Abandoned and Forgotten Submarines and Bases

submarines have been used as a tool of war throughout the ages and there have been unbelievable bases to house them and powerful technology to keep them away from the secret bases hiding on the shores of the Adriatic Sea to abandon our Coast subs found in the jungles of Ecuador here are abandoned submarines and bases but first thanks Punjab for leaving us this comment on our recent funniest text message fails video and for being a part of the early crew be sure to check it out if you haven't already we like to give a special thanks to the YouTube channel wacky universe for making an appearance let us know about some creepy abandoned places you've been to in the comment section number 10 USS Ling this 312 foot submarine is longer than a professional football field and is sitting on the riverbed at Hackensack New Jersey if you look it up on Google Earth you'll notice how it says permanently closed this high-speed World War 2 sub was used as a training vessel and was even transformed into a museum at one point all restoration efforts were ceased after Hurricane sandy badly damaged the historic submarine at the moment it's kind of just sitting there stuck in the mud and no one's really too sure what's gonna happen with it no one really wants to take responsibility for it anymore knowing that it's basically impossible to repair the city of Hackensack wants nothing to do with it and it's technically outside of city limits since it's on the river a GoFundMe account to restore it only got about 25 bucks so it's basically a lost cause and will be sitting the Hackensack River for who knows how long number 9 German u-boat the German u-boat submarines were certainly a force to be reckoned with during World War two and they wreaked havoc among merchant ships but how close were the Nazis from the American mainland recently a Nazi u-boat was uncovered only 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina maybe we weren't as safe on our home soil as we might have thought many Americans picture the Front's of world war two all the way in Europe are on the other side of the Pacific Ocean this tends to prove otherwise considering how close it was to us this vessel was believed to have been shot down in battle with 44 sailors still entombed inside this discovery was made using sonar and you can still even see the propeller on the backside number eight drug submarines drug dealers will find any way to get their product over the border even if it means designing a submarine this one here is extremely fast but was picked up by the US Coast Guard during a massive drug raid constructed by narco traffickers in the swamps of South America these are made with no windows and barely any fresh air to breathe they do have a lot of cocaine on the other hand though they can hold from 6 to 10 tons of illegal substances and are difficult to detect many of these are found abandoned after they broken down and can be found rotting away on the banks of rivers like we see here in this photo from the country of Ecuador the subs are also constructed with cameras one for daytime and the other for night vision to help them navigate through the seas no matter what hour it is some transporters preferred go slow but may make drop-offs in cities in Mexico one run with this much cargo can take up to about two weeks they should get used to small spaces because if they get caught they'll be doing some serious time in a prison cell number seven the island of v's Croatia is certainly home to some mysterious islands that tend to have spooky histories it's believed that this island was inhabited as far back as the fourth century BC and then it was conquered by the Venetians to this day the inhabitants here still speak a dialect with Venetian origins but at the beginning of world war ii this site was used as a strategic naval stronghold by leaders of the Yugoslav partisans with so many small islands covering the Adriatic Sea it's easy to see why there could be so many secret submarine bunkers here but at least this is one that we know about here we see an entrance to a submarine pen on this island and remains of military fortifications are still present now they are abandoned urban explorers can come back to check them out and if that's too creepy for you you can always visit a Dalmatian puppy store number 6 underground submarine base Crimea the Soviets certainly had their fair share of strange military bases as well and in this photo we see the blue and green waters of this base located under the city of Sevastopol and the Black Sea what's a little strange about this place is that it's so secretive and so far inland because of the natural canal like features that no one could even find it this formerly classified sub base was in full use up until 1993 and it certainly had the capability of putting nuclear subs into the Mediterranean Sea the Russians called this place balaclava and there was plenty of munitions stored here when the facility was decommissioned no one still knows where exactly the Russians put the weapons and it still remains a mystery now the Russians have reclaimed Crimea could there still be a possibility of using this underground submarine base number five abandoned naval mines due to extensive naval battle in some areas across the world underwater mines were constructed as a sneaky way to sink a ship but just because these are abandoned and pretty old that doesn't mean they're still not dangerous the oceans can be a dangerous place out there the north and Baltic Sea areas at northern Europe still contain active underwater mines which can go off from fishing boats or basically anything many were left from world war ii or from the soviet era to protect naval harbours there's an estimated 1.6 million tons of conventional and chemical weapons and german territorial waters alone the chemicals could have been dumped in the ocean secretly to avoid more problems with the UN in any case some of these abandoned mines are still lurking around near Denmark and can weigh up to a thousand pounds each so watch out number four Hera submarine base Estonia was an important area for the Soviets to fortify due to its proximity with neighboring Finland if enemies were able to get submarines into the Gulf of Finland it could certainly mean bad news for the major port city of st. Petersburg the construction of a major submarine base about an hour outside the city of tahleen was essential to control the baltic land built in 1958 it was used while they occupied Estonia up until 1991 when Estonia finally declared their independence this site is now abandoned and there have been no attempts to repair it for any reason urban explorers have now claimed the base as their own and scrappers have taken everything of value here we see the graffiti inside the barren walls of the submarine base taggers have no mercy for the structure that was once a sign of power of an occupying force we aren't really able to read Estonian but we imagine there's quite a bit of deep meaning behind some of these graffiti messages number three a Berle ad Bay a bur lady babe was supposed to be the UK's first local nature reserve which offers beautiful views of the bay that connects Edinburgh with the North Sea but it's not just beautiful panoramic views of nature you'll find here there's quite a bit of wreckage going on there are a toll of at least eight wrecks tally here two of which are from XT submarines XT class submarines like you see here in this photo are classified as midget submarines that were built for the Royal Navy between 1943 and 1944 the crafts are about 51 feet long and 5.5 feet in diameter and can displace about 30 tons of water while submerged although they might be small they can still inflict a lot of damage to training versions of the XT class submarines can be found here it turns out they were being used as target practice by the Royal British Air Force known as felt the need to remove them and they are normally hidden due to the high tides on a date with low tide however they are completely visible it certainly doesn't look the way it used to especially after it was targeted from above number two you boat discovery hoaxes many websites out there will claim that this photo of an abandoned submarine was captured in the Great Lakes near Niagara Falls and what's shocking about it is that it appears to be a Nazi submarine from World War two although snoops claims that this is false and the Nazis never reached this far it makes you wonder how far the Nazis could have made it if they tried how close were read to having a Battlefront on the eastern side of the US we saw how the Nazi u-boat was uncovered only 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina they've also been known to reach the Caribbean Sea the truth is though this was a world war and the Nazis had startling technological capabilities which could have easily made this submarine found in the great lakes possible let's say you Bo was indeed discovered in the Great Lakes there would be no way to know if it wasn't just some type of submarine our government got ahold of and was testing out over there if a fleet of German u-boats were able to cruise down the st. Lawrence River without being detected it would have recompete havoc on industry and merchant ships in the Midwest and number one Porto Palermo submarine base many people might enjoy soaking up the Sun along the Adriatic Sea in Albania however another seemingly undercover tourist seaside city is actually home to an underground submarine base this defensive bunker was built while Vania was under communist rule by the dictator Enver Hoxha it's not currently in use but it's mysteriously off the limits to the public as located within a military restriction zone it's believed that these stored small submarines here for reconnaissance and for conducting quick strikes upon enemy targets these were known as whisky class submarines which were about 75 feet long and could reach speeds of 21 miles an hour Albania was known to have four of these whisky class submarines all of which have been retired countries such as Egypt were known to have a total of 12 of these submarines and are also retired but North Korea still has four which are in use these Soviet constructed submarines were capable for launching a guided missile so they're nothing to take too lightly whatever exactly still remains from the secret submarine base still remains a mystery so which one did you think was the most mysterious let us know in the comment section and maybe we'll feature you in the upcoming video

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Length: 10min 3sec (603 seconds)

Published: Fri Dec 08 2017