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Salmon (SS-182)

Radio Call Sign: November - Alpha - Quebec - Oscar

Salmon Class Submarine: Laid down, 15 April 1936, at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.; Launched, 12 June 1937; Commissioned, USS Salmon (SS-182), 15 March 1938; Decommissioned, 24 September 1945; Struck from the Naval Register, 11 October 1945; Final Disposition, scrapped 4 April 1946. Salmon earned nine battle stars for World War II service in the Asiatic-Pacific area.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,449 t., Submerged: 2,198 t.; Length 308' ; Beam 26' 1"; Draft 14' 2"; Speed, Surfaced 21 kts, Submerged 9 kts; Complement 5 Officers 50 Enlisted; Armament, eight 21" torpedo tubes, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 deck gun, two .50 caliber machine guns, two .30 caliber machine guns; Propulsion, diesel-electric, four Hoover, Owens, Rentschler Co. diesel engines, (replaced in 1943-1944 with four General Motors 278A diesel engines), 5,500 hp, Fuel Capacity, 96,025 gals. four Elliot Motor Co. electric motors, 3,300 hp, Battery Cells 252, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
20k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the keel laying of the Salmon (SS-182), 15 April 1936, at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
119k	Salmon (SS-182), ready for launching, at the Electric Boat Company shipyard, Groton, Connecticut, 12 June 1937. Taken by an Electric Boat Co. photographer.	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # 19-N-19930, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
21k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Salmon's (SS-182) first day in commission, 15 March 1938.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
91k	Salmon (SS-182), running speed trials in 1938.	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 63417 from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives,
76k	Salmon (SS-182), running speed trials in early 1938.	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 69872.
26k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Salmon's (SS-182) shakedown cruise, postmarked from Cuba, 23 April 1938.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
27k	Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Salmon's (SS-182) shakedown cruise, June 1938.	Courtesy of Richard Leonhardt.
60k	Commemorative postal cover on the occasion of Navy Day 1938 honoring the six Salmon-class (SS-182-187) submarines: Salmon (SS-182) Seal (SS-183), Skipjack (SS-184) Snapper (SS-185) Stingray (SS-186) & Sturgeon (SS-187).	US Navy photo courtesy of Darryl Baker.
110k	Stingray (SS-186) foreground operating in formation with other submarines, during Battle Force exercises, circa 1939. The other three submarines are (from left to right): Seal (SS-183); Salmon (SS-182) and Sturgeon (SS-187).	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 77086. Collection of Vice Admiral George C. Dyer, USN (Retired).
110k	Stingray (SS-186) submerging in formation with other submarines, during Battle Force exercises, circa 1939. Sturgeon (SS-187) is immediately beyond Stingray (SS-186), with the wakes further in the distance probably belonging to Seal (SS-183) and Salmon (SS-182).	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 77089. Collection of Vice Admiral George C. Dyer, USN (Retired).
107k	Stingray (SS-186) submerging in formation with other submarines, during Battle Force exercises, circa 1939. The other three submarines are (from left to right): Seal (SS-183); Salmon (SS-182) and Sturgeon (SS-187).	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 98985. Collection of Vice Admiral George C. Dyer, USN (Retired).
112k	1939 vintage photograph, which was widely used to represent Squalus (SS-192) at the time of her sinking in May of that year. This is actually a photo of Salmon (SS-182), retouched to change *Salmon's* side number *("S1")* to that of Squalus ("S11"). See Photo # NH 63417 for the original, unretouched image.	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 57510, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
43k	Commemorative postal cover marking Snapper (SS-185), Stingray (SS-186), Skipjack (SS-184), Plunger (SS-179), Cachalot (SS-170), Salmon (SS-182), Perch (SS-176) & Pollack (SS-180) participating in Fleet Problem XX, 28 January 1939.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
59k	Panoramic photograph of Holland (AS-3) moored at Buoy 19, San Diego, CA, 1940, with eleven submarines alongside. Submarines are (from left to right): Salmon (SS-182); Seal (SS-183); Stingray (SS-186); Perch (SS-176); Pollack (SS-180); Cachalot (SS-170); Cuttlefish (SS-171); Skipjack (SS-184); Sturgeon (SS-187); Snapper (SS-185) and Sargo (SS-188). SS-182 through SS-187 were members of Submarine Division 15, commanded by R.W. Christie. Richmond (CL-9), flagship of the Commander Submarine Force, Pacific, is in the right distance.	US Navy photo # NH 68481, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of US Naval Institute, James C Fahey Collection.
103k	Submarines in San Diego harbor, California, 1940 Moored alongside Holland (AS-3), from which the photograph was taken, the submarines are (from left to right): Salmon (SS-182); Seal (SS-183); Pickerel (SS-177); Plunger (SS-179); Snapper (SS-185) and Permit (SS-178). Note the small motor boats, of the type carried by fleet submarines prior to World War II. One of the men standing on Salmon's (SS-182) deck is Yeoman Clayton Johnson, who in 1969 was a Commander serving at the Naval History Division. Enterprise (CV-6) is in the distance, tied up at Naval Air Station, North Island.	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 68479,courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute. James C. Fahey Collection.
104k	Plunger (SS-179) backing clear of a nest of submarines, alongside their tender in San Diego harbor, California, in 1940. Other identifiable submarines present are: Salmon (SS-182); Seal (SS-183); and Stingray (SS-186).	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 68482, courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute. James C. Fahey Collection.
92k	Dry dock workers spray the starboard side of the Salmon (SS-182) at Mare Island, CA., on 5 August 1941. She is about to be repainted. Late that year, she was transferred with her division and the submarine tender Holland (AS-3), to the Asiatic station.	USN / Mare Island photo # 1774-41 courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. Photo added 05/02/07.
51k	Salmon (SS-182) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 22 March 1943.	USN / Mare Island photo # 1959-43 & NA photo # 19-N-42433, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
74k	Bow view of the Salmon (SS-182) in the Mare Island channel on 22 March 1943.	Mare Island photo # 1961-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
127k	Salmon (SS-182) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 23 March 1943, following completion of an overhaul. Circles on the image mark recent alterations to the ship. Note rope laid out on deck, aft of the conning tower.	US Navy photo # 19-N-42439, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
244k	Stern portion of the Salmon (SS-182) at Mare Island on 23 March 1943.	Mare Island photo # 1988-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
184k	Bow on view of Salmon (SS-182) off Mare Island on 10 Aug 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard from 30 May to 4 Sep 1944.	Mare Island photo # 5162-44, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
161k	Stern view of Salmon (SS-182) off Mare Island on 10 Aug 1944. She was in overhaul at the yard from 30 May to 4 Sep 1944. Note: In the background are several boats with flags flying, they are Mare Island built LCTs.	Mare Island photo # 5163-44, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
76k	Salmon (SS-182) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 10 August 1944.	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # 19-N-42435, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
83k	Salmon (SS-182) broadside view off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 10 August 1944.	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 97462, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
114k	Salmon (SS-182) forward view at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 16 August 1944, following overhaul. Circles on the photo mark recent alterations to the ship.	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 97463, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
118k	Salmon (SS-182) underway at sea on 15 February 1945, while in the Atlantic en route to Portsmouth, New Hampshire.	U.S. Naval Historical Center photo # NH 97464, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
149k	Salmon (SS-182) is shown as modified during WW II, with her bridge fairwater considerably cut down. Note the division into two seperate engine rooms (to accommodate composite drive), the after engines being geared to the shafts) and the propulsion control cubicle in the after engine roonm; there was no seperate maneuvering room. Portsmouth boats differerd slightly from this E.B. unit. Their conning towers had the forward face dished out onstead of in. Also sightly different were the hatch locations over the crew's quarters / after battery & the forward engine room; they were located in the middle of each compartment, rather than at the forward end of one & the after end of the other, as shown here. Both periscopes were let into the conning tower. The inboard profile shows gun mount foundations installed both fore & aft; boats normally carried only a single gun at one or the other end. *Salmon* introduced a modified stern that accommadated four, rather than two, torpedo tubes. The after mast carried an SD air-search radar. For clarity, guns have been ommitted in the sketch.	Drawing by Jim Christley. Text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.