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Photo # NH 41922:  USS Tarpon underway, circa 1937

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USS Tarpon (SS-175), 1936-1957 -- Part II


This page features additional views related to USS Tarpon (SS-175).

For other images concerning this submarine, see:

  • USS Tarpon (SS-175), 1936-1957.


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    Photo #: NH 41922

    USS Tarpon
    (SS-175)

    Underway on the surface, circa 1937.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 515 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41919

    USS Tarpon
    (SS-175)

    Underway on the surface, circa 1937.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 41928

    USS Tarpon
    (SS-175)

    Underway on the surface, circa 1937.
    Crewmen appear to be preparing to bring her 3"/50 deck gun into action.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 3036

    Submarines alongside USS Holland (AS-3)
    , circa 1936-1939

    These "boats" are, from left to right:
    USS Nautilus (SS-168);
    USS Narwhal (SS-167);
    USS Shark (SS-174), marked "P3";
    USS Dolphin (SS-169), marked "D1";
    USS Porpoise (SS-172), marked "P1";
    USS Pike (SS-173), marked "P2"; and
    USS Tarpon (SS-175), marked "P4".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 119KB; 740 x 500 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 3037

    USS Holland (AS-3)


    With seven submarines alongside, circa 1936-1939. These "boats" are, from left to right:
    USS Nautilus (SS-168);
    USS Narwhal (SS-167);
    USS Shark (SS-174), marked "P3";
    USS Dolphin (SS-169), marked "D1";
    USS Porpoise (SS-172), marked "P1";
    USS Pike (SS-173), marked "P2"; and
    USS Tarpon (SS-175), marked "P4".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 510 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 3038

    USS Holland (AS-3)


    With seven submarines alongside, circa 1936-1939. These "boats" are, from left to right:
    USS Nautilus (SS-168);
    USS Narwhal (SS-167);
    USS Shark (SS-174), marked "P3";
    USS Dolphin (SS-169), marked "D1";
    USS Porpoise (SS-172), marked "P1";
    USS Pike (SS-173), marked "P2"; and
    USS Tarpon (SS-175), marked "P4".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 485 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 3039

    USS Holland (AS-3)


    With seven submarines alongside, circa 1936-1939. These "boats" are, from left to right:
    USS Nautilus (SS-168);
    USS Narwhal (SS-167);
    USS Shark (SS-174), marked "P3";
    USS Dolphin (SS-169), marked "D1";
    USS Porpoise (SS-172), marked "P1";
    USS Pike (SS-173), marked "P2"; and
    USS Tarpon (SS-175), marked "P4".

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 96KB; 740 x 520 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99672

    Six U.S. Navy submarines


    Nested together, circa 1939-1941. Probably seen from USS Canopus (AS-9) in Manila Bay, Philippines. The inboard submarine is not identified. The others are (from left to right):
    USS Pike (SS-173);
    USS Tarpon (SS-175);
    USS Porpoise (SS-172);
    USS Perch (SS-176); and
    USS Permit (SS-178).

    Collection of Jack L. Wheat, who served in Canopus.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 97KB; 740 x 530 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 99007

    USS Tarpon
    (SS-175)

    Senior Navy officials attend the ship's launching ceremonies, at the Electric Boat Company shipyard, Groton, Connecticut, 4 September 1935.
    Those present are, from left to right:
    Assistant Secretary of the Navy Henry L. Roosevelt;
    Rear Admiral Edward C. Kalbfus, President, Naval War College;
    Rear Admiral Harold G. Bowen, Chief, Bureau of Engineering;
    Rear Admiral Emory S. Land, Chief, Bureau of Construction and Repair; and
    Admiral William H. Standley, Chief of Naval Operations.

    Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center.

    Online Image: 87KB; 740 x 565 pixels

     

    For other images concerning this submarine, see:

  • USS Tarpon (SS-175), 1936-1957.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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