S-23
S-23 (SS-128)
The USS S-23 S-27 S-21 moored at New York City c1925
National Archives Photo
Actor Jimmy Durante taking a break during the filming of the 1933 movie "Hell Below". Durante played the character of the ships cook nicknamed "Ptomaine".
The USS S-31 played the fictional U.S. submarine AL-14. MGM purchased the USS Moody (DD-277), a World War I-era destroyer destined for scrapping due to the London Naval Treaty limits on navy strength, for US$35,000. The firm of Merritt-Chapman & Scott was hired to sink the ship to simulate the torpedoing of an Austro-Hungarian minelayer. Principal location photography took place in Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. (Wikipedia)
From the Private Collection of Ric Hedman
Back of photo inscription. The date of 1940 seems to have been someones guess as to the date the photo was taken.
From the Private Collection of Ric Hedman
National Archives Photo
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