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<div style="text-align: | <div style="text-align: justified;"><span style="color:#00008B"><big>This page will display the most recent additions to the site, arranged by date. Click on the link below each picture to be taken to the page where it resides. You may have to scroll to find the newest picture. Please note that minor updates to captions and other text is an ongoing effort and will not be listed here. Enjoy!</big></div><br> | ||
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=== <big> | === <big>March 22, 2025</big> === | ||
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File:K-5 loading torp 1914.jpg|[[K-5|'''K-5's crew loading a Mk 7 torpedo, 1914''']] | |||
File:Pickerel port quarter.jpg|[[177|'''Two photos of Pickerel on trials, 1937''']] | |||
File:G-4 conning tower Oct 2 1912A.jpg|[[G-4|'''Closeup of G-4's conning tower''']] | |||
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<div style="text-align: justified;"><span style="color:#00008B">Updating of the page headers is still ongoing and should be completed soon. Check out the new look! | |||
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=== <big> | === <big>March 9, 2025</big> === | ||
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<gallery mode=" | <gallery mode="packed" perrow=3 widths="350px" heights="250px"> | ||
File: | File:Porpoise launch Aug 36.jpg|[[172|'''Porpoise launch day June 1935''']] | ||
File: | File:Grayback May 1941 port bow.jpg|[[208|'''Two additional photos of Grayback on trials, May, 1941''']] | ||
File: | File:Spearfish stbd side Apr 39.jpg|[https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=Salmon/Sargo_Class#Spearfish_(SS-190)|'''Spearfish in Cape Cod Bay April, 1939'''] | ||
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<div style="text-align: justified;"><span style="color:#00008B">We have been doing a lot of work updating our page headers with a new style that still invokes the traditional PigBoats.COM look. This is an ongoing process and is not yet completed. An example is at the top of this page! Also, the Design and Construction Notes section for [[L-class|'''L''']] and [[N-class|'''N-classes''']] has been updated with new information. | |||
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=== <big>February 14, 2025</big> === | |||
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<gallery mode=" | <gallery mode="packed" perrow=3 widths="350px" heights="250px"> | ||
File: | File:Cuttlefish port side USNO.jpg|[[171|'''Cuttlefish entering port 1934''']] | ||
File: | File:S-37 S-39 S-38 S-36 from Canopus.jpg|[[S-class group photos|'''Four S-boats alongside Canopus''']] | ||
File:L-8 and H-4 with UB-88 San Pedro 1919.jpg|[[L-8|'''L-8 and H-4 outboard of UB-88 in San Pedro''']] | |||
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<div style="text-align: justified;"><span style="color:#00008B">We also added [[S-4 salvage|'''four new photos and one replacement''']] on the S-4 Salvage page. Make sure to check those out. | |||
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=== <big> | === <big>February 2, 2025</big> === | ||
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<gallery mode=" | <gallery mode="packed" perrow=3 widths="350px" heights="250px"> | ||
File: | File:L-6 underway in harbor.jpg|[[L-6|'''L-6 underway in a harbor''']] | ||
File: | File:C-class boats in Panama Canal LOC.jpg|[https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=C-class#General_C-class_photos '''Five C-class boats at the Gatun Locks, Panama Canal'''] | ||
File:Narwhal after WWII refit port bow 19-N-42917.jpg|[https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=167#Wartime_operations,_1941-1945|'''Two photos of Narwhal after 1943 overhaul'''] | |||
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<div style="text-align: justified;"><span style="color:#00008B">We have also added a new article entitled [https://pigboats.com/images/5/5e/The_final_dive_of_the_F-4.pdf '''The Final Dive of the USS F-4'''], co-authored by historian Jon Humboldt Gates. Ric Hedman's articles [[Submarine Officers|'''A list of Submarine Officers and their Assignments''']] and [[Submarine Movements|'''Submarine Movements''']] have been updated with date headers, which will make it easier to find information within. These two articles are a collection of newspaper snippets that will help round out our [[Commanding Officers of U.S. Submarines|'''Commanding Officer Database''']] and information on the individual boat pages. Both articles are also searchable by using the ctrl-F function. | |||
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=== <big> | === <big>January 23, 2025</big> === | ||
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<gallery mode="nolines" perrow=3 widths="350px" heights="250px"> | <gallery mode="nolines" perrow=3 widths="350px" heights="250px"> | ||
File: | File:Salmon Sargo-class and Porpoise-class with tender Holland and S-27.jpg|[[General_Salmon_class_photos|'''Tender Holland and a nest of submarines''']] | ||
File:Narwhal Barracuda Nautilus Dolphin S-20 San Diego 1930s.jpg|[https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=167#Operations,_1930-1941 '''Narwhal and others, San Diego, 1934'''] | |||
File:S-37 STBD Fairwater.jpg|[[S-37|'''Closeup of S-37's fairwater''']] | |||
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=== <big> | === <big>January 11, 2025</big> === | ||
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<gallery mode="nolines" perrow=3 widths="350px" heights="250px"> | <gallery mode="nolines" perrow=3 widths="350px" heights="250px"> | ||
File: | File:Unknown K-Class.jpg|[[General_K-class_photos|'''K-boat maneuvering to moor''']] | ||
File:S- | File:S-18 launch day at Quincy.jpg|[[S-18|'''S-18 launch day 1920''']] | ||
File:S-24 in harbor 1922.jpg|[[S-24|'''S-24 underway in a harbor''']] | |||
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<div style="text-align: justified;"><span style="color:#00008B">In addition, webmaster Dave Johnston has spent the last two weeks working to correct an oversight here at PigBoats. We have never had a page commemorating the "Father of the Modern Submarine", John Philip Holland. We now have [[John_P._Holland_biography_and_submarines|'''a whole new page''']] that gives a detailed overview of the famous inventor, outlining his efforts to develop submarine technology, and providing details of the boats that he built that were not accepted into the U.S. Navy. Please take a moment to read about this great man and his paradigm shifting work. | |||
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Revision as of 16:00, 22 March 2025
This page will display the most recent additions to the site, arranged by date. Click on the link below each picture to be taken to the page where it resides. You may have to scroll to find the newest picture. Please note that minor updates to captions and other text is an ongoing effort and will not be listed here. Enjoy!
March 22, 2025
Updating of the page headers is still ongoing and should be completed soon. Check out the new look!
March 9, 2025
We have been doing a lot of work updating our page headers with a new style that still invokes the traditional PigBoats.COM look. This is an ongoing process and is not yet completed. An example is at the top of this page! Also, the Design and Construction Notes section for L and N-classes has been updated with new information.
February 14, 2025
We also added four new photos and one replacement on the S-4 Salvage page. Make sure to check those out.
February 2, 2025
We have also added a new article entitled The Final Dive of the USS F-4, co-authored by historian Jon Humboldt Gates. Ric Hedman's articles A list of Submarine Officers and their Assignments and Submarine Movements have been updated with date headers, which will make it easier to find information within. These two articles are a collection of newspaper snippets that will help round out our Commanding Officer Database and information on the individual boat pages. Both articles are also searchable by using the ctrl-F function.
January 23, 2025
January 11, 2025
In addition, webmaster Dave Johnston has spent the last two weeks working to correct an oversight here at PigBoats. We have never had a page commemorating the "Father of the Modern Submarine", John Philip Holland. We now have a whole new page that gives a detailed overview of the famous inventor, outlining his efforts to develop submarine technology, and providing details of the boats that he built that were not accepted into the U.S. Navy. Please take a moment to read about this great man and his paradigm shifting work.
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