PAST PROGRAM | Virtual Programs
On National Submarine Day, dive into the undersea history of the Brooklyn Navy Yard! Although no submarines were ever built at the Yard, from the Civil War to the Cold War, it was a critical facility for the development, testing, and outfitting of the US Navy’s submarine fleet, from primitive hand-cranked submersibles to nuclear-powered ballistic missile subs. This program will explore the evolution of submarine technology and critical breakthroughs that were made at the Yard, including the development of diesel engines from captured German U-boats, experimental torpedoes and underwater munitions, and the world’s first satellite-based navigation system.
- National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey – Intelligent Whale
- Dubbs, Chris, America’s U-boats: Terror Trophies of World War I
- Submarine E-2 explosion, 1916
- Update on the status of USS Ling