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Tautog on sea trials, likely on the measured mile in Cape Cod Bay off Provincetown, MA., spring of 1940.

U.S. Navy photo.

Tautog after commissioning, possibly at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, 1940. Note the profusion of wires, lifelines, and antennas topside. This would be largely eliminated once the war started.

The white hull ship behind her could possibly be the USS Reina Mercedes (IX-25) or the USS Cumberland (IX-8), both training/barracks ships at the academy. The ship is flying the ball-diamond-ball day shape from her mast on the port side, indicating that she is "restricted in her ability to maneuver". Both ships were immobile.

Photo in the private collection of Ric Hedman.

The crew is lined up on Tautog's after deck in August of 1940, anticipating President Franklin Roosevelt's visit to Submarine Base New London, CT. USS R-12 (SS-89) and several other submarines are moored in the background.

Life Magazine photo by Thomas Macvoy via Navsource.org.