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17k | Catfish Silurus glanis. | Courtesy of freshwater-fishing-guide.com. | |
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563k | A sliding Catfish (SS-339) slips down the launching ways at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT., 19 November 1944. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
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16k | Commemorative postal cover marking the launching of Catfish (SS-339) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT., 19 November 1944. | Courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
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239k | Catfish's (SS-339) WW II plaque. | USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. | |
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3.00k | Catfish (SS-339) submerged in the Columbia River for Navy Day. | Courtesy of CDR Chester C. Culp Jr & submitted by Chris Culp, son of the EB "official" boat photographer of the Catfish (SS-339) from 1945-1953. | |
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2.10k | Catfish (SS-339) swims at Portland Oregon, 27 October 1946. | Courtesy of CDR Chester C. Culp Jr & submitted by Chris Culp, son of the EB "official" boat photographer of the Catfish (SS-339) from 1945-1953. | |
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1.00k | Catfish (SS-339) spawns a trail of boats behind her as they exercise outside of Pearl Harbor; viewed from the aft "terrace". | Courtesy of CDR Chester C Culp Jr & submitted by Chris Culp, son of the EB "official" boat photographer of the Catfish (SS-339) from 1945-1953. | |
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235k | Armed and dangerous crew of the Catfish (SS-339) during practice.. | Courtesy of CDR Chester C Culp Jr & submitted by Chris Culp, son of the EB "official" boat photographer of the Catfish (SS-339) from 1945-1953. | |
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709k | Catfish (SS-339) with a 40mm bite. | Courtesy of CDR Chester C Culp Jr & submitted by Chris Culp, son of the EB "official" boat photographer of the Catfish (SS-339) from 1945-1953. | |
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886k | 1946 sailing list for the Catfish (SS-339). | PDF courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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157k | Bow view of the Catfish (SS-339) post WW II taking on fuel from a tender. | Courtesy of Ric Hedman. | |
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482k | Catfish (SS-339) off Mare Island on 9 June 1947. | USN photo # 1105-47, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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110k | Stern view of Catfish (SS-339) off Mare Island on 9 June 1947. | USN photo # 1102-47, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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129k | Broadside view of Catfish (SS-339) off Mare Island on 9 June 1947. She was in overhaul at the yard from 17 February to 17 June 1947. | USN photo # 1110-47, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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121k | Bow on view of Catfish (SS-339) departing Mare Island on 9 June 1947. The submarine in the background to the left is either Chivo (SS-341) or Chopper (SS-342). They were nested together forward of the decommissioned APAs and logs are unclear who was outboard. | USN photo # 1106-47, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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158k | Bow on view of Catfish (SS-339) off Mare Island on trials during her Guppy II conversion on 19 April 1949. | USN photo # 3421-4-49, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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135k | Stern view of Catfish (SS-339) off Mare Island on trials during her Guppy II conversion on 19 April 1949. | USN photo # 3425-4-49, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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239k | Amidships looking aft plan view of Catfish (SS-339) at Mare Island on 28 April 1949. The tanks aft of fairwater are battery water tanks. | USN photo # 3510-4-49, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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2.48k | Note that the last 2 submarines positions are incorrectly labeled in the photo, but are listed correctly here. SubRonFive picture 30 December 1949 featuring from upper left corner to right: Florikan (ASR-9), Pomodon (SS-486), Volador (SS-490), Catfish (SS-339), Cusk (SS-348), Diodon (SS-349), Carp (SS-338), Carbonero (SS-337), & Nereus (AS-17). |
Text I.D. courtesy of John Spivey. USN photo courtesy of usscusk.com. | |
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651k | Catfish (SS-339) starboard view, underway, during her visit to the Far East, March 1956. | USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. | |
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782k | Catfish (SS-339) starboard view, underway, probably in Pearl Harbor, HI. | USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. | |
![]() | 253k | Catfish (SS-339), port side view underway, circa sometime after 1948-60. | Photo courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired). | |
![]() | 148k | Breeches buoy exercise with Catfish (SS-339). | Photo courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired). | |
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203k | Catfish (SS-339) port side view underway, circa sometime after 1948-1960. | USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. | |
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1.34k | This unusual view shows eleven vessels of Submarine Squadron Five (nine submarines, a submarine rescue vessel and a submarine tender) moored side by side for a recent change of command ceremony at San Diego, California. Captain Eugene B. Fluckey, USN, Medal of Honor recipient, relieved Captain Francis B. Scanland, USN, as Commander, Submarine Squadron Five on 1 August 1955. Nested alongside the submarine tender Nereus (AS-17) are: Tunny (SSG-282), Cusk (SS-348), Carbonero (SS-337), Tilefish (SS-307), Spinax (SSR-489), Rock (SSR-274), Remora (SS-487), Catfish (SS-339), and Volador (SS-490), and the submarine rescue vessel, Florikan (ASR-9). Photograph released 3 August 1955. | Photo # USN 681919 courtesy of the National Museum of the U.S. Navy, via flickr.com | |
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681k | Nereus (AS-17) with nine submarines; Tunny (SSG-282), Cusk (SS-348), Carbonero (SS-337), Tilefish (SS-307), Spinax (SSR-489), Rock (SSR-274), Remora (SS-487), Catfish (SS-339), Volador (SS-490) and the Submarine Rescue Vessel Florikan (ASR-9) moored alongside at San Diego. |
USN photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1955, courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com | |
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988k | Sea Devil's (SS-400) re-commissioning from a News clipping from the Vallejo Times Herald in August 1957. YRB-16 is outboard of Sea Devil and the Catfish (SS-339) is forward of Sea Devil. | Photo # 36224-8-57 TH from the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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973k | Catfish (SS-339) exercising on 1 May 1962 with the HMAS Melbourne (R21). The airplane overhead is a Royal Australian Navy Fairey Gannet A.S.1 from No. 816 Squadron, based aboard HMAS Melbourne, during the SEATO exercise "Sea Devil", in April-May 1962. | RAN Navy Image Archive website ref. 02103 courtesy of Stephen Gower & Robert Hurst. | |
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1.30k | Catfish (SS-339) is 1962, in San Diego. | USN photo courtesy of Wayne Buescher PH3 via Lonnie Whittaker Webmaster WWW.USS-BENNINGTON.ORG | |
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204k | A Catfish (SS-339) in Vancouver, 11 October 1963. | Walter E. Frost Photographer; Source: City of Vancouver Archives, Photo No. CVA 447-3903, courtesy of Mike Green. Photo added 07/18/17. | |
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145k | Catfish (SS-339) on 19 August 1966. | USN photo # NPC 1118352 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
![]() | 383k | Photo taken 5 July 1967 At Yokosuka…boats are inboard to outboard: Catfish (SS-339), Bashaw (SS-241), Redfish (SS-395), Diodon (SS-349), Salmon (SS-573) and Bream (SS-243). | Photo courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired). | |
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376k | Four page PDF Welcome Aboard the Catfish (SS-339), circa 1960's. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
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3.10k | Catfish (SS-339) off Mare Island on 22 August 1969. Attached here is a PDF of the Officer Roster, March 1969. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
![]() | 148k | Checking out what the Catfish (SS-339) had for dinner in 1970. | Photo courtesy of John Hummel, USN (Retired). | |
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233k | The ex-Catfish - Santa Fe (S-21) coming to the surface on all cylinders. | Photo courtesy of histarmar.com.ar via Robert Hurst. | |
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319k | The Santa Fe (S-21) underway. | Photo courtesy of histarmar.com.ar via Robert Hurst. | |
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212k | Santa Fe (S-21) tied up pierside. | Photo courtesy of histarmar.com.ar via Robert Hurst. | |
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112k | Undated photo of Santa Fe's four stern torpedo tubes & her six bow torpedo tubes and sonar installation while in drydock at the Tanandor Shipbuilding and repair yard, Buenos Aires, Argentina. | Photo courtesy of histarmar.com.ar via Robert Hurst. | |
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114k | A helicopter hovers over the Santa Fe (S-21) after she was beached and abandoned by her crew at the British Antarctic Survey base, Grytvyken, South Georgia, April 1982, after being attacked by Royal Navy helicopters in Cumberland Sound. | Photo & text courtesy of Robert Hurst. | |
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130k | View of the sail following the British-Argentine war of Spring 1982. Deemed too costly to economically repair as a war prize, Santa Fe (S-21) was sunk in Grytvyken Sound, South Georgia. | Courtesy of Robert Hurst. | |
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104k | Bow on view of the Santa Fe (S-21) lying wrecked in the harbor before she was sunk in Grytvyken Sound, South Georgia. | Courtesy of Robert Hurst. | |
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41k | View of the sail following the British-Argentine war of Spring 1982. Note the inscription on the sail by the crew of the HMS Endurance (which sank her) warning all to stay clear. | Courtesy of Larry Derouin. | |
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49k | Abandoned trawlers and the Santa Fe (S-21) lie askew in the harbor following the British-Argentine war of Spring 1982. | Courtesy of Larry Derouin. | |
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167k | Close-up of the conning tower of Santa Fe (S-21), Grytvyken, South Georgia. Photo taken for the MoD (Ministry of Defence) by Royal Navy photographer Jim Fletcher. | Photo & partial text courtesy of ArmadaArgentina courtesy of Robert Hurst. | |
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25k | Santa Fe (S-21) being raised by the salvage vessel Salvageman circa 1985. This was Salvageman's last and only successful attempt of raising the Santa Fe (S-21), after which the submarine was towed into deep water and scuttled. | Ministry of Defense photo taken from "Admiralty Salvage: In Peace and War 1906-2006," by Tony Booth, courtesy of Robert Hurst. |
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