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Individual Submarine Boards => USS Croaker (SS-246) => Topic started by: chris on March 20, 2008, 03:36:07 PM
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I ONCE SAW A PHOTO OF A GUPPY SUB THAT STILL HAD A DECK GUN.DOES ANYBODY KNOW THE NAME OF THIS SUB?
CHRIS
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It may have been one of the Fleet Snorkel conversion boats...
http://guppysubmarinetribute.homestead.com/Fleet.html
Here's a photo of the Lizardfish and it looks like it still has a rear mounted deck gun...
http://image03.webshots.com/3/5/93/48/28359348MjTiHBGrGF_ph.jpg
Here's a better photo of her with the deck gun...
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c7/Torricelli_%28S-512%29%3B0837310.jpg)
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Torsk is a Fleet Snorkel, and we carried ours till sometime in early 54, two years after the conversion.
Here's a pic taken in May of 53.
Gil
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IS IT TRUE THE LING WILL HAVE TO MOVE.I HAVE BEEN TO CROAKER MANY TIMES AND A FELLOW NAMED BOB HAS DONE SOME VERY GOOD WORK ON HER.THEY HAVE PUT A LOT OF WORK IN THE PARK AND I HOPE HER FUTURE IS BRIGHT BUT YOU NEED THE VISITORS OR ?????
chris