The drive to explore is one of the most potent human urges. Finding out what's just around the next bend has been a prerogative of humanity since the earliest hunters and gatherers. As long as there ...

"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," admitted Winston Churchill at the close ...

Mechanically reproduced from typescript, with original and reproduced photographs, facsimiles, maps, and portraits. "The materials contained in this brochure were collected by Mr. Eustace Williams ...

Modern nuclear submarines are some of the most complex machines of war ever constructed. They can remain at sea for years, can submerge for extended lengths of time, and they run almost silently. They ...

What You Need to Know: In February 1945, U-864 embarked on a secret mission, Operation Caesar, carrying valuable technology and materials to Japan. However, its journey was cut short when British ...

The grooves of the Will family’s gold-plated dolphins have tarnished. But the submarine warfare insignia, having been pinned to the chests of four generations, shines nonetheless. The dolphins have ...

History’s three great submarine campaigns include the First Battle of the Atlantic, the Second Battle of the Atlantic, and the US Navy’s (USN) war against Japanese commerce in World War II. The ...

NORFOLK, Va. – The grooves of the Will family’s gold-plated dolphins have tarnished. But the submarine warfare insignia, having been pinned to the chests of four generations, shines nonetheless. The ...

Father and son, Lt. Adam Will and retired Capt. Alex Will, pose for a portrait on the front steps of the Will home in Hampton, Va. on July 6. Adam is the fourth generation of Navy submariners to hail ...

“This is submarine history, but it is our history too,” said Alex Will, a retired captain and third-generation submariner. Alex was pinned with the dolphins in 1988 when he was 26. The insignia, which ...