USS ASPRO (SSN 648)
Chief of the Boat TMCM(SS) Ira R. Rogavin and his ever-vigilant eye keeps skylarking under control topside on the USS ASPRO (SSN 648).
~ 1974–1976 (Chuck 'Flip' Phillippe)
USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
A relaxed duty day afternoon onboard the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) in the oppressive heat and stifling humidity of Subic Bay, Olongapo, Philippines
~ 1982 (Brad Williamson)
USS GRENADIER (SS 525)
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USS Seawolf (SSN 575)
The USS Seawolf (SSN 575), sometime after 1973, one of the few boats assigned to the US Navy's Ocean Engineering program.
~ 1973 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS BIRMINGHAM (SSN 695)
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USS Seawolf (SSN 575)
Answering all stop on the surface, the USS Seawolf (SSN 575) off the coast of New London, CT.
~ 18 OCT 1957 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571)
Spray-swept, and underway on nuclear power, the USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) heads out for initial sea trials, somewhere off the New England coast.
~ January 1955 (National Archives and Records Administration)
USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687)
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USS GRENADIER (SS 525)
USS Grenadier (SS 525) underway, circa the 1960s
~ 1960-1969 (Naval History and Heritage Command)
USS GRENADIER (SS 525)
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USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687)
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USS Swordfish (SSN 579)
The USS Swordfish (SSN 579) sits alone at the pier in SUBASE Pearl Harbor. Off her stern, the Adams class destroyer, USS Goldborough (DDG 20), obscures the hull number of an unidentified Knox or Garcia class frigate.
~ JUN 1972 (Ben Brooks, Photographer)
USS Lafayette (SSBN 616)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687)
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USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687)
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USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) on the autumn 1976 Med Run, tied up as close to the pier as it could get in La Spezia, Italy
~ 1976 (Neal Degner)
USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and anxious crew await the arrival of the Avalon (DSRV 2) for fitting up and sea qualification sporting a custom, if not carefully applied, paint scheme, in the gray and cold of a foggy San Diego morning
~ 1983 (Brad Williamson)
USS Sargo (SSN 583)
Illuminated by a flare, the USS Sargo (SSN 583) casts deep shadows while surfaced through the thin ice of a polynya, somewhere north of the Arctic Circle.
~ 1960 (US Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory)
USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687)
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USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
ETR2(SS) Curt Folio, LTJG Jeff Griffiths, ETR2(SS) Ken Deakyne, and LTJG John Dempsey of USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) find something to smile about on a bright Ft. Lauderdale morning prepping for public visitor tours
~ 1976 (Neal Degner)
USS ASPRO (SSN 648)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS SWORDFISH (SSN 579)
The USS SWORDFISH (SSN 579) cuts a swath through the deep blue, creating a spectacular helicopter photo op.
~ Date Unknown (David O'Brien)
USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS GRENADIER (SS 525)
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USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS GRENADIER (SS 525)
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USS Lafayette (SSBN 616)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS GRENADIER (SS 525)
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USS Swordfish (SSN 579)
The ship's company topside on the USS Swordfish (SSN 579) during Commissioning ceremonies at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.
~ 15 SEP 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS Sargo (SSN 583)
The Sargo (SSN 583) at her outfitting berth shortly after her launching on 10 OCT 1957 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard. She would not receive her USS designator until commissioning until a year later. The Grayback (SSG 574) is in the background.
~ Date Unknown (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS Sargo (SSN 583)
The USS Sargo (SSN-583), commissioned on 01 OCT 1958, returns to Mare Island from her first cruise after being designated USS.
~ 02 NOV 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS Seawolf (SSN 575)
USS Seawolf (SSN 575) navigates the channel as autumn begins in Newport, RI.
~ 26 SEP 1957 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687)
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USS Seawolf (SSN 575)
Sitting dead in the water off the coast of New London, CT, the USS Seawolf (SSN 575) poses for a photo op.
~ 18 OCT 1957 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687)
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USS Lafayette (SSBN 616)
A starboard bow view of the nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS Lafayette (SSBN 616) underway, outbound from Hampton Roads, Virginia
~ 1991 (US Navy, PH2 Klenkefus)
USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
Camaraderie perseveres even amidst the deadly serious activity of piloting 300 feet of nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine at depths in excess of 200 feet on board the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680)
~ 1993 (Erik Pietras)
USS ASPRO (SSN 648)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687)
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USS ASPRO (SSN 648)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS Lafayette (SSBN 616)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571)
The USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) on the approach to New York Harbor on 25 AUG 1958, not long after becoming the first watercraft to reach the North Pole.
~ 1958 (USN Arctic Submarine Laboratory)
USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
Shipmates prepare to meet their friends and families waiting on the pier as the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) waits for the brow outboard the USS Sam Houston (SSBN 609) on their return home from Westpac 82-83.
~ 1983 (Brad Williamson)
USS Sargo (SSN 583)
The USS Sargo (SSN 583) is accompanied to sea as it passes Ballast Point with what appears to be North Island and San Diego, CA in the background.
~ Date Unknown (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS BIRMINGHAM (SSN 695)
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USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571)
The crew of the USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) makes ready for getting underway for her second attempt on her historic transit of the North Pole in Pearl Harbor, HI
~ July 1958 (National Archives and Records Administration)
USS Lafayette (SSBN 616)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS Seawolf (SSN 575)
Knifing through the waters off New London, CT, the USS Seawolf (SSN 575) warms up to the camera while conducting sea trials.
~ 28 FEB 1957 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687)
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USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS BIRMINGHAM (SSN 695)
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USS ASPRO (SSN 648)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS Sargo (SSN 583)
USS Sargo (SSN 583) departs Mare Island mid-autumn on the Napa River. The shipyard's Master Pipefitter Irv Witthorne assists the Nuclear Power Superintendent CDR E. E. Kintner in casting off the last line.
~ 07 OCT 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
The crew turns to onboard the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) to rig shore power and sail lighting before liberty goes down on the pier in La Spezia, Italy during the autumn 1976 Med Run
~ 1976 (Neal Degner)
USS GRENADIER (SS 525)
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USS Sargo (SSN 583)
The Sargo (SSN 583) preparing to get underway for sea trials on a typical Mare Island Naval Shipyard morning. A small harbor tug (YTL 592) stands by to assist.
~ 03 AUG 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571)
The USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) cruises on the surface en route to initial sea trials on 17 JAN 1955.
~ 1955 (US Navy Offical Photograph)
USS Seawolf (SSN 575)
The USS Seawolf (SSN 575) departs San Francisco Bay, passing under the familiar Golden Gate Bridge.
~ AUG 1977 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS ASPRO (SSN 648)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS Sargo (SSN 583)
In a rarely seen aerial view (at least by OPFOR) the pre-comm Sargo (SSN 583) knifes through the waters of San Pablo Bay as she transits outbound from Mare Island for sea trials.
~ 13 SEP 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph
USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) lazes patiently next to the pier in Diego Garcia, B.I.O.T., basking in the warm salt breeze of an Indian Ocean dusk
~ 1983 (Brad Williamson)
USS Sturgeon (SSN 637)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
Returning from WestPac 82-83, the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) kites a cluster of sailboats dancing across her wake, inbound to San Diego harbor and SUBASE Point Loma
~ 1983 (Brad Williamson)
USS BIRMINGHAM (SSN 695)
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USS Lafayette (SSBN 616)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS Sargo (SSN 583)
The future USS Sargo (SSN 583) departs Mare Island Naval Shipyard on the Napa River passing hull sections for the scheduled Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN 600) or the yet-to-be Permit (SSN 594) as she heads out for sea trials.
~ 03 AUG 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS Swordfish (SSN 579)
The USS Swordfish (SSN 579) and crew stand by for line-handling on arrival in Hong Kong after an extended deployment.
~ FEB 1978 (Giorgio Arra, Navie Armatori)
USS GRENADIER (SS 525)
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USS ASPRO (SSN 648)
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~ Date Unknown (Photographer Unknown)
USS BIRMINGHAM (SSN 695)
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USS GRENADIER (SS 525)
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USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) maneuvers to the pier in the harbor at Diego Garcia on its second visit during WestPac 83-84 after a mission in the Indian Ocean
~ 1983 (Brad Williamson)
USS Sargo (SSN 583)
USS Sargo (SSN 583) gets line one across as she arrives at Pearl Harbor, HI. Line handlers turn to as those on lines 2, 3, and 4 demonstrate their prowess with the heaveys.
~ 16 OCT 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph
USS BIRMINGHAM (SSN 695)
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USS Swordfish (SSN 579)
Unidentified shipmates ham it up for photos in the Crew's Mess of the USS Swordfish (SSN 579)
~ 05 SEP 1962 (Mare Island Naval Shipyard)
USS William H. Bates (SSN 680)
Cleaning up topside on the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) after mooring in Puerto Rico during exercises in the Carribean during 1975
~ 1975 (courtesy of Ray Haines)
USS GRENADIER (SS 525)
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USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571)
With the piers of the Golden Gate bridge in the background, the USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) navigates San Francisco Bay on 26 MAY 1958 preparing for the under-ice attempt on the North Pole.
~ 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS Swordfish (SSN 579)
As expected from the Silent Service, dark shadows on the USS Swordfish (SSN 579), create an illusion of a disembodied sail, or a ghostly second hull. Location unknown.
~ 12 AUG 1958 (US Navy Official Photograph)
USS RICHARD B. RUSSELL (SSN 687)
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