A civilian truck is backed out on one of the destroyer and submarine (D&S) piers to deliver a vertical launch missile for loading on board a Los Angeles class sub. In the background is the torpedo retriever TR-1 and three Sturgeon class nuclear-powered attack submarines

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A civilian truck is backed out on one of the destroyer and submarine (D&S) piers to deliver a vertical launch missile for loading on board a Los Angeles class sub. In the background is the torpedo retriever TR-1 and three Sturgeon class nuclear-powered attack submarines

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Naval Air Station, Norfolk

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Michael Flynn

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

Submarines!

Beginning in ancient times, humans sought to operate under the water. The legendary origins of the submarine stretch back to 332 BC with a tale about Alexander the Great being lowered into the sea in a glass barrel to study fish. The submarine concept was thereafter consigned to the backwaters of history for some 1,800 years. This collection presents various submarines: from small and simple to nuclear-powered underwater behemoths.