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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>June 20, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>July 2, 2025</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: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:Thumbnail for Albacore video.jpg|[[Johnston, David|'''USS Albacore (SS-218) discovery presentation''']]
File:N-1 to N-3 plans 1915.jpg|[[N-1 to N-3 plans 1915|'''Plans for EB design N-boats''']]
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-29 San Diego with Langley NH 108431.jpg|[[S-29|'''S-29 in San Diego with Langley''']]
File:C-1 Octopus on yard trials c1906.jpg|[[C-1|'''Octopus on her trials run''']]
File:Pike in the movie Born to Dance 1936.png|[[173|'''Pike in the East River NYC 1936''']]
File:R-3 at Philly Jan 4 1934.jpg|[[R-3|'''R-3 going into mothballs at Philly''']]
File:Narwhal on surface black.jpg|[[167|'''Narwhal in the mid-1930s''']]
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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>June 6, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>June 18, 2025</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:Salmon stbd bow Dec 37.jpg|[[182|'''Three photos of Salmon on her builder's trials 1937.''']]
File:S-class Government design group 3.jpg|[[S-class group photos|'''S-6 and others in San Pedro''']]
File:Sargo stbd side speed.jpg|[[188|'''Two photos of Sargo on a high speed run, 1938.''']]
File:S-11 pre-launch.jpg|[[S-11|'''Pre-launch photo of S-11''']]
File:Mackerel March 1941.jpg|[[204|'''Photos of Mackerel on trials, 1941.''']]
File:S-48 in Panama Canal early 1930s.jpg|[[S-48|'''S-48 in the Panama Canal''']]
File:S-50 in drydock.jpg|[[S-50|'''S-50 in drydock''']]
File:S-50 August 1926.jpg|[[S-50|'''S-50 in 1926''']]
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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>May 14, 2024</big> ===
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=== <big>June 5, 2025</big> ===
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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''']
File:F-1 WHOI 2025 whole boat.png|[[F-1 collision|'''F-1 wreck images from Woods Hole 2025 expedition''']]
File:S-2 at Bridgeport looking aft .jpg|[[S-2|'''Two photos of S-2 at Bridgeport''']]
File:O-8 and S-1.jpg|[[O-8|'''O-8 maneuvering to moor 1923''']]
File:A-7 Manila Bay c1912.jpg|[[A-7|'''A-7 in Manila Bay 1912''']]
File:S-1 at Portsmouth stbd side Dec 22.jpg|[[S-1|'''New photos of S-1 aircraft operations conversion''']]
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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<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>May 7, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>May 23, 2025</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:Grampus A-3 model 1.jpg|[[A-3|'''Eight photo gallery of a model of the Grampus/A-3''']]
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:Pollack port bow March 37.jpg|[[180|'''Three photos of Pollack at sea, 1937''']]
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: 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>April 25, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>May 19, 2025</big> ===
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File:Nautilus under ice.jpg|[[Simon Lake non-Navy Submarines|'''Wilkins Arctic Submarine Nautilus''']]
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File:R-4 late 1930s Groton.jpg|[[R-4|'''R-4 alongside in Groton''']]
File:V-1 early photo from starboard USN 456143.jpg|[[V-1|'''V-1 on builder's trials, 1924''']]
File:R-19 Pearl Harbor.jpg|[[R-19|'''R-19 in Pearl Harbor''']]
File:V-1 on trials NH 63175.jpg|[[V-1|'''V-1 cutting an impressive swath through the water, 1926''']]
File:R-23-25-26-27.jpg|[[R-class group photos|'''R-boats under construction at the Lake yard''']]
File:V-3 with boat out.jpg|[[V-3|'''V-3 with alongside with a liberty launch removed, 1927-1928''']]
File:M-1 in Dry Dock.jpg|[[M-class|'''M-1 in drydock''']]
File:Bryson.jpg|[[192|'''Allen Carl Bryson, last crew member of Squalus''']]
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=== <big>April 10, 2024</big> ===
=== <big>May 2, 2025</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:R-21 alongside NH 82342.jpg|[[R-21|'''R-21 at Coco Solo''']]
File:S-24 leaving Pearl 6-1-1925 for Portland.jpg|[[S-24|'''S-24 with Sub Base in background''']]
File:R-24 launch from stern NH 108254.jpg|[[R-24|'''R-24 launch day, 1918''']]
File:S-27 at Lahaina TH.jpg|[[S-27|'''S-27 at Lahaina''']]
File:R-9 conning tower fairwater and bridge.jpg|[[R-9|'''Two views of R-9's fairwater, Pearl Harbor, late 1920s''']]
File:S-32 + 4 and tender.jpg|[[S-32|'''S-32 and others moored to tender''']]
File:S-42 moored 1943 Dutch Harbor.jpg|[[S-42|'''S-42 at Dutch Harbor 1943''']]
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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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