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<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color:#00008B">A fine photo of Plunger cruising close off the coast of Hawaii, probably Oahu or possibly Lahaina, Maui approximately 1940. By the date of this photo, the Submarine Force had shifted away from the "P" class identifiers on the superstructure and fairwater and had changed to displaying hull numbers. This is a practice that continues to the present day.


<small>Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman</small>
<small>Photo courtesy of the digital collections of the National WWII Museum.</small>


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Revision as of 20:26, 13 November 2023

Pre-war

A fine photo of Plunger cruising close off the coast of Hawaii, probably Oahu or possibly Lahaina, Maui approximately 1940. By the date of this photo, the Submarine Force had shifted away from the "P" class identifiers on the superstructure and fairwater and had changed to displaying hull numbers. This is a practice that continues to the present day.

Photo courtesy of the digital collections of the National WWII Museum.

Marine Railway Incident, 1942

At Midway Atoll, July 1942

Crew Photos, 1943

Post War



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