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#ColdWar
Soviet Navy Pacific Fleet's Project 1941 Titan/KAPUSTA-class command & control/communications ship URAL (SSV-33).
Date & author unknown.
November 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#SubSunday #Submarines #History
WWI-German Activities: The periscope in a German U-Boat submarine observes a battle. Halftone photograph of a drawing. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Source: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pe...
November 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
#SubMonday #Submarines
Taiwanese Navy Hai Kun-class diesel-electric attack submarine ROCS Hai Kun (SS-711) was released from the dry dock of Taiwan Shipbuilding Corporation in the early September & remains moored at the pier. Photo by Liu Xuesheng, Sept 2, 2025.
Source: money.udn.com/money/story/...
November 10, 2025 at 5:31 PM
#SubSaturday #Submarines
Paul Teutul Sr., of "American Chopper", looks through one of USS Albuquerque's (SSN-706) periscopes during a tour of the submarine.
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
#SubSaturday #Submarines
"The devil is in the details". Virginia-class Block IV nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN-795) challenge coin.
November 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#SubSaturday #Submarines
M23-class midget submarine made by Italian company M23 S.R.L. for the Qatari Emiri Navy spotted recently in Italy.
Source: x.com/NichoConcu/s...

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November 8, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#SubThursday #Submarines
Sturgeon-class nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Guitarro (SSN-665), aka “The Mare Island Mud Puppy”, launching UGM-109 Tomahawk SLCM during UGM-109 trials in the late 70s or early 80s. Source: Guitarro Inactivation Ceremony Booklet, NHHC Archives.
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
#SubThursday #Submarines Skate-class nuclear-powered submarine USS Sargo (SSN-583) surfaced above the Arctic Circle, 1960. USN photo courtesy of the US Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory, NAVSOURCE.
Source: navsource.net/archives/08/...
November 6, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Same feature appears on the Project 09550/DOLGORUKIY I-class SSBN "Yury Dolgorukiy" (K-535) which is undergoing repairs at the SEVMASH Shipyard in Severodvinsk.
Source is the "Khabarovsk" rollout video.
November 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
SEVMASH photos
November 1, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I wonder what's this line here - looks like a detachable pumpjet lol😀
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Another set
November 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Few screengrabs from the rollut/launch video
November 1, 2025 at 6:14 PM
SEVMASH shipyard rollout ceremony video:
November 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
November 1, 2025 at 5:54 PM
#SubSaturday #Submarines
Italian Navy Todaro-class (Type 212A) diesel-electric/AIP attack submarine. Photo by Marina Militare.
November 1, 2025 at 5:20 PM
❗RUMINT❗
Rollout of the Project 09851 (alt. 09853) KHABAROVSK-class SSDN "Khabarovsk" is reportedly scheduled for November 1, 2025.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
#SubSunday #Submarines
Massive rudder of the Russian Navy's Project 941UM Akula/TYPHOON-class SSBN "Dmitri Donskoi" (TK-208)
October 26, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Russia summed up...
October 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#SubSaturday #Submarines
BLUE crew weapons department personnel help load UGM-96 Trident I (C-4) SLBM aboard the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS Ohio (SSBN-726).
Source: picryl.com/media/blue-c...
October 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
October 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
#SubFriday #Submarines #History
USS Seawolf (SSN-575) stores loading ca. 1977.
October 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
#SubThursday #Submarines
US Navy Los Angeles-class Flight I nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Philadelphia (SSN-690) with a dry deck shelter (DDS) and MH-60G Pave Hawk during exercise with Special Forces. Early 00s, author unknown.
October 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#SubFriday #Submarines
Russian Navy Project 949A Antey/OSCAR II-class nuclear-powered guided missile submarines "Chelyabinsk" (K-442) & "Omsk" (K-186)
October 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#SubFriday #Submarines #ColdWar
A U.S. Navy P-3 Orion catches a Soviet Navy Project 671/VICTOR-class nuclear-powered attack submarine on the surface as it passes through the Strait of Malacca from the Indian Ocean. Date unknown.
October 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM