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General Boards => Submarine Related Chatter => Topic started by: Lance Dean on September 06, 2010, 11:53:59 PM
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Forum user David Johnston ("DaveyJ576") has put a lot of effort into these remarkable guides to the S-Class submarines and the U.S. fleet boats. They go into detail on the different modifications done to the S-Class boats, the Gato-class boats as well as the Tambor/Gar-class boats. Great photos to go along with the guide to help us visualize the mods.
Take a look for yourself, download these .pdf files at the links below.
A Visual Guide to the S-Class Submarines, Part One
http://www.submarinemuseums.org/docs/sboats1.pdf
A Visual Guide to the S-Class Submarines, Part Two
http://www.submarinemuseums.org/docs/sboats2.pdf
A Visual Guide to the S-Class Submarines, Part Three
http://www.submarinemuseums.org/docs/sboats3.pdf
A Visual Guide to the Fleet Boats, Part One (revised)
http://www.submarinemuseums.org/docs/fleetboats1r.pdf
A Visual Guide to the Fleet Boats, Part Two
http://www.submarinemuseums.org/docs/fleetboats2.pdf
Thanks DaveyJ576 for sharing this with us!
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Thanks for posting all of these.
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Hello!
I hope you like the articles. My intent was to give the naval history enthusiast a guide on how to identify these boats. I have come across so many photos over the years, some in respectable publications, that have been badly mis-identified. I got increasingly frustrated with the situation so I decided to try to help.
The S-boats have always been a favorite of mine since I was a kid. I think I was ten years old when I read Edward Ellsberg's book On The Bottom, the story of the S-51 salvage. I was hooked and have been interested ever since.
For the Fleet Boats, I decided on starting with the Gato class first, as these boats went through some pretty remarkable changes during their lifetimes and are frequently mis-identified in photos. I then started working backwards with the Salmon/Sargos and will eventually get to the Porpoise/Shark/Perch and the V-boats. One of these days I will jump back to the Balao and Tench classes.
I am interested in any feedback you may have. My intent is to make these as accurate as possible. Thanks!