Fleet Plan of the Day

The mission statement of the Cold War Boats Association includes preserving the history of Cold War submarines and there is a great deal that goes into making that available to our members. The coldwarboats.org website is the primary repository of every Cold War boat related artifact we are able to get our hands on.

This includes commendation letters for the command, command-related correspondence, crew publications, cruise books, physical memorabilia, newspaper articles and clippings, training aid booklets (TABs) where no longer classified, qualification related materials like qual cards and training aids, ship’s brochures published for significant events, envelopes and cachets related to the ship’s post office, recordings of sounds of the boat, watch-bills, and pretty much anything else remotely related to a Cold War Boat.

Where do these items come from? I’m glad you asked. Our main source of these artifacts come you, our registered members. You can upload your photos, scans, and pdfs quickly and easily for preservation on the coldwarboats.org website.

Others are gifted to us by family members of shipmates on Eternal Patrol, and we use our admittedly limited funds to purchase other collectibles as they become available.

Which brings us to our titular topic for today. We have accumulated hundreds of ship’s brochures: keel layings, christenings, launchings, commissioning, change of command, welcome aboard brochures, inactivations, and decommissioning. Our Historical Archivest, Caitlin Downhour, invests a great deal of time scanning these documents so we can post them in the appropriate command’s Logroom Archives under Ship’s Brochures. 

Currently we have posted 184 brochures, mostly from fast-attacks and boomers, smoke boat brochures being few and far between.

These include:

To access all of these Brochures, you must be registered and logged in, though a selection are available for public viewing by non-registered guests. You can find them in your command’s Logroom >> Archives >> Ship’s Brochures. 

All of them are indexed under Homeport >> Collections by various types, as well.

If you have collected any of these, and would like to preserve and share them with your shipmates and their families, please contact me for details. You can scan and upload them at your convenience, email me digit images, or arrange to send the documents themselves, insured and transported at no expense to you - we will scan them and return them to you promptly.

Don’t let these valuable pieces of Cold War submarine history be lost or hidden. Your name will appear on the website with every item you contribute, and your sponsorship tag will identify you as a Contributor.

Be a part of preserving our legacy.