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NH 98697 USS Bang (SS-385)

Photo #: NH 98697 USS Bang (SS-385)
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Title: USS Bang (SS-385)
Description: Preparing to tie up alongside USS Chivo (SS-341) at San Juan Naval Station, Puerto Rico, during Operation Springboard. Bang's Commanding Officer, Commander R.J. Carlin, is giving orders from atop her sail. Photograph by PHC CJ Wiitala, USN, released 14 March 1968 by Tenth Naval District Public Affairs Office. The bow of a Canadian Ojibwa class submarine is visible in the lower left, and a U.S. Coast Guard SA-16 Albatross amphibian is flying low in the center background. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 98697
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