Historic Submarine Operations

Black and white footage of submarines from different eras, highlighting military operations underwater and surface action.

EUROPE - 1918 - A crewman of a German submarine sights another British ship from his periscope. He gives orders to the crew to release torpedoes.

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Sunday Morning, Southampton, circa 1937, United Kingdom, by Marion Queenie Kirker. Gift of Anne Kirker, 1993.

The utility landing craft LCU-1634 transports two U.S. Marine Corps M-60 tanks, a truck and a bulldozer across the gulf during the combined Thai/U.S. joint exercise Thalay Thai '89. Country: Gulf Of Thailand

US Civil War. CSS Robert E. Lee was a blockade runner for the Confederate States. She made 21 voyages in 10 months carrying over 7,000 bales of cotton, returning with munitions for the Confederate army. On Nov. 9, 1863, the US Navy blockader, USS James Adger, intercepted and captured the ship, which was then assigned to the Union North Atlantic Blockading Squadron as USS Fort Donelson (BSLOC_2018_8_51)

Hr.Ms fly camp vessel. Karel Doorman (2) (1948-1968), Landing by Sikorski s 55 (8-2 "Salomé") during journey from Smaleeld 5, consisting of Hr.Ms. Karel Doorman, Gelderland, Amsterdam and Sea Lion, to Lounyport, Key West, Tampa, Netherlands Antilles, Guantanamo and Bermuda

A German U boat that ran aground on the shore near Calais, France during World War I - Set on fire by its crew

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Admiral Sampson's Eastern Division firing at the Defences of Santiago, Cuba, June 6, 1898 - Spanish American War

Allied Landings, Japanesean.

Postcard published by Red Cross: The 'Marqués de Comillas' enabled as a Red Cross hospital ship, during the Spanish Civil War

A Submarine on the surface, World War I Royal Navy

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DN-ST-85-11640. Base: Fort Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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