SSN-37-1A

The SSN-37-1A (called sub recovery site in the Pip-Boy 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. It can be found at the sub recovery site. 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.

Layout
Above the waterline are a small stranded boat and a buoy. Below is a medium-sized 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 only in the Fallout 3 add-on Point Lookout.

Behind the scenes

 * The designation SSN is used by NATO countries to designate nuclear powered attack (or fleet) submarines.
 * The coordinates refer to actual points around the Chesapeake Bay.
 * On the terminal screen, there's a Chinese idiom "Shì shàng wú nán shì, zhi pà you xin rén" (世上无难事, 只怕有心人) which briefly translate as "There's nothing impossible in the world if you put your mind to it."