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NavSource Online: Submarine Photo Archive

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Gar (SS-206)

Radio Call Sign: November - Echo - Foxtrot - Lima

Gar Class Submarine: Laid down, 27 December 1939, at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.; Launched, 7 November 1940; Commissioned, USS Gar (SS-206), 14 April 1941; Decommissioned, 11 December 1945 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, NH; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet; Modified at Portsmouth Navy Yard, for duty as a Naval Reserve Training vessel in September-October 1948; Assigned to the 4th Naval District at Cleveland, O., 28 November 1948; Struck from the Naval Register, 29 May 1959; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 November 1959 to Acme Scrap Iron and Metal Co. Gar received eleven battle stars for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 1,475 t., Submerged: 2,370 t.; Length 307' 2"; Beam 27' 3"; Draft 13' 3"; Speed, Surfaced 20 kts, Submerged 8.75 kts; Complement 5 Officers, 54 Enlisted; Armament, ten 21" torpedo tubes, 24 torpedoes, one 3"/50 dual purpose deck gun, two .50 cal. machine guns, two .30 cal. machine guns; Propulsion, diesel-electric, four General Motors Co., diesel engines, 5.400 hp, Fuel Capacity, 96,365 gals., four General Electric Co., electric motors, 2,740 hp, Battery cells 252, twin propellers.

Size	Image Description	Source
17k	Commemorative postal cover marking Gar's (SS-206) launching at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT., 7 November 1940.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
99k	Bow view of the Gar (SS-206), at rest, March 17, 1941 at Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT.	USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
31k	Commemorative postal cover & photo marking Gar's (SS-206) commissioning, 14 April 1941.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
99k	Commemorative postal cover marking Gar's (SS-206) commissioning, 14 April 1941.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
138k	Commemorative postal cover marking Gar's (SS-206) commissioning with Lt. D. McGregor in command, 14 April 1941.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
38k	Commemorative postal cover marking first day postal service on the Gar (SS-206), 14 April 1941.	Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
20k	Commemorative postal cover marking Navy Day, 27 October 1941 and the following submarines commissioned since the previous year: Trout (SS-202), Tuna (SS-203), Mackerel (SS-204), Marlin (SS-205), Gar (SS-206), Grampus (SS-207), Grayback (SS-208), Grayling (SS-209), Grenadier (SS-210) & Gudgeon(SS-211).	Courtesy of Jack Treutle. Photo added 02/05/06.
45k	Photographed off Mare Island on 22 November 1943 after a refit, Gar (SS-206) shows her new 5 in/51 gun on its oversized sponson.	Photo & text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press.
49k	Gar (SS-206), portside view underway off Mare Island, October - November 1943.	US Navy photo courtesy of John Hummel.
153k	Stern view of the Gar (SS-206), berthed at Mare Island on 20 November 1943.	US Navy photo # 7685-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker
129k	Bow view of the Gar (SS-206), berthed at Mare Island on 20 November 1943.	US Navy photo # 7686-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
95k	Broadside view of the Gar (SS-206) off Mare Island on 22 November 1943. She was in overhaul at the yard from 23 Sept to 22 Nov 1943.	US Navy photo # 7641-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
96k	Bow on view of the Gar (SS-206) departing Mare Island on 22 November 1943.	US Navy photo # 7843-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
99k	Stern view of the Gar (SS-206) departing Mare Island on 22 November 1943.	US Navy photo # 7844-43, courtesy of Darryl Baker.
18k	Gar (SS-206), underway, circa 1941-45, place unknown.	US Navy photo, courtesy of Hyper War US Navy in World War II.