USA (1916-46) S-1 to S-68, oceanic submersibles After the R class of alast month and O class back in November last year, were are hitting the last of three wartime classes of US Navy submersibles, and by far the largest in numbers and most important for its history: These were Navy’s first true ocean-going attack … Read more
USA (1916-46) R-1 to R-27, Coastal defence submersibles After the O class we saw last November 2023, here is one of the two last wartime mass-produced sub-classes built by the United States for the Navy, the R class. Like the S class (65 ordered, 51 completed), some of them missed WWI, but most of them … Read more
USA (1917-30) T-1 to T-3, AA-1 to AA-3 fleet submersibles The T-1 class submarines (previously known AA-1 class) were the first attempt by the USN to build a fleet submersible. It was planned in 1913 already to operate with the new Delaware class, the first “standard battleships”, with a surface speed of 21 knots to … Read more
USN (1923-26)- USS Barracuda, Bass, Bonita (V-1, 2, 3, later SS-163-164-165) To start a new deep dive into US Navy interwar and WW2 submarines, we need to go back to 1911 and some already asking questions about the capabilities of submarines to take part in fleet operations, with battleships, instead of remaining coastal defence assets. … Read more
