All Aboard…
Welcome aboard the USS NAUTILUS!!! As I came from the pier, I crossed the bow and entered the welcome area for the NAUTILUS. Here I met my new friend, LS1 Thomas. At first I thought that LS1 was his first [...]
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01, 2014
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01, 2014
The Loss of USS F-1 (SS-20)
On 17 December 1917, USS F-1 (SS-20) and USS F-3 (SS-22), both running on the surface, collided during exercises off San Diego, California. F-3 gouged a giant hole in her sister ship’s port side and F-1 sank beneath the waves [...]
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01, 2014
USS NAUTILUS (SSN571)
Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season; I know I sure did! But, now I’m back and very excited to explore the USS NAUTILUS. The USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571), is the world’s first nuclear [...]
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01, 2014
Medal of Honor Recipient Reinhardt John Keppler
Reinhardt John Keppler was born in Ralston, Washington, on 22 January 1918. He enlisted in the Navy shortly after graduating from high school, in 1936, and, after leaving for a brief period, rejoined on 25 April 1940. He was assigned [...]
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01, 2014
The Loss of USS SCORPION (SS-278)
On 5 January 1944, two days into her fourth war patrol, USS SCORPION (SS-278) reported that a member of her crew had broken his arm and requested a rendezvous with the homeward-bound USS HERRING (SS-233) to effect a personnel transfer. [...]
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01, 2014
Rise and Shine!
Today’s submarine sea story comes from Jim Braden, who served aboard USS CASIMIR PULASKI (SSBN-633). It is entitled, “The Key to Waking Up.” […]
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01, 2014
Introducing USS LIONFISH (SS-298)!
When USS LIONFISH (SS-298) was commissioned on 13 October 1944, a program was created for the official after party at Club Pannaway in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On the cover the author noted that “the spines of the dorsal fin [of [...]
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12, 2013
Chilly Ball
The national pastime, on ice. In the photo, a Sailor from USS SEADRAGON (SSN-584) waits for the delivery of the first baseball ever pitched at the North Pole, August 1960. (The crew laid out their diamond with the pitcher’s mound [...]
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12, 2013
The Perils of Icy Weather
Don’t you hate it when your car door freezes shut? Then be thankful you weren’t part of the crew of USS TREPANG (SSN-674) when she visited Ice Camp Opal, a research station on the polar ice cap, in 1985. In [...]
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12, 2013
Happy Holidays!
Cold-weather décor in a warm-weather port: Christmas decorations adorn the deck of USS KEY WEST (SSN-722), Naval Station Pearl Harbor, 2005. Happy holidays from the Submarine Force Museum!