List of submarine museums

This is a list of museums that include submarines that can either be toured or viewed on display.

Australia

• HMAS Onslow — Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, Australia - Oberon-class sub. Launched 1968.
• HMAS Otway — Australia - Oberon-class sub. Launched 1966.
• HMAS Ovens — Western Australian Maritime Museum, Fremantle, Australia - Oberon-class sub. Launched 1967.

Belgium

• B-821 (sometimes called B-143) — Seafront Zeebrugge, Zeebrugge, Belgium - Foxtrot-class sub. Launched 1960.

Canada

• RV Ben Franklin — Vancouver Maritime Museum, Vancouver, BC, Canada - Deep ocean explorer
• HMCS Onondaga (S73) - Oberon class — Site Historique Maritime de la Pointe-au-Père, Pointe-au-Père (near Rimouski) Quebec, Canada
• HMCS Ojibwa (S72) - Oberon class - sold to Elgin Military Museum in Port Burwell, Ontario; currently being restored and will open as a museum ship at a future date

Croatia

• CB-20 On display at Technical museum in Zagreb, Croatia

Estonia

• EML Lembit — Estonian Maritime Museum, Tallinn, Estonia - Kalev class submarine. Launched 1936.

Finland

• Vesikko — Suomenlinna, Helsinki. Launched 1933.

France

• Le Redoutable (S 611) — Cité de la Mer, Cherbourg — Missile-launching nuclear submarine.
• Alose — exhibited at Comex's headquarters, Marseille — Naïade-class submarine of 1904 .
• Argonaute (S636) — Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, Paris — 1959 Aréthuse class submarine
• Espadon S637 — Saint-Nazaire — French Narval-class submarine, launched 1958.

Germany

• U-1 — Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany — first German military submarine, commissioned 1906.
• U-995 — Laboe, Germany — only surviving Type VII U-boat
• U-2540 — Bremerhaven, Germany - Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum (German Maritime Museum German submarine Wilhelm Bauer) — only surviving Type XXI U-boat
• S-18 - British Oberon-Class Submarine, launched 1963 - Sassnitz, Germany [1]
• U-461 - Russian JULIETT-Class (Projekt 651) Cold War Submarine - Peenemünde, Germany [2]
• U-434 - Russian Tango-Class (Projekt 641b) Cold War Submarine - Hamburg Harbour, Germany [3]
• U-9 - German 1960s Cold War Submarine and German WWII Midget-Submarine "Seehund" - Speyer Technik-Museum, Germany [4]
• U-10 - German 1960s Cold War Submarine - Wilhelmshafen, Germany
• U-11 - German 1960s Cold War Submarine - Fehmarn, Germany [5]

India

• INS Kursura (S20) — Ramakrishna Mission Beach, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Service: 1969-2001.
• INS Vela (S40) — Tamil Nadu. Service: 1973-2010.

Indonesia

• KRI Pasopati (410) — Indonesian Navy Submarine Monument, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia — Early Cold War Soviet Whiskey class submarine. Launched 1952. [6]

Israel

• INS Gal — Clandestine Immigration and Navy Museum, Haifa, Israel - Gal-class sub. Launched 1975.

Italy

• Enrico Toti (S-506) — Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia "Leonardo da Vinci", Milan, Italy - Toti-class sub. Launched 1967.
• Nazario Sauro (S-518) — Galata - Museo del mare, Genoa, Italy - Sauro-class sub. Launched 1976.

Japan

• JDS Akishio — JMSDF Kure Museum, Kure, Japan - Yushio-class sub. Launched 1985.

Netherlands

• HNLMS Tonijn(S-805) — Dutch Naval Museum, Den Helder, The Netherlands - Potvis-class sub. Launched 1965.

Peru

• BAP Abtao — Peruvian Naval Museum, Callao, Peru — 1954 Lobo-class sub. Launched 1954.

Russia

• D-2 Narodovolets Submarine - St. Petersburg, Russia. Located at 10 Shkipersky Protok, Vasilyevsky Island. Launched 1994.
• S-56 WWII submarine in Vladivostok.
• Soviet Foxtrot B-413 — Museum of the World Ocean, Kaliningrad, Russia - Foxtrot-class sub. Launched 1969.
• S-189 Submarine - St. Petersburg, Russia. Located at Lieutenant Schmidt Embankment. Awaits opening.
• M-261 (Quebec class submarine) in Krasnodar.
• B-307 (Tango class submarine) in Togliatti.
• B-396 (Tango class submarine), Museum of Submarine Navy, Moscow. Launched 1980.^[1]
• B-440 (Foxtrot class submarine) in Vytegra.

Sweden

• HMS Hajen — The Naval Museum, Karlskrona, Sweden - Holland type sub. Launched 1904.

Switzerland

• Mesoscaphe — Saint-Gingolphe, Switzerland — Exploration submarine

Turkey

• TCG Uluçalireis — Istanbul, Rahmi M. Koc Museum – BALAO/TENCH-class former US Navy Submarine USS Thornback (SS-418) Launched 1944

United Kingdom

• U-8047 Submarine Museum, Clarence Dock Leeds
• Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Gosport, Hampshire
  • HMS Alliance — Amphion-class submarine. Launched 1947
  • Biber 105 — German midget submarine
  • Holland 1 — first Royal Navy submarine. Launched 1901
  • HMS X24 — X class submarine of WWII. Launched 1943
  • LR3 (submersible) — Ocean survey and repair submersible 1982
• HMS Ocelot — Chatham Historic Dockyard, Chatham, Kent — Oberon-class submarine. Launched 1962
• Biber 90 — Imperial War Museum, London — German midget submarine
• U-534 — German Type IXC/40, Birkenhead, Merseyside.

United States

• Paterson Museum, Paterson, New Jersey
  • Holland sub #1 — J. P. Holland's first experimental sub. Launched 1878.
  • Fenian Ram — J. P. Holland's second experimental sub. Launched 1881.
• U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum, Groton, Connecticut
  • Siluro San Bartolomeo — Italian Submersible. WWII Early 1940s.
  • HA-8 — Japanese Type "A" Ko-Hyoteki-class sub. WWII Early 1940s.
  • USS Nautilus — Nautilus-class sub - first US nuclear sub. Launched 1954.
  • USS X-1 — Research Midget Submarine. Launched 1955.
• Maritime Museum of San Diego, San Diego, California
  • B 39 — Soviet Foxtrot (641)-class sub. Launched 1967.
  • USS Dolphin — Diesel-electric deep-diving research and development submarine.
• B-427 — Long Beach, California — Soviet Foxtrot (641)-class sub (renamed Scorpion). Launched 1971.
• HA-19 — National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, Texas – Japanese Type 'A' Midget Submarine. WWII Early 1940s.
• Intelligent Whale — National Guard Militia Museum of New Jersey, Sea Girt, New Jersey — experimental hand-cranked submarine. Launched 1863.
• Juliett 484 (K-77/B-77) — Collier Point Park, Providence, Rhode Island — Soviet guided missile sub. Launched 1965. The sub was scrapped in 2009 after no one bought the sub after it sank and was recovered.
• RV Deep Quest — Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport, Washington — Research Submersible. Launched 1967.
• U-505 — Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Illinois — German type IXC U-boat - captured in WWII. Launched 1941.
• USS Albacore — Albacore Park and Museum, Portsmouth, New Hampshire — Research Sub - First US teardrop hull. Launched 1953.
• USS Batfish — War Memorial Park, Muskogee, Oklahoma — WWII Balao-class sub. Launched 1943.
• USS Becuna — Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania — WWII Balao-class sub. Launched 1944.
• USS Blueback — OMSI Museum, Portland, Oregon — last US Navy non-nuclear sub. Launched 1959.
• USS Bowfin — USS Bowfin Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii — WWII Gato-class sub. Launched 1942.
• USS Cavalla — Seawolf Park, Galveston, Texas — WWII Gato-class sub. Launched 1943.
• USS Clamagore — Patriots Point Maritime Museum, Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina — WWII Balao-class sub. Launched 1945.
• USS Cobia — Wisconsin Maritime Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin — WWII Gato-class sub. Launched 1943.
• USS Cod — National Historic Landmark, Cleveland Ohio — WWII Gato-class sub. Launched 1943.
• USS Croaker — Buffalo Navel & Military Park, Buffalo, New York — WWII Gato-class sub. Launched 1942.
• USS Drum — Battleship Memorial Park, Mobile, Alabama — WWII Gato-class sub. Launched 1941.
• USS Growler — Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, New York, New York — Grayback/Regulus II-class sub. Launched 1958.
• USS Ling — New Jersey Naval Museum, Hackensack, New Jersey — WWII Balao-class sub. Launched 1943.
• USS Lionfish — Battleship Cove Museum, Fall River, Massachusetts — WWII Balao-class sub. Launched 1943.
• USS Marlin — Freedom Park, Omaha, Nebraska — T-1-class training submarine. Launched 1953.
• USS Pampanito — S. F. Maritime National Park, San Francisco, California — WWII Balao-class sub. Launched 1943.
• USS Razorback — Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum, North Little Rock, Arkansas — WWII Balao-class sub. Launched 1944.
• USS Requin — Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania — WWII Tench-class sub. Launched 1945.
• USS Silversides — Naval & Maritime Museum, Muskegon, Michigan — WWII Gato-class sub. Launched 1941.
• USS Torsk — Baltimore Maritime Museum, Baltimore, Maryland — Tench-class sub. Launched 1944. Sank Last Combatant Japanese ships in WWII.

See also

• United States Submarine Veterans Inc. (USSVI)
• Royal Navy Submarine Museum

References

External links

• Submarine museum of the world, map
• U-8047 TRUST Submarine Museum
• Historical Naval Ships Association
• The Rahmi M Koç Museum
• U. S. Navy Submarine Force Museum
• Patterson Museum
• WWII U.S. Submarine Memorials and Museums
• Museum submarines in the United States
• Indonesian Navy Submarine Monument
• CB-20 midget submarine page