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 | 1.70k | General view of the launching arrangements, bow view of the Sturgeon (SS-187) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 15 March 1938. | USN photo # 254-38 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 210k | Sturgeon (SS-187) christened by Mrs. Alice N. Freeman, wife of Charles S. Freeman, Commander, Submarine Force. | USN photo courtesy of Dale Hargrave | |
 | 1.50k | The launching ways clock says it is 12:45 as the Sturgeon (SS-187) begins her slide down into the waters at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA., 15 March 1938. Note the chains piled up wayside. | Text i.d. courtesy of John Hart & Ric Hedman. USN photo # 243-38 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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NR | Newest Sub Launched on Coast Sliding down the ways is the newest of Uncle Sam’s submarine fleet, the Sturgeon (SS-187), built and launched under virtual wartime precautions at Mare Island. Cal., Navy Yard. Special guards patrolled the yard and spectators were not allowed to venture too near the vessel. Mrs. Charles S. Freeman, wife of Rear Admiral Freeman, commander of the submarine force, christened the Sturgeon with champagne. The 1466 ton undersea craft will be commissioned at Mare Island. Fifteen more submarines are being built to strengthen the U. S. Fleet. |
USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. Image and text provided by Alaska State Library Historical Collections. Photo from The Daily Alaska Empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 04 April 1938, Image 6, via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. | |
 | 1.70k | Sturgeon (SS-187) in the Mare Island channel after her launching on 15 March 1938. | USN photo # 274-38 courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 89k | Postal cover of her launching. | Photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 37k | Commemorative postal cover marking Sturgeon's (SS-187) launching, 15 March 1938. | Courtesy of of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 37k | Commemorative postal cover marking Sturgeon's (SS-187) launching, 15 March 1938. | Courtesy of of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 167k | Commissioning postal cover for the Sturgeon (SS-187), 25 June 1938. | Courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 21k | Commemorative postal cover marking Sturgeon's (SS-187) shakedown cruise, 8 November 1938. | Courtesy of of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
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60k | Commemorative postal cover on the occasion of Navy Day 1938 honoring the six Salmon-class (SS-182-187) submarines: Salmon (SS-182) Seal (SS-183), Skipjack (SS-184) Snapper (SS-185) Stingray (SS-186) & Sturgeon (SS-187). |
USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
 | 110k | Stingray (SS-186) foreground operating in formation with other submarines, during Battle Force exercises, circa 1939. The other three submarines are (from left to right): Seal (SS-183); Salmon (SS-182) and Sturgeon (SS-187). | USNHC photograph # NH 77086. Collection of Vice Admiral George C. Dyer, USN (Retired). | |
 | 110k | Stingray (SS-186) surfacing in formation with other submarines, during Battle Force exercises, circa 1939.Sturgeon (SS-187) is immediately beyond Stingray (SS-186), with the wakes further in the distance probably belonging to Seal (SS-183) and Salmon (SS-182). | USNHC photograph # NH 77089. Collection of Vice Admiral George C. Dyer, USN (Retired). | |
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2.61k | Pre war photo of the Sturgeon (SS-187) probably somewhere off the Eastern coast of the US circa late 30's | Photo courtesy of flickr.com via John Spivey. | |
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NR | Sturgeon (SS-187) stars in 'Thunder Afloat' with Wallace Beery | Image and text provided by University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Photo from The Hagerstown Globe. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1936-1943, 29 September 1939, Image 4 via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. |
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 | 107k | Stingray (SS-186) surfacing in formation with other submarines, during Battle Force exercises, circa 1939. The other three submarines are (from left to right): Seal (SS-183); Salmon (SS-182) and Sturgeon (SS-187). | USNHC photograph # NH 98985. Collection of Vice Admiral George C. Dyer, USN (Retired). | |
 | 137k | Postal cover marking the 1st birthday of the Sturgeon (SS-187), 25 June 1939. | Courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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59k | Panoramic photograph of Holland (AS-3) moored at Buoy 19, San Diego, CA, 1940, with eleven submarines alongside. Submarines are (from left to right): Salmon (SS-182); Seal (SS-183); Stingray (SS-186); Perch (SS-176); Pollack (SS-180); Cachalot (SS-170); Cuttlefish (SS-171); Skipjack (SS-184); Sturgeon (SS-187); Snapper (SS-185) and Sargo (SS-188). SS-182 through SS-187 were members of Submarine Division 15, commanded by R.W. Christie. Richmond (CL-9), flagship of the Commander Submarine Force, Pacific, is in the right distance. | USN photo # NH 68481, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy of US Naval Institute, James C Fahey Collection. | |
 | 29k | Commemorative postal cover photo of the Sturgeon (SS-187), 15 January 1941. | USN photo courtesy of Jack Treutle (of blessed memory). | |
 | 67k | On 1st July 1942, the Sturgeon (SS-187) (Lt. Cdr Wright) torpedoes and sinks the Japanese transport Montevideo Maru about 65 miles west of Cape Bojeador, Luzon, 18°37'N, 119°29'E.. Unbeknown to the submariners, Montevideo Maru was transporting 1,050 Allied POW's (845 PW and 208 civilians) who were embarked at Rabaul, New Britain) to Hainan Island. There were no survivors from the allied POW's, only a few of the Japanese crew survived. | Text courtesy of Official Chronology of the U.S. Navy in WWII by R. J. Cressman via wrecksite.eu. Map image courtesy of Google Earth. Photo courtesy of wrecksite.eu. |
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2.18k | People see off the Montevideo Maru, which carries Japanese immigrants to Brazil, departs at Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, 16 January 1937. | Photo by The Asahi Shimbun/Getty Images, courtesy of gettyimages.com. | |
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2.61k | The wreck was found split in two in April 2023, and lies at a depth of over 4,000 meters | Photo courtesy of First detailed images from the Montevideo Maru shipwreck | 7.30. | |
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300k | King Harald V of Norway (L) is welcomed at the commemoration of the discovery of the wreck of the Japanese ship Montevideo Maru, by Norwegian author and historian Bjorn Tore Rosendah (R) and Australian John Mullen, founder and director of the Silentworld Foundation which led the research and discovery of the ship, in Oslo, Norway, on 2 November 2023. Deep-sea explorers said on 22 April 2023 they had located the wreck of a World War II Japanese transport ship, the Montevideo Maru, which was torpedoed off the Philippines killing nearly 1,000 Australians aboard as well as 24 Norwegian sailors when the ship sunk off the Philippines in 1942. | Photo by Terje Pedersen/Contributor/Getty Images, courtesy of gettyimages.com. | |
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69k | Wright man for the job. Hackleback (SS-295) was sponsored by Mrs. W. L. Wright, wife of Lieutenant Commander William Leslie Wright, of Submarine Squadron 6. He commanded the Sturgeon (SS-187) for her first few patrols at the outbreak of WW II & received the Navy Cross for her 2nd & 3rd patrols. |
USN photo courtesy of valor.militarytimes.com | |
 | 382k | Civilian workmen aboard the Sturgeon (SS-187) discuss the what's to be's during the boat's refit at Mare Island on 23 April 1943. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 506k | OOD on the stern and a sailor near the 3"/50 deck gun are all the military that can be seen in this photo as civillian yardmen aboard the Sturgeon (SS-187) discuss the boat's refitting at Mare Island on 23 April 1943. | USN photo courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 213k | Full length view of the Sturgeon (SS-187) dockside on 3 May 1943. | USN photo # MI-3240-43 courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 64k | Sturgeon (SS-187), off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 3 May 1943.
Note the barrage balloon in the right background. A platform has been built out forward of the old bridge fairwater to take a 20-mm cannon, and two gun access trunks have been built into it to serve the 3 in/50 mount moved forward. The top of the old enclosed bridge has been removed and a venturi added atop it to shield a new open bridge. The fairing around the periscope shears has been removed. | Partial text courtesy of U.S. Submarines Through 1945, An Illustrated Design History by Norman Friedman. Naval Institute Press. Official USN photo # NH 99230, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. |
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 | 576k | Port side view of Sturgeon (SS-187), off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 3 May 1943. | Photograph # 19-N-46400, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
 | 96k | Sturgeon (SS-187), off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 3 May 1943. Ship in the left center distance is probably Bushnell (AS-15), which was then completing her post-commissioning outfitting. | Photograph # NH 99231, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives / U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 86k | Stern view of the Sturgeon (SS-187), off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 3 May 1943. | Photograph # NH 99232, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives / U.S. Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 97k | At the Hunters Point Navy Yard, San Francisco, California, 23 April 1943, following overhaul. White outlines mark recent alterations, among them the relocation of Sturgeon's (SS-187), 3"/50 deck gun, installation of watertight ready service ammunition lockers in her sail, and fitting of 20mm machine guns. Note the large concrete weight on deck, indicating that Sturgeon was then undergoing an inclining experiment to check her stability. | Photograph # 19-N-46405, from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives / USNHC photograph | |
 | 131k | At the Hunters Point Navy Yard, San Francisco, California, 23 April 1943, following overhaul. White outlines mark recent alterations. Note the weights on Sturgeon's (SS-187) deck, indicating that she was then undergoing an inclining experiment to check her stability. | Official USN photo # NH 99233, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. | |
 | 1.61k | I. R. Lloyd print of the Sturgeon (SS-187) in WW II. | USN photo courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | |
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365k | This plaque was unveiled 20 March 1995 by His Excellency Major General P.M. Jeffery OA MC, Governor of Western Australia to commemorate the sacrifices made by Allied submarines that operated out of Fremantle, Western Australia during WW II. | Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory). | |
 | 100k | Close up of Sturgeon (SS-187), conning tower kill flags, while at South Boston Navy Yard, circa 15 November 1945 to 4 February 1946. Notice the parachute markings which probably indicated successful downed pilot recovery's. | Photo by Vincent Grobbel, BM1, USCG, USS Davenport (PF-69), courtesy of Mike Grobbel. | |
 | 47k | Close up of Sturgeon (SS-187), conning tower showing the "Virgin Sturgeon" artwork and the battle ribbons on the front of the conn, while at South Boston Navy Yard, circa 15 November 1945 to 4 February 1946. | Photo by Vincent Grobbel, BM1, USCG, USS Davenport (PF-69), courtesy of Mike Grobbel. | |
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1.38k | 10 page PDF of the first 2 Sturgeons: E-2 (SS-25) & Sturgeon (SS-187). | USN photos courtesy of Scott Koen & ussnewyork.com. | |
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