*** PLEASE FORGIVE THE ORGANIZATION OF OUR ARCHIVES WHILE WE BEGIN THE PROCESS OF POSTING THE SCANS OF THESE ITEMS - WHICH MAY NOT BE IN ANY PARTICULAR ORDER UNTIL WE FINISH ***

in May, 2003 a new member of USS Virginia Base, Keith Link, delivered a box of miscellaneous photos and memorabilia he had received from his sub vet father, for the Base to maintain. Base Vice Commander Roger Warden then completed the Herculean effort of cataloging all of these materials and on August 11, 2003 he provided the complete inventory list shown below.

Roger is also in the process of digitizing (scanning) these historic submarine service related items which will then be posted on this web site. While this significant effort is in progress, Roger has offered to scan items that may be of interest to others but whose images are not yet posted, and then forward them directly to requesting individuals as e-mail attachments or on CD-ROM. You may contact Roger directly by clicking on his name and sending him an e-mail. As the items in this collection are digitized the images will be posted on this page to the right of the item name. Donations to the USS Virginia Base towards the expense of shipping & handling and operating this web site would be most appreciated.

GREAT JOB, ROGER - WELL DONE ON WHAT YOU HAVE ALREADY COMPLETED AND KEEP UP THE GREAT SCANNING EFFORT! 

Webmaster Note 1:
Some of you may know this, but for those who don't - you can search for keywords on this web page by going to the "Edit" pull-down menu in Internet Explorer and then selecting "Find (on this page)". Type in the name of a person or a boat or something fairly simple that you may be interested in checking and then click on "Find Next". This method offers a low-tech way to do an automatic search of everything in this collection. Tip: KISS (keep it simple stupid) and you'll have better results.
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Submarine Box Inventory List

01	Photo - US Submarine Veterans of WWII Annual Convention Atlantic City August 1974
02	Pen & Ink Sketch - USS Growler SS-215
03	Photo - Submarine is scraped and painted while in dry dock at Pear Harbor
04	Photo - Submarine crew drying clothes in Pacific
05	Photo - Stewards mate aboard submarine reading mail following patrol in enemy waters
06	Photo - Submarine rescues survivors of B-29 crash off Kyushu
07	Photo - Submarine returns to tenders in advance base harbor
08	Program - 42nd Convention USSVWII August 1996
09	Newspaper Article - The Coral Reef Club, Midway Island
10	Photo Copy - USS S-37 Sympathy Chit
11	Ration Card - Beer Ration Card, Camp Coe Subic Bay, Luzon P.I. 1 August 1945
12	Card - USS Finback admission to Mess & Beer Hall
13	Card - Forgotten Submarine Bastards of Ireland
14	Card - Submarine Base Beer Hall Number Two
15	Card - Liberty Card Mare Island
16	Card - Royal Order of the Guppy March 30, 1950
17	Card - Five Grander USS Flying Fish AGSS-229, February 29, 1952
18	Card - PO1 US Submarine Base Subic Bay, P.I.
19	Card - Coral Reef Club, Midway Island Submarine Base
20	Postcard - USS Cavalla, Seawolf Park, Galveston, TX
21	Card - Newton Riding Club, Non sub related
22	Photo - Two sailors outside “Trader” (Bob & Jack) NLN
23	Photo - 1944 (Maiken) Van Brocklin
24	Photo - Nimitz signing surrender aboard USS Missouri
25	Photo - USS Growler SS-215, Dutch Harbor, Alaska July 1942
26	Photo - Unidentified submarine commander shaking hands with FDR
27	Photo - USS Threadfin Mascot “Ashcan” (dog)
28	Photo - 11” X 14” Submarine Memorial Park, Unknown location
29	Photo - USS Perch (SS-313) Crew, September 1945
30	Photo - USS Sea Leopard (SS-483) during Task Force 22 cruise
31	Photo - USS Sawfish (SS-276) October or November 1945, Long Beach Ca Caption reads “my 3rd command”.
32	Photo - Commissioning officers USS Muskalunge at Electric Boat, Groton, CT
33	Booklet - USS Sawfish History
34	Photo of Robert C. Gionet
35	Photo of 4 unidentified men
36	4 photos of crewmen with Battle Flag
37	Photo - Diesel Engine School, July 12, 1942, New London Ct.
38	Photo - USS Pogy crew photo August 1945
39	Photo - Officers & Chiefs USS Porpoise. 1943
40	Photo - National Convention John Frankhauser, T.C. Evans, 1983
41	Photo - USS Tunny (SS-282) Commissioning Officers Mare Island
42	Photo - USS Cuttlefish (SS-171) riding out typhoon south of Japan September 1942
43	Photo - USS Batfish ships party April 23, 1945, San Francisco, California David Weston
44	Photo - USS Sea Robin (SS-407) Panama 1948, Fish catch
45	Typed Story - R-6 snorkeling in 1945, Capt. J.K. Myhre (ret)
46	Drawing - Petty Officer uniform
47	Booklet - Welcome Aboard USS Manta (AGSS-299)
Programs of the United States Submarine Veterans of WWII
48	20th convention 1974
49	21st convention Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Issue 1975
50	26th convention 1980
51	29th convention 1983
52	30th convention 1984
53	31st convention 1985
54	34th convention 1988
55	35th convention 1989
56	36th convention 1990
57	37th convention 1991
58	38th convention 1992
59	39th convention 1993
60	46th convention 2000
61	Photo - Conning Tower Memorial (Looks like New London)
Photo Series taken by Electric Boat, New London
62	USS Nautilus SSN-571
63	USS George Washington SSBN-598
64	USS Skate SSN-578
65	USS Tullibee SSN-597
66	USS Triton SSN-586
67	USS Ethan Allen SSBN-608
68	USS Skipjack SSN-585
69	USS Thomas Edison SSBN-610
70	USS Hartford SSN-768
71	USS Springfield SSN-761
72	USS Seawolf SSN-21
73	USS Nebraska SSBN 739
74	Pen &Ink Drawing - “I relieve you Sir”. Ricardo Dias, 1991. US Submarine Birthday Ball 1991 San Diego Ca
75	Brochure - Welcome Aboard USS Redfish AGSS-395
76	Photo - Pearces
77	Photo - Unknown USSVWWII
78	Photo - Vice Admiral Schiade
79	Photo - USS Apollo AS-25 with 5 submarines alongside
80	Bumper Sticker - Submarine Veteran WWII
81	Photo - Convention head table
82	Photo - Plank Owners US Submarine Veterans
83	Copy - USS Haddo, 9th War Patrol
84	Photo - Unknown 688(I) class submarine
85	Photo - USS Growler (SS-215) July 1944
86	Photo - Engine Room Fleet Submarine, unknown date
87	Photo - USS Cachalot
88	Photo - Card of USS Nereus (As-17)
89	Photo - M.V. Brocklin or Brockilin
90	Photo - USS Cabezon SS-334
91	Photo - Unknown crew, 1945
92	Dolphin Iron on Patches
93	Postcard - USS Cavalla, Seawolf Park
94	Photo copy - USS Permit SS-178, 1945 Pg 5
95	Newspaper Photo - USS Tambor. April 18, 1944 New York Daily News June 1945
96	Newspaper Article - September 5, 1944, “Flyer Grabs Periscope, Sub Tows Him To Safety”
97	Memo - USS Sargo, May 17, 1944
98	Photo - USS Perch, December 1945
99	Photo/Poem - USS Angler SS-240
100	Painting - USS Skipjack (E-1) Electric Boat
101	Brochure - Welcome Aboard USS Jallao SS-368
102	Photo - USS Flasher SS-249
103	Photo - Unknown sailors
104	Photo - Rear Admiral Roy S. Benson
105	History - USS Sawfish with photo 1944, USS Sargo patch photo Illinois State Sub Vets WWII, July 4, 1987
106	Program - Submarine Vets WWII 3 Annual Reunion
107	Photo - Piped ashore March 1, 1959, CWO2 J.E. Larson
108	Photo - Battle Flag USS Cabezon SS-334
109	Newspaper Article - Escape Training
110	Newsletter - USSVWWII February 1959
111	Photo - USS Halibut Commanding Officer Galantin
112	Photo - Captain George L. Ploetz, Supervising Ceramist, Knoll Atomic Power Lab, Schenectady, N.Y.
113	Photo - Captain George L. Ploetz, Commanding Officer Naval Research Company, Scotia, New York
114	Magazine Photo - S-32, March 20, 1943, Dutch Alaska, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands Following 6th war patrol
115	Photo - C.A. May S2c on board USS Oklahoma 1935 Photo C.A. “Dusty” May Electric Boat 1970
116	Photo - Thomas A. McClurg EM3 (SS) 1945
117	Photo - Mack B. May, 1944
118	Photo - Mack May, wife Jeanie
119	Photo - Norman F. McCall
120	2 photos - Mark J. Maynard, Subvets WWII History Book and modern photo
121	Newspaper - Original, Manila Daily Mail, Saturday August 25, 1945
122	Photo - USS Puffer officers in Manila after cease fire
123	Photo Souvenir - Paul’s Place, USS Puffer officers Mavy Day, 1945, Martinez, California
124	Program - October 21-28, 1945 in port program of events
125	Menu - Christmas Menu USS Gurnard, 1943
126	Photo - Officers unknown sub foredeck in front of ship
127	Photo - Unidentified 3rd class petty officer
128	Photo - Lt. David B. Bell, Gunnery Officer, USS Cuttlefish SS-171
129	Photo - Marriage photo December 25, 1947, USS Cuttlefish SS-171
130	Photo - Afterdeck sub with one photo of unidentified sailor
131	Liberty Card - EM1 R.W. Vollenweider
132	Photo - 2 unidentified men June 18,1944
133	Photo - 2 sailors, Bob & Joe Pg 7
134	Photo - 1 sailor, Bob or Joe
135	Photo - Bridge and lookout stand
136	Photo - Bob Vollenweider serving drink
137	Certificate of Membership - “HUI O PELE” Hawaii, May 10,1941
138	Certificate - Deep Submergence Cruiseograph
139	Poem Original - “Beneath the Surface” by Guy Leland Fisher
140	Newsletter - Cuttlefish Clarion
141	Patrol Report #1 - 25 April 1945, USS Puffer
142	Patrol Report #2 - 19 July 1945, USS Puffer
143	Patrol Report #3 - 23 August 1945, USS Puffer
144	Photo - USS Puffer, Martinez, Ca, Navy Day 1945
145	Photo - Don Duguid, 1944 and modern photo
146	Photo - USS Pogy Crew photo August 1945 Midway Island
147	Photo - USS Spadefish SS-411 crew photo
148	Photo - K.J. Longdon, navy and current photo
149	Newspaper Article - USS Tullibee Lone Survivor story, Trident Tides April 13, 1984
150	Pass - Royal Hawaiian Hotel September 14, 1944
151	Newspaper - Oakland Post Enquirer, Monday September 24, 1945 Mare Island subs: Tuna, Mapiro, Sunfish, Grenadier, Spadefish and story on sub fire
152	Photo - King Edward Hotel, Perth Australia, March 1945
153	Photo - Passenger boat on Brisbane River, December 1944
154	Photo - Conning tower USS Gar SS-206
155	Photo - Conning tower USS Tautog SS-199
156	Photo - USS Gar and Sailfish
157	Photo - Conning Tower USS Thresher SS-200
158	Photo - tow unidentified sailors foredeck of unidentified sub
159	Photo - 3 sailors unidentified sub deck
160	Photo - Thresher, Tuna, Gar, foredeck of Tambor, Tautog. December 1945
161	ID - USN Hubert N. Hamilton
162	Photo - Walter Lylce
163	Photo - Paul M Degal
164	Photo - Modern photo Frank Libby
165	Photo - unknown sailor negative
166	Photo - Steven Orlyk, deceased 7/25/85
167	Photo - Rudy Lamel, Newport Naval Training Station August 4, 1936
168	Photo - Rudy Lamel, 1982. Deceased August 2, 1986
169	Photo - Benedict Lafraive
170	Photo - 1924 Jerome W. Baglien
171	Photo - Unknown Ensign
172	Photo - Stabeno, USS Seahorse December 28, 1988
173	Photo - Unknown on Princess Cruise October 1979
174	Bag of USSVWWII Convention Ribbons
175	Photo - Launching of USS Tunny SS-282, Mare Island
176	Photo - Painting of Commander Gilmore with history
177	Photo - Marriage of Jim Helliesen, Oakland, September 1945
178	Photo - Bob (Link?) June 20, 1944 21 yrs and 4 months
179	2 Photos - Fist coming out of water in front of American flag
180	Photo - Commander Howard Gilmore, Medal of Honor, USS Growler
181	Copy of Letter - To Mr. F.W. Gant by Louise Reid Spencer, referencing USS Angler
182	Photo - Sailboat Majuro Atoll, Marshall Islands
183	Song - Waltzing Matilda
184	Brochure - Memorial Services for Departed Shipmates, Delaware Valley Chapter of USSVWWII
185	Photo - Newspaper photo of Father Walter Heath, National Chaplin, served on USS Mingo
186	Photo - Commander Howard Gilmore, USS Growler, in front of Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Hawaii
187	Photo - USS Greyback crewmen: Link, Smith, Burgy 1982
188	Paper - USS Halfbeak SS-352 circa 1960
189	Sketch - Salmon class, Portsmouth plan
190	Magazine Photo - National Geographic, Key West, USS Amberjack
191	Ticket - Western Australia Government Railway
192	Photo - Bob Link, USS Threadfin SS-540 September 1945 passing thru the Panama Canal
193	Humor - Poem
194	Photo - Survivors of USS Growler February 1943, George Wade and John Boxley or Bexley
195	Photo - Kangaroo Express
196	Photo - USS Growler, Brisbane, Australia 4th patrol, February 1943 with bent bow after collision (believed with Japanese freighter)
197	Photo - Submarine painting
198	Book Page - Forward to Submarine Operations by Chester Nimitz
199	Magazine - USS Trutta and Amberjack at Key West Florida
200	Song - Copy of “Eternal Father, Strong to Save”
Pen & Ink Drawings
201	Returning from a Patrol
202	Standing out to Sea
203	Silent but Deadly 1945
204	Photo - USS Shark Memorial
205	Photo 2 - USS Mapiro SS-376
206	Newspaper Article - Return of lost ring belonging to Mrs. Ernestine O’Kane
207	Photo - USS Ray commissioning crew
208	Photo - USS Muskallunge SS-262 Navy Day, Norfolk October 27, 1948
209	Photo - USS Seadragon crew August 30, 1984 1st reunion Chicago
210	Photo - Unknown Submarine Memorial
211	Photo - Unknown Submarine Memorial (Pearl Harbor??)
212	Photo - USS Perch as P-5
213	Photo - USS Perch crew reunion April 1983
214	Photo - USS Mapiro SS-376 Manitowoc Wisconsin, 1945
215	Photo - USS Sterlet SS 392 Hartford Subvet 1982
216	Booklet - Submarine History Highlights 1900-1983 by David Bishop (2 copies)
217	Photo 2 - USS Razorback crew at Guam 1944 2nd and 3rd patrol crew
218	Photo - USS Sea Poacher commissioning crew York Beach
219	Photo - USS Griffin Subic Bay, January 1945 assigned to sub squadron 12
220	Photo - USS Runner S-476 Engineering Gang, Staten Island NY October 1945
221	Photo - USS Carbonero
222	Photo - USS Perch and Stingray, stern view
223	Photo - USS Dragonet launching
224	Photo - USS Sabolo SS-557
225	Photo - USS Little Rock (cruiser)
226	Photo - USS Clamagone SS-343 March 29, 1949
227	Photo - USS Perch as P-5 Dutch Harbor
228	Photo - USS Jack 1945
229	Photo - USS Sterlet some of crew in Brisbane
230	Photo - USS Sterlet Brisbane after war
231	Photo - USS Atule SS-403, 1953 Marseille France
232	Photo - Unknown sub “Torpedo Gang”
233	Photo - Enlisted Submarine Class October 14, 1943 Portsmouth NH
234	Photo - USS Sandlance SS-381 July 1945 Midway Island
235	Photo - USS Aspro July 1943
236	Photo - USS Tautog Midway Island 1945
237	Photo - USS Tautog
238	Photo - USS S-28 crew 1937 or 1938
239	Photo - USS Sea Lion (II) commissioning party

                                VIDEOS

SUB VETS WWII CONVENTION 1990 FLORIDA (we have 2 copies of this)

SUBMARINE WAR AGAINST JAPAN

SECRET FLEETS - SUBMARINES OPERATING OUT OF AUSTRALIA