Find a copy of "Final Patrol" by Don Keith, N4KC. The story of 17 WWII submarines that have become museums.
When we were on, we were posting our frequencies on several sites. I am sure they will do the same in November.
HI STEVE, THREE CHEERS FOR THE USS BATFISH AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE ON THE SUBS...BRAVO... === =========== =============-- ==================CFO # 1008
A good friend of mine, KS4Q is the son of one of the skippers of the Batfish during the war. He and I were in the submarine service together, me on the Bashaw SSK 241.
My Grandfather was a welder at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, (PSNY)on the Piscataqua River between Maine and NH during the war. Each man that contributed to building the submarine was presented a builders tag, at the boats commissioning. Here is a picture of his builders tags, and a snapshot of the shipyards production records from the book "Portsmouth Built". As you can see he had a hand in building the USS Batfish. We owe such a debt to ALL that carried the USA, through to victory during those times.
We owe a great debt of gratitude to the men and women who served in our armed forces. It was a terrific idea to have these {X}YL's operate from the USS Batfish. A music slideshow of YL operators which I have just made can be seen here 73 from the land of the kangaroo. Rob, www.vk5sw.com
Thank you so much for the post. My Father served on USS Plunger and USS Gato during World War II. Regards, Charles John K3OXL and ETC(SS) Retired
This is very neat. You need to come to Muskogee and see you Grandfather's handiwork. There's more pics on our https://w5nor.org/batfish page. Thanks for sharing those pictures.
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaI HAVE A CARD FROM uss cutless SUB MARINE worked in the 1960s says running submerged at 50 feet operator Dan O,HARA antenna was tied to snorkel. Ian EI3Y
I spent 4 hours on old diesel subs in the early 60's that were used for training new crews at the New London sub base. I was on a fleet oiler and we were used as the targets and many of us volunteered to trade places. I never did get used to the fumes but they were less than the pits at a drag strip; claustrophobia never bothered me. My landlady in 1964-early 67 was referred to as the Batfish by the old guy who did chores and heartily approved by her son, a LTCMDR in the JAG Corps Carl USN/USNR 1959-87 CWO 4 retired
Next year, look for the 'museum ships weekend' operation http://www.nj2bb.org/museum/ It will be several months until info is posted for 2019, but plan on the first weekend in June. I hope to operate along with a few other guys at the USS Silversides https://silversidesmuseum.org/