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Carderock engineers contribute to research for USS San Diego sinking.
July 31, 2019 — National Geographic’s Drain the Oceans featured one of Carderock’s engineers, Dr. Ken Nahshon, who works in the Hull Response and Protection Branch. This particular episode looks at the “Secrets of New York City,” and one of those was the sinking of the USS San Diego in 1918 off the coast of Long Island by a mine or a torpedo. Nahshon and other... MORE

Goggins visits Carderock’s detachment in Memphis
July 30, 2019 — Rear Adm. David Goggins, Mike McClatchey and Capt. Cedric McNeal visited the William B. Morgan Large Cavitation Channel (LCC) in Memphis, Tennessee, on July 23, 2019. Goggins is the Program Executive Officer for Submarines; McClatchey (SES) is the director for Advanced Undersea Integration at Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA); and McNeal is the... MORE

Carderock employees meet the fleet in Norfolk
July 30, 2019 — Every year, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division takes a group of interns and new hires from West Bethesda, Maryland, to “Meet the Fleet” at Naval Station Norfolk for a day of ship tours.This year’s July 16 trip was attended by Carderock’s Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) college interns, Science and Engineering... MORE

Lt. j.g. Sebastian Welch (right) gives Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division employees and interns an overview of USS Mahan’s (DDG 72) helo deck before embarking on a tour of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer during Carderock’s “Meet-the-Fleet” trip to Naval Station Norfolk on July 16, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Lydia Weyrich/Released)

Tempest, the fighting submarine
July 1, 2019 — Down by the South Coast of England, a group of students from the University of Southampton came together to create a human-powered submarine that fought its way to the 15th International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR) June 24-28. The Foundation of Underwater Research and Education (FURE) hosts the biennial event at Naval Surface Warfare... MORE

Submarine Races (ISR) in its 3,200-foot David Taylor Model Basin in West Bethesda, Md., June 24-28. The biennial science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) event provides an avenue for high school and college teams to tackle the difficult challenges of submarine design, construction and operation.

Polytechnique Montreal races in remembrance at 15th ISR
July 1, 2019 — While 1989 represents the beginning of the International Human-Powered Submarine Races for most of those involved, for Polytechnique Montreal Technological University, it is a reminder of a much more somber time.On Dec. 6 of that year, a gunman walked onto campus and killed 14 women in an attack that rocked the entire nation. In preparing for the... MORE

Local high school wins high category speed first time at ISR
July 1, 2019 — While the Foundation of Underwater Research and Education’s (FURE) International Human-Powered Submarine Races’ (ISR) participants tend to be college-heavy, three high school teams not only made the cut, but proved to be challenging competitors.The CTC Engineers team from the Frederick County Career and Technology Center (FCCTC) in Maryland... MORE

CTC Engineers divers from the Frederick County Career and Technology Center (FCCTC) in Maryland sit with their submarine, CLS Mako, as they await their final run in the David Taylor Model Basin at the 15th International Submarine Races on June 28 at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division (NSWCCD) in West Bethesda, Md.

Sussex County returns to ISR with new UmptySquatch
July 1, 2019 — For Sailors, an umptysquatch is the equivalent to when civilians say “thing-a-ma-jig,” referring to an object that’s actual name cannot be remembered right away. For a New Jersey high school, it is the name of their human-powered submarine.The UmptySquatch comes from the Sussex County Technical School in Sparta Township, Sussex County, New Jersey... MORE

Fifteenth International Submarine Races at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in West Bethesda, Md, on June 24, 2019.

Quebec’s Omer 11 is the big winner at the sub races in Maryland
July 1, 2019 — Students from L’Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS) have established themselves as regular competitors at the International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR), travelling from Montreal, Canada, to West Bethesda, Maryland, to compete since 1992. The ultimate underwater competition, sponsored by the Foundation of Underwater Research and Education,... MORE

Omer 11 pilot Felix Garneau wipes down L’Ecole de Technologie Superieure’s submarine

A tale of two subs: Virginia Tech succeeds at ISR in Carderock
July 1, 2019 — Veteran members of the Virginia Tech Human-Powered Submarine team remember the last time they were at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division and are back with a vengeance.The Hokies participated in the 14th International Human-Powered Submarine Races two years ago, failing to place in any of the categories. This year, Virginia Tech has... MORE

The Trident, one of the submarines designed and built by Virginia Tech engineering students, gets ready to launch for the first races of the day in Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division’s 3,200-foot indoor tow tank on June 25

Two Florida schools faced a hurricane in preparation for Maryland submarine races
July 1, 2019 — Not even a hurricane could stop some Gulf Coast High School students from returning to the 2019 International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR) at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division. Two teams came from Florida under Gulf Coast State College (GCSC) affiliation: Engineering-Minded People and the GCSC Sub Club. Engineering-Minded... MORE

Students from Gulf Coast State College and Gulf Coast High School stand with one of the submarines at the International Human-Powered Submarine Races (ISR) on June 24, 2019.

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