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Commemorative post mark from Finback's (SS-230) keel laying ceremony at Portsmouth Navy Yard N.H., 5 February 1941.
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Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
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Commemorative post mark from Finback's (SS-230) keel laying ceremony at Portsmouth Navy Yard N.H., 5 February 1941.
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Finback (SS-230) slides down the building ways at her launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard N.H., 25 August 41.
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Courtesy of John Hummel. |
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Finback (SS-230) slides down the building ways at her launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard N.H., 25 August 41.
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US Navy photo, courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
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Launching of the Finback (SS-230) at Portsmouth Navy Yard N.H. 25 August 41 at 2:40 PM, view showing ship in water being towed to berth No.1 by the tugs Penacook (YT-6) & Sightseer.
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US Navy photo, courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org.
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Commemorative post mark from Finback's (SS-230) launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard N.H., 25 August 1941.
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Courtesy of Jack Treutle.
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Commemorative post mark from Finback's (SS-230) launching at Portsmouth Navy Yard N.H., 25 August 1941.
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Courtesy of petloveshack.com. |
 | 62k | U.S. Naval Submarine Base, New London, Groton, Connecticut:
Members of the 4th Command Class at the Submarine Base, February 1942.
Those present are, bottom row left to right:
Lieutenant Commander Mannert L. Abele; first command would be the Grunion (SS-216). He would be K.I.A. while commmanding the
Grunion, 30 July 1942.
Lieutenant Commander Thomas B. Klakring; first command would be the Guardfish (SS-217),
Commander Karl G. Hensel, Officer in Charge;
Lieutenant Commander George W. Patterson, Jr., Senior Assistant; and
Lieutenant Commander Jesse L. Hull; first command would be the Finback (SS-230).
Top row, left to right:
Lieutenant Commander Howard W. Gilmore; first command would be the Growler (SS-215). He was postumously awarded the Medal of Honor after he was K.I.A. on the bridge of the Growler, 7 February 1943.
Lieutenant Commander Philip H. Ross; first command would be the Halibut (SS-232),
Lieutenant Commander Arthur H. Taylor; first command would be the Haddock (SS-231),
Lieutenant Commander Albert C. Burrows; first command would be the Swordfish (SS-193) and
Lieutenant Commander Leonard S. Mewhinney; first command would be the Saury (SS-189).
| Official U.S. Navy Photograph # 80-G-88577, now in the collections of the National Archives. Courtesy of the USNHC. Photo added 10/01/07. |
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Finback (SS-230) model, circa 1942.
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Courtesy of the George Bush Presidential Library. |
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Flasher (SS-249) & probably Finback (SS-230) most likely from April of 1945 when Flasher was in Pearl
Harbor enroute to San Francisco for overhaul.
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US Navy photo courtesy of Ric Hedman TN(SS). |
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Finback (SS-230) underway off New London, CT, 7 March 1949.
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US Navy photo. |