At Point Loma, San Diego, I toured the USS Asheville , a Los Angeles -class attack submarine. While not a public tour, I was able to take photos. You get a real sense of how cramped a submarine is, even modern ones. All the moving parts, machinery, electronics, and equipment make for a very tight environment…

Japanese submarines on display are prolific, but they are not full-sized submarines…all are examples of midget submarines or manned “suicide” torpedos. Full-sized examples don’t exist, aside from wrecks on the bottom of the sea, not accessible for tour. However, I’ll note a couple of Japanese sunken subs, fo…

While pretty rare, there are a few examples of Italy’s undersea WWII legacy.  Most are relics of Italian pioneering in the area of undersea special warfare, midget submarines, a groundbreaking and unique form of warfare employed relatively successfully by Italy from the First World War and into the Second.  …

There are very few examples of British WWII submarines left in existence.  One late example can be seen and toured at the submarine museum in Gosport, along with two X-crafts midget submarines from the War as well. The only other example is a recovered conning tower on display in Israel. Great Britain   HMS …