US Navy Dolphins and United States Navy Nuclear Submarines
Today Vision-Strike-Wear.Com recognizes an important date in United States Navy Submarine history ~ June 18th 1957 – CNO approves ship characteristics of the Fleet Ballistic Missile submarine.
As Quoted on the USS Remora website ~ These dolphins signify that the person wearing them has undergone a rigorous training that is unmatched. These are not given. They are earned. They represent an extensive amount of training on virtually every system on their submarine. After they have been earned, they are worn with pride and recognized world wide.
Submarine Quotes!
“Some ships are designed to sink… others require our assistance.”
I’m not sure if we were the first submariners to come up with this quote, but it was the theme we had printed on t-shirts (along with a surface ship in the crosshairs of a periscope) for the first ever (Mediterranean) deployment of the “Mighty Monty” – USS Montpelier (SSN 765).
Nathan Zelk, former RM2(SS) USS Montpelier (SSN 765) August ’93 – October ‘97
“Diving Officer, I believe we are airborne”
OOD, looking out the periscope after a broach.
— submitted by Gene Brockingham ETCS(SS) Ret.
“Of all the branches of men in the forces there is none which shows more devotion and faces grimmer perils than the submariners.”
Sir Winston Churchill
Submitted by ETCS(SS) Donald T Ennis USN (retired)
“To the most exalted son of heaven. May this elevate you a little higher”
Inscribed on a torpedo warhead in GURNARD’S forward torpedo room. This was GURNARD’S third war patrol (East China Sea). She was out of Pearl Harbor 6 September 1943. The patrol ended 28 October 1943.
Submitted by Glenn Milhorn
“Never Give In, Battle Cry:
Take her fast,
> Take her deep,
> Take her where the fishes sleep..
Damn the depth,
Damn the pressure,
> Take her down just like the Thresher… ”
From the Olympia SSN 717 book of poems. Author unknown
Submitted by Henry Arevalo
Lest We Forget! Still On Patrol!
As quoted on Wiki ~ These United States submarines were lost either to enemy action or to “storm or perils of the sea.”
During World War II
During World War II, the U.S. Navy’s submarine service suffered the highest casualty percentage of all the American armed forces, losing one in five submariners.
The Submarine Veterans of World War II suggested each of the fifty states of the United States “adopt” one submarine, except California and New York, which should adopt two.
Albacore (SS-218): Oregon
Amberjack (SS-219): South Carolina
Argonaut (SM-1): California
Barbel (SS-316): Wyoming
Bonefish (SS-223): Washington
Bullhead (SS-332): New Mexico
Capelin (SS-289): New Hampshire
Cisco (SS-290): West Virginia
Corvina (SS-226): Nevada
Darter (SS-227): Tennessee
Dorado (SS-248): Kansas
Escolar (SS-294): Michigan
Flier (SS-250): Vermont
Golet (SS-361): Louisiana
Grampus (SS-207): California
Grayback (SS-208): Indiana
Grayling (SS-209): Colorado
Grenadier (SS-210): New York (west)
Growler (SS-215): Hawaii
Grunion (SS-216): Ohio
Gudgeon (SS-211): New Jersey
Harder (SS-257): Utah
Herring (SS-233): Alabama
Kete (SS-369): Delaware
Lagarto (SS-371): Wisconsin
Perch (SS-176): Arizona
Pickerel (SS-177): Montana
Pompano (SS-181): Kentucky
R-12 (SS-89): Rhode Island
Robalo (SS-273): North Dakota
Runner (SS-275): New York (east)
S-26 (SS-131): Alaska
S-27 (SS-132): Idaho
S-28 (SS-133): North Carolina
S-36 (SS-141): Iowa
S-39 (SS-144): Maryland
S-44 (SS-155): Illinois
Scamp (SS-277): Missouri
Scorpion (SS-278): South Dakota
Sculpin (SS-191): Maine
Sealion (SS-195): Georgia
Seawolf (SS-197): Texas
Shark (SS-174): Oklahoma
Shark (SS-314): Virginia
Snook (SS-279): Arkansas
Swordfish (SS-193): Minnesota
Tang (SS-306): Florida
Trigger (SS-237): Pennsylvania
Triton (SS-201): Connecticut
Trout (SS-202): Massachusetts
Tullibee (SS-284): Mississippi
Wahoo (SS-238): Nebraska
