United States Navy Submarines 1900–2019

A “brilliant history of the USA’s underwater exploits,” filled with photos ( Books Monthly ). In 1900, the US Navy took its first submarine, the Holland VI , into service. With a single torpedo tube, it had a crew of six, weighed eighty-two tons, and traveled submerged at 6.2mph at a depth of up to seventy-five feet. Contrast this to the 18 Ohio Class nuclear-powered submarines that entered service in 1981. Weighing 21,000 tons with a crew of 155, its underwater speed is estimated at thirty mph