While it wasn't U.S. policy to build and operate midget submarines, one was built long after the war. The SS X-1, which never received an official name, was first launched in 1955 for the purpose ...

the last active Typhoon-class submarine and the largest submarine ever built. Initially entering service in 1981 as TK-208, it was the lead vessel of the Project 941 Akula class. After a ...

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The submarine was driven deeper, to a dangerous 525 feet — 200 feet beyond its recommended depth. As oxygen levels dwindled and carbon dioxide built up, the crew used carbon dioxide absorbents ...

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USS Puffer (SS 268), the fourth submarine constructed by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company during World War II, was launched on Nov. 22, 1942. Over nine successful patrols in the Pacific ...