Submarines (Ships)

Tweed Roosevelt recounts Theodore Roosevelt’s history with the United States Navy, highlighting his 1905 trip onboard the submarine USS Plunger. Roosevelt also gives a brief history of the naval ships named after his great grandfather, including a troop transport and a ballistic missile submarine. Most of the essay is devoted to a description of Roosevelt’s two day visit to the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. He describes the flight out to the carrier, watching air operations during the day and night, and the living conditions for the crew. Roosevelt compares life onboard the carrier to a small college, a Roman garrison, and to a fictional “bizarre world.”

Eleven photographs populate the article, including ones of the Plunger, the troop transport, and the carrier, along with five showing aircraft landing and launching from the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

William Davison Johnston records the achievements of Captain Edward L. Beach, United States Navy, both for his heroic service aboard submarines during World War II, as well as his command of the USS Triton which completed the first submerged circumnavigation of the globe in 1960. Johnston also notes Beach’s considerable body of work as an author of both fiction and nonfiction titles on naval topics. Johnston compares Beach to Theodore Roosevelt and finds him a worthy recipient of the Theodore Roosevelt Distinguished Service Medal.

Photographs of Theodore Roosevelt, a great grandson of President Roosevelt, and of Beach at the award ceremony accompany the citation.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

A fleet of U.S. Navy submarines is seen entering the harbor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, amid jagged rocks and cliffs. The submarines are safely moored, and then the sailors go ashore. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., then Governor of Puerto Rico, greets and shakes hands with the fleet commander.

Collection

Sherman Grinberg Film Collection

Creation Date

1930-04-19

In an excerpt from his book The Roosevelt Family of Sagamore Hill, Hermann Hagedorn examines Theodore Roosevelt’s exercise of personal diplomacy with the representatives of Russia and Japan in his effort to mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War. Hagedorn details the delicate diplomacy undertaken by Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill and onboard the presidential yacht Mayflower in August 1905 which helped to secure a final peace treaty in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Hagedorn also describes Roosevelt’s descent in the U.S. Navy’s submarine, the Plunger.

A photograph, a political cartoon, and an illustration depict Roosevelt’s interaction with the envoys from Russia and Japan.

Collection

Theodore Roosevelt Association Journal

The film depicts multiple large ships in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, harbor. Each ship is decorated with flags of various nations.

Collection

Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound

Creation Date

1907

In an imaginary battle, aircraft, battleships, and submarines are shooting at each other. Caption: Whereas formerly we fought our naval battles on top of the water only, we now may fight them on the water, over the water, and under the water!

Collection

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs

Creation Date

1909-10-27

Major Murray, Captain Bailey, and Captain Landers attended the official trials of the submarines Adder and Moccasin. The officers were able to examine the boats, view several submerged runs, and witness the firing of a torpedo. They concluded that submarines could be valuable in coastal defense.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1903-11-28

W. W. Kimball wanted to show President Roosevelt how the submarine Fulton worked. He hopes that Mr. Caldwell or Mr. McArthur can take his place.

Collection

Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1901-12-24