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12k | Istiophorus platypterus, a Sailfish. | Illustrated by Diane Rome Peebles. Photo courtesy of myfwc.com. | |
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17k | One year commemorative postal cover dedicated to the memory of the crew of the Squalus (SS-192) who died at their posts when the boat sank by mechanical failure, 23 May 1939. |
Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
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44k | Damage to conning tower by lifting pontoons. Sub is still being pumped out. | Photo from Milne Special Collections, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, N.H. courtesy of Ric Hedman & pigboats.com. Photo added 03/06/10. | |
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157k | Post salvage photo of the Squalus (SS-192). Note the position of the bow planes and the condition of the fairwater. The damage caused by the salvage chains and pontoons is evident but hard to make out clearly. You can see how the bridge was crushed. | Photo from The World Encyclopedia of Submarines by John Parker courtesy of Robert Hurst. Photo i.d. courtesy of John Hart, Ric Hedman & Dave Johnston. Photo added 03/06/10. |
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21k | Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the
submarines Sargo (SS-188), Saury (SS-189), Spearfish (SS-190), Sculpin (SS-191), Squalus (SS-192) & Swordfish (SS-193) honoring Navy Day, 27 October 1939. |
Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
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32k | Commemorative postal cover on the occasion of the de-commissioning of the Squalus (SS-192), 15 November 1939. |
Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
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24k | Commemorative postal cover on the occasion of the de-commissioning of the Squalus (SS-192), 15 November 1939. |
Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
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181k | The scene on the deck of the ill-fated U. S. Navy submarine Squalus (SS-192), 15 May 1940 as it was re commissioned under a new name---Sailfish, 15 May at the Portsmouth, N. H. Navy Yard today, 15 May. Lieutenant Commander John B. Longstaf, Aide to the Commandant at the Yard, read the orders of the Navy Department placing the submarine in commission and naming her Commander Lieut. Comm. Morton C. Mumma. The Squalus sank last 23 May off the Isles of Shoals, N. H., with a loss of 26 lives. Some of the survivors serve on the renamed sub.
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Photo courtesy of the National Historical Center via Bill Gonyo. | |
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70k | Commemorative postal cover on the occasion of the re-commissioning of the Sailfish (SS-192), 15 May 1940. |
Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
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181k | Sailfish (SS-192) in New York City harbor, with the Porto Rico (that's how it is spelled in the photo) terminal buildings behind her, sometime after her recommissioning after 15 May 1940 to
16 January 1941, when she parted Portsmouth and headed for the Pacific.
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U.S. Navy photo contributed by Skip Riser. Partial text courtesy of DANFS. | |
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36k | Commemorative postal cover on the occasion of the Sailfish's (SS-192) first submergence, 29 June 1940. |
Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
![]() | 68k | Commander Richard George Voge served a four-month tour of duty as commissioning executive officer of Rowan (DD-405)) from late September 1939 to late January 1940. In mid-February Comdr. Voge returned to the Asiatic Fleet and assumed command of Sealion (SS-195), based at Cavite in the Philippines, and commanded that submarine until the opening day of American participation in World War II. At the outbreak of hostilities on 8 December 1941 (West Longitude Time), Voge suffered the double ignominy of having his command caught in overhaul and, three days later, of losing her to enemy bombs while still at Cavite Navy Yard. Voge, however, quickly recovered from that blow, assumed command of Sailfish (SS-192) on 17 December 1941.
| Photo courtesy of the Lucky Bag yearbook – Class of 1925 via Bill Gonyo. Photo added 11/24/09. | |
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90k | Sailfish (SS-192) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 13 April 1943.
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US National Archives photo # 19-N-43269, from the Bureau of Ships Collection. | |
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90k | Sailfish (SS-192) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 13 April 1943.
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US National Archives photo # 19-N-43270, from the Bureau of Ships Collection. | |
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90k | Sailfish (SS-192) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 13 April 1943, following an overhaul.
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US Navy photo # NH 97307, from the collections of the US Naval Archives. | |
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90k | Sailfish (SS-192) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 13 April 1943, following an overhaul.
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US Navy photo # NH 97308, from the collections of the US Naval Archives. | |
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90k | Sailfish (SS-192) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 13 April 1943, following an overhaul. Circles on the photograph identify recent alternations to the ship. Gilmore (DE-18) is in the left background.
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US National Archives photo # 19-N-43274, from the Bureau of Ships Collection. | |
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95k | Broadside view of the Sailfish (SS-192) off Mare Island on 13 April 1943.
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USN photo # 2566-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
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90k | Sailfish (SS-192) at the Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 13 April 1943, following an overhaul. Circles on the photograph identify recent alternations to the ship. Note men in rowboat inspecting her limber holes, by the stubs of her removed propeller guards. Barges YF-200 and YF-190 are in the center background.
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US National Archives photo # 19-N-43273, from the Bureau of Ships Collection. | |
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16k | Sailfish (SS-192), oil painting, unknown artist, circa 1943/45.
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Author's collection. | |
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90k | Sailfish (SS-192) crew members pose by the after end of the conning tower, while Sailfish was at Naval Submarine Base, New London, Groton, CT., in 1945. Her Presidential Unit Citation flag is flying behind the periscope sheers, in upper center. Original photo is dated September 1945.
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US National Archives photo # 80-G-700762. | |
![]() | 91k | Memorial plaque at Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia PA, July 2006 for the crews of United States submarines lost during peace time accidents: F-1 (SS-20), F-4 (SS-23), G-2 (SS-27), H-1 (SS-28), O-5 (SS-66), O-9 (SS-70), S-4 (SS-109), S-51 (SS-162), Squalus (SS-192), Scorpion (SSN-589) & Thresher (SSN-593). | Photo courtesy of Wendell Royce McLaughlin Jr. | |
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52k | The sail of the Sailfish (SS-192) preserved as a memorial to its crew, at the US Navy's Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine. |
Photo & text courtesy of Bill Fessenden. | |
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