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=== <big>June 20, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>September 20, 2024</big> ===
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File:New Suffolk 2024 basin 2.JPG|[[Holland Torpedo Boat Company Station|'''History of the New Suffolk Holland Company station''']]
File:L-3 and L-4 at Boston.png|[[General L-boat photos|'''L-3 and L-4 at Boston 1916''']]
File:Thumbnail for Albacore video.jpg|[[Johnston, David|'''USS Albacore (SS-218) discovery presentation''']]
File:E-2 with ship in background.png|[[E-2|'''E-2 underway in an anchorage''']]
File:C-1 Octopus (SS-9) at N.Y.N.Y., 6 February 1912-3.jpg|[[C-1|'''Three photos of C-1 in drydock''']]
File:S-33 at San Pedro 1922.jpg|[[S-33|'''S-33 at San Pedro 1922''']]
File:C-1 Octopus on yard trials c1906.jpg|[[C-1|'''Octopus on her trials run''']]
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:R-3 at Philly Jan 4 1934.jpg|[[R-3|'''R-3 going into mothballs at Philly''']]
File:O-7 near Constitution.png|[[O-7|'''O-7 and Constitution 1930''']]
File:Narwhal on surface black.jpg|[[167|'''Narwhal in the mid-1930s''']]
File:V-3 alongside.png|[[V-3|'''V-3 at Boston 1927''']]
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=== <big>June 6, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>September 2, 2024</big> ===
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File:S-class Government design group 1.jpg|[[S-class group photos|'''Group of S-boats in San Pedro''']]
File:K-1 underway from starboard color.jpg|[[K-1|'''Stereopticon card of K-1, 1914''']]
File:S-class Government design group 3.jpg|[[S-class group photos|'''S-6 and others in San Pedro''']]
File:S-16 launch.jpg|[[S-16|'''S-16 launch day at LTB''']]
File:S-11 pre-launch.jpg|[[S-11|'''Pre-launch photo of S-11''']]
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:S-48 in Panama Canal early 1930s.jpg|[[S-48|'''S-48 in the Panama Canal''']]
File:S-39 bridge from above.jpg|[[S-39|'''View of S-39's bridge from above''']]
File:S-50 in drydock.jpg|[[S-50|'''S-50 in drydock''']]
File:S-39 plus 1 and Canopus Chefoo.jpg|[[S-39|'''S-39 and Canopus in Chefoo, China''']]
File:S-50 August 1926.jpg|[[S-50|'''S-50 in 1926''']]
File:Moccasin at Norfolk Navy Yard 3.jpg|[[A-4|'''Four photos of Moccasin at the Norfolk Navy Yard''']]
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=== <big>May 14, 2024</big> ===
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=== <big>August 24, 2024</big> ===
File:Brass anchor300.jpg|[https://pigboats.com/images/2/2d/A_VISUAL_GUIDE_TO_THE_FLEET_SUBMARINES_PART_5_Balao_class.pdf '''Balao/Tench class Visual Guide''']
<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.
File:S-2 at Bridgeport looking aft .jpg|[[S-2|'''Two photos of S-2 at Bridgeport''']]
File:A-7 Manila Bay c1912.jpg|[[A-7|'''A-7 in Manila Bay 1912''']]
File:T-1 AA-1 Thames River winter.jpg|[[T-1|'''AA-1 at a frozen Submarine Base''']]
File:D-class and E-class in Boston.jpg|[[General D-class photos|'''D and E-class boats in Boston''']]
File:Skipjack posing c1938.jpg|[[184|'''Skipjack pulling into Groton''']]
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=== <big>May 7, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>August 1, 2024</big> ===
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File:Brass anchor300.jpg|[[:Category:Submarine plans and blueprints|'''New plan drawings for S-21, Sailfish, Seal, Sealion, and Seawolf''']]
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File:F-1 in Honolulu Harbor.jpg|[[F-1|'''F-1 in Honolulu Harbor''']]
File:O-boats in the canal locks.jpg|[[General O-class photos|'''Three O-boats in the Panama Canal locks''']]
File:Nautilus and V-boats at San Pedro.jpg|[[V-class group and unknown photos|'''Three photos of Narwhal, Nautilus, and Bass moored together''']]
File:S-11 in the Canal 1920s.jpg|[[S-11|'''S-11 in the Panama Canal''']]
File:C-5 in 1918 Nathaniel Stebbins Collection.jpg|[[C-5|'''C-5 near the entrance to the Canal''']]
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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=== <big>July 19, 2024</big> ===
 
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=== <big>April 25, 2024</big> ===
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File:V-6 build-2.jpg|[[168 launch|'''Two interior photos of V-6 under construction''']]
File:Nautilus under ice.jpg|[[Simon Lake non-Navy Submarines|'''Wilkins Arctic Submarine Nautilus''']]
File:V-5 launch sponsor party NH 45648.jpg|[[167|'''V-5 launching party''']]
File:R-4 late 1930s Groton.jpg|[[R-4|'''R-4 alongside in Groton''']]
File:V-5 from bridge with Brown NH 50135.jpg|[[167|'''Two photos of Narwhal's bridge underway''']]
File:R-19 Pearl Harbor.jpg|[[R-19|'''R-19 in Pearl Harbor''']]
File:Permit fairwater 1945.jpg|[[178|'''Permit fairwater and war record 1945''']]
File:R-23-25-26-27.jpg|[[R-class group photos|'''R-boats under construction at the Lake yard''']]
File:Perch 176 Panama Lock 1937or1939.jpg|[[176|'''Perch in the Panama Canal''']]
File:M-1 in Dry Dock.jpg|[[M-class|'''M-1 in drydock''']]
File:V-4 with crew on deck from starboard.jpg|[[V-4|'''V-4 underway from starboard''']]
File:Bryson.jpg|[[192|'''Allen Carl Bryson, last crew member of Squalus''']]
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=== <big>April 10, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>July 1, 2024</big> ===
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File:S-20 snorkle trials.jpg|[[S-20|'''S-20 running snorkel prototype trials''']]
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File:S-24 Homeward Bound 1925.jpg|[[S-24|'''S-24 heading home to the U.S. west coast''']]
File:Argonaut I on the ways TSIWAP.jpg|[[Simon Lake non-Navy Submarines|'''Argonaut I on the ways from the bow''']]
File:S-24 leaving Pearl 6-1-1925 for Portland.jpg|[[S-24|'''S-24 with Sub Base in background''']]
File:Argonaut I on ways from starboard.jpg|[[Argonaut 1|'''Argonaut I pre-launch''']]
File:S-27 at Lahaina TH.jpg|[[S-27|'''S-27 at Lahaina''']]
File:Argonaut II.jpg|[[Simon Lake non-Navy Submarines|'''Argonaut II hauled out with new page & photos''']]
File:S-32 + 4 and tender.jpg|[[S-32|'''S-32 and others moored to tender''']]
File:Protector launch TSIWAP.jpg|[[Simon Lake non-Navy Submarines|'''Protector on the building ways''']]
File:S-42 moored 1943 Dutch Harbor.jpg|[[S-42|'''S-42 at Dutch Harbor 1943''']]
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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Latest revision as of 16:41, 20 September 2024


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!


September 20, 2024

September 2, 2024

August 24, 2024

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 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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