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USS Thresher (SSN 593)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Thresher (SSN 593) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Thresher (SSN 593)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Thresher (SSN 593) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Thresher (SSN 593)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Thresher (SSN 593) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Thresher (SSN 593)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Thresher (SSN 593) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Thresher (SSN 593)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Thresher (SSN 593) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Thresher (SSN 593)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Thresher (SSN 593) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Thresher (SSN 593)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Thresher (SSN 593) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Thresher (SSN 593)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Thresher (SSN 593) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Thresher (SSN 593)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Thresher (SSN 593) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Flasher (SSN 613)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Flasher (SSN 613) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Flasher (SSN 613)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Flasher (SSN 613) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Flasher (SSN 613)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Flasher (SSN 613) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Flasher (SSN 613)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Flasher (SSN 613) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Flasher (SSN 613)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Flasher (SSN 613) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Flasher (SSN 613)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Flasher (SSN 613) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Flasher (SSN 613)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Flasher (SSN 613) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
USS Flasher (SSN 613)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS Flasher (SSN 613) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680) and/or crew
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 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 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 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 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)
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 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 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 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 PUFFER (SSN 652)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
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~ Photograph: USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and/or crew
USS PUFFER (SSN 652)
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Photographs of the USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
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~ Photograph: USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and/or crew
USS PUFFER (SSN 652)
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Photographs of the USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
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~ Photograph: USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and/or crew
USS PUFFER (SSN 652)
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Photographs of the USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
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~ Photograph: USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and/or crew
USS PUFFER (SSN 652)
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Photographs of the USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
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~ Photograph: USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and/or crew
USS PUFFER (SSN 652)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
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~ Photograph: USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and/or crew
USS PUFFER (SSN 652)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
See details in "Bear A Hand" article below.
~ Photograph: USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and/or crew
USS PUFFER (SSN 652)
Cold War Boats Association needs your help!
Photographs of the USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and a volunteer Site Lead, no website experience necessary.
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~ Photograph: USS PUFFER (SSN 652) and/or crew
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Recent Sea Stories
- It's a Matter of Degrees!
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- Improvise, Adapt, Overcome...
- Easy Bake Ovens
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- The Rash Statement Log
- The Catamaran USNS Hayes (T-AGOR-16)
- Hollywood in the XO's Shower!
- John is Dead!
- Too Much Potable Water?
- Admiral Rickover, I Relieve You!
- Earthquake in Subic Bay
- My First Week on the Billy B!
Recent Logroom Archives
- SSN 653 - Inactivation Brochure - 24 JUL 1992
- SSN 653 - Commissioning Brochure - 12 APR 1967
- SSN 653 - Welcome Aboard - CO Unknown - Undated
- SSN 606 - Commissioning Brochure - 17 OCT 1964
- SSN 606 - Welcome Aboard - CO Unknown - Undated
- SSN 597 - Decommissioning Brochure - 25 JUN 1988
- SSBN 734 - Change of Command - Schaffner/Luff - 29 AUG 2019
- SSBN 734 - 17 DEC 1988 - CAPT Witzenburg - Commissioning Guests
- SSBN 734 - Commissioning Brochure - 17 DEC 1988
- SSBN 732 - Commissioning Brochure - 25 JAN 1986
- SSBN 732 - Welcome Aboard - CO Unknown - Undated
- SSBN 659 - 13 FEB 1967 - ADM Rickover - General Distribution - 659 Story
- SSBN 659 - Inactivation Brochure - 23 OCT 1992
- SSBN 659 - Welcome Aboard - CO Unknown - Undated
- SSBN 658 - Decommissioning Brochure - 09 MAR 1995
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