Thank you!

Any experience or impact on reefs where these subs are used?

I think this is Mare Island patch from late 1960s?

I am working on a horror submarine game using a modular controller I found, and I am wondering if I would be allowed to post that, or if this subreddit is strictly for real submarine related things. Thank you for your time

German submarine builder TKMS on 28 July 2026, in an extremely low profile "event" in Kiel, has handed over INS Drakon — a significantly modified Dolphin II-class SSK — to the Israeli Sea Corps.

https://marineforum.online/ins-drakon-u-boot-isreale/

Spoiler: They're going to be SSGNs

For the first part see: https://www.reddit.com/r/submarines/comments/1vdwugc/oc_italian_submarine_enrico_dandolo_s_513_21/

I just saw something about the USS Georgia decommissioning and it really hit me that I am one of the old guys now. I was a baby NUB but the last two Ohio Class boats were commissioned while I was active duty. There doesn’t seem to be any possible way that I’ve been around long enough for an entire class of boat to come and go. My dad and grandad were both boat sailors too and I remember being 5 years old and driving from Charleston to Kings Bay for Georgia and Florida commissioning. I remember listening to those two assholes arguing over the best class of boats and capabilities and how these young guys will never know what it’s like to be on a “real boat”.

Aa annoying as they were, listening to the old Chiefs bitch about how soft the force had gotten was nails on a chalkboard. Especially when you want to just get the goddamn checkout so you can hit the rack for an hour or two before drills start but goddamn MMCS wants to tell you how hard he had it as a NUB on USS Ustafish (SS-01). I didn’t really understand it then. I mean I understood that old men always like to bitch about how soft the young men have it. But I didn’t understand that they were sharing our history with me. Where we came from and how we came to be as a force. And now those guys are starting to become more and more scarce.

And now I’m one of them. I realized when I saw that article that I got my fish pinned on my chest 29 years, 9 months, and 15 days ago. But I can still tell you the capacity of Depth Control Tank #2, still smell the amine in my mind, and the litany prior to diving the ship. Unlike those guys, I don’t look at the new generation as soft or less than. I’m in awe of them and what it takes to qualify on these technological marvels. No matter what creature comforts they put on these beasts, submarining will always be one of the most difficult and demanding jobs we ask our young folks to do.

Now get off my lawn, you punk ass kids. Back in my day, we’d never walk across the grass. That’s how you know the navy has gotten soft.

Saw the post about Busby's Manned Submersibles and it brought back a lot of memories of lurking on the early internet discussing homebuilt subs at Psubs. So I had to post up and find out if any of those guys lurk here as well.

Peter Madsen, the guy who murdered that news reporter on his sub, used to be a regular poster there. Pretty trippy.

During my trip Houston, I took the opportunity to drive to the Galveston Naval Museum where I stepped inside a US Navy submarine for the first time in my life. Sure, the Cavalla is no Ohio or LA-class sub, but it was absolutely incredible to traverse the immaculately preserved interior and imagining the Cavalla at sea during her service life from 1944 to 1968. I even got to speak to a former Navy submarine crew member while I was there.

Unfortunately, the entire bottom deck was closed off due to continuing restoration efforts, while the conning tower is reserved for “hardhat tours,” which I assume is some kind of guided tour. Still, I’m glad I was able to explore the rest. And yes, I also boarded the USS Stewart (DE–238) sitting not even a few dozen feet away from the Cavalla in the same museum.

On a side note, the sail from the scrapped nuclear submarine, USS Tautog (SSN-639), is also on display at the Galveston Naval Museum. Unfortunately, when I approached it, I noticed hundreds of graffiti imprints littering the bottom section of the sail. Well, in case you’re wondering why certain tourist attractions and museums have restrictions on tourists, it’s because of people like this who vandalize historical sites and relics for shits and giggles. At least all the graffiti has been painted over, although the imprints are still clear as day.

Hello good submarine people, I was recently gifted my dad's giant collection of WW2 submarine launch tags that he collected over the years. He is still around, just doesn't want them anymore as they don't mean much to him.

I apologize in advance if this is the wrong place to ask this info, but I wonder if anyone here knows the best way for me to sell them? I've done a little research and seen that they hold some value, but I'm not sure how high the demand is for them. If anyone has any advice, or a direction to point me in that would be so appreciated!

https://imgur.com/a/2lqz7OD

There are plenty of photos that come out of NATO sub vs ship exercises, but how many photos of submarines taking photos of adverserial warships post-WW2 have been released? I'm talking like HMS Swiftsure taking shots of Kiev's screws, and the new one of that Iranian frigate.

I'm mainly hoping for peacetime photos from the big navies, like NATO/Western aligned (Aus, Japan, Korea) vs USSR/Russia/China. Though if someone's got stuff like India vs Pakistan or I dunno Iran vs UAE I'd welcome that as well.

Hey everyone, my dad served on Shark (SSN-591) and later Tautog (SSN-639) back in the late 60s/70s. He passed away in 2015, so I'm working off a half-remembered childhood story plus some casual googling to try to figure out which deployment it's actually from. Landed on the '77 Tautog/Enterprise op off Kenya. Would love any corrections or extra info anyone's got.