19 July 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

[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

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[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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