Despite being a team of aviators, the Blackhawk Squadron has employed a number of submarines in their adventures.

History

Quality Universe

The Blackhawks first built an atomic submarine called the Hawkmarine to battle Sea Wolf, a female villain in command of a submarine wolfpack, who was responsible for sinking US arms shipments to Europe in the North Atlantic.^[1] Later, the submarine's name was changed to Hawksub (or Hawk-sub).

In the mid-1950s, the Blackhawks designed another atomic submarine, built by the U.S. Navy, named Sea Hawk, that could descend to a depth of 1500 feet. The Soviet military obtained blueprints of the submarine and built a copy immediately. At the end of Sea Hawk's first cruise, the original Sea Hawk was sunk and the Blackhawks captured the Russian prototype. However the plans were compromised, and the USSR produced more copies of this remarkable warship.^[2]

Earth-One

Like the various Blackhawk Islands, there have been a series of Hawksubs. These vessels were used frequently by the Blackhawks to battle seafaring villains such as Killer Shark, Sting Ray, and Octo.

Capabilities

• The first Hawkmarine was built by the Blackhawks, at an isolated shipyard in England.^[3] It had an atomic power plant,^[4] and a triple-thick hull.^[5]
• The Hawkmarine could be safely submerged or surfaced remotely, via the Blackhawks' belt radios.^[6]
  
  

Notes

• The Hawksub's first appearance in Blackhawk #87 (April 1955) took place in the Quality Universe.
• The Hawksub's final destruction in Blackhawk #145 (Feb 1960) took place in the Earth-One Universe.
• An earlier version of the Hawksub was destroyed, in an undersea avalanche, in Blackhawk #118 (Nov 1957).
• Another earlier version of the Hawksub was sliced in two, by Killer Shark's Sawfish submarine, in Blackhawk #128 (Sep 1958).

See Also

• Appearances of Hawksub
• Vehicle Gallery: Hawksub
  
• Catalogued images related to Hawksub

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