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On 17 December 1917, USS F-1 (SS-20) and USS F-3 (SS-22), both running on the surface, collided during exercises off San Diego, California. F-3 gouged a giant hole in her sister ship’s port side and F-1 sank beneath the waves [...]

Reinhardt John Keppler was born in Ralston, Washington, on 22 January 1918. He enlisted in the Navy shortly after graduating from high school, in 1936, and, after leaving for a brief period, rejoined on 25 April 1940. He was assigned [...]

On 5 January 1944, two days into her fourth war patrol, USS SCORPION (SS-278) reported that a member of her crew had broken his arm and requested a rendezvous with the homeward-bound USS HERRING (SS-233) to effect a personnel transfer. [...]

Today’s submarine sea story comes from Jim Braden, who served aboard USS CASIMIR PULASKI (SSBN-633). It is entitled, “The Key to Waking Up.” […]

When USS LIONFISH (SS-298) was commissioned on 13 October 1944, a program was created for the official after party at Club Pannaway in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On the cover the author noted that “the spines of the dorsal fin [of [...]

The national pastime, on ice. In the photo, a Sailor from USS SEADRAGON (SSN-584) waits for the delivery of the first baseball ever pitched at the North Pole, August 1960. (The crew laid out their diamond with the pitcher’s mound [...]

Don’t you hate it when your car door freezes shut? Then be thankful you weren’t part of the crew of USS TREPANG (SSN-674) when she visited Ice Camp Opal, a research station on the polar ice cap, in 1985. In [...]

Cold-weather décor in a warm-weather port: Christmas decorations adorn the deck of USS KEY WEST (SSN-722), Naval Station Pearl Harbor, 2005. Happy holidays from the Submarine Force Museum!