19 July 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Reconnaissance scouts of the 1st Provisional Marine Air-Ground Task Force load into a rubber boat from Greenfish, a submarine of the Pacific fleet as they leave on a night mission against “enemy” installations on the island of Maui. The training afforded the Marines of the Task Force, which is based at the Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, is the most versatile offered to Marines anywhere October 7, 1954. Note the classic WWII “duck hunter” camo which had by 1954 been out of use for almost a decade except for special operations units. (Sgt D.E. Reyher DEFENSE DEPT PHOTO (MARINE CORPS) A290040.)



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Greenfish_(SS-351)

Name USS Greenfish
Builder Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut
Laid down 29 June 1944
Launched 21 December 1945
Commissioned 7 June 1946
Decommissioned 29 October 1973
Stricken 29 October 1973
Fate Transferred to Brazil, 19 December 1973

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[Bob Womack]

First pic shows Greenfish in GUPPY II config and second shows GUPPY III. The "tell" on the II is the taller sail stepped up from the roughly WWII-level weather bridge. The tells on III are the smooth, single-level sail and BQG-4 PUFFS passive sonar shark fins. Incidentally, the sail was plastic on Guppy IIIs. I've been aboard the last surviving GUPPY III, Clammagore (SS-343), at Patriots Point Museum in Charleston. Her hull has degraded over time and the museum has decided to scrap her.

Bob

[Mark in Rochester]

First pic shows Greenfish in GUPPY II config and second shows GUPPY III. The "tell" on the II is the taller sail stepped up from the roughly WWII-level weather bridge. The tells on III are the smooth, single-level sail and BQG-4 PUFFS passive sonar shark fins. Incidentally, the sail was plastic on Guppy IIIs. I've been aboard the last surviving GUPPY III, Clammagore (SS-343), at Patriots Point Museum in Charleston. Her hull has degraded over time and the museum has decided to scrap her.

Bob

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