Submarine Recycling Program

By tallturtle82

(2026-04-01)

The Ship-Submarine Recycling Program occurs at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, west of Seattle. The process involves removing all equipment etc., defueling and decommissioning.

The nuclear fuel is removed and sent by rail to the Naval Reactor Facility in the Idaho National Laboratory. The nuclear reactors are sealed and sent to the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in southern Washington.

Once the fuel is removed the sub or ship is decommissioned. The vessel goes from "USS Name" to "ex-Name".

BAE Systems Submarines

By tallturtle82

(2026-04-01)

BAE Systems Submarines is a subsidiary of BAE Systems plc (aka British Aerospace). They are responsible for the design, development and production of submarines, including nuclear submarines.

In this image you see the Devonshire Dock Hall, a 35,000 square meter (380,000 sq ft) indoor shipbuilding complex. To the left is an Astute-class submarine.

Submarine USS Batfish (SS-310)

By jbottero

(2025-02-26)

The first USS Batfish is a Balao-class submarine, known primarily for sinking three Imperial Japanese Navy submarines in February 1945.

Russian Kilo-class submarine venting exhaust

By 42manako

(2025-02-17)

A Russian Kilo-class diesel electric submarine venting a large amount of exhaust gases, likely during the engine startup phase. Visible on Google Earth's 8/17/2002 imagery.

Russian submarine underway

By 42manako

(2025-02-13)

A Russian military submarine, likely a Kilo-class, underway near Murmansk Naval Base. Visible on Google Earth's 7/30/2017 imagery.

Russian Kilo-class submarine

By 42manako

(2025-01-27)

A Russian Navy Kilo-class diesel submarine at Novorossiysk Naval Base.

Moored Kilo-class submarine

By 42manako

(2024-10-08)

A Russian Kilo-class diesel submarine moored in a harbor near St. Petersburg.

Russian Kilo-class submarines

By 42manako

(2024-09-19)

Three Russian Kilo-class diesel-electric submarines at Vladivostok Naval Base.

US Navy's Manta Ray UUV Prototype

By jdubble07

(2024-06-25)

Developed by Northrop Grumman, this is believed to be the Manta Ray UUV Prototype.

The unmanned, underwater craft, has been designed to move through the ocean without human supervision or the need to refuel, and it is also able to hibernate on the seabed in a 'low power mode'.

The last surviving Whiskey class submarine

By hhgygy

(2024-02-22)

Whiskey-class submarines were a class of diesel-electric attack submarines that the Soviet Union built in the early Cold War period.

Blue-yellow submarine

By hhgygy

(2023-01-10)

This small submarine weighs 4 tons and has a length of 5 meters.

Russian AS-31 Losharik Spy Submarine Shield Enclosure

By photog

(2022-03-08)

This submarine is the most elusive and top-secret item in the Russian Navy. The AS-31 is based out of Olenya Guba, the main submarine operating base for the 29th Separate Brigade of submarines of the Northern Fleet. This unit operates a range of special mission submarines (read ‘spy submarines’) for GUGI (Main Directorate Deep-Sea Research).

Russian BS-64 Podmoskovye Special Mission Spy Submarine

By photog

(2022-03-08)

BS-64 Podmoskovye is a ballistic missile submarine that has been converted into a host submarine for nuclear-powered midget-subs.

Russian submarine

By pak555

(2021-12-04)

Submarine K-21

By pak555

(2021-12-04)

A submarine that torpedoed the battleship Tirpitz with two torpedoes on July 5, 1942.

U-1105 Wreck Site

By Fab

(2021-02-10)

Bechevinka

By kkeps

(2021-01-06)

Abandoned Soviet/Russian naval base

HMCS Onondaga (S73)

By Mieguy

(2017-09-08)

The HMCS Onondaga was commisioned from 1967 to 2000. In 2006 the Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père in Rimouski purchased the ship. During the second attempt the submarine slipped off the temporary marine railway and fell on its side getting minor damage to its hull.

The fourth and final attempt was successful and the submarine now sits on the beach.

HMAS Onslow

By Mike1989

(2017-01-17)

The Australian submarine HMAS Onslow on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum

Soviet submarine S-56

By Mike1989

(2017-01-16)

S-56 was a Stalinets-class submarine of the Soviet Navy

Ghadir Class Midget Submarine

By jbottero

(2016-01-08)

The Ghadir is a midget submarine built by Iran specifically for cruising within the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf.

Laboe Naval Memorial and U-995

By tallturtle82

(2015-10-08)

Borei-class submarine

By Rene73

(2015-05-25)

Russian submarine Yury Dolgorukiy (K-535)

Triomphant-class submarine

By Rene73

(2015-05-25)

German U-Boat replica used in the movie U-571

By kjfitz

(2015-05-20)

U-571 is a war film in which a World War II German submarine is boarded in 1942 by disguised United States Navy submariners seeking to capture her Enigma cipher machine.

Released April 21, 2000.

Los Angeles class attack submarine entering Pearl Harbor

By kjfitz

(2015-05-06)

8/10/2014 GE imagery.

The Los Angeles class (also known as the 688-class) is a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) in service with the United States Navy.

Japanese Defense Force submarines

By kjfitz

(2015-04-24)

Sub in drydock

By royh

(2015-04-24)

Sub in drydock. Not sure what class this is. Looks new.

S-61 Delfín Daphné-class submarine

By kkeps

(2015-04-15)

USS Dolphin AGSS-555

By Mike1989

(2015-04-15)

Maritime Museum of San Diego

Soviet Foxtrot Class submarine (B-39)

By kjfitz

(2015-04-07)

B-39 was a Project 641 (Foxtrot-class) diesel-electric attack submarine of the Soviet Navy.

Submarine off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii

By Rene73

(2015-04-07)

Chinese Type 094 ballistic missile submarine

By kjfitz

(2015-04-06)

Arihant-class submarine

By Rene73

(2015-04-05)

SSGN with Dry Deck Shelters (DDS)

By Rene73

(2015-04-05)

Błotniak

By kjfitz

(2015-04-02)

Błotniak (Polish for "Harrier") is a one-man wet cabin underwater craft designed in Poland in 1978. It was based in the torpedo research centre in Gdynia.

U Boat Wilhelm Bauer

By mlc1us

(2015-03-03)

U-2540, The Wilhelm Bauer, is the only floating example of a XXI U-Boat.

Oyashio-Class Submarine Underway

By LancelotLink

(2015-01-23)

Former US Naval Florida Keys Submarine Pits

By jdubble07

(2015-01-05)

Known as "the submarine pits", Navy Air Station used this land to house its submarine war ships during the Cuban Missile Crisis. The property is currently owned by Bahamian lawyer Alfred M. Sears.

Submarine in drydock

By mikeb9991

(2014-11-25)

Type 209 submarine

By Rene73

(2014-11-23)

North Korean Romeo-class submarine

By Rene73

(2014-11-22)

Kilo-class submarines (Vietnam bought from Russia)

By Rene73

(2014-11-15)

Delta III-class submarine

By Rene73

(2014-10-31)

Oscar-class submarine

By Rene73

(2014-10-31)

Submarine USS Blueback (SS-581)

By jbottero

(2014-10-17)

USS Blueback (SS-581) is a decommissioned Barbel-class U.S. Navy submarine laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi on 15 April 1957, and launched on 16 May 1959. She is now moored at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry in Portland, Oregon.

Also see here on VG:

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/on-board-the-submarine-uss-blueback/
http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/submarine-uss-blueback-ss-581/

Inside the HMS Alliance (P417)

By tallturtle82

(2014-08-16)

This is the HMS Alliance, a WWII era submarine. You can travel the whole museum submarine via the street-view option. This view is of the conn, or command center.

Oyashio-class submarine

By Rene73

(2014-06-15)

USS Cobia (SS-245)

By kjfitz

(2014-02-16)

USS Cobia (SS/AGSS-245) is a Gato-class submarine, formerly of the United States Navy, named for the cobia, a food fish found in warm waters.

Cobia (SS-245) was laid down on 17 March 1943 by Electric Boat Co., Groton, Conn. She was launched on 28 November 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Magruder), and commissioned on 29 March 1944, Lieutenant Commander Albert L. Becker in command.

HMCS Ojibwa

By hhgygy

(2014-01-25)

USS Clamagore (SS-343)

By Mike1989

(2014-01-19)

USS Clamagore (SS-343) was a Balao-class submarine of the United States Navy, built in 1945 and still in training when World War II ended. She was named for the clamagore or blue parrotfish, Scarus coeruleus, found in the West Indies and along the Atlantic coast as far north as Maryland.

On-board the submarine USS Blueback

By kjfitz

(2014-01-01)

USS Blueback (SS-581) is a decommissioned Barbel-class submarine formerly in the United States Navy. She was the second Navy submarine to bear the name.

Blueback was laid down by Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Pascagoula, Mississippi on 15 April 1957. She was launched on 16 May 1959 sponsored by Mrs. Kenmore McManes, wife of Rear Admiral McManes, and commissioned on 15 October 1959, Lieutenant Commander Robert H. Gautier in command. She was the last non-nuclear submarine to join the United States Navy and was the final conventionally powered combat capable submarine to be decommissioned, leaving the United States Navy with a fully nuclear submarine fleet except for the research submarine USS Dolphin (AGSS-555).

Blueback was decommissioned on 1 October 1990 and laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet in Bremerton, Washington. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 October 1990. With her removal from service, the last fully war capable diesel-electric submarine of the United States Navy had left the fleet, leaving the research submarine USS Dolphin as the last diesel submarine of the US fleet.

Unknown submarine type (please help identify)

By Rene73

(2013-12-29)

Oscar-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-12-29)

Type 212 submarine

By Rene73

(2013-12-23)

Type 214 submarine

By Rene73

(2013-12-23)

Kobben-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-12-09)

Kilo-class submarine (ORP Orzeł)

By Rene73

(2013-12-09)

Virginia-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-12-08)

Los Angeles-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-12-08)

HMS Ocelot (S17)

By Mike1989

(2013-11-01)

HMS Ocelot (S17) was an Oberon-class diesel-electric submarine laid down by HM Dockyard at Chatham in Kent on 17 November 1960, launched on 5 May 1962 and commissioned on 31 January 1964. She joined the 3rd Flotilla based at HMNB Clyde, in Faslane. HMS Ocelot was the last submarine built for the Royal Navy at Chatham Dockyard, although three more 'O' class submarines—Ojibwa, Onondaga and Okanagan—were built for the Royal Canadian Navy.

Chinese sub

By nico

(2013-10-13)

Ghadir-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-09-10)

Ghadir-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-09-10)

Russian Typhoon-class submarine

By WacoKidd110

(2013-06-26)

Visible on Google Earth's 9/15/2007 imagery.

Ohio-class submarine undergoing degaussing

By kkeps

(2013-06-22)

Degaussing is the process of decreasing or eliminating a remnant magnetic field. It is possibly named after the Gauss unit of magnetism, which in turn is named after Carl Friedrich Gauss. Due to magnetic hysteresis it is generally not possible to reduce a magnetic field completely to zero, so degaussing typically induces a very small "known" field referred to as bias. Degaussing was originally applied to reduce ships' magnetic signatures during WWII. Degaussing is also used to reduce magnetic fields in CRT monitors and to destroy the data on magnetic media.

B-413

By Fab

(2013-06-22)

Whiskey-class C-189

By SpiderX22

(2013-06-21)

Whiskey-class submarines (known in the Soviet Union as Project 613, 644, and 665) are a class of naval submarines that the Soviet Union built in the early Cold War period.

Type 209 submarine

By Rene73

(2013-06-01)

Los Angeles-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-05-27)

Oyashio-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-04-13)

KNM Utstein

By Rene73

(2013-04-06)

Numerous subs tied to pier

By nico

(2013-03-24)

Looks like 3 Romeos and 8 Sango class subs tied to the pier. Possible mother ship also, Yono? class. Not sure.

Doesn't seem like they have seen a lot of activity.

Astute-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-03-16)

Tango-class submarine (B-307)

By Rene73

(2013-03-12)

Los Angeles-class submarine with Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) for Navy SEALs

By Rene73

(2013-03-10)

http://www.specialoperations.com/Navy/DDS/Default.html

Preveze -class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-03-06)

Oyashio-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-03-06)

Los Angeles-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-03-06)

Borei-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-03-03)

Ula-class submarine

By Rene73

(2013-02-22)

Los Angeles class submarine leaving Guam

By McMaster_de

(2013-02-13)

A submarine of the Los Angeles-Class is leaving the Naval Base Guam

Missle Sub OutBound

By DivSock

(2013-01-16)

Sub Sonar Dome Removed

By DivSock

(2013-01-14)

North Korean Diesel Sub

By DivSock

(2013-01-14)

Maybe warming up engine.

North Korean Midget Sub Hauled Out

By DivSock

(2013-01-14)

Former Soviet submarine U-359 being scrapped

By Dania

(2013-01-03)

The former Soviet submarine was formerly in Nakskov as tourist attraction. April 2011 it was transported to Frederikshavn to be scrapped.

Ohio class sub with tube open

By nico

(2012-11-17)

There is another SSBN just a little north in dry dock with some tubes open.

Tug maneuvering an attack submarine

By kjfitz

(2012-08-04)

USS Bowfin (SS-287)

By Mike1989

(2012-06-19)

USS Bowfin (SS/AGSS-287), Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the bowfin, a voracious, predatory fish native to the Great Lakes, the Mississippi valley, and nearby waters. Since 1981, it has been open to public tours at the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, next to the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center.

Seawolf class submarine

By Mike1989

(2012-06-14)

The Seawolf class is a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) in service with the United States Navy. The class was the intended successor to the Los Angeles class, ordered at the end of the Cold War in 1989.

Three Submarines

By skyeye

(2012-05-24)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard

Ship and Submarine

By skyeye

(2012-05-24)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard

Submarine in Overhaul

By skyeye

(2012-05-24)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard
hl=en&ll=43.080442,-70.746237&spn=0.001849,0.004128&t=k&z=19

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

By skyeye

(2012-05-24)

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard's primary mission is the overhaul, repair and modernization of Los Angeles-class submarines. The shipyard is preparing for the next generation, the Virginia-class submarines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portsmouth_Naval_Shipyard

INS Gal

By mlc1us

(2012-05-02)

INS Gal at the Naval Museum

TR-1700 class submarine

By mlc1us

(2012-04-25)

The TR-1700 (Santa Cruz) is a class of diesel-electric patrol submarines built by Thyssen Nordseewerke for the Argentine Navy in the 1980s. These ships are the largest submarines built in Germany since World War II and are among the fastest diesel-electric submarines in the world.

Soviet submarine B-39

By SpiderX22

(2012-04-06)

B-39 was a Project 641 (Foxtrot-class) diesel-electric attack submarine of the Soviet Navy. The "B" (actually "Б") in her designation stands for большая (bolshaya, "large") — Foxtrots are among the largest non-nuclear submarines ever built. B-39 is now a museum ship on display at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, California, United States.

D-2 "Narodovolets" Submarine

By Matheus_

(2012-02-23)

Submarine being scrapped

By WacoKidd110

(2012-02-14)

At International Shipbreaking Limited