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(SS-349): 1955-1957 Photos

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70712
Diodon in dry dock early '55 for major 
scheduled overhaul. That's RM1(SS) 
George Konen on the bow waving. 
Diodon is in Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard, 
San Francisco, CA.   
Photo provided by Don Messner.
61797
USS Sperry (AS-12) with nesting subs. 
Picture taken about 1956 from top of 
Diodon's sail. 
We are along side the Nereus.  
Nesting subs are (Ieft to right): 

* Ronqui1 (SS-396),  
* Segundo (SS-398), 
* Caiman (SS-323),  
* Bugara (SS-331),  
* Sea Fox (AA-402), and  
* Charr (SS-328).... 
 Photo provided by Don Messner.
76267
1957 Welcome Aboard brochure front.  
Photo provided by Don Remily.
311996
1957 Welcome Aboard brochure p2.  
Photo provided by Don Remily.
88877
1957 Welcome Aboard brochure page 3.  
Photo provided by Don Remily.
49708
1957 Welcome Aboard brochure back partial.  
Photo provided by Don Remily.
88071
SS-349 in 1957.  Photo provided by Don Remily.
18989
EN1(SS) Dad Richardson in control room 
during Westpac 1956 - 1957.  
Photo provided by Don Messner.
114379
SS-349 in 1957, Brisbane, Australia
30339
Diodon in Brisbane, Austrailia 
April -May '57 for Battle of Coral Sea 
15 year memorial celebration. 
USS Caiman (SS-323) was with us. 
Photo provided by Don Messner.
76606
Diodon in Brisbane, Austrailia 
April-May 1957 for battle of coral sea 
15 year memorial celebration.  
Photo provided by Don Messner.
120632
1957 - crossing equator. Photo 1. 
Photo provided by James Brown.
129085
1957 - crossing equator photo 2.  
Photo provided by James Brown.
65393
Crossing equator April 57 Westpac cruise. 
That's me, Messner ET2(SS) giving the 
Royal Baby's (RMC(SS) MacKay) belly 
button a French kiss.  
Photo provided by Don Messner.
131425
1957 - crossing equator with someone coming out 
of garbage shoot. Photo 3. 
Photo provided by James Brown.
184146
EM2(SS)Weigner possibly - 
sometime between 55-57.  
Photo provided by James Brown.
129557
EM2(SS)Halpin in maneuvering room 
sometime between 1955 and 1958.  
Photo provided by James Brown.
133942
James Brown sometime between 1955 and 1958.  
Photo provided by James Brown.
168693
TM1(SS)Percy in Control Room diving station, 
sometime between 1955 and 1958.  
Photo provided by James Brown.
50796
Florikian's diving bell on Diodon deck.  
Photo provided by Don Messner.
143926
ss349 in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on one of the 
westpac cruises 55 to 58.  
Photo provided by James Brown.