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<div style="text-align: center;"><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. Please note that minor updates to captions and other text is an ongoing effort and will not be listed here. Enjoy!</big></div><br>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><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>September 20, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>July 2, 2025</big> ===
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File:L-3 and L-4 at Boston.png|[[General L-boat photos|'''L-3 and L-4 at Boston 1916''']]
File:N-1 on marine railway 1 - GM1 Bill Markee-MM2 Jack McKeon-GMC Ernie Reed.jpg|[[N-1|'''Nine new photos of N-1, 1919''']]
File:E-2 with ship in background.png|[[E-2|'''E-2 underway in an anchorage''']]
File:N-1 to N-3 plans 1915.jpg|[[N-1 to N-3 plans 1915|'''Plans for EB design N-boats''']]
File:S-33 at San Pedro 1922.jpg|[[S-33|'''S-33 at San Pedro 1922''']]
File:S-29 San Diego with Langley NH 108431.jpg|[[S-29|'''S-29 in San Diego with Langley''']]
File:H-boats San Pedro Patt Morrison Collection LA Times.jpg|[[General H-class photos|'''H-boats and F-3 in San Pedro 1921''']]
File:Pike in the movie Born to Dance 1936.png|[[173|'''Pike in the East River NYC 1936''']]
File:O-7 near Constitution.png|[[O-7|'''O-7 and Constitution 1930''']]
File:V-3 alongside.png|[[V-3|'''V-3 at Boston 1927''']]
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">Also, take a look at the video embedded on [[Hedman, Ric|'''Ric Hedman's Research Articles''']] page. It gives a great overview of cooking meals onboard U.S. submarines. Chef Max Miller even prepares an actual meal from a USN WWII recipe book. It turned out well!


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=== <big>September 2, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>June 18, 2025</big> ===
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File:K-1 underway from starboard color.jpg|[[K-1|'''Stereopticon card of K-1, 1914''']]
File:Salmon stbd bow Dec 37.jpg|[[182|'''Three photos of Salmon on her builder's trials 1937.''']]
File:S-16 launch.jpg|[[S-16|'''S-16 launch day at LTB''']]
File:Sargo stbd side speed.jpg|[[188|'''Two photos of Sargo on a high speed run, 1938.''']]
File:S-36 S-41 in Dewey Dry Dock Olongapo.jpg|[[S-class group photos|'''Three S-boats in the Dewey Drydock in Subic''']]
File:Mackerel March 1941.jpg|[[204|'''Photos of Mackerel on trials, 1941.''']]
File:S-39 bridge from above.jpg|[[S-39|'''View of S-39's bridge from above''']]
File:S-39 plus 1 and Canopus Chefoo.jpg|[[S-39|'''S-39 and Canopus in Chefoo, China''']]
File:Moccasin at Norfolk Navy Yard 3.jpg|[[A-4|'''Four photos of Moccasin at the Norfolk Navy Yard''']]
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">Today we added photos from near the end of the pigboat era, with Salmon, Sargo, and Mackerel highlighted. We uploaded a 2023 review of our book [[A Good and Favorable Wind|'''A Good and Favorable Wind''']] from The Day news service in Connecticut. Also from The Day is an article concerning the discovery of the wreck site of Simon Lake's submarine Defender in 2023. A link for that article is [https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=Simon_Lake_non-Navy_Submarines#Simon_Lake_XV/Lake/Defender '''provided here.''']
Our colleagues at Navsource Naval History have just come through a rough patch with their service provider and have reconfigured the URL for the site as [https://navsource.net/ '''Navsource.net''']. Hopefully this will be the start of a long stable period for this invaluable naval history website. Note that with the change in the URL, here at PigBoats.COM have to go through all of our hyperlinks and reset them. We have a lot of them here, so if you run across a dead Navsource link be advised it will take a while to find and reconfigure them. It is a work-in-progress for now. We are glad that Navsource is back up and running!


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=== <big>August 24, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>June 5, 2025</big> ===
<div style="text-align: justified;"><span style="color:#00008B">We have spent the last two weeks working on a whole new feature! PigBoats.COM now has two new informational pages that covers the submarine's primary weapon, the torpedo. One page covers background information and specifications of the torpedoes used during the Pigboat era, and the second page has detailed information on each weapon along with photos. The specifications page can be accessed [[Torpedoes|'''at this link''']] or through the link in the Navigation box on the left. The photos page can be accessed through specific links in the specifications table. Enjoy! As always, if you have questions or comments please let us know.
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File:F-1 WHOI 2025 whole boat.png|[[F-1 collision|'''F-1 wreck images from Woods Hole 2025 expedition''']]
File:O-8 and S-1.jpg|[[O-8|'''O-8 maneuvering to moor 1923''']]
File:S-1 at Portsmouth stbd side Dec 22.jpg|[[S-1|'''New photos of S-1 aircraft operations conversion''']]
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">We are pleased to have some great photos taken by the submersible Alvin and AUV Sentry from the February 2025 Woods Hole expedition to the wreck of the USS F-1 off La Jolla, California. In addition, we have added several new photos of the conversion work done to S-1 so that she could carry out the Navy's only tests with launching an airplane from a submarine. So many images were added to the S-1 page that we had to rearrange it and add a table of contents. More S-1 images will follow in a future update. Also, webmaster David Johnston recently participated in a briefing at the Naval History & Heritage Command HQ in Washington, DC concerning The USS Dorado Project. RDML Sam Cox, the NHHC director, had a favorable review of the presentation, and encouraged the project to push forward. There will be several new developments concerning the project over the summer and we will keep you informed!


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=== <big>August 1, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>May 23, 2025</big> ===
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File:O-boats in the canal locks.jpg|[[General O-class photos|'''Three O-boats in the Panama Canal locks''']]
File:Grampus A-3 model 1.jpg|[[A-3|'''Eight photo gallery of a model of the Grampus/A-3''']]
File:S-11 in the Canal 1920s.jpg|[[S-11|'''S-11 in the Panama Canal''']]
File:Pollack port bow March 37.jpg|[[180|'''Three photos of Pollack at sea, 1937''']]
File:C-5 in 1918 Nathaniel Stebbins Collection.jpg|[[C-5|'''C-5 near the entrance to the Canal''']]
File:N-4 at Lake yard late 1917.jpg|[[N-4|'''N-4 and O-12 at the Lake yard, 1917''']]
File:D-1 launch from bow.jpg|[[D-1|'''Narwhal launch day''']]
File:B-3 torpedo room.jpg|[[B-3|'''Tarantula's torpedo room''']]
File:K-4 an 2 others moored 2-23-20.jpg|[[General K-class photos|'''K-boats in St Petersburg, FL 1920''']]
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">Another update this week, as I will be out of town in Washington, DC giving a presentation on The Dorado Project at the Naval History & Heritage Command. Over the last two weeks we were gifted with a group of photos from historian and master model maker Randy Biddle, showcasing his USS Grampus (aka A-3) model. Randy also contributed an excellent article he wrote in 1981 concerning the history of the Grampus. [[Biddle, Randle M.|'''See that article at this link''']]. In addition, Robert Porterfield sent us a very interesting oral history concerning the career of Harry Hoffman, a crewman from the USS N-1 in WW I. Bob compiled the history from a series of letters that Harry sent home. It is a fascinating first-person look into life on one of the early pigboats. [[Hoffman, Harry and Porterfield, Robert E.|'''That history can be read here''']].


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=== <big>July 19, 2024</big> ===
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=== <big>May 19, 2025</big> ===
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File:V-6 build-2.jpg|[[168 launch|'''Two interior photos of V-6 under construction''']]
File:V-1 early photo from starboard USN 456143.jpg|[[V-1|'''V-1 on builder's trials, 1924''']]
File:V-5 launch sponsor party NH 45648.jpg|[[167|'''V-5 launching party''']]
File:V-1 on trials NH 63175.jpg|[[V-1|'''V-1 cutting an impressive swath through the water, 1926''']]
File:V-5 from bridge with Brown NH 50135.jpg|[[167|'''Two photos of Narwhal's bridge underway''']]
File:V-3 with boat out.jpg|[[V-3|'''V-3 with alongside with a liberty launch removed, 1927-1928''']]
File:Permit fairwater 1945.jpg|[[178|'''Permit fairwater and war record 1945''']]
File:Perch 176 Panama Lock 1937or1939.jpg|[[176|'''Perch in the Panama Canal''']]
File:V-4 with crew on deck from starboard.jpg|[[V-4|'''V-4 underway from starboard''']]
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=== <big>July 1, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>May 2, 2025</big> ===
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File:Argonaut I on the ways TSIWAP.jpg|[[Simon Lake non-Navy Submarines|'''Argonaut I on the ways from the bow''']]
File:R-21 alongside NH 82342.jpg|[[R-21|'''R-21 at Coco Solo''']]
File:Argonaut I on ways from starboard.jpg|[[Argonaut 1|'''Argonaut I pre-launch''']]
File:R-24 launch from stern NH 108254.jpg|[[R-24|'''R-24 launch day, 1918''']]
File:Argonaut II.jpg|[[Simon Lake non-Navy Submarines|'''Argonaut II hauled out with new page & photos''']]
File:R-9 conning tower fairwater and bridge.jpg|[[R-9|'''Two views of R-9's fairwater, Pearl Harbor, late 1920s''']]
File:Protector launch TSIWAP.jpg|[[Simon Lake non-Navy Submarines|'''Protector on the building ways''']]
File:Lake Defender NH 52483.jpg|[[Defender|'''Defender hauled out''']]
File:Wilkins Nautilus conversion conning tower.jpg|[[Wilkins Arctic Submarine Nautilus|'''Wilkins and Lake on the O-12/Nautilus''']]
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">An R-boat update today! We are also working with two other historians who will be contributing research articles on submarine engines and an oral history from a crewmember of N-1. Those should be coming over the next several weeks. Check back often!


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Latest revision as of 16:35, 2 July 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!


July 2, 2025

Also, take a look at the video embedded on Ric Hedman's Research Articles page. It gives a great overview of cooking meals onboard U.S. submarines. Chef Max Miller even prepares an actual meal from a USN WWII recipe book. It turned out well!

June 18, 2025

Today we added photos from near the end of the pigboat era, with Salmon, Sargo, and Mackerel highlighted. We uploaded a 2023 review of our book A Good and Favorable Wind from The Day news service in Connecticut. Also from The Day is an article concerning the discovery of the wreck site of Simon Lake's submarine Defender in 2023. A link for that article is provided here.

Our colleagues at Navsource Naval History have just come through a rough patch with their service provider and have reconfigured the URL for the site as Navsource.net. Hopefully this will be the start of a long stable period for this invaluable naval history website. Note that with the change in the URL, here at PigBoats.COM have to go through all of our hyperlinks and reset them. We have a lot of them here, so if you run across a dead Navsource link be advised it will take a while to find and reconfigure them. It is a work-in-progress for now. We are glad that Navsource is back up and running!

June 5, 2025

We are pleased to have some great photos taken by the submersible Alvin and AUV Sentry from the February 2025 Woods Hole expedition to the wreck of the USS F-1 off La Jolla, California. In addition, we have added several new photos of the conversion work done to S-1 so that she could carry out the Navy's only tests with launching an airplane from a submarine. So many images were added to the S-1 page that we had to rearrange it and add a table of contents. More S-1 images will follow in a future update. Also, webmaster David Johnston recently participated in a briefing at the Naval History & Heritage Command HQ in Washington, DC concerning The USS Dorado Project. RDML Sam Cox, the NHHC director, had a favorable review of the presentation, and encouraged the project to push forward. There will be several new developments concerning the project over the summer and we will keep you informed!

May 23, 2025

Another update this week, as I will be out of town in Washington, DC giving a presentation on The Dorado Project at the Naval History & Heritage Command. Over the last two weeks we were gifted with a group of photos from historian and master model maker Randy Biddle, showcasing his USS Grampus (aka A-3) model. Randy also contributed an excellent article he wrote in 1981 concerning the history of the Grampus. See that article at this link. In addition, Robert Porterfield sent us a very interesting oral history concerning the career of Harry Hoffman, a crewman from the USS N-1 in WW I. Bob compiled the history from a series of letters that Harry sent home. It is a fascinating first-person look into life on one of the early pigboats. That history can be read here.

May 19, 2025

May 2, 2025

An R-boat update today! We are also working with two other historians who will be contributing research articles on submarine engines and an oral history from a crewmember of N-1. Those should be coming over the next several weeks. Check back often!

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