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dragged my gear down to the shore and saw the submariners, the way they
stood aloof and silent, watching their pigboat with loving eyes. They are
alone in the Navy.
I admired the PT boys. And I often wondered how the aviators had the courage to go out day after day, and I forgave their boasting. But the submariners! In the entire fleet they stand apart." James A. Michener, Tales of the South Pacific -- 1946
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Leroy Ingles TMCM(SS)
USN(Ret)
A silent warrior's final
day
A commentary by Jim Christley on the subject of counting lost boats in a "Tolling the Bell/Boats" ceremony. Which submarines to include -- which to exclude -- under what circumstances -- and the historical rationale for the decision.
George Arnold's
TRIBUTE
TO THE GUPPYS
A
GUPPY? What's a GUPPY?
Submarine FAQs - Maintained by Andrew Toppan (Haze Gray)
Submarine Accidents (Books-Amazon)
US
SUBMARINE PEACETIME ACCIDENTS
The Pre-War Expansion World War II Also includes: U.S. Subs Lost to Enemy Action Post-War Accidents The Early Nuclear Era The Cold War
SUBMARINE
LOGS, HISTORY & MUSEUMS
A
Brief History of SUB BASE New London .... SUB
BASE NLON Website
SUBRON-14 (Holy Loch, Scotland during the cold war)
History of the TANG Class Boats
RADM Richard Hawes via USS Hawes Homepage
History of the USS SPERRY (AS-12)
Some WW-II Submarine Battle Flags (.mil)
Before the Boomers... there was REGULUS
Submarine Ops During the Cold War: "The Wet Cold War"
What
They Did via The Submarine Veterans of WW-II
CSL HISTORY: Atlantic Submarine Force
CSP HISTORY: Pacific Submarine Force
Submarine
History 101
Rear
Admiral Richard H. O'Kane
PEARL
HARBOR
DAY:
7 December 1941
"On December 7, 1941, the Japanese aircraft carrier Shokaku, along with five other carriers and Admiral Yamamoto’s task force, launched planes on the American naval base in Pearl Harbor. Those planes crippled and sank seven US battleships, clearing the way for a series of successful Japanese aggressions in the Pacific.
On the afternoon of June 19, 1944, the USS Cavalla stalked and sank Shokaku, avenging the attack at Pearl Harbor. Of all the warships on display in Texas, Cavalla is by far the most successful."
Also see AN ANALYSIS of The SINKING By Anthony Tully, Jon Parshall and Richard Wolff
An INTERVIEW with Tom Parks published in MILITARY HISTORY MAGAZINE April of 1992. Written by John F. Wukovits, this article does a very nice job of recounting one man's World War 2 submarine service.
USS
ARCHERFISH AGSS-311
In early 1960, ARCHERFISH was chosen
to participate in Operation "Sea Scan," a scientific study of marine weather
conditions, water composition, ocean depths, and temperature ranges. She
entered the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in January to be specially equipped
for this new mission. During this time, the vessel was redesignated an
auxiliary submarine, AGSS-311. Embarking a team of civilian scientists,
she commenced the first phase of operation "Sea Scan" on 18 May.
Don Oke's SUBMARINE SQUADRON 12 - Key West (A History)
PERISCOPE SHOTS - A collection of images by Jim Mandelblatt
Japan Surrenders
- Boats in Tokyo Bay - 1945
USS
PROTEUS AS-19 in Tokyo Bay 1945
USS HOLLAND SS-1 to USS SEAWOLF SS-21 Comparison via Myron Howard
The History of the ARCTIC SUBMARINE LABORATORY (.mil)
SUBMARINES - Preserved as museum ships or in museums via the Maritime History Virtual Archives
WWII Commanding Officer of USS ARCHERFISH SS-311 Captain Enright dies - 20 July 2000 (Copy of) Washington Post Obit (Copy of) New York Times Obit The importance of sinking the SHINANO
AN UNSINKABLE FRIENDSHIP Two shipmates from USS GROWLER SS-215 (News article 27 July 2000)
Charles A . Lockwood CSP 1943-1946 Vice Admiral Charles A. Lockwood will forever be known in submarine history as the legendary COMSUBPAC who led the silent service to victory during World War II in the Pacific.
Ten short pieces that discuss submarine
history
"He threw himself over the rail of an English Channel steamer in 1913..."
From the PBS/NOVA
TV series titled "Hitler's Lost Sub, a very good hiatory of submarines
that spans 400 years
AMERICAN U-BOATS - From DANFS
Online: Submarines
U-117 U-140 U-2513 U-3008 UB-148 UB-88 UC-97 - 7 June 1921 - Sunk in Lake Michigan during gunnery drills by US Naval Reserve.
21 January 1954
Building The First FBMs - by Jim Christley
FleetSubmarine.com - World War II American submarines
Submarine History via the website of Jim Christley
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last active duty WWII Submarine War Patrol Veteran Retires
16 November 1999 - Coast Guard Captain Earl Fox Retires from active duty military service at the age of 80 years. Lawson P. "Red" Ramage SILENT DEFENSE 1900-1940 SILENT VICTORY 1940-1945 Submarine Hero - Slade Deville Cutter |
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HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS section of the Undersea Warfare Magazines. For convenience
the following are direct links to all HISTORICAL REFLECTIONS:
Autumn 1998 || Winter 1998/1999 || Spring 1999 || Summer 1999 || Fall 1999 Winter 1999/2000 || Spring 2000 || Summer 2000 || Fall 2000 |
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Including Submarine Museum (Groton), Naval Undersea Museum, and more -- also the USS Constitution Reference Guide to Historic Properties - USN (.mil) NavSource - Navy History Project Department of the Navy Cultural Resources Program Reference Guide to Historic Properties, Department of the Navy (.mil) ACHP | U.S. Navy Historic Preservation Program (.gov) Curator of Ship Models (.mil) National Maritime Heritage Program (.gov) Naval Vessel Register (.mil) List of U.S. Navy Ships (.mil) Don Shelton's: Puget Sound Naval Shipyard - Grave Yard for the Nukes Final resting place for all US Nuclear powered vessels NAVY HISTORY & Related Web Sites (.mil) NAVAL HISTORY MAGAZINE ONLINE via U.S. Naval Institute HAZE GRAY & UNDERWAY also the Dictionary of American Fighting Ships (DANFS) The History of UNCLE SAM (the symbol) via the Troy, NY Uncle Sam Site |
| What must never
be forgotten is the fact that just over 50 years ago, submariners were
forced to engage the enemy for 18 months with ordnance that proved to be
at least 70 percent unreliable.
Often, Japanese merchantmen would enter port with unexploded Mark XIV torpedoes thrust into their hulls. Despite the problems with ordnance, American submariners, a mere two percent of U.S. naval personnel, sank more than 1,178 merchant vessels and 214 warships, totalling more than 5,600,000 tons. They sacrificed 52 submarines, 374 officers and 3,131 enlisted men from their close-knit ranks. The Silent Service suffered 40 percent of all naval casualties in the Pacific, yet managed to destroy 55 percent of all Japanese ships.
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