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Australia’s LHD02 prepares for transit down-under

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Russia Launched New Submarine

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VIDEO: Sunken Japanese Submarine Discovered

Posted on Dec 4th, 2013 with tags .

Sunken Japanese Submarine Discovered

A sunken Japanese submarine was discovered by US researchers off the coast of Hawaii in more than 2,300 feet (700 meters) of water, as reported by the RIA Novosti.

The submarine, named Sen-Toku (I-400), was scuttled by the United States after the WWII and disappeared in 1946.

I-400 was the largest submarine ever built until the 1960s, since nuclear-powered submarines were popularized.

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The submarine was one of five Japanese submarines captured and sank by the US Navy in 1946.

She was designed to surface, laun

UK: BMT Defence Services Selects AVEVA Marine Software

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U.S. Icebreaker Deploys to McMurdo, Antarctica

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Wednesday, December 04, 2013, 11:00 AM
File Two tugboats escort Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot Polar Class Icebreaker homeported in Seattle, through Elliott Bay after the cutter got underway from Coast Guard Base Seattle, Dec. 3, 2013. CGC Polar Star
Two tugboats escort Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star, a 399-foot Polar Class Icebreaker homeported in Seattle, through Elliott Bay after the cutter got underway from Coast Guard Base Seattle, Dec. 3, 2013. CGC Polar Star’s crew departed for Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze for the f