submarine

     

A submersible that has only limite underwater capability. The term submarine most commonly refers to large manned autonomous vessels, however historically or more casually, submarine can also refer to medium sized or smaller vessels, (midget submarines, wet subs), Remotely Operated Vehicles or robots. The word submarine was originally an adjective meaning "under the sea", and so consequently other uses such as "submarine engineering" or "submarine cable" may not actually refer to submarines at all. Submarine was shortened from the term "submarine boat".

Trivia about submarine

  • The U.S. Navy bought the first modern one of these, which used gasoline on the surface & electricity below
  • U-boot is a German word for this
  • Before his steamboat success, Robert Fulton built the Nautilus, this type of craft
  • In 1954 the U.S.S. Nautilus became the first of these vessels powered by nuclear energy
  • In 1776 Sgt. Ezra Lee led the first known attack in one of these submersible crafts
  • Simon Lake built the Argonaut, the first of these to navigate the open seas; air for the crew came from a floating hose
  • It's our equivalent of a German U-boat
  • While in Paris, Robert Fulton became fascinated with developing this, which he called a "plunging boat"
  • Reynolds Metals donated the Aluminaut, the 1st all-aluminum one of these, to the Science Museum of Virginia
  • 1st one to attempt sinking a warship was the "Turtle" in the Revolutionary War
  • The U.S. U-2, first built in the 1950s, was an airplane; the German U-1, first built in the 1910s, was one of these
  • Nautical name for a sandwich made from a long roll cut horizontally
  • The Trident missile is an SLBM, the "S" for this type of craft that launches it
  • Perhaps the greatest loss of life at sea, over 5,000, came in 1945 when this type of vessel sank the Wilhelm Gustloff
  • Before your ship gets into Barbados, make a tour reservation on the Atlantis II, one of these crafts
  • For leisure purposes, you don't need a license to operate the Triton 1000, this type of vehicle
  • The first successful wartime attack by one of these occurred by the Hunley off Charleston in 1864
  • In 1775 American inventor David Bushnell built a working one of these vehicles he called "The Turtle"
  • The Continental Army tried out a one-man, hand-cranked one of these crafts invented by David Bushnell
  • Using a nuclear generator, the NautiIus, this tvpe of vessel, was in 1958 the first to cross the North Pole

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