ships they sank, dutch, danish, spanish, brazilian and others, grew rapidly, but chancellor toobald von batman gollwik optimism about this success and said that germany was finished, realizing that the united states would now enter the war. the americans then escorted merchant ships, fought submarines and sent their troops to europe. by the end of 1917, submarine warfare had begun on ubol; it was not a rescue camper. from defeat, but showed everyone the strategic importance of the submarine fleet. in 1946, on this day , the institute of oceanology, academy of sciences of the ussr, one of the largest scientific centers in study of the world's oceans. among its founders are world-famous hydrologists, biooceanologists, and polar explorers. pyotr shershov is the first director, his name is now... today they are conducting geological research, studying the structure of currents, the circulation of water masses, hydrothermal processes, the ecology of the oceans. they also work on marine technology, including underwater laboratories and remote-controlled small-sized vehicles. underwater faults, ridges, valle