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<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>
<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>March 22, 2025</big> ===
=== <big>July 2, 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: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:Pickerel port quarter.jpg|[[177|'''Two photos of Pickerel on trials, 1937''']]
File:N-1 to N-3 plans 1915.jpg|[[N-1 to N-3 plans 1915|'''Plans for EB design N-boats''']]
File:G-4 conning tower Oct 2 1912A.jpg|[[G-4|'''Closeup of G-4's conning tower''']]
File:S-29 San Diego with Langley NH 108431.jpg|[[S-29|'''S-29 in San Diego with Langley''']]
File:Pike in the movie Born to Dance 1936.png|[[173|'''Pike in the East River NYC 1936''']]
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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!
<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>March 9, 2025</big> ===
=== <big>June 18, 2025</big> ===
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File:Porpoise launch Aug 36.jpg|[[172|'''Porpoise launch day June 1935''']]
File:Salmon stbd bow Dec 37.jpg|[[182|'''Three photos of Salmon on her builder's trials 1937.''']]
File:Grayback May 1941 port bow.jpg|[[208|'''Two additional photos of Grayback on trials, May, 1941''']]
File:Sargo stbd side speed.jpg|[[188|'''Two photos of Sargo on a high speed run, 1938.''']]
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''']
File:Mackerel March 1941.jpg|[[204|'''Photos of Mackerel on trials, 1941.''']]
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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.
<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>February 14, 2025</big> ===
=== <big>June 5, 2025</big> ===
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File:Cuttlefish port side USNO.jpg|[[171|'''Cuttlefish entering port 1934''']]
File:F-1 WHOI 2025 whole boat.png|[[F-1 collision|'''F-1 wreck images from Woods Hole 2025 expedition''']]
File:S-37 S-39 S-38 S-36 from Canopus.jpg|[[S-class group photos|'''Four S-boats alongside Canopus''']]
File:O-8 and S-1.jpg|[[O-8|'''O-8 maneuvering to moor 1923''']]
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''']]
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: 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.
<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>February 2, 2025</big> ===
=== <big>May 23, 2025</big> ===
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File:L-6 underway in harbor.jpg|[[L-6|'''L-6 underway in a harbor''']]
File:Grampus A-3 model 1.jpg|[[A-3|'''Eight photo gallery of a model of the Grampus/A-3''']]
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:Pollack port bow March 37.jpg|[[180|'''Three photos of Pollack at sea, 1937''']]
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''']
File:N-4 at Lake yard late 1917.jpg|[[N-4|'''N-4 and O-12 at the Lake yard, 1917''']]
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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.
<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>January 23, 2025</big> ===
=== <big>May 19, 2025</big> ===
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File:V-1 early photo from starboard USN 456143.jpg|[[V-1|'''V-1 on builder's trials, 1924''']]
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:V-1 on trials NH 63175.jpg|[[V-1|'''V-1 cutting an impressive swath through the water, 1926''']]
File:S-37 STBD Fairwater.jpg|[[S-37|'''Closeup of S-37's fairwater''']]
File:V-3 with boat out.jpg|[[V-3|'''V-3 with alongside with a liberty launch removed, 1927-1928''']]
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=== <big>January 11, 2025</big> ===
=== <big>May 2, 2025</big> ===
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File:Unknown K-Class.jpg|[[General_K-class_photos|'''K-boat maneuvering to moor''']]
File:R-21 alongside NH 82342.jpg|[[R-21|'''R-21 at Coco Solo''']]
File:S-18 launch day at Quincy.jpg|[[S-18|'''S-18 launch day 1920''']]
File:R-24 launch from stern NH 108254.jpg|[[R-24|'''R-24 launch day, 1918''']]
File:S-24 in harbor 1922.jpg|[[S-24|'''S-24 underway in a harbor''']]
File:R-9 conning tower fairwater and bridge.jpg|[[R-9|'''Two views of R-9's fairwater, Pearl Harbor, late 1920s''']]
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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.  
<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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