SSN-37-1A

The SSN-37-1A or sub recovery site on the local map is a covert Chinese submarine in the water off the coast of Point Lookout in 2277.

Background
The vessel was in the process of being recovered by the U.S. military pre-War. One Chinese submariner was captured from the sub, noted as John Doe. He was transferred to Turtledove Detention Camp after his capture. The report states that his skipper had killed himself and the submariner would have as well, but the cyanide capsule in his molar was a dud.

Agent Jiang, a Chinese spy, posed as a defector in an attempt to destroy the submarine before it could be recovered and analyzed by the Americans. Jiang was instructed to find Agent Yang, who had the submarine's self-destruct codes hidden in a dental capsule. If the Lone Wanderer completes the mission, they will receive an automated correspondence from the Chinese Intelligence Ministry in place of Jiang, stating that orbital intelligence verified the success of their mission.

Layout
Above the waterline are a small stranded boat and a buoy, and below is the submarine with a hatch on top. There is one accessible room, with two beds. The ladder leads straight into the roof and a pipe spraying water is also severed at another point but not leaking. There is a mainframe computer at the forward end of the chamber, and a generator leaking a green substance. Irradiated water covers the floor.

Notable loot

 * Stealth Boy - Inside the submarine, on the operations terminal, next to a Chinese pistol.

Related quests

 * The Velvet Curtain

Appearances
The SSN-37-1A appears in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout.

Behind the scenes

 * The designation SSN is used by NATO countries, with "SS" denoting submarine and "N" denoting nuclear power.
 * The coordinates refer to real world points around the Chesapeake Bay.
 * The terminal screen reads "Shì shàng wú nán shì, zhi pà you xin rén" (DLC04FF05SubTerminal [0100C5E5]) which translates to "where there is a will, there is a way."