Salmon is shown running builder's trials in the Atlantic off Block Island early 1938. She is likely running a speed trial at this point, as she is throwing up a considerable bow wave. She would successfully pass the trials and be commissioned into the USN on March 15, 1938.
Photo NH 69872 courtesy of NHHC.
Navy portrait of Torpedoman 2nd Class Francis H. Beaumont of the USS Salmon (SS-182). Beaumont had previously served on the Permit (SS-178) before transferring to Salmon.
