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<div style="text-align: | <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> | === <big>June 5, 2025</big> === | ||
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File: | File:F-1 WHOI 2025 whole boat.png|[[F-1 collision|'''F-1 wreck images from Woods Hole 2025 expedition''']] | ||
File:S- | File:O-8 and S-1.jpg|[[O-8|'''O-8 maneuvering to moor 1923''']] | ||
File:S- | 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: | <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> | === <big>May 23, 2025</big> === | ||
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File: | File:Grampus A-3 model 1.jpg|[[A-3|'''Eight photo gallery of a model of the Grampus/A-3''']] | ||
File: | File:Pollack port bow March 37.jpg|[[180|'''Three photos of Pollack at sea, 1937''']] | ||
File: | 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: | <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> | === <big>May 19, 2025</big> === | ||
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File: | File:V-1 early photo from starboard USN 456143.jpg|[[V-1|'''V-1 on builder's trials, 1924''']] | ||
File: | File:V-1 on trials NH 63175.jpg|[[V-1|'''V-1 cutting an impressive swath through the water, 1926''']] | ||
File: | 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> | === <big>May 2, 2025</big> === | ||
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File:R-21 alongside NH 82342.jpg|[[R-21|'''R-21 at Coco Solo''']] | |||
File:R-24 launch from stern NH 108254.jpg|[[R-24|'''R-24 launch day, 1918''']] | |||
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: | <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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=== <big> | === <big>April 18, 2025</big> === | ||
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File: | File:K-class underway for Hawaii Oct 15.jpg|[[General K-class photos|'''K-class submarines underway for Hawaii, October 1915.''']] | ||
File: | File:F-1 towing Nov 15 110415-1.jpg|[[F-1|'''F-1 towing operations for return to California, November 1915.''']] | ||
File: | File:F-3 towing Oct 15 102915-2.jpg|[https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=F-3#Return_to_California '''F-3 under tow to California, October 1915.'''] | ||
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">Fellow historian and researcher Darryl Baker contributed over 13 photographs and newspaper clippings that highlighted the shift in submarine operations in Hawaii in late 1915 following the [https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=Notable_Submarine_Accidents#F-4_(Submarine_No._23),_Hull_failure_during_a_test_dive,_March_25,_1915 '''F-4 disaster''']. The photo sets noted above will highlight the coming of the K-class boats and the return of the remaining F-class boats to California. Darryl also contributed a series of newspaper clippings that give contemporary accounts of this major shift in Pacific Fleet submarine operations. These photos all come courtesy of the [https://vallejomuseum.net/ '''Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum''']. Please take the time to visit their site. | |||
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=== <big> | === <big>April 10, 2025</big> === | ||
< | <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">We have just completed a weeks long effort to introduce two new pages that cover guns used on submarines! In a format similar to our [[Torpedoes|'''torpedoes''']] page, the first page is [[Submarine Guns|'''at this link''']] and contains an introduction, notes, and data tables for guns used on U.S. submarines of the pigboat era. The follow-on page [[Gun photos & information|'''can be found here''']]. It contains background historical information on each gun type, including pictures of the guns and mounts and how they were installed on our submarines. There is also a permanent link in the Navigation box on the left of each page. Please give both pages a good read through. We have put an effort into making the information readable and digestible, without getting bogged down in minutiae. If you have any comments or have additional information to add, please contact us here: [mailto:webmaster@pigboats.com '''webmaster@pigboats.com''']. Enjoy! | ||
On another note, we would like to take a moment to remember our brave shipmates onboard the [https://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08593.htm '''USS Thresher (SSN-593)'''] who lost their lives 62 years ago today. Rest in peace shipmates. You are not forgotten. | |||
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Latest revision as of 15:55, 5 June 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!
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!
April 18, 2025
Fellow historian and researcher Darryl Baker contributed over 13 photographs and newspaper clippings that highlighted the shift in submarine operations in Hawaii in late 1915 following the F-4 disaster. The photo sets noted above will highlight the coming of the K-class boats and the return of the remaining F-class boats to California. Darryl also contributed a series of newspaper clippings that give contemporary accounts of this major shift in Pacific Fleet submarine operations. These photos all come courtesy of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum. Please take the time to visit their site.
April 10, 2025
We have just completed a weeks long effort to introduce two new pages that cover guns used on submarines! In a format similar to our torpedoes page, the first page is at this link and contains an introduction, notes, and data tables for guns used on U.S. submarines of the pigboat era. The follow-on page can be found here. It contains background historical information on each gun type, including pictures of the guns and mounts and how they were installed on our submarines. There is also a permanent link in the Navigation box on the left of each page. Please give both pages a good read through. We have put an effort into making the information readable and digestible, without getting bogged down in minutiae. If you have any comments or have additional information to add, please contact us here: webmaster@pigboats.com. Enjoy!
On another note, we would like to take a moment to remember our brave shipmates onboard the USS Thresher (SSN-593) who lost their lives 62 years ago today. Rest in peace shipmates. You are not forgotten.
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