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BAYA
(SS 318)
USS BAYA Periscope
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and Historical Museum in Vallejo, CA. It is prominently displayed at
the top of the staircase. It is operational and extends out through the
roof. Image contributed by Patrick W. Ellis |
BLENNY
(SS 324)
CLICK THUMBNAIL FOR THE STORY
USS BLENNY ship's bell at Ballast Point, San Diego
With a link to BLENNY's last dive
PAMPANITO
(SS 383)
National Maritime Museum Association
PO Box 470310
San Francisco, CA 94147
(415) 441-5819
USS PAMPANITO SS-383 Home
Page
HNSA
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Students on the Pamp - Nov. 2002
RONCADOR (SS 301)
| The following information was provided
by Joel Lyon
The center piece is the fairwater, main
deck up, complete with scopes and radar antenna There is an almost complete 20 mm anti-aircraft gun on the aft cigarette deck. Surrounding the fairwater are two marble
obelisks with brass plaques, two 5 inch 25 cal
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| The plaque reads: "First
U.S. Naval Station in the Pacific Mare Island Navy Yard was established
September 16, 1854 by the then commander David G. Farragut, USN. Site selected
in 1852 by a commission headed by Commodore John D. Sloat, USN. Mare Island
had the Navy's first shipyard, ammunition depot, hospital, Marine barracks,
cemetery, chapel, and radio station in the Pacific."
Read about The Early Submarines of Mare island |
Plaque
at Mare Island
| A former SSBN-658 crew member, James
Carter, had the plaque made in 1999 and it is now displayed with the remains
of USS MARIANO G, VALLEJO SSBN-658 at Mare Island. J. Carter says that there is a building on Mare Island that is marked to become a museum of the shipyard and the 658 sail is to be the centerpiece. Along with the sail they have the radio shack, sonar shack, the conn, periscopes, BCP and numerous other artifacts from the 658. For more information contact James Carter at ssbn658@mindspring.com Website link for USS MARIANO G. VALLEJO SSBN-658 |
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for the COB of the USS SCORPION in 1970. Also a BOQ was named here for LCDR John Harvey, CO of the THRESHER. |
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| Tribute was paid on Friday, March 1,
2002 to American submarine veterans and the 54 boats lost in World War
II and the Cold War era at a ceremony at California State University, Fresno.The
ceremony included a "tolling of the boats".
Two submarine veterans organizations, with assistance from Army and Air Force ROTC students at Fresno State, dedicated a monument and 54 tulip trees on the grassy Maple Avenue mall. The memorial is the first honoring lost submarines and crew members to be located on a university campus, according to Joseph A. Cox, president of Fresno chapter of the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II. |
Images and text copied & adapted from California State University, Fresno
(Fresno) For each submarine honored there
is a tree
and a marker listing the name of the boat and date lost.
Fresno 2003 Memorial Report
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The hills above Azusa
There is a marker. Apparently during WWII
and into the 1980s
the US Navy had a facility on the lake in which it tested torpedoes.
Not a memorial but a point of historical interest.
Info contributed by John A Andersen
jqa1@earthlink.net
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum has a 1970's vintage Type 2E periscope on display.
They also have ship models of the submarine Pampanito (SS 383) and a German Type VIIC.
The models are about 10 feet long.
The museum is planning to construct a replica of a conning tower.
The link to the military exhibits of the museum is:
http://www.sbmm.org/exhibits_upstairs.php#edward
