Submarines

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Nine Periscopes Not Connected To Submarines

2:45PM December 17, 2011 | Oobject.com

The periscope only came about with the advent of the submarine, right? Wrong. These handy, corner-checking devices have been used everywhere from the trenches of WWI to aboard the Gemini Spacecraft. Our friends at Oobject have collected nine of the best examples. More »

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Inside A Top Secret Soviet Underground Base

5:40AM November 10, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

The name of this God’s forgotten place is Object 825 GTS, a top secret Cold War nuclear submarine underground base located in the Balaklava Bay, Crimea, Ukraine. More »

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How The US Navy Is Making Its Virginia-Class Subs Even More Deadly

12:00AM October 23, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

The US Navy’s fleet of heavily-armed SSGN subs will run through their nuclear fuel supplies by 2026. At that point, they must be replaced at a cost of $US8 billion apiece. Problem is, $US8 billion is roughly half of the Navy’s annual ship production budget. So what’s the Navy to do? More »

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Your Very Own On-Demand Rent-A-Sub

8:20AM October 12, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Whether you’re racing a Nymph through the Caribbean or trolling the bottom of Michigan’s Torch Lake for those keys you dropped, a submarine is a must. Although, unless you’re Larry Ellison, owning one is right out. But chartering one isn’t, and that’s exactly what U-Boat Worx is offering. More »

News

Drunk Russian Fishermen Crash Into Nuclear Submarine

6:45AM September 24, 2011 | Sam Biddle

So you’re out on the water with your pals, trawling Russian waters for Neptune’s bounty. Fish! Fresh fish! What a wonder day we’ve got here — how about another drink? Yes. What’s that? A submarine? Full speed ahead. More »

Gadgets

8 Gadgets To Transform Yourself Into A Pirate

8:10AM September 20, 2011 | Adrian Covert

YAAAAAAAR, YESTERDAY BE TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY, YE OLDE, FESTERING WENCH! AS SUCH, I WILL SHOUT ALL ME RANTINGS AND YOU’LL LIKE IT. IF THOU EVER HOPES TO GET SOME SEA LEGS, YOU’D BEST HEED THIS LIST. More »

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You Can Now Rent Sir Richard Branson’s Flying Submarine

12:00PM August 30, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Why should James Bond be the only one with a swanky aero sub? If you’ve got the cash, Sir Richard Branson is more than happy to lend you his for the day. More »

News

Coast Guard Intercepts Cocaine Submarine As It Sinks

2:00AM August 3, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Drug smuggling, homemade submarines are nothing new — what a world we live in. And it shouldn’t be any surprised that a bunch of coke-addled amateur engineers aren’t able to put together the most seaworthy vessel. But here’s one sinking mid-capture. More »

Science

Sneaky Subs Are Going Wakeless Thanks To Underwater Cloaking

4:20AM July 30, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

If The Hunt for Red October taught us anything (besides the fact that Sean Connery makes for a horrible Russian) it’s that submarines can be tracked by the sounds they make moving through the water. Well, not for much longer. More »

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A Surf Shop Inside A Submarine Sounds Like A Dream

4:00AM June 19, 2011 | Kwame Opam

John McCambridge is a surfer. He’s also an artist, and is one of the minds behind the Mollusk Surf Shop in San Francisco, Venice Beach, and Brooklyn. His latest venture is “Mollusk at Voyager.” Basically, it’s a submarine. More »