrong company for the Royal...
1943
The British naval fleet had to keep their battleships and carriers near or in home waters to protect the vital shipping lanes...
1945
As the Allied noose tightened evermore so around the Japanese mainland by the midway point of the war in the Pacific, there w...
1940
The most numerous of all the World War II Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) submarine classes was the B1-Type, nicknamed the "I-15...
1944
At the time of their completion, the I-400 class of submarines serving the Imperial Japanese Navy were the largest submarines...
1944
The last Japanese submarine built in the B-3 type series family became the I-58. She was laid down on December 26th, 1942, la...
1944
The Kaiten (meaning "Reverse Destiny" or "Change the World") was based on the Japanese Navy Type 93 torpedo and was a top sec...
1939
In 1935, it had become painfully obvious to Italian authorities that the Italian Navy maintained a weak position in the Medit...
1938
The German Kriegsmarine paid a heavy price for their actions in World War 2, with most of her Type IX class being lost to the...
1936
Type VII u-boats made up a large part of the u-boat fighting force in the Atlantic. This class of fighting ship helped the Ge...
1944
The Type XXI series of German U-boats were a revolutionary design of fighting boats brought about in 1944. Their type was des...
1944
The Kriegsmarine Type XXIII were developed as smallish coastal submarines to operate in the shallow waters between England an...
1944
The Seehund (or "Seal") was the most successful of the several Nazi Kriegsmarine attempts to perfect a "midget" submarine. Mi...
1936
Following World War 1 (1914-1918), the Paris Peace Conference of 1919 developed the Treaty of Versailles to formally restrict...
1943
The USS Bowfin earned herself a grand reputation for her sea-going prowess in the Second World War. The vessel accounted for ...
1941
The USS Gato (SS-212) was the lead ship of the large Gato-class submarine fleet which numbered 77 boats and, along with the B...
1942
The USS Grunion (SS 216) is best known for her mysterious dissappearance. Until recently, little was known of the last wherea...
1943
The Ling (SS-297) is a late model Balao-class and was the result of an improved Gato-class submarine of which 77 were produce...
1944
Key to victory in the Pacific Theater during World War 2 was control of the vital waterways between the various islands makin...
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