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The Torsk’s sinking of the Japanese vessel marked the last U.S. submarine kill for over eight decades — that is until March 3, 2026.
WPTV Anchor and Navy Veteran Mike Trim is listening to the local submarine veteran community after the first U.S. torpedo sinking since World War Two
World War II proved that control of the oceans could determine the outcome of a global conflict. While battleships had long dominated naval thinking, the war quickly showed that aircraft carriers and submarines were changing the rules.
To this day, there has only been one recorded instance of submarine-on-submarine warfare during WWII. The German Navy's destroyed U-864 is toxic to this day.
The crew included a man who was born and raised in Asheville. The discovery of the USS Grunion on Wednesday night culminates a five-year search led by the sons of its commander, Mannert Abele, and may finally shine a light on the mysterious last moments of ...
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US submarine sinks Iranian ship in first torpedo kill since WWII, Pentagon confirms
A single Mk-48 torpedo achieved "immediate effect" on an Iranian frigate, which was operating in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon confirmed.
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'Quiet death': What to know about the American torpedo that sank Iranian warship, killing 87
After a U.S. submarine sank Iran’s IRIS Dena with a Mk 48 torpedo, attention turned to the Navy’s primary undersea weapon that first entered operational service in 1972.