The year of the submarine

From: Sea Power | Date: July 1, 2000| Author: Hessman, James D; Peterson, Gordon I | Copyright information

Adapting to a New World Order With a "Can-Do" Spirit

Interview with Adm. Frank L. Bowman, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion

Sea Power: Admiral, what stands out in your mind as the most significant aspect of the submarine force's 100-year history? BOWMAN: A century is a long time. Certainly on the technology side there have been some amazing achievements. The advent of nuclear power and all of Adm. Rickover's [Adm. Hyman G. Rickover, the "father" of the nuclear Navy] work...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Submarine Admiral
Naval War College Review ; Galantin, I. J. Submarine Admiral. Chicago, Ill.: Univ. of Illinois Press, 1995. 376pp. $26.95 Submarine Admiral, by Admiral I. J. Galantin, U ... Retired), combines elements of memoir, submarine history, and international diplomacy to ...
SUBMARINE BACKERS OPTIMISTIC.(News)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) ; ... report Although plans to bring the submarine USS Cincinnati to Northern Kentucky ... efforts to secure another nuclear submarine to be a permanent local educational ... the proposed $22 million National Submarine Science Discovery Center are brimming ... very optimistic about getting a submarine, said ...
Submarine veterans group seeks new members
Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME ; ... of Enfield recalled working in a submarine in the early 1960s off the coastal ... Scotland and feeling a Russian submarine "bump up" against the vessel. Brian ... control technician in military submarines beneath the Atlantic, traveling ...
French firm rules out joint bid for RMN submarine deal, BUSINESS TIMES
Business Times (Malaysia) ; ... although DCN works with the Pakistan Navy for the supply of Agosta-class submarines, it is not jointly bidding for the RMN contract with the Pakistani ... are both offering to supply the Scorpene, the new generation SSK submarines to the RMN. This offer is totally independent from the one offered ... that the ...
Submarine centre on the cards
New Straits Times ; ... cent). According to Azlan Shah, PSC, in addition to its proposal for the submarine centre, has also proposed a submarine force infrastructure to cater for the comprehensive needs of submarine operations for the proposed RMN submarine base in Sabah. PSC-Naval Dockyard and RDM Submarines will ...