11/14/2023 0 Comments Half hull seawolf class submarine goldThe shark caught by the S-42 crew is now suspended by the tail and displayed for the photographer who is in the small boat belonging to the S-42 and kept in below deck storage when not in use. The photo was taken from the S-42's small boat that would have used the davit to be launched from it storage space under the walking deck. The crew of the S-42 has managed to get a sling around the body of the shark and using the small boat/torpedo loading davit have hoisted the shark from the water. We now know that the shark was caught on the port side of the submarine. It was run through the bullnose at the bow and then attached to the portside of the hull at deck level. What looks like a rope at the deck edge is actually a tow cable that these early submarines had permanently affixed due the unreliable engines of the time. Another crew man is reaching down with a boat hook to try and snag the fish. It also looks like the crew has used an other line with a grapple on it that is hooked under the exposed fin. It appears it was caught on a baited line with on a line with a light weight chain for leader. The S-42 at an undisclosed location in Hawaiian waters the crew has caught a medium sized shark. Working around moving and rotating machinery or open breaker panel electrical circuits caused men to be more cautious about metal to metal contacts. Though this could be a fashion statement it has probably a more practical nature. In the photo you can see two of the men, Nessin and the scrapbook owner, wearing their belt buckles off to the side. The new crews barracks, the top of which can just be seen over the top of the building on the left. This is before the big expansion projects of the 1930's when the escape training tower was built. The year is circa 1928 and the photo is taken at Pearl Harbor Submarine Base. They are from Left to Right Nunn, Ships Cook Second Class and Nessin and the owner of the scrapbook who never identified himself. Three sailors of the USS S-42 standing on the aft deck after getting their heads shaved. Some crew opted to shower "in the buff" it seems. Looks like some crew opted to shower "in the buff". Water can be seen coming out of the shower head. This photo was taken in 1926 off shore of Pearl Harbor. Installed in the port side aft of the conning tower. This Photo is NOT in the Public Domain and is from the Private Collection of Ric Hedman The man in the photo is identified as Trottier RM/2 (Radioman Second Class). Discharged inĬlose-up of the shower installed on the S-42 in the port side aft of the conning tower. Point, there I made Electrical Torpedoman 3 class. To Tiburon Bay and later to Kaiser shipyard where we decommissioned her.įrom there I was transferred to the Dragonet (USS Dragonet SS 293) at Hunters We put into San Diego and were ordered up Mo mac Gibbs, (MM or Motor Machistmate), port watch, volunteered to dive Were pretty close to 150 ft when the Capt. We reachedħ5 feet then 100 before the OD called the Capt. Operating the bow planes and we could not control the dive. We were at sea out of San Diego practicing with the Air Force we dove andĪs usual we were to level off at periscope depth but we continued to go In 1944 to June 1945 when we took her to Kaiser shipyard to decommission To Ron Martini from a crewman "I served on the S42 Photo From The Private Collection of Ric Hedman, not a Navy Photo Position use to elevate the gun on the left side of the 4"/50 caliber BubblesĬan be seen escaping from structures under the walking deck andĪscending past the radio antennas. Reached a depth of about 20 feet under the surface of the ocean. The dark overhang at the top of the photo is Gun of the USS S-41 as seen through the portlight on the port side of Top of an S-Boat radio mast showing detail of the mast and flag halyards arttached to the underside of the yardarm. Masthead lights and anchor lights can be seen under the yardarm. Top of the radio mast showing detail of the mast and the commissioning pennent of the S-40. Line handlers and foredeck officer on the bow of the S-40. Location is unknow but most likely Asiatic Station, Tsingtao, China, circa mid 1930's.īridge crew standing on the bridge combing watching the unmooring process.Ĭaptain and another officer standing on the bridge combing watching the unmooring process.īridge helmsman can be seen standing to the left of the legs of the officer on the left.Įnlisted man and another officer standing on the bridge combing watching the unmooring process. USS S-40 in what appears to be getting underway from another S-boat moored to a tender. Rough, note bow of submarine has lifted from the water. The foreground with an unidentified S boat. The Navy's best are found upon The pigboats black and trim For men must be of sturdy stuff To sink and still to swim.
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