Daily submarine picture

[greenman407]

I like the unmodified sails best. They............look like a sail. Oh.......probably should refer to them as a conning tower......when, back in the day, you could actually "Con" the boat from there.

[Von Hilde]

The Drum has a Mod 4A tower like the Shad the Pargo had the 3A The differance is in the "Covered Wagon" support beams on the bridge overhead by the scope housings and radar mast pargo right after the Mod 3 in 1944 new black paintjob and a year later after the war

[greenman407]

VonHilde, love your emotocon and all the good info.

[Von Hilde]

Von Hilde, I am not seeing what you are saying about a bent radar. From the notation on both pictures it is the Pargo and she is in for a refit. The lower picture is the before modifications and the upper picture is her Mod 4 look with the exposed beams.

I researched the shad and the pargo patrol records along with the yard visits and the USN "photo index" to find out where they were march 6, and why they went to Bethlehem yard at Mare island, then went thru the patrol records and found the pargos last patrol before going to the yard. She was damaged and comsubpac sent her from pearl to SF for repair and scedualed up graded tower. The shad was for the just for the sail mod and general upgrades in equipment. Sometimes if you look up a USN atlantic boat in the uboat.net search they will have all the boats patrols and incidents listed, which is more than I can say about the various non official submarine sites.

[greenman407]

[trout]

Von Hilde, I am not seeing what you are saying about a bent radar. From the notation on both pictures it is the Pargo and she is in for a refit. The lower picture is the before modifications and the upper picture is her Mod 4 look with the exposed beams.

[Von Hilde]

USS Pargo SS 264 in march 1944, by the looks of the picture. They were depth charged by a jap tin can on patrol and had to go to Mare Island for repair. Bent radar antenna is noted on the lower pic. Dont know about the marks on the shad pic but it was in at the same time Mar 6 44

[greenman407]

Heres a different angle on a different boat.

[greenman407]

Old Fleetboat, USS Shad.

[greenman407]

Big Picture

[Von Hilde]

Is that a dry-shelter or the side of the sail (been out of the game way, way too long)?

M

Well, If I told ya.........{you know how it goes} all kinds of lockouts, all over, on the big boats nowdays, supprised they havent figgured a way to deploy a swimmer thru the crappers. They took out sherwood forrest in some and stuck a compartment in to accommidate a football team and the band. Who knows what kind of evil lurks back there with the secret squirrils. Picture 16 hatches flippin up and a swarm of operators on armored jet skis come flyin out. Like a Bond movie

[greenman407]

Yes, thats the sail.

[SSBN659]

Looks like the side of the sail.

SSBN659

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Could this be the food replicator? "Earl Grey...............hot"[ATTACH=CONFIG]24030[/ATTACH]

Is that a dry-shelter or the side of the sail (been out of the game way, way too long)?

M

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Could this be the food replicator? "Earl Grey...............hot"[ATTACH=CONFIG]24030[/ATTACH]

Is that a dry-shelter or the side of the sail (been out of the game way, way too long)?

M