Dive! Dive! It’s National Submarine Day

How will you celebrate National Submarine Day? It’s today, by the way. I’ll offer some suggested activity ideas later in this blogpost.

USS Holland USS Holland (SS-1)

125 years ago today, the U.S. Navy acquired the submarine USS Holland, designated SS-1. Though small, slow, shallow-diving, and lightly armed by today’s norms, that craft steered a course for all U.S. Navy subs to follow in her wake.

The Holiday

Senator Thomas J. Dodd, back in 1969, introduced a bill proposing April 1...