List of submarine museums
This is a list of museums that include submarines that can either be toured or viewed on display.
Australia[]
The composite of midget submarines M-14 & M-21 at the Australian War Memorial in 2007
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Remarks |
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HMAS Otway | Holbrook Submarine Museum | Holbrook | ![]() |
Oberon-class | 1966 | |
HMAS Ovens | Western Australian Maritime Museum | Fremantle | ![]() |
Oberon-class | 1967 | |
HMAS Onslow | Australian National Maritime Museum | Sydney | ![]() |
Oberon-class | 1968 | |
M-21 | Royal Australian Navy Heritage Centre | Sydney | ![]() |
Type A Kō-hyōteki-class | 1940 | Conning Tower |
M-14 and M-21 | Australian War Memorial | Campbell | ![]() |
Type A Kō-hyōteki-class | 1940 | Composite Submarine |
Belgium[]
- B-821 (sometimes called B-143) – Seafront Zeebrugge, Zeebrugge, Belgium – Foxtrot-class sub. Launched 1960. She was opened to the public in 1996, however in 2020 the venture finally closed, she was towed to Ghent and subsequently cut up for scrap.
Brazil[]
- Riachuelo (S22) – Navy Cultural Centre in Rio de Janeiro – Oberon-class, Launched in 1975, decommissioned 1997.
Canada[]
Name | Location | City / Town | Province | Nationality | Class | Launch Year |
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HMCS Ojibwa | Elgin Military Museum | Port Burwell | ![]() |
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Oberon-class | 1964 |
HMCS Onondaga | Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père | Rimouski | ![]() |
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Oberon-class | 1965 |
RV Ben Franklin | Vancouver Maritime Museum | Vancouver | ![]() |
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Research Submersible | 1968 |
Chile[]
- SS-22 O'Brien – Oberon class – sold to Municipality in Valdivia, Chile; in October 2008, and currently open for guided visits.
Croatia[]
- CB-20 – On display at Technical museum in Zagreb, Croatia
Denmark[]
- HDMS Sælen (The Seal) – Copenhagen, Denmark[1]
- (The Leaper) – Aalborg, Denmark[2]
Estonia[]
- EML Lembit – Estonian Maritime Museum, Tallinn, Estonia – Kalev class submarine. Launched 1936.
Finland[]
- Vesikko – Suomenlinna, Helsinki. Launched 1933.
France[]
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Propulsion |
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Le Redoutable | Cité de la Mer | Cherbourg | ![]() |
Redoutable-class | 1967 | Nuclear |
Alose | COMEX headquarters | Marseille | ![]() |
Naïade-class | 1904 | Petrol |
Argonaute | Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie | Paris | ![]() |
Aréthuse-class | 1958 | Diesel |
Espadon | Saint-Nazaire submarine base | Saint Nazaire | ![]() |
Narval-class | 1960 | Diesel |
Flore | Keroman Submarine Museum | Lorient | ![]() |
Daphné-class | 1964 | Diesel |
Germany[]
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Other Names |
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Brandtaucher | Military History Museum | Dresden | ![]() |
Military Submarine | 1850 | |
U-1 | Deutsches Museum | Munich | ![]() |
U-boat | 1906 | |
U-995 | Laboe Naval Memorial | Laboe | ![]() |
Type VIIC/41 | 1943 | Kaura (Norway) |
U-2540 | Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum | Bremerhaven | ![]() |
Type XXI | 1945 | Wilhelm Bauer (West Germany) |
U-9 (S188) | Technik Museum Speyer | Speyer | ![]() |
Type 205 | 1966 | |
U-10 (S189) | Deutsches Marinemuseum | Wilhelmshaven | ![]() |
Type 205 | 1967 | |
U-11 (S190) | U-Boot Museum | Fehmarn | ![]() |
Type 205 | 1968 | |
HMS Otus | Erlebnsiwelt U-Boot | Sassnitz | ![]() |
Oberon-class | 1961 | |
U-461 | Museum Peenemünde | Peenemuende | ![]() |
Juliett-class | 1962 | K-24 |
U-434 | U-Bootmuseum Hamburg | Hamburg | ![]() |
Tango-class | 1976 | B-515 |
India[]
- INS Kursura (S20) – , Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Service: 1969–2001.
Indonesia[]
- KRI Pasopati (410) – Indonesian Navy Submarine Monument, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia – Early Cold War Soviet Whiskey-class submarine. Launched 1952.[3]
Israel[]
- – Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, Haifa, Israel – Gal-class submarine. Launched 1975.
- INS Dakar – Sank in 1968. Conning tower salvaged and displayed outside the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum in Haifa
Italy[]
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Andrea Provana in Italy
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Remarks |
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Enrico Toti | Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia | Milan | ![]() |
Toti-class | 1967 | |
Nazario Sauro | Galata Museo del mare | Genoa | ![]() |
Sauro-class | 1976 | |
Andrea Provana | Parco del Valentino | Turin | ![]() |
Barbarigo-class | 1918 | Conning Tower |
Japan[]
- JDS Akishio – JMSDF Kure Museum, Kure, Japan – Yushio-class sub. Launched 1985.
- HA-18 – Japanese Type 'A' Midget Submarine, used at Pearl Harbor, TH, 7 December 1941. Now at The Naval History Museum, Etajima, Japan.
Malaysia[]
- FS Ouessant (S623) Agosta-class submarine – Submarine Museum in Klebang, Malaysia
Netherlands[]
- HNLMS Tonijn (S-805) – Dutch Naval Museum, Den Helder, The Netherlands – Potvis-class sub. Launched 1965.
Norway[]
- HNoMS Utstein (S-203) – Norwegian Naval Museum, Horten, Norway – Kobben-class sub. (207 class in Germany) Launched 1965.
Pakistan[]
- PNS Hangor (S131) – Pakistan Maritime Museum, Karachi, Pakistan – Daphné class submarine (French built) that served in the Pakistan Navy from 1970 to 2006. She was the first (and one of only two) submarine after World War II which sank enemy warship – Indian Navy's anti-submarine frigate INS Khukri, in the 1971 Indo-Pakistani War.
Peru[]
- BAP Abtao – , Callao, Peru – BAP Abtao (SS-42) Abtao-class submarine of the Peruvian Navy. Launched in 1954.
Russian Federation[]
Submarine | Location | City / Town | Federal District | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Propulsion | Remarks | |
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Central Naval Museum | Saint Petersburg | Northwestern | ![]() |
Research Submersible | 1881 | Electric | |||
D-2 Narodovolets | ![]() |
Dekabrist-class | 1929 | Diesel | Guided Tours | ||||
S-189 | S-189 Submarine Museum | Saint Petersburg | Northwestern | ![]() |
Whiskey-class | 1954 | Diesel | ||
B-107 | Museum of Russian Submarine Forces | Saint Petersburg | Northwestern | ![]() |
Foxtrot-class | 1964 | Diesel | Sail | |
S-156 | Baltic Submariners Memorial | Kronstadt | Northwestern | ![]() |
Whiskey-class | 1953 | Diesel | Sail | |
K-21 | Northern Fleet Naval Museum | Severomorsk | Northwestern | ![]() |
K-class | 1939 | Diesel | ||
B-413 | Museum of the World Oceans | Kalinigrad | Northwestern | ![]() |
Foxtrot-class | 1968 | Diesel | ||
B-440 | B-440 Submarine Museum | Vytegra | Northwestern | ![]() |
Foxtrot-class | 1970 | Diesel | ||
S-51 | Gremikha Naval base | Ostrovnoy | Northwestern | ![]() |
S-class | 1940 | Diesel | Sail | |
B-319 | Victory Square | Polyarny | Northwestern | ![]() |
Tango-class | 1981 | Diesel | Sail | |
K-411 Orenburg | Defenders of the Fatherland Memorial | Koltushi | Northwestern | ![]() |
Yankee-class | 1970 | Nuclear | Sail | |
K-141 Kursk | Sailors who died in Peacetime Memorial | Murmansk | Northwestern | ![]() |
Oscar-class | 1994 | Nuclear | Sail | |
L-3 Frunzenets | Victory Park | Moscow | Central | ![]() |
Leninets-class | 1931 | Diesel | Sail | |
Shch-307 | ![]() |
Shchuka-class | 1934 | Diesel | Sail | ||||
B-396 | Museum of the Navy | Moscow | Central | ![]() |
Tango-class | 1980 | Diesel | ||
K-14 | Pioneers of the Nuclear Fleet Memorial | Obninsk | Central | ![]() |
November-class | 1958 | Nuclear | Sail | |
B-307 | History of Equipment Park Complex | Tolyatti | Volga | ![]() |
Tango-class | 1980 | Diesel | ||
K-306 | Victory Park | Ufa | Volga | ![]() |
Victor-class | 1968 | Nuclear | Sail | |
K-403 Kazan | Victory Park | Kazan | Volga | ![]() |
Yankee-class | 1970 | Nuclear | Sail | |
M-261 | Weapons of Victory Museum | Krasnodar | Southern | ![]() |
Quebec-class | 1955 | Diesel | ||
S-56 | The Museum of Pacific Fleet | Vladivostok | Far Eastern | ![]() |
S-class | 1939 | Diesel | ||
K-430 | Submariners of all Generations Memorial | Vladivostok | Far Eastern | ![]() |
Yankee-class | 1974 | Nuclear | Sail | |
K-434 | The Ruble Monument | Bolshoy Kamen | Far Eastern | ![]() |
Yankee-class | 1970 | Nuclear | Sail | |
K-506 Zelenograd | Exploits of the Nuclear Fleet Memorial | Fokino | Far Eastern | ![]() |
Delta III-class | 1978 | Nuclear | Sail |
Slovenia[]
- P-913 ZETA – the Pivka Military History Park, Pivka, Slovenija – Una type midget submarine. Launched 1987.
South Africa[]
- SAS Assegaai in Simon's Town, South Africa.
South Korea[]
- Sang-O class submarine – 1996 Gangneung submarine infiltration incident – located at Gangneung Unification Park.
Spain[]
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Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year |
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Ictíneo I | Maritime Museum of Barcelona | Barcelona | ![]() |
Ictíneo I-class | 1859 |
Ictíneo II | Port of Barcelona | ![]() |
Ictíneo II-class | 1865 | |
SA-51 | CosmoCaixa | ![]() |
Tiburón-class | 1966 | |
SA-52 | Cartagena | ![]() |
Tiburón-class | 1966 | |
Peral | Cartagena Naval Museum | ![]() |
Peral-class | 1889 | |
SA-42 | ![]() |
Foca-class | 1963 | ||
SA-41 | Mahón | ![]() |
Foca-class | 1963 | |
S-61 Delfín | Museo del Mar y de la Sal | Torrevieja | ![]() ![]() |
Daphné-class | 1972 |
Sweden[]
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year |
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HSwMS Neptun | Marinmuseum | Karlskrona | ![]() |
Nacken-class | 1979 |
HSwMS Hajen | ![]() |
Holland-class | 1904 | ||
HSwMS Nordkaparen | Göteborgs Maritima Centrum | Gothenburg | ![]() |
Draken-class | 1961 |
HSwMS U3 | Teknikens och sjöfartens hus | Malmö | ![]() |
Kustubat | 1942 |
Switzerland[]
Name | Location | City / Town | Canton | Nationality | Launch Year |
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Auguste Piccard (PX-8) | Swiss Transport Museum | Lucerne | ![]() |
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F.-A. Forel (PX-28) | La Maison de la Rivière | Tolochenaz | ![]() |
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1978 |
Turkey[]
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Former Name |
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TCG Uluçalireis (S 338) | Rahmi M. Koç Museum | Istanbul | ![]() |
Tench-class | 1944 | USS Thornback (![]() |
TCG Hızırreis (S 342) | Gayret Gemi Museum | İzmit | ![]() |
Tang-class | 1952 | USS Gudgeon (![]() |
TCG Pirireis (S 343) | İnciraltı Sea Museum | İzmir | ![]() |
Tang-class | 1951 | USS Tang (![]() |
SM UB-46 | Dardanelles Naval Museum | Çanakkale | ![]() |
Type UB II | 1916 |
United Kingdom[]
Name | Location | City / Town | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Propulsion | Remarks |
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HMS Alliance | Royal Navy Submarine Museum | Gosport | ![]() |
Amphion-class | 1945 | Diesel | Guided Tours |
HMS Holland 1 | ![]() |
Holland-class | 1901 | Petrol | |||
Biber 105 | ![]() |
Biber | 1945 | Diesel | |||
HMS X24 | ![]() |
X-class | 1943 | Diesel | |||
HMS E17 | ![]() |
E-class | 1915 | Diesel | Conning Tower | ||
LR3 | ![]() |
DSRV | 1990s | Electric | |||
HMS Ocelot | Chatham Historic Dockyard | Chatham | ![]() |
Oberon-class | 1962 | Diesel | |
HMS XE8 Expunge | ![]() |
XE-class | 1944 | Diesel | |||
HMS X51 Stickleback | Scottish Submarine Center | Helensburgh | ![]() |
Stickleback-class | 1954 | Diesel | |
HMS Courageous | Devonport Naval Heritage Centre | Plymouth | ![]() |
Churchill-class | 1970 | Nuclear | |
U-534 | U-boat Story | Birkenhead | ![]() |
Type IXC/40 | 1941 | Diesel | |
Biber 90 | Imperial War Museum | London | ![]() |
Biber | 1944 | Diesel | |
U-475 Black Widow | River Medway | Strood | ![]() |
Foxtrot-class | 1966 | Diesel | Museum Closed |
United States[]
Name | Location | City / Town | State / Territory | Nationality | Class | Launch Year | Propulsion | Remarks |
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USS Nautilus | Submarine Force Library and Museum | Groton | ![]() |
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Nautilus-class | 1954 | Nuclear | |
X-1 | ![]() |
Midget submarine | 1955 | Diesel | ||||
HA. 8 | ![]() |
Type A Kō-hyōteki-class | 1938 | Electric | ||||
Siluro San Bartolomeo | ![]() |
Human torpedo | 1943 | Diesel | ||||
USS George Washington | ![]() |
George Washington-class | 1959 | Nuclear | Sail | |||
USS Flasher | National Submarine Memorial | Groton | ![]() |
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Gato-class | 1943 | Diesel | Conning Tower |
Trieste II | Naval Undersea Museum | Keyport | ![]() |
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Bathyscaphesan Diego ca | 1964 | Electric | |
DSRV-1 Mystic | ![]() |
DSRV | 1970 | Electric | ||||
USS Sturgeon | ![]() |
Sturgeon-class | 1966 | Nuclear | Sail | |||
USS Parche (SSN-683) | Harbourside Park | Bremerton | ![]() |
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Sturgeon-class | 1973 | Nuclear | Sail |
USS Triton | USS Triton Submarine Memorial Park | Richland | ![]() |
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Triton-class | 1958 | Nuclear | Sail |
USS Woodrow Wilson | Naval Base Kitsap | Bangor | ![]() |
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Lafayette-class | 1963 | Nuclear | Sail |
USS Ling | New Jersey Naval Museum | Hackensack | ![]() |
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Balao-class | 1943 | Diesel | |
USS Halfbeak | ![]() |
Balao-class | 1946 | Diesel | Sail | |||
Holland I | Paterson Museum | Paterson | ![]() |
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Research Submersible | 1878 | Petrol | |
Fenian Ram | ![]() |
Research Submersible | 1881 | Petrol | ||||
Intelligent Whale | National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey | Sea Girt | ![]() |
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Research Submersible | 1863 | Hand-crank | |
USS Dolphin | Maritime Museum of San Diego | San Diego | ![]() |
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Research Submersible | 1968 | Diesel | |
B-39 | ![]() |
Foxtrot-class | 1967 | Diesel | ||||
USS Pampanito | San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park | San Francisco | ![]() |
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Balao-class | 1943 | Diesel | |
B-427 (Scorpion) | The Russian Scorpion Submarine | Long Beach | ![]() |
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Foxtrot-class | 1971 | Diesel | Museum Permanently Closed |
USS Mariano G. Vallejo | Mare Island Historic Park Foundation | Vallejo | ![]() |
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Benjamin Franklin-class | 1965 | Nuclear | Sail |
USS Baya | Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum | Vallejo | ![]() |
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Balao-class | 1944 | Diesel | Periscope |
USS Cavalla | Seawolf Park | Galveston | ![]() |
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Gato-class | 1943 | Diesel | |
USS Tautog | ![]() |
Sturgeon-class | 1967 | Nuclear | Sail | |||
HA. 19 | National Museum of the Pacific War | Fredericksburg | ![]() |
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Type A Kō-hyōteki-class | 1938 | Electric | |
USS Pintado | ![]() |
Balao-class | 1943 | Diesel | Conning Tower | |||
USS Croaker | Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park | Buffalo | ![]() |
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Gato-class | 1943 | Diesel | |
USS Boston | ![]() |
Los Angeles-class | 1980 | Nuclear | Sail | |||
USS Growler | Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum | New York City | ![]() |
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Grayback-class | 1958 | Diesel | |
USS Clamagore | Patriots Point Maritime Museum | Mount Pleasant | ![]() |
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Balao-class | 1945 | Diesel | Open for tours |
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Benjamin Franklin-class | 1964 | Nuclear | Sail | |||
H. L. Hunley | Warren Lasch Conservation Center | North Charleston | ![]() |
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Military Submarine | 1863 | Hand-crank | |
USS Becuna | Independence Seaport Museum | Philadelphia | ![]() |
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Balao-class | 1944 | Diesel | |
USS Requin | The Carnegie Science Center | Pittsburgh | ![]() |
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Tench-class | 1944 | Diesel | |
USS Bowfin | USS Bowfin Submarine Museum | Pearl Harbor | ![]() |
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Balao-class | 1942 | Diesel | |
USS Parche (SS-384) | ![]() |
Balao-class | 1943 | Diesel | Conning Tower | |||
USS Silversides | USS Silversides Submarine Museum | Muskegon | ![]() |
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Gato-class | 1941 | Diesel | |
USS Tambor | Dossin Great Lakes Museum | Detroit | ![]() |
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Tambor-class | 1939 | Diesel | Periscope only |
USS Marlin | Freedom Park | Omaha | ![]() |
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T-1-class | 1953 | Diesel | |
USS Omaha | Levi Carter Park | Omaha | ![]() |
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Los Angeles-class | 1976 | Nuclear | Sail (Under Construction) |
Trieste | National Museum of the United States Navy | Washington, D.C. | ![]() |
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Bathyscaphe | 1953 | Electric | |
USS Balao | Washington Navy Yard | Washington, D.C. | ![]() |
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Balao-class | 1942 | Diesel | Sail |
USS Grayling | Portsmouth Naval Shipyard | Kittery | ![]() |
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Sturgeon-class | 1967 | Nuclear | Sail |
USS Sailfish | ![]() |
Sargo-class | 1938 | Diesel | Conning Tower | |||
USS Drum | Battleship Memorial Park | Mobile | ![]() |
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Gato-class | 1941 | Diesel | |
USS Razorback | Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum | North Little Rock | ![]() |
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Balao-class | 1943 | Diesel | Renamed TCG Muratreis (Turkey) |
U-505 | Museum of Science and Industry | Chicago | ![]() |
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Type IXC | 1941 | Diesel | |
USS Torsk | Historic Ships in Baltimore | Baltimore | ![]() |
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Tench-class | 1944 | Diesel | |
USS Lionfish | Battleship Cove | Fall River | ![]() |
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Balao-class | 1943 | Diesel | |
USS Albacore | Albacore Park and Museum | Portsmouth | ![]() |
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Research Submersible | 1953 | Diesel | |
USS Cod | USS Cod Submarine Memorial | Cleveland | ![]() |
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Gato-class | 1943 | Diesel | |
USS Batfish | War Memorial Park | Muskogee | ![]() |
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Balao-class | 1943 | Diesel | |
USS Blueback | Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | Portland | ![]() |
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Barbel-class | 1959 | Diesel | |
USS Cobia | Wisconsin Maritime Museum | Manitowoc | ![]() |
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Gato-class | 1943 | Diesel | |
USS Nathaneal Greene | 41 for Freedom Memorial | Port Canaveral | ![]() |
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James Madison-class | 1964 | Nuclear | Sail |
USS George Bancroft | Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay | St. Marys | ![]() |
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Benjamin Franklin-class | 1965 | Nuclear | Sail |
USS James K. Polk | National Museum of Nuclear Science & History | Albuquerque | ![]() |
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Benjamin Franklin-class | 1965 | Nuclear | Sail |
USS Hawkbill | Idaho Science Center | Arco | ![]() |
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Sturgeon-class | 1969 | Nuclear | Sail |
Bayou St. John submarine | Louisiana State Museum | Baton Rouge | ![]() |
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Military Submarine | Unknown | Hand-crank | |
USS Indianapolis | Indiana Military Museum | Vincennes | ![]() |
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Los Angeles-class | 1980 | Nuclear | Sail |
HA. 62-76 | T. Stell Newman Visitor Center | Santa Rita | ![]() |
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Type C Kō-hyōteki-class | 1944 | Diesel |
See also[]
- United States Submarine Veterans Inc. (USSVI)
References[]
- ^ "The Vessels at Holmen".
- ^ "Ubåden Springeren - Springeren - Maritimt Oplevelsescenter". springeren-maritimt.dk.
- ^ Monument, The Submarine. "Welcome to Submarine Monument Surabaya, Indonesia : A real Russian submarine in the Indonesia's Navy Armada". www.eastjava.com.
External links[]
- Submarine museum of the world, map
- Historical Naval Ships Association
- The Rahmi M Koç Museum
- U. S. Navy Submarine Force Museum
- Patterson Museum
- WWII U.S. Submarine Memorials and Museums
- Museum submarines in the United States
- Indonesian Navy Submarine Monument
- CB-20 midget submarine page
- 1996 North Korean Gangneung submarine infiltration incident museum pictures and information
- Picture and location of HA-51
- Melaka Bandaraya Warisan Dunia Museum Submarine Melaka
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