The Battle of Midway
I was surprised. (And not in a good way.) I was so busy running my household and working my jobs that I forgot that early in this month there the anniversary of the Battle of Midway. For a historian...
View ArticleReasons Why You Don’t Annoy a Chief
In the Navy, and especially the submarine force, the Chiefs form the backbone. They have all of the experience and even officers will defer to them. (Officers are sometimes even afraid of them!) All of...
View ArticleHappy 4th
Well hello out there everyone! I just wanted to wish all of my readers in the United States a happy Independence Day! As you light off your fireworks please remember all of your fellow Americans out...
View ArticleWatch Out For Those Spooks
Submarines of the Cold War were the ultimate hunting machines. Already, they were the most effective anti-ship weapons platform ever created, the World Wars showed that. Now, not only could they stalk...
View ArticleNazi Mega Weapons: U-Boat Base
Nazi Mega Weapons: U-Boat Base Original Air Date 07/24/2013 It’s amazing what you can find on TV when you are really, really bored. You just flip through the channels and all of a sudden, oh...
View ArticleWeird Equipment Sometimes Leads To Weird Stories…Altimeter on a submarine?
While walking through my boat one day, I found something interesting. Located in the Maneuvering Room, in the stern of the submarine, there is an altimeter. Normally this is equipment that is found on...
View ArticleWell it’s been a year…
Well everyone, it had been just over a year since I started this website. It has been a challenge the whole way through. I never expected this to be easy, and trust me it isn’t. But, this is a labor...
View ArticleRum Running Subs
*WARNING! This is a sea-story. Truth is optional. But I can believe it!* Date: Late 1950’s Locations: Key West, United States; Havana, Cuba Boat: Won’t tell me Squadron: Both at were involved at some...
View ArticleIt’s Halloween Again: A Haunted Submarine Movie to Watch
Well, it’s Halloween again! For all of you Submarinehunter.com fans, I have found a movie that features a haunted sub! Yeah! Finally a horror movie that I actually WANT to watch! (And not just to get...
View ArticleThanksgiving 2013
Hello there to all of my readers, It’s that customary American holiday yet again. It is time once again to give thanks for who and what we have. I wish to thank all of my readers this year for...
View ArticleWHOA! I-400 found off the coast of Hawaii!
These were incredible subs. They were the biggest subs in the world and had the ability to carry several seaplanes. (Subs like the one that shelled the OregonCoast could carry just one plane, but that...
View ArticlePearl Harbor Anniversary
On Dec 7, 1941, at 0615 in the morning, the attack began when Vice-Admiral Chuichi Nagumo gave the order to launch planes. At 0755, the first bombs began to fall. The United States was caught...
View ArticleThe Movie: Phantom
I just found a new submarine movie that just came out this year! Its name is Phantom. I was surprised when I originally saw the advertisement for this movie in the paper. Here was a submarine movie...
View ArticleHappy Holidays to All Submarinehunter.com Readers!
Hello Everyone! I hope that you all have a safe and wonderful holiday season. No matter your beliefs, or country that you live in, I wish all of you well during this season of joy and giving. In my...
View ArticleHappy New Year 2014
Hello out there to my readers! Another year has gone by and a new one is about to begin. The past year was a good one for me and submarinehunter.com and I plan to continue on into the New Year. So here...
View ArticleIncredible WWII Japanese Submarines, the I-400 Class
Recently, there was an incredible find off the coast of Hawaii, a massive Japanese submarine lying on the ocean floor. The submarine that was found was one of the biggest of World War II and capable of...
View ArticleThe Battle of Los Angeles
Ok this was one topic that I could not pass up. When I first heard about this, it was years before I had an interest in submarines. I thought that it was just a case of jitters during the war or...
View Article70th Anniversary of June 6, 1944
Today is the 70th Anniversary of the Invasion of Normandy. As most of the readers on this site know, I want my readers to remember those that fought and fell. This blog is made in that effort. Many...
View ArticleJuly 4, 2014
Hello there Submarinehunter.com readers! It is the 4th of July again, Independence Day here in the United States. Once again I would like to thank all Americans, both Civilian and Military. If it was...
View ArticleHappy Shark Week
Well, it’s Shark Week again. So I thought that I would put up something on my favorite shark, named: Aequoreuscaetusferrum Piscessurculus. But often better known but its more common name, the...
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