USS Parche was a Cold War era attack submarine modified to conduct spy missions underwater. Parche featured a number of unique modifications, including ski legs that allowed it to rest on the seabed.

Only seven U.S. submariners were awarded the Medal of Honor for their exploits during World War II; Red Ramage was the first to get his in person from Franklin D. Roosevelt, as the previous winners ...

Picture a nuclear submarine listening in on Cold War communications by tapping into deep, underwater cables near Soviet territory in 1979. Later the sub would go back and send divers down to retrieve ...

Further lending credibility to Jimmy Carter‘s real spying mission, the Navy retired the equally shadowy USS Parche just four months before putting the new submarine into action. The sailing branch ...

SHE’S 27 YEARS OLD, the grande dame of espionage. Highly decorated and purposely mysterious, the USS Parche, a 6,400-ton attack submarine filled with 112 Puget Sound sailors and officers, is sure to ...

Shared experiences aboard the Navy's most decorated vessel drew 60 former crew members to a reunion last week, but they still can't share their stories. Exploits aboard the spy submarine USS Parche ...

The USS Jimmy Carter enters the Navy’s fleet as the most heavily armed submarine ever built, and as the last of the Seawolf class of attack subs that the Pentagon ordered during the Cold War’s final ...