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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>February 2, 2025</big> === | ||
<div style="text-align: justified;"><span style="color:#00008B">We have | <center> | ||
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File:L-6 underway in harbor.jpg|[[L-6|'''L-6 underway in a harbor''']] | |||
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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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: | File:S-37 STBD Fairwater.jpg|[[S-37|'''Closeup of S-37's fairwater''']] | ||
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=== <big>January 11, 2025</big> === | |||
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File: | File:Unknown K-Class.jpg|[[General_K-class_photos|'''K-boat maneuvering to moor''']] | ||
File: | File:S-18 launch day at Quincy.jpg|[[S-18|'''S-18 launch day 1920''']] | ||
File: | 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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=== <big> | === <big>December 16, 2024</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:Cachalot circa 1937.jpg|[[170|'''Cachalot in the Thames River 1937''']] | ||
File: | File:F-2 circa 1917 San Diego.jpg|[[F-2|'''F-2 underway in San Diego Harbor 1917''']] | ||
File: | File:S-48 port - aground-3.jpg|[[S-48|'''Three additional photos of S-48 aground 1926''']] | ||
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<div style="text-align: justified;"><span style="color:#00008B">We have also added some new information to the [[Submarine Classes|'''Submarine Classes''']] page. This new information will help round out understanding of the different tactical and strategic roles that submarines of the pigboat era fulfilled. | |||
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=== <big> | === <big>December 7, 2024</big> === | ||
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File: | File:S-2 and crew on fairwater.jpg|[[S-2|'''S-2 and crew 1921''']] | ||
File:C-class with USS Dixie.jpg|[[General C-class photos|'''C-boat with USS Dixie''']] | |||
File:C- | File:K-6 launch at Quincy.png|[[K-6|'''K-6 launch day''']] | ||
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=== <big> | === <big>November 22, 2024</big> === | ||
< | <div style="text-align: justified;"><span style="color:#00008B">We have just completed a mini update to several pages. First is a rewrite of the [[Morrison|'''Photo Features page for Julian K. Morrison''']]. We added new information that rounds out the story of this amazing man. Second is a revised [[Submarine Specifications|'''Submarine Specifications page''']]. It has been updated with new information from the monumental book by Lyle Cummins: ''Diesels for the First Stealth Weapon: Submarine Power 1902-1945''. Third is a rewrite of the Photo Features page on [[Bingham|'''CAPT Donald C. Bingham''']], adding links to some of his other commands and duty stations, and a link to a Bingham oral history monograph detailing life on the early pigboats. [https://pigboats.com/images/0/08/Bingham_monograph.pdf '''That document'''] was graciously sent to this site by naval historian Ryan C. Walker. Thank you Ryan for this glimpse into life on the pigboats! | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:41, 3 February 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!
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.
December 16, 2024
We have also added some new information to the Submarine Classes page. This new information will help round out understanding of the different tactical and strategic roles that submarines of the pigboat era fulfilled.
December 7, 2024
November 22, 2024
We have just completed a mini update to several pages. First is a rewrite of the Photo Features page for Julian K. Morrison. We added new information that rounds out the story of this amazing man. Second is a revised Submarine Specifications page. It has been updated with new information from the monumental book by Lyle Cummins: Diesels for the First Stealth Weapon: Submarine Power 1902-1945. Third is a rewrite of the Photo Features page on CAPT Donald C. Bingham, adding links to some of his other commands and duty stations, and a link to a Bingham oral history monograph detailing life on the early pigboats. That document was graciously sent to this site by naval historian Ryan C. Walker. Thank you Ryan for this glimpse into life on the pigboats!
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