1950s - 1960s U.S. NAVY FUTURE WEAPONS

[moin1900]

Hi!

ALL HANDS MAGAZINE
SEPTEMBER 1961
PAGE: 39
"OPERATION CRYSTAL BALL"

In 1961 RADM Roy S. Benson asked everyone in the sub force to submit ideas for "future" submarine weapons etc.

Some ideas
- "depth charging" surface craft
- underwater submarine tender
- sailless submarines
- addition of antennas for detection
- shallow submarines
- meso-submarines
- bathy-submarines

Artist's concept
"MOBY DICK" meso-submarine
- hunter - killer
- gammascope
- super-cavitating screw
- 300000 hp fusion reactor


ALL HANDS MAGAZINE
JULY 1961
PAGE: 2 - 7
"PLANNING A NEW TYPE OF SHIP"
- ASW robot copters and hydrofoil leaving mother ship drawing
- nuclear submarine artist's concept
- Forrestal Class aircraft carrier model

ALL HANDS MAGAZINE
DECEMBER 1960
"SAILLING ON A BUBBLE OF AIR"
PAGE: 8 - 11
- Hydroskimmer aircraft carrier and missile launcher drawing

https://allhands.navy.mil/Media/Archives/1960s/#/Default.aspx?id=18812


SEA POWER 1964

View: https://youtu.be/DRKm0V3J1FY?feature=shared

Minute: 00:06:00 - 00:08:00
Future Navy Artist's concepts
-catamaran aircraft carrier
-ASW
-undersea rocket pads
-Douglas ICARUS/ITHACUS

FUTURE VTOL CARRIER FIGHTER
ART: ROY GRINNEL

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/air-progress-magazine-issues.2887/post-113698

ID THIS WARSHIP

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/id-this-warship-concept.14310/

MYSTERY SUBMARINE

https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/mystery-submarine.37531/

TWIN HULL SUBMARINE
https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/wilford-twin-hull-submarine.25720/

 

[Tzoli]

What the hell is a meso and bathy-submarine? I presume bathy would had connection with the bathysphere the deep diving research submersibles so likely a deep diving submarine? But what about the Meso Sub???

 

[Dilandu]

What the hell is a meso and bathy-submarine? I presume bathy would had connection with the bathysphere the deep diving research submersibles so likely a deep diving submarine? But what about the Meso Sub???

I think "meso sub" means "mesopelagic-capable" submarine. I.e. capable of diving down to 1000 meters, into mesopelagic (twilight) zone.

And "bathy sub" probably means "bathypelagic-capable", i.e. capable of diving deeper than 1000 meters.