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646k | Miss Jane Elizabeth Davis christening the Burrfish (SS-312) at launching at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. 18 June 1943. | National Archives Identifier: 12562953 Photo courtesy of catalog.archives.gov | ||
1.30k | Officers and crewmen salute the colors as the Burrfish (SS-312) slides into the Atlantic at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H., 18 June 1943. | USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. | ||
60k | Burrfish (SS-312) starboard view entering Pearl Harbor, circa 1943-45. | USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. | ||
441k | Score card of Burrfish's (SS-312) accomplishments during WW II. | USN photo courtesy of Tommy Trampp. | ||
1.00k | Broadside view during her trials as a SSR, conducted on 27 January 1950. | Photo scanned by Ryan Crierie, via flickr, courtesy of Stephen Gower. | ||
2.20k | The destroyer tender Yellowstone (AD-27) at Augusta Bay, Sicily, May - October 1950. Ships alongside to starboard; Sea Robin (SS-407), Torsk (SS-423), Sea Leopard (SS-483), Burrfish (SS-312). To port; John R Pierce (DD-753), Barton (DD-722), Shea (DM-30) , and in the background Bauer (DM-26). | US National Archives photo # 80g 428712, from NARA, College Park, Maryland, courtesy of Sean Hert. | ||
166k | Burrfish (SS-312), ship's officers, 1950. The contributor's father, Commander E.J. Levin, sailed on the first 4 patrols of the Harder (SS 257) and is second from the left in the back row. | Courtesy of John Levin. | ||
266k | The Burrfish (SS-312) most likely on her way down the Thames River near New London, CT, circa 1950. | Courtesy of John Hummel, (USN) retired. | ||
1.24k | On 6 September 1951, airplane crash survivors disembarked at Norfolk Naval Base after the sub, Diablo (SS-479), rescued them and brought them back to port in Norfolk, Virginia. Burrfish (SSR-312) appears to the right. |
Photo from The Virginian-Pilot Photograph Collection / SMC Photograph Collection from the Norfolk Public Library (Va.) | ||
38k | Between February 1950 and June 1956 Burrfish (SSR-312) completed three tours with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean; participated in several major type and inter-type exercises; and operated along the eastern seaboard as a radar picket ship. She appears here circa 1953. | Photo courtesy of Robert Hurst. Text courtesy of DANFS. | ||
151k | Broadside & stern view of the Burrfish (SSR-312) in 1/192 scale, solid cast resin, replica of the boat circa 1950-1952. | Model & photo courtesy of Mel Douyette & coldwarsubmarines.com | ||
186k | Chivo (SS-341) and Burrfish (SSR-312) in Marseilles France, 1952. | Photo courtesy of John Hummel, (USN) retired. | ||
139k | Redfin (SS-272) with the Grampus (SS-523) and other subs alongside Orion (AS-18) was taken between 1953-55. The "Nodding idiot" on Redfin was converted to the electronic version in 1956. The other 3 boats are from outboard in Migraine II Requin (SS-481) and Migraine I Burrfish (SS-312) and Tigrone (SS-419). The order of the last 2 might be reversed. | Text contributed by Larry Derouin. Photographed and contributed by John Hummel, (USN) retired, USN (Retired). | ||
254k | British subs visits Norfolk circa middle 1950's plus. Submarines lined up on the pier from outboard to inboard are: Cutlass (SS-478) and Sea Leopard (SS-483) with step sails. Followed by the Sealion (SS-315) & several SSR's which might be the Tigrone (SSR-419) and Burrfish (SSR-312). Both boats are in the Migraine I SSR version. If the last SSR is indeed the Burrfish, then this picture would have been taken sometime in the late spring of 1956. The USN sailors are in dress whites (indicating the springtime changeover to whites), and the Burrfish departed Norfolk for the last time on 5 June 56, headed for New London and decommissioning. The tender is Sierra (AD-18), which was always located at the next pier down from the sub pier. |
Photo courtesy of John Hummel, (USN) retired. Photo i.d. & text courtesy of David Johnston |
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156k | Burrfish (SSR-312) appears here circa shortly before being decommissioned & laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in late 1956. | USN photo courtesy of David Buell. | ||
284k | Recommissioning article 27 January 1961. | Photo courtesy of Ron Reeves (of blessed memory). | ||
HMCS Grilse (SS-71) | ||||
51k | [ex-Burrfish (SS-312)] approaches the dock at Grand Isle, LA., after she was given to Canada as HMCS Grilse (SS-71) in 1961. | USN photo courtesy of ussubvetsofworldwarii.org. | ||
321k | HMCS Grilse (SS-71) in the North Atlantic doing high line transfer,1968. | Photo courtesy ofJohn Hummel, (USN) retired. | ||
408k | Continued from above: A small boat got sucked into her limber holes when she surfaced, boat now on deck. | Photo courtesy ofJohn Hummel, (USN) retired. | ||
108k | HMCS Grilse (SS-71) [ex-Burrfish (SS-312)], arrives at Mare Island on 26 September 1969 for decommissioning and return to the US Navy. In the background are two barges, one of which appears to be YFR-369. |
USN photo # 94526-9-69, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | ||
154k | A prayer is being given during the decommissioning ceremonies aboard HMCS Grilse (SS-71) [ex-Burrfish (SS-312)] at Mare Island on 2 October 1969. | USN photo # 94690-10-69, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. | ||
115k | The colors and commissioning pennant are lowered during the decommissioning ceremonies aboard HMCS Grilse (SS-71) [ex-Burrfish (SS-312)] at Mare Island on 2 October 1969. | USN photo # 94691-10-69, courtesy of Darryl L. Baker. |
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