THE FLEET

Many pages have been removed by the Navy in lieu of recent terrorist activity. I have left the links to them in anticipation of their return

*****Individual boat pages are listed numerically. Other misc pages written by crew members who were on several boats and all other pages follow the 'boats by number' area. Thanks

Home Page of Paul Wittmer/SVWWIIA great page with tons of history.
Valor At Sea-A WWII Submarine History

SUBMARINES of the UNITED STATES NAVY

The collected works of J. Christley and R. L. Sminkey Submarines of the United States NavyA listing of all boats from 1-582 with pictures of each and some with information...A huge resource.

Current Dispostion of U.S. Submarines with Squadrons and Groups

A listing of boats from WWII and what happened to them.
A listing of those on Eternal Patrol from all eras. Pictures included with many of the names.
Submarine School Class Photo'sSubmit yours
Ric Hedman's Through the Looking GlassA superb look at the early boats from 1900-1940 and much more. A true resource of submarines.
Submarine Battle Flags
Submarine Resource Page"One superb page

NEW SSGNs from 4 of the older Tridents

TOUR A SSN-USS Springfield SSN 761 3D tour.

SSN 3D tour

RIP

OFFICIAL NAVY PAGESOther personal submarine pages are after this section.

Personal Web Pages

Tender TalesCommonly called the 3rd crew for boomers, this is the premier page of Submarine Tenders.
Larry's Home PortBoats and Tenders
SVWWII Guys PageA super page/Must see
Extreme SubmarineIs the title of this personal page. Author on the Von Steuben, Bolivar
Larry Smith's Boat PageNew Jan/02
Holy Loch page
LA Class Specs and a cutaway
A Superb study of boats from 1900 to 1940Page of the Year-2001
Ships and Tonnage Sunk or Damaged by US Submarines in WW II
A CT's Spookgroup Homepage
A QM's Home Page
A Cook's Home Page
A Submariner who followed his father's footsteps
A Guppy Tribute Page
Rafael Anderson's Home PageFormer Nuke School instructor and rider on 701, 716, 754
A Pearl Harbor pageNew in Sept 00.
Boat HistoriesAbout 120 Early boat short histories..
Oliver Thompson's Submarine Home Page
Jim Lawton's Home PageServed on the 420, 610, 659, AS33, AS37.
Submarine MS/cooks page
The Submarine Sailor PageCrew Listing, book reviews, links, soon a photo database of submarine pictures.
SUBASE InetA new page, under construction but promising.
Walen's Page From a TJ guy also Jallao and EB.
Torsk Doc's Home PageWith several other boat pages also.
41 for Freedom Page.
Fleet of 41 Patch Page
Submarine Wives AssociationYes, the most important members of our team belongs on this page!
SubWives PageAnother great page
Submarines Forever by Jim LawtonA page from a guy off the Tirante, Edison and Rogers and later Holy Loch tender.
Dead Eye Dick's Submarine page
Trident Page
A Squid's Page/BR BarbeeFormer MMCS of the 420, 610, 674, 659
A Lifer's Bubblehead PageCurrently under construction but does have a chat room.
Submarine War Page/WW II Patrol Reports on 3 boats, specs, cutaway view of all classes in WW II.
Submarine Central A new page from a young man whose father was (SS).
Quartermaster Page
Up Periscope! A new page by Warren Malinofski-rider of the USS Groton.
Rides Subs Home PageFormer 626 and 696 crewmembers with a new page.
Boats and Poniesi.e. Mustangs and Submarines are this guys life.
CPO NavRing A Webring is a group of pages banded together in a common cause. This one connects CPO pages in a unique way.
Silent Service Hot Rod is Back! All the links that were once Gnatnet.net are here. KingsBay, Tridents and more. Award Winning Page.
Wa3KEY Home page.Ham operator and author of a Growler page
The Goat Locker.A page for CPO's. Under construction but well done and getting larger. He has lots of graphics coming. New address of interest to CPO's only. International CPO Association, PO Box 12328, Las Vegas, NV 89112-0328, or check out ICPO Assoc.
***NSSN INFORMATION: After numerous requests, here is all the information I can pump out of the bilges on the NSSN. Weighing in at some 7,300 tons, it will be armed with 38 weapons; 12 Tomahawks in a vertical launch mode, and another 26 weapons fired from four torpedo tubes. In addition to the Tomahawk, the boat will carry the Mk 48 AdCap torpedo, Harpoon anti ship missiles, mines and down the road, unmanned underwater vehicles. Also possible is a special lock-in, lock-out chamber for special operations and will host a special operations mini-sub. It's sonar system will include a 15-foot bow array, a HF array in the sail, and a TB-29 thin-line towed array. The plans could also call for a TB-16 towed array, a bow conformal array and/or a wide aperture array. In addition to the HF sonar array, the sail will house two new photonics masts for improved imaging functions, an improved electronic support measures mast, and standard communications masts as well as special mission-configurable masts. Using modular hull-section design, the ships could be more easily configured for special operations, including the ability to carry 200 troops for covert action or perhaps 200 cruise missiles or perhaps even the older Trident missiles. The Navy has received $934 million for research and development from 89-95, and for 96 has requested $470 million for additional for New Attack Submarine RandD plus $697 million for advance procurement of components for the first ship. The lead ship is expected to cost $3.48 billion. In later production, each boat should run about $1.5 billion each (vs 2.5 for Seawolf), assuming a minimum of 1.5 boats/year. The second boat will be requested in 2000 and the third and forth in 2002.

THE HEAD

I've been aboard this submarine for nigh on to a week,
sitting here with both legs crossed, unable to take a leak.
I'm afraid to ask instructions too ashamed to face the crew,
If I don't figure something out I don't know what I'll do.
Push this lever, turn that valve, which one do I use first,
if I don't find the answer soon, my bladder's gonna burst.
I sure don't want to flood the boat, I cannot take a chance,
but If I don't do something, I'm gonna wet my pants.
I fell asleep in sub school, when they gave the demonstration,
I'm sitting now in misery from lack of urination.
I've held it in for over a week, that's as long as I can go,
won't someone show me how it works, my kidney's about to blow.
There's no one I can turn to, the situations mighty bleak,
I'd give my reenlistment bonus, for a chance to take a leak.
The pain is quite unbearable, I'm about to throw a fit,
Unable to pee was bad enough but now I have to ____!

Theme Song from the Jolly Dolly Written by B. B. BARRETT (QMC(SS) USN, (sung to the hit song; Six Days on the Road and I'm headed for Home Tonight.

We pulled off of station headed for that Spanish Seaboard.
The turbines wound out She's spinning like never before.
Sixty days on patrol and we're headed for home tonight.

We've got a hydraulic clutch and an atomic overdrive.
All the rods are pulled and the throttles are open wide.
Sixty Days on patrol and we're headed for home tonight.

Seems Like a year since I kissed by baby goodbye.
But we're headed for home watching those miles fly by.
Sixty days on patrol and we're headed for home tonight.

The Gold Crew's waiting way on down the line.
They're going to the place that we just left behind.
Sixty days on patrol and we're headed for home tonight.

We're going home on a brand new champagne flight.
Hear those jets thunder as we fly through the night.
Sixty days on patrol and we're headed for home tonight.

What's that I see coming over the hill?
It must be Charleston I smell that paper mill.
Sixty Days on patrol and we're headed for home tonight.

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