Before the Kilo-class and Oscar-class Submarines, the Shchuka-class was the Soviet Workhorse: During the Cold War, the Soviet Navy maintained the largest fleet of submarines in the world with as many ...

Two real-life events shaped Tom Clancy’s award-winning book: an attempted mutiny on a Soviet frigate, and the mysterious disappearance of one of its most advanced submarines. With the remarkable level ...

The K-222 submarine (Papa-class), built by the Soviet Union as part of Project 661 “Anchar”, still holds the record for the world's fastest submarine, reaching a speed of 44.7 knots while submerged.

More than 70 years after he took part in the longest dogfight in Navy history, scoring four aerial victories, Royce Williams might finally get the Medal of Honor. Over the weekend, Congress released ...

One of the most dangerous incidents at sea during the Cold War took place on this day 36 years ago in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The Soviet Navy submarine K-219 caught fire and ultimately sank, ...

Much of its gear and training had Soviet fingerprints all over it. The generals watching from Moscow could reasonably believe ...

A Navy system detected what is believed to have been the implosion of the Titan submersible lost touring the Titanic. That system, a naval expert said, is likely the undersea hydrophones of the ...

In one of the most masterful pieces of flying in Navy history, Royce Williams of Escondido took on seven Soviet MiGs in Korea in 1952 and shot down four of them in a solo dogfight that was kept secret ...