Submarines

SS-192 (cont.)

                                                 23-25 MAY 1939                                                     SS-192 (cont.) It had been 26 hours since SQUALUS (SS-192) slipped below the waves off New Hampshire’s coast, only to be partially flooded and sink 240 feet below.  The McCann Rescue Chamber had arrived lashed to the fantail Read More

Submarines

SS-192

                                                   23 MAY 1939                                                          SS-192 A commissioning ceremony occupied the docks at New Hampshire’s Portsmouth Navy Yard on 1 March 1939.  Our latest Sargo-class submarine, SQUALUS (SS-192), was entering service.  Her dock trials went well, except for a problem with closure of Read More

Korea, Naval Aviation

Koelsch and Neal

                                                    3 JULY 1951                                             KOELSCH AND NEAL John K. Koelsch was English, born in London and educated at the Choate School.  In 1940 he joined the Royal Air Force and fought in the Blitz.  He came to the United States in 1942 Read More

Naval Aviation, WWII Pacific

Adventures of a Navy Blimp

                                                   12 MAY 1944                                  ADVENTURES OF A NAVY BLIMP The years between the World Wars saw the development of lighter-than-air zeppelins and blimps, initially useful in the civilian common carrier industry by virtue of their sustained cruising capabilities.  These same cruising and Read More

Submarines, WWII Pacific

Palawan Rescue

                                                30 AUGUST 1944                                              PALAWAN RESCUE On the night of 13 August 1944, USS FLIER’s (SS-250) surface transit of the Balabac Strait off Borneo was suddenly blasted by a deafening explosion.  Like her sister, ROBALO (SS-273), two weeks earlier, FLIER had struck Read More