submarine
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Last year, German defence tech firm Helsing opened a factory on the city's outskirts, creating 50 jobs producing unmanned submarine gliders.
From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026
Just the year before, in February 1942, a Japanese submarine had shelled an oil field near Santa Barbara, and the very next night, L.A. was ordered into a blackout.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Sri Lanka is repatriating on Friday the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who perished when their frigate was sunk nine days ago by a US submarine, the Foreign Ministry said.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
In February 1942, a Japanese submarine surfaced off the coast of Santa Barbara and shelled an oil refinery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
One of these wrecks was the Confederate Civil War vessel the H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel in combat.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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