Never Heard Of This Sub

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

Ooops! At least I got the first letter correct! Greyback had a terrible accident with SOF divers, the result of which spawned a new program that is to ensure diver/equipment safety. All US submarines now adhere to this program throughout design, construction, and operation. Much like Subsafe, and it works!

A side-bare to that accident. As a member of our dive-locker aboard the YOSEMITE, our work-boat engineer (a non-diver, but wanting to get into the program), MRSN Bloomer, eventually got his chit approved for Dive school. Years later I learned that he was one of the Special Projects guys killed in that fouled up valve alignment in the hangar that did him and some other guys in. Bloomer was a squared away, hardworking type.



He and I would spend off-hours in the Tenders machine and carpenter shop building models. Bloomer went from common air-breather, like me and most of the locker, to spooky gas-breather in a few short years. In his short life he saw some weird **** (Ivy Bells comes to mind).

Trevino v. General Dynamics Corp., 626 F. Supp. 1330 (E.D. Tex. 1986) :: Justia

David
Old Man Remembering

[wlambing]

Ooops! At least I got the first letter correct! Greyback had a terrible accident with SOF divers, the result of which spawned a new program that is to ensure diver/equipment safety. All US submarines now adhere to this program throughout design, construction, and operation. Much like Subsafe, and it works!

[Das Boot]

[Das Boot]

[gantu]

Some picīs

[redboat219]

USS Greyback is a museum ship in NYC. Maybe you could get good plans from the USS Intrepid Museum, of which she is part.

You're pertaining to the USS GROWLER. (SSG 577)

GRAYBACK (SSG 574) was decommissioned and sunk as a target in the West Philippine Sea near Subic Bay Republic of the Philippine Islands April 13, 1986.

[wlambing]

USS Greyback is a museum ship in NYC. Maybe you could get good plans from the USS Intrepid Museum, of which she is part.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

I was shocked when I saw this submarine, USS Greyback

V

Careful there. Edward Wiswesser drawings are always suspect. Some of his work is OK. Some of it is horse****.

[Sam Victory]

I was shocked when I saw this submarine, USS Greyback

V

[Das Boot]

Bite me, scumbag.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named]

A sailor onboard saved the boat after a fire. He won the Navy Marine Corps medal.

Go to bed you old fart!

[Das Boot]

A sailor onboard saved the boat after a fire. He won the Navy Marine Corps medal.

[Das Boot]

I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this boat. I thought I knew them all. 555 does not ring a bell.

[redboat219]

Fxmodels 1/72 AGSS-555 Dolphin. Not sure if it's still available. Worth giving them a call.

About 28" long.

According to FXmodels it's made of GRP with resin appendages and is RC-able and is capable of accepting one of David's 2.5" SD.

https://fxmodels.com/dolphin-info/

[vital.spark]

Went aboard her in San Diego about 10 years ago. Very well presented as a Museum Boat!