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Commemorative postal cover marking the laying of the keel of the
Tautog (SS-199) on 1 March 1939, at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.
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Courtesy of Richard Leonhardt. |
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Tautog (SS-199), sliding down the ways at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT., on 27 January 1940. |
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # NH 98661, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. |
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Commemorative postal cover marking the launching of the Tautog (SS-199) on 27 January 1940. |
Courtesy of Jack Treutle. |
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Commemorative postal cover marking the commissioning of the Tautog (SS-199) on 3 July 1940
at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.
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Courtesy of Jack Treutle. |
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Ship's Historical Data Plaque, 1940.
This photograph was received on 18 July 1940, shortly after Tautog (SS-199) went into commission.
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Photograph USNHC # 19-N-21887, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives.
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Tautog (SS-199), surfaced and underway, probably shortly after she was commissioned on 3 July 1940 off the Atlantic coast.
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U.S. Navy Photo courtesy of Robert Hall. |
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Starboard bow view of the Tautog (SS-199), sometime between July 1940 - December 1941, |
USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofwwii.org. |
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Pen and ink drawing of Tautog (SS-199) based on the photo above, sometime between July 1940 - December 1941, by Cdr. Budd Arrington USN (Ret.) |
Bob Daly/PC-1181. |
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Commemorative postal cover and photo showing the Tautog (SS-199) and FDR on 12 October 1940. |
Courtesy of Jack Treutle. |
 | 46k | Commemorative post mark on the occasion of Navy Day, 27 October 1940, commemorating the participation of:
Sailfish (SS-192),
Seadragon (SS-194),
Sealion (SS-195),
Searaven (SS-196),
Seawolf (SS-197),
Tambor (SS-198),
Tautog (SS-199),
Thresher (SS-200), &
Triton (SS-201).
Note: YN1 Loyal Day was a plankowner of Sealion and aboard when she was bombed on
10 Dec. 1941.
| Courtesy of Ric Hedman. |
 | 31k | Rear Admiral William Bernard “Barney” Sieglaff was a member of the Naval Academy graduating class of 1931 with a degree in Engineering. He also received a Master’s Degree from MIT in Naval Engineering prior to the war. On submarines during WWII he was the commanding officer of the Tautog (SS-199) from 28 November 1942 to 8 April 1944 and the Tench (SS-417) from 6 October 1944 to March 1945. His record in the Pacific gained him two Navy Crosses, three Silver Stars, and two Legions of Merit.
| USN photo courtesy of Bill Gonyo. Photo added 08/21/09. |
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Starboard bow view of the Tautog (SS-199), taken 21 April 1945 by an airship of squadron ZP-31.
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USN photo by J.W. Neilson, USMC, courtesy of David Buell. |
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Underway at sea, 29 May 1945.
Note the scoreboard painted on her conning tower, representing Japanese ships sunk by Tautog (SS-199).
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Official U.S. Navy Photograph, USNHC # 80-G-323879, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. |
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Signal flags flutter from the Tautog (SS-199), possibly when she was about to be decommissioned, 8 December 1945, at Portsmouth, NH.
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US Navy photo courtesy of oneternalpatrol.com. Photo i.d. courtesy of Marty Danford. |