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16k | Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the keel laying of the Flier (SS-250) at Electric
Boat, Groton, CT., 30 October 1942.
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Courtesy of Jack Treutle. | |
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60k | Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the launching of the Flier (SS-250), 11 July 1943.
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Courtesy of Darryl Baker. | |
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67k | Flier (SS-250) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 20 April 1944.
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Official US Navy photo # NH 98325, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. | |
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47k | Flier (SS-250) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 20 April 1944.
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Mare Island photo # 2429-44. | |
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76k | Flier (SS-250) off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 20 April 1944.
Note the temporary propeller guards attached by chains to her after hull.
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Official US Navy photo # NH 98326, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. | |
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68k | View of the Flier (SS-250) from directly ahead, taken off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 20 April 1944.
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Official US Navy photo # NH 98327 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. | |
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109k | Plan view of the Flier (SS-250), amidships, looking aft, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 27 April 1944.
Note the submarine's 4"/50 deck gun in lower left and mounting for a 20mm gun on the platform in center.
Circles mark recent alterations.
Barges in the right distance include YC-312 (with dark hull, outboard), and YF-509 (inboard and closer to the camera).
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Official US Navy photo # NH 98328, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. | |
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91k | Plan view of the Flier (SS-250), amidships, looking forward, taken at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 27 April 1944.
Note the submarine's bell in the lower right center, with a mounting for a 20mm gun on the platform above and a pressure-tight ready service ammunition locker below.
Circles mark recent alterations.
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Official US Navy photo # NH 98329, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. | |
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48k | Google Earth satellite photo of the surrounding islands off Palawan where both the Flier's (SS-250) & the Robalo's (SS-273) last approximate positions were based during post-war debriefings. This position is thought to be the final resting place of both boat's crew. | View courtesy of Google Earth. | |
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35k | In memory of the Flier (SS-250). | Photo courtesy of Tom Kermen. | |
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117k | The wife of a World War II U.S. submarine veteran, tosses a flower into a reflecting pool to honor the memory of one of the 52 submarines lost during World War II at the National Submarine Memorial-West on board Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif. On this Veterans Day, the Submarine Veterans of World War II transferred ownership of the memorial to the U.S. Navy. The following text is from The Coming Fury by Bruce Catton., pg. 478. "Major Sullivan Bullen of Illinois was killed in the battle, and just before it he had written to his wife, Sarah, to tell her that he believed he was going to be killed and to express a tremulous faith that could see a gleam of light in the dark: "But O Sarah! If the dead can come back to this earth and float unseen around those they loved, I shall always be near you in the gladdest days and in the gloomiest nights, always, always, and if there be a soft breeze upon your chest it shall be my breath, as the cool air fans your throbbing temple it shall be my spirit passing by. Sarah, do not mourn me dead; think I am gone and wait, for we shall meet again!" |
U.S. Navy photo # N-1159B-021 by Journalist 2nd Class Brian Brannon, courtesy of news.navy.mil. | |
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91k | A Painting of LeRoy, J. MOMM1 K.I.A. with the Flier (SS-250), by his sister, Margorie LeRoy Riikola .
In Memorium: In the Second Book of Shmuel (Samuel), 22nd chapter, 5th through the 20th verses, translated from the original in Hebrew and published by the Koren Publishers of Jerusalem, Israel, 1982, can perhaps aptly describe the fate of the crew and all other U.S. submariners who died defending their county: "When the waves of death compassed me / the floods of ungodly men made me afraid; / the bonds of She'ol encircled me; / the snares of death took me by surprise; / in my distress I called upon the Lord, / and cried to my G-D: / and he heard my voice out of his temple, / and my cry entered into his ears. / Then the earth shook and trembled; /the foundations of heaven moved / and shook because of his anger /...the heavy mass of waters, and thick clouds of the skies /... And the channels of the sea appeared, / the foundations of the world were laid bare, / at the rebuking of the Lord, at the blast at the breath of his nostrils. / He sent from above, he took me; / he drew me out of many waters; / he delivered me from my strong enemy, and from those who hated me; for they were too strong for me. / They surprised me in the day of my calamity: / but the Lord was my stay / He brought me forth also into a large place: / he delivered me because he delighted in me./" |
Courtesy of csp.navy.mil/ww2boats/flier.htm | |
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