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A ship class can take the name of a class member or it can take a name that is thematically common to all members of the class. When the class takes its name from a member of the class, the name is italicized: Benjamin Franklin-class submarine; Thematically common class names are rendered in normal font:
This is the second boat to carry the name, along with SSN-709. After the 30th boat and with only two available state names remaining, the Navy began using legacy names of previous attack submarines. [4] Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite stated that he; "...supports naming future submarines after past vessels with historic naval legacies." [5]
A submarine (or sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) [2] The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or informally to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots, or to medium-sized or smaller vessels (such as the midget submarine and the wet sub).
Deep-sea exploration is the investigation of physical, chemical, and biological conditions on the ocean waters and sea bed beyond the continental shelf, for scientific or commercial purposes.
A 16th-century Islamic painting depicting Alexander the Great being lowered in a glass submersible. The concept of underwater transport has roots deep in antiquity. There are images of men using hollow sticks to breathe underwater for hunting at the temples at Thebes, and the first known military use occurred during the siege of Syracuse (415–413 BC), where divers cleared obstructions ...
HMS Cutlass – name given to four ships of the Royal Navy – the first a battleship present at the Battle of the Nile; the second an ironclad sunk in World War I; the third a World War II destroyer, and the most recent ship a Cold War-era destroyer. All four ships appear in the Commando Comics story Bright Blade of Courage.
James Cameron’s insights into the Titan submersible tragedy caught many by surprise. But the ‘Titanic’ filmmaker has been immersed in the deep-sea exploration community for decades, Bevan ...
The names "Precontinent", and "Continental Shelf Station" (Conshelf) were used interchangeably by Cousteau. A meeting with American television companies ( ABC , Métromédia , NBC ) created the series The Undersea World of Jacques Cousteau , with the character of the commander in the red bonnet inherited from standard diving dress intended to ...