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CAVALLA            LIONFISH          BLENNY          BECUNA
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FEATURE STORIES

USS Greeneville Hearings Transcript - Details from the inquiry in Hawaii.

World Navies in Review - A broad survey arranged by broad category of ship and within that alphabetically by country. By A. D. Baker, III, Naval Institute Proceedings

THE MESS COOK - A SUBMARINE STORY - The sound of the blast then hit the boat and everyone cheered except the captain who, at that instant, saw through the billowing smoke falling away to the tanker's port side, the bow of a Japanese destroyer. By Dan Gillcrist.

PRACTICING FOR DOOMSDAY - The cold war may be over, but dozens of U.S. and Russian subs still lurk under the ocean, poised to attack. Time's Douglas Waller was granted the most access any journalist has ever had to chronicle a patrol of one of those Tridents, the U.S.S. Nebraska.

A Small History of Swiss Submarines - What could the Swiss army, though famous for its multi-purpose pocket knife (without cork-screw for privates! By Pascal Mauron

PACIFIC THUNDER! SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE FRONT - There is a battle underway on the virtual battlefield, a re-enactment of the unrestricted submarine warfare that was waged against Japan from December 1941 to August 1945. By Frank Kulick.

GAMES OF OLDE - New writer Richard Gillespie takes us back to the stoneage of computer games. Get your time-travel boots on.

HISTORY OF SUBSIM REVIEW - What do you get when you cross a love for computers, submarines, and journalism? A submarine simulation website that strives to be the best and most informative on the web. By Jason Dorris.

MARK 48 TEST - An Australian Collins class submarine, HMAS Farncomb, fired a Mark-48 war-shot torpedo at the 28 year old former Destroyer Escort TORRENS.

THE FIN PROJECT - A Sculpture by John T. Young, Seattle, Washington, 1998. A Monument to World Peace and Recycling: "From Swords into Plowshares"

USNI Los Angeles Class Submarine Datafile - This stand-alone executable program includes a 3-D model of a Los Angeles class sub which the user can rotate to view the top, bottom, side, front, or rear from any position.

JANE'S 688(I) REVIVAL - Dust of that copy of 688(I) and put out to sea. Jane's 688(I) looks as good today as when it was released and thanks to the latest patch--plays better!

HISTORY OF JANE'S 688(I) - From the beginning, 688(I) looked like something special. Now three years later we celebrate the best nuke subsim ever.

688(I) SWEEPSTAKES - Who won what in the latest and greatest SUBSIM Review contest.

US NAVY SUBMARINE DOLPHINS - On 13 June 1923, Captain E.J. King suggested to the Secretary of the Navy that a distinguishing device for qualified submariners be adopted.

KURSK DOWNED BY SECRET TORPEDO? -- Military experts said they believed the crew of the Kursk were testing an upgraded version of a fast and silent torpedo called the Squall.

FASTER THAN A SPEEDING BULLET -- Called Shkval, meaning squall, it is said to be capable of speeds as high as 500 kilometres an hour.

DEEP & DEADLY: 100 YEARS OF THE SUBMARINE Reprinted from Popular Mechanics
KURSK DOWNED BY SECRET TORPEDO? by Nicholas Rufford and Stephen Grey
SUB NOVELIST DIMERCURIO SHARPENS HIS CRAFT interview by Neal Stevens
HISTORY OF JANE'S 688(I) by Neal Stevens
AKULA: THE SOVIET SHARK by Neal Stevens
TACOS AT TWO HUNDRED FEET by Neal Stevens
THE JAPANESE MOTIVATION By Neal Stevens
THE HISTORY OF SUBSIMS By Brian H. Danielson and Neal Stevens
AMERICA'S FUTURE SUB By Neal Stevens
TERRY JONES ON 688(I) By Jane's Combat Sims/Electronic Arts
SUBSIM ORIGINAL By Neal Stevens
DEEP DIVE: SEAWOLF By Jim Wilson
THE AKULA THREAT By Jane's Defence Weekly
THRESHER DOWN Reprinted from Mechanical Engineering
MICHAEL DIMERCURIO By John Channing
CAVALLA DECOMMISSIONING Remarks by ADM Bruce DeMars, USN (Retired).
WITH YOUR PERMISSION, SIR by Bob Fritz
HOW HIGH IS THE WATER? by Earl Fox

THE SINKING OF THE NECHES by Bob White

Other Submarine articles

SITE NEWS . . .

Nov 15, 2005 - Updates? Site news? We maintain the full ensemble at www.subsim.com now.

May 22, 2003 - Well, after starting our Website adventures eight years ago with the Deep Domain and branching out to Subsim.com, SubClub.info, Cavalla.org, etc. etc. etc., I finally registered the domain name deepdomain.net. Don't know why I put it off so long, I own a dozen domain names and Deep Domain is the one that started it all!

Jan. 30, 2003 - This news section has not been updated in a while but the Deep Domain and its sister sites have been very active. Check the Cavalla Website for the restored exterior of Texas' most famous submarine. | SUBSIM Review has several new revies: Battlefield 1942, Silent Hunter II, Sub Command, and more!!

Sept. 2, 2001 - We moved the Subim section to a new server last month and we now have the Shipmate Message Center up and running again!

July 29, 2001 - Wolfpack League surpassed 2200 members, has web pages in seven languages, and now boasts a real time scoring and member database. | Subsim Review has a preview of Sub Command | Tanksim.com and Steel Beasts Website now offer a fully functional chat service for tanksim players.

May 6, 2001 -- Deep Domain title page gets a facelift. Many new articles in the Scuttlebutt section. | Previews on Silent Hunter II, Destroyer Command, and Sub Command in SUBSIM Review. | Cavalla Memorial Day Celebration planned. | Helosim.com and Tanksim.com become part of the Deep Domain's World Sim Network.

Nov.22, 2000 -- Added the Wolfpack League for the upcoming Silent Hunter II subsim. | Silent Hunter II beta Preview | Silent Hunter Screen Gallery | Learn all about the HISTORY OF JANE'S 688(I) | Jane's 688(I) Sweepstakes

7/16/00 -- The USS Cavalla received a $175,000 grant from the Houston Endowment foundation to restore her hull and sail and prepare for her deck restoration! | Read an interview with Michael DiMercurio on his new sub novel | Air Indepenant Propulsion: should US subs explore this technology? Read the article by Frank Kulick.

6/2/00 -- How sharp are your submarine history & trivia skills? Solve the Mystery Subsim and enter the drawing.

4/25/00 -- Cavalla All-Crews Reunion begins in Galveston this weekend. | SUBSIM Review contest 2000 is done. Congratulations to the winners. | Mystery Subsim now a weekly feature. Guess the screenshot and enter a drawing.

2/6/00 -- Added new feature stories including Akula! The Soviet Shark and Tacos at Two Hundred Feet. | Silent Hunter II interview with SSI Senior Producer Rick Martinez | SSR has a new contest with lots of prizes: Contest 2000. | Shipmate Message Center now has three boards--1998, 1999, and the new BOARD 2000. Look for your shipmates and reunions here.

9/10/99 -- New patch for SSI's Fighting Steel in SUBSIM Review | Updated SUBSIM Store to include the last copies of Silent Hunter Commander's Edition | New Cavalla Crew members

7/25/99 -- Minor improvements and updates. New Cavalla crewmembers added. Reunion page updated. New Golden Torp winner. Added Fleet Command and Fighting Steel reviews.

6/1/99 -- Moved and settled in Houston, Texas! | New review of Jane's Fleet Command in SUBSIM Review. | John Channing interviews author Michael DiMercurio - "Piranha Firing Point". | The Cavalla Volunteers received their first major grant: $15,000 from the Strake Foundation.

3/13/99 -- SUBSIM Review offers a FIRST GLIMPSE at Fighting Steel, the upcoming surface sim from SSI.

2/10/99 -- SUBSIM Review is three years old this month. From a few reviews to the best submarine simulation site on the Internet, SUBSIM Review owes its existence to its overwrought editor/writer, to you fellow players, and to the dedicated sim developers. Salute!

2/2/99 -- The Deep Domain and SUBSIM Review have moved their corporate offices to Houston, Texas. Bear with us while we hire additional staff, rewrite our editorial guidelines, spray for roaches, and get settled in. | SUBSIM Review got a write-up in the New London Day. Click HERE to check it out.

Check the SITE NEWS ARCHIVE for previous site updates.

DEEP DOMAIN MISSION STATEMENT:

This site is first and foremost a tribute to the USS CAVALLA and the men who served on her. If you were a member of Cavalla SS/SSK/AGSS 244 at any time, please touch base with me. I could use your stories, experiences, and memories to help fill out Cavalla's history. Who else can tell the tale, but you? Check in with the CAVALLA CREWS

There are nineteen American submarines displayed as museums/memorials in this great nation. SIX are now profiled in the DEEP DOMAIN'S cybersub flotilla. All are similar in many respects; they were built and commissioned in the latter days of the Pacific War or the tense era of containment, they served well into the sixties as deterrents to Soviet ambitions, and they are now memorials to the American Silent Service and the fifty-two boats that did not return to port in the Pacific War. In addition, the Deep Domain features profiles of four other historically significant submarines.

golden torp award

Winner of this period's Golden Torpedo Award:
NavyField.com

SUB LINKS

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Ron Martini's Submarine World Network
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Ron Martini's Submarine Book Store
The newest sub books at your fingertips. Dive into one today!

Battle of the Atlantic Bookstore
Read all about Ships and Subs here

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Ralf's U-boat homepage
Nice little website with info and pics about submarine models. In German.

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Hr. Ms. Potvis
Hr.Ms. Potvis was commissioned to the service of the Royal Dutch Navy.
Here is the deluxe website that includes pictures and history. See it!

Submariners Association (Barrow-in-Furness)
The top-of-the-line in British Submarine websites. Has history of Barrow built boats, the
centenary of the Holland 1, tributes, humor, and tonnes more!

Previous Golden Torpedo Winner
USS ATULE SS-403 WEBSITE
A well-organized and informative sub website. Features tons of pics of Atule, Trigger SS-237
and SS-564, Key West, and more. Crew rosters, poems--top notch! Run by Gary Walker.

Previous Golden Torpedo Winner
SUBASE I-NET -
A standout website with great info about subs from many nations.
Previous Golden Torpedo Winner
TORSK BANDITS -
They got the restoration ball rolling and still have the high water mark.
Previous Golden Torpedo Winner
Electric Boat Company
Builders of all American submarines.

ST MARYS SUBMARINE MUSEUM
A premier sub museum in King's Bay Georgia. Many exhibits and artifacts, even a working periscope!
Previous Golden Torpedo Winner
USS Devilfish.com
The official website of author Michael DiMercurio, sub author extraordinaire.

TORPEDO JUNCTION Books - An excellent source for submarine literature,
Rick Savel can find that elusive book for you. He did for me. Thanks, Rick!

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Bibliography

Alden, John D. ~ "US Submarine Attacks During WWII"
Beach, Edward L. ~ "Submarine!"

Bentley, John ~ "Thresher Disaster"

Blair, Jr, Clay ~ "Hitler's U-boat War (part I)"

Blair, Jr, Clay ~ "Silent Victory"

Currie, Kaplan ~ "Wolfpack"

Dallies-Labourdette, Jean-Philippe ~ "U-BOOTE"

Doenitz, Karl ~ "Memoirs"

Dunham, Roger C. ~ "Spy Sub : A Top Secret Mission to the Bottom of the Pacific"

Enright, Captain Joseph F. USN ~ "Shinano!"
Ellerstr�m, Hans ~ "All V�rldens Museiub�tar"
Fluckey, Eugene B. ~ "Thunder Below!"
Friedman, Norman ~ "Submarine; Design and Development"

Friedman, Norman ~ "U.S. Submarines Through 1945"

Gailey, Harry A. ~ "The War in the Pacific"
Gray, Edwyn ~ "Submarine Warriors"

Hickam, Homer H., Jr. ~ "Torpedo Junction"
Hoyt, Edwin P. ~ "Japan's War"
Hoyt, Edwin P. ~ "Submarines At War"

Kahn, David ~ "Siezing the Enigma"

Kaufman, Yogi; Stillwell, Paul ~ "Sharks of Steel"

Kimmett, L. and Regis, M. ~ "U.S. Submarines of World War II"
Lawliss, Chuck ~ "The Submarine Book"

Lightbody, Andy; Poyer, Joe ~ "Submarines: Hunter/Killers & Boomers"

Lowder, Hughston E. ~ "The Silent Service"

Mandelblatt, James L. ~ "Rebirth of a Submarine"

Mendenhall, Corwin ~ "Submarine Diary : The Silent Stalking of Japan"
O'Kane, Richard H. ~ "Clear the Bridge! : The War Patrols of the U.S.S Tang"
O'Kane, Richard H. ~ "Wahoo : The Patrols of America's Most Famous WW II Submarine"
Preston, Anthony ~ "Submarines"

Roberts, Bruce; Jones, Ray ~ "Steel Ships And Iron Men"

Roscoe, Theodore ~ "Submarine Operations of World War II"

Schratz, Paul R. ~ "Submarine Commander : A Story of World War II and Korea "
Showell, Jak P. Mallmann ~ "U-boats Under the Swastika"
Stern, Robert C. ~ "Type VII U-boats"

SUBVETs ~ "History of USS Cavalla (AGSS-244)"

Terzibaschitsch, Stefan ~ "Submarines of the US Navy"

Vat, Dan Van Der ~ "Stealth at Sea"

Werner, Capt. Herbert A. ~ "Iron Coffins"
Wheeler, Kieth ~ "War Under The Pacific"

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