#submarine warfare

[the-golden-vanity]

Homemade WW2 pirate flag made from scraps found aboard the submarine “Unbroken” by petty officer Frederick C. Sharpe, DCM (Distinguished Service Cross).

The bars on the left are merchant ships attacked, and those in red are the ones that sunk. On the other side are crossed cannons, and stars that represent merchant ships sunk with the deck guns. The crossed daggers represent the secret cloak-and-dagger missions undertaken by the “Unbroken”.

(Caption via lostfoundartny on Instagram.)

#pirate flag #world war 2 #world war ii #second world war #naval history #naval warfare #submarine warfare #wwii history #submarine #commerce raiding #folk art #vernacular art #sailor's handicrafts #naval art #piracy #pirates #pirate #piratecore #skull and crossbones #Instagram

[lepuszeppelin]

Homosexual Death Sub

Did you recall that long war we waged, the two of us drifting at the bottom of the ocean, back before your heart was nuclear powered? During that time of strife we were so cautious to call out that even the quietest cough would set tensions aflame.

You looked so sleek during our encounter. I remember seeing the shadow of your vessel, the delicate shape of your form was brightly lit against a background of deep black and blue, and... oh; Your fierceness, the way you tracked my every move, devastating.

We were gay and entrenched in the deepest sea with nothing; suggestions of images in our minds of one-another gripped with a duty to learn, there, what the other was thinking, unblinking and sightless, blinded by a beautiful industrial sheen to our outer shells.

I'll never forget when you showed me yours, a rather modest torpedo; so cute, confident. It was that act that gave me the courage then. That act spurred me to show you my own arsenal: All that I had to give, yours to behold and --undersea boom.

#Pitch Prompt #Creative Writing #Poetry #Queer #Gay #Pride #Submarine Warfare

[stone-cold-groove]

World War 2 era U. S. Naval Torpedo Station Newport, R.I. vintage matchbook cover.

#vintage illustration #vintage advertising #matchbooks #vintage matchbooks #matchbook covers #u.s. military #usn #united states navy #u.s. navy #u.s. naval torpedo station #u.s. naval torpedo station newport #torpedos #submarines #submarine warfare #silent service #goat island #newport #newport rhode island #rhode island #naval undersea warfare center #n.u.w.c. #nuwc #u.s. torpedo station #naval torpedo station #wwii #ww2 #ww2 art #ww2 history

[beardedmrbean]

#doge #submarine warfare #le that didn't quite work out as planned has arrived #le captured enigma machine has arrived

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

"Owen Sounder in Successful Attack on U-Boat," Owen Sound Sun-Times. October 1, 1942. Page 1. ----- 'Pictured above are three of the four members of the crew of a Hudson bomber which, Air Minister Power announced recently, attacked a Nazi U-boat in the Atlantic eff Canada's East Coast, The submarine was caught on the surface and while it crash dived at first sight of the aircraft, depth charges straddled its hull before it was fully submerged. A good deal of debris was blown to the surface and oil bubbled up spreading to a patch 2 miles long and 25 feet wide. There was not sufficient evidence of the U-boat's "death" to claim a "kill" but the assessment officers ruled that the sub had at least suffered "considerable damage." From LEFT to RIGHT are pictured Flight Sergeant N J. Gardner of Toronto; Pilot Offer W. Graham of Vancouver, the "skipper"; and Flight Sgt. J. F. Dobbie of Owen Sound, the wireless operator. R.C.A.P. official Photo.

#battle of the atlantic #canada during world war 2 #world war ii #u-boat #submarine warfare #anti-submarine warfare #naval bomber #coastal defence #crash dive #depth charge #royal canadian air force

[lilithsaintcrow]

"…the recently developed theory that nitrogen might become a powerful, even debilitating narcotic drug under increased pressures—a tendency that, if true, would affect anyone trying to perform complex tasks like espionage or escaping from a submarine deep underwater."

#wwii #nitrogen narcosis #submarine warfare

[secondworldwarremembrancedays]

Remember the Battle of the Atlantic: September 1939–May 1943.

Submarine warfare had some impact in the First World War, but became vastly more significant in WWII as the German U-boat packs aimed to blockade Europe. Merchant ships took to sailing in large convoys, protected by screens of destroyers and corvettes armed with depth charges and sonar. Daring U-Boat commanders carried out torpedo attacks within the defensive screen, and when several submarines attacked at once, the defenders had little chance of striking back.

In the end, the Battle of the Atlantic was eventually won by technology. Radar to detect U-Boats from the surface, radio interception, and code-breaking all played a part. By the end of the war, more than 3,000 merchant ships had been sunk, as well as almost 800 U-Boats.

#second world war #Battle of the Atlantic #year 1939 #year 1940 #year 1941 #year 1942 #year 1943 #naval history #naval battle #naval ships #Submarine warfare #torpedo attacks #U-Boat #blockade #submarine

[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

#class war #class warfare #classism #submarine #the titanic

[scrapironflotilla]

A British sailor throwing a lance bomb from a Royal Navy Drifter.

The lance bomb is exactly what it looks like. roughly 15 kilos of explosives on the end of a stick, to be thrown directly at a submarine that has surfaced alongside a ship.

Apparently one thrown from the small auxiliary ship the HMS Gleaner of the Sea (a repurposed fishing boat) hit the German submarine UB-13 and sank it in April 1916.

A Royal Navy Drifter similar to the HMS Gleaner of the Sea.

#ww1 #royal navy #anti submarine warfare #lance bomb #military history

[nocternalrandomness]

The last two USN  S-3B Vikings photographed over Laguna Peak near Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California on Dec. 18, 2015.

#USN #Lockheed #S-3 #Viking #Anti-Submarine Warfare #ASW Aircraft #Laguna Peak #Military jets #Navy #Airplane #Aviation

[aibrushstrokes]

Abstract painting. Submarine. Naval battle. WWII.

#ai painting #abstract art #impressionism #submarine #naval art #naval history #naval warfare #ww1 art #wwii

[victusinveritas]

#gary larson #the far side #submarine #naval warfare

[stone-cold-groove]

Run silent, run deep.

#submarine warfare #vintage illustration #us navy #silent service #nuclear triad #submarines #nuclear attack submarines #cruise missiles #nuclear missiles

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“BENEATH THE SEA THE SURCOUF SPAT TORPEDOES, THROUGH THE AIR HER FLEDGLING PLANE HURLED BOMBS; NOW SHE IS LOST,” Toronto Star. April 18, 1942. Page 4. ---- TWO EIGHT-INCH GUNS the Surcouf carried. She was the heaviest armed submarine afloat. She had 10 torpedo tubes and an anti-aircraft battery.

SAILORS CHOP ice away from the unique gun carriage beneath the conning tower. The Surcouf's crew was the only one which put up a scrap, killing one British sailor, when the Royal Navy took over units of the French fleet. Since then it's been Free French, a staunch ally.

SHE CARRIED A SEAPLANE, even, the extraordinary Surcouf. This is the entrance to the "hangar" into which the pontoon-equipped plane taxied after reconnaissance.

AS LARGE AS A SURFACE warship's is this wardroom. in the Free French submarine. The sleeping quarters were said to be as large and comfortable as those of the most modern train.

#surcouf #forces navales françaises libres #croiseur sous-marin #lost at sea #shipwreck #world war II #submarine #submarine warfare #france libre #free french #la france libre

[postcard-from-the-past]

Lockheed P-2 Neptune, a maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare (ASW) aircraft of the United States Navy

Dutch vintage postcard

#the united states navy #historic #p #photo #briefkaart #submarine #vintage #lockheed #navy #neptune #dutch #warfare #united #sepia #aircraft #maritime #photography #carte postale #postcard #postkarte #postal #tarjeta #ansichtskarte #asw #old #ephemera #postkaart #patrol #lockheed p-2 neptune #states

[higherentity]

#kayla barron #astronaut #nasa #nasa astronaut group 22 #kayla #engineer #submarine warfare officer #turtles