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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">This view is from a tender, likely the USS Beaver (AS-5) as they swing over a Mk 10 torpedo to the waiting S-31. The weapon does not have the warhead installed at this point. It would be loaded separately and installed onboard the submarine. The ship in the background is the submarine tender USS Canopus (AS-9) a mainstay of the Asiatic Fleet. | <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">This view is from a tender, likely the [https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/36/3605.htm '''USS Beaver (AS-5)'''] as they swing over a Mk 10 torpedo to the waiting S-31. The weapon does not have the warhead installed at this point. It would be loaded separately and installed onboard the submarine. The ship in the background is the submarine tender [https://www.navsource.org/archives/09/36/3609.htm '''USS Canopus (AS-9)'''] a mainstay of the Asiatic Fleet. | ||
<small>Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman</small> | <small>Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman</small> |
Latest revision as of 23:00, 17 March 2025
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We have turned up information that indicates that during S-31's service with the Asiatic Fleet, she collided with one of her sister boats while the other boat was submerged. Fortunately, the damage to both boats was relatively minor and no one was seriously injured, but S-31 had her propellers and stern diving planes damaged. This required repair in a drydock, which was most likely accomplished at Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I.

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman
Photos in the private collection of Ric Hedman
Photos in the private collection of Ric Hedman
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