"Submarine Memorabilia"
Offerings
WWII Sub Listing Blank Order Form
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New Item (3/27/08): See Below
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War Patrol Reports
For the first time ever the total collection of WWII U.S. Naval Submarine War Patrol Reports are now available in PDF/JPEG format via DVDs/CDs. These reports have been languishing in the outdated microfiche /microfilm format since the late 60's - almost 50 years now. This offering is the culmination of a massive effort to have those microfilm records of some 255 submarines, making over 1,600 WWII war patrols brought up to current digital technology. To purchase your own microfiche copies from the National Archives, your cost would be over $4,900.00 for some 63,000 pages. All of these pages printed up (single sided) would result in a book over 22 feet long! With these 28 DVDs you can readily understand just how beneficial cost wise this project could be to you at only about 1/10 of a cent per page for the full set
The general public, researchers, authors and submarine veterans alike will all benefit for years to come by being able to have easy access to these reports preserved in their “as written/as is” form. This is a snapshot of history at its best, written when and where it occurred with specific details that will take the reader back through time and bring them aboard that particular submarine as each occurrence happened.
HOW TO ORDER: You may order the reports for one sub, several subs, or the full collection of WWII. For ordering purposes and to determine the costs for individual subs, use the WWII Sub Listing chart above which shows the sub alphabetically by name, hull number, number of patrols, number of pages for all these reports and lastly the cost for producing the information for this submarine specifically for you on your own DVD or CD. Next - print out the Blank Ordering Form (above) enter in your info as noted, enclose your payment and mail to the address as indicated. If you wish to use PayPal or call in a credit card number, send us an email first to arrange for same.
"Before and After" Picture: Microfiche/film Boxes -vs- DVD Set
Bill Galvani, Director and Lindy Dosher, Curator of the Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport, WA accepting a collection of WWII Submarine War Patrol Reports from Retired submarine force Chief, John Clear of Submarine Memorabilia.
If you are aware of an individual or entity that wishes to make a contribution to submarine history by donating a set of reports to one of our active duty submarines, please let us know. Submarine Memorabilia’s John Clear initiated this effort by donating a full set or war patrol reports to Commander Todd Bassidda, Commanding Officer of the USS Alabama SSBN-731 to be shared by the crew members. Commander Bassidda was chosen as the first recipient of these patrol reports in part because of his active participation in promoting the history of our submarine force. A great sub, C.O. and crew become the first boat in the fleet with this comprehensive reference library aboard. Congratulations!
A major factor in starting this whole project was to be able to provide a copy of the War Patrol Records to all the WW II Submarine veterans for the patrols they made. See the Sub listing and order blank below for a list identifying the boats and number of war patrols made. You will notice that we are able to offer a variety of special request options concerning these war patrol records.
All of the war patrol reports will be sent in PDF (Adobe reader) format making it much easier to view, unless the JPG format is specifically requested!
The WWII U.S. Submarine War Patrol Reports DVD collection has been assigned an ISBN number of 13: 978-0-615-17769-4 for those of you needing this information for your purchase order.
War Patrol Appendices (New 1/22/08)
Additionally, we have just converted an additional 15 reels of archived microfilm consisting of close to 2000 pages containing War Patrol information arranged in the following folder categories:
1. By name of submarine
2. By name of commanding officer
3. By date of departure on patrol
4. By commanding officer (detailed)
5. By boat and patrol number
6. By date and hour of attack
7. By position of attack
8. By target type
9. By date and hour of enemy contact
10. By position of enemy contact
11. By lifeguard rescue of pilots
12. Counterattacks by boat and patrol
13. Counterattacks by date and hour
14. Counterattacks by degree of damage sustained
15. Counterattacks by position
These microfilm records were NOT part of the original war patrol reports and make for some very interesting and therefore most useful appendices. We are offering all of these appendices on one DVD in PDF format for $21.95 (with shipping by USPS 1st class, U.S. only).
Silent Service DVD's
Eighteen episodes of The Silent Service TV episodes (1957 – 1963) are now available in DVD format to members of the past and present submarine world. Each episode is about 20-25 minutes in length with the ads taken out, and come as 3 episodes per DVD. Quality is good to excellent considering they were B&W 45 years ago. Identify your order of these DVDs using section 3 on the order blank.
Silent Service DVD, Volume #1
RE-255 – 474 The Sealion Story
RE-255 – 459 The
Seahorse Story
RE-255 - 457 Two David's & A Goliath
Silent Service DVD, Volume #2
RE-286 – 520 The Tinosa Story
** RE-255 – 454 Tirante Plays A Hunch
** Pilot Program The Jack At Tokyo
Silent Service DVD, Volume
#3
RE-286 – 531 The Tautog Story
** RE-255 – 451 Tigrone Sets A Record
RE-286 – 505 The Bergall’s Revenge
Silent Service DVD,
Volume #4
RE-286 – 507 The Aspro
Story
** RE-255 – 448 The Spearfish Delivers
** RE-255 – 455 Tang VS Truk
Silent Service DVD, Volume #5
RE-255 – 471 The Gar Story
RE-255 – 515 The Triton's Christmas
RE-286 – 503 Archerfish Spits Straight
Silent Service DVD, Volume #6
RE-286 – 527 Nautilus And The Nuns
RE-286 - 523 Pargo’s Lucky Seventh
RE-255 – 450 The Batfish Scores
Note: Those episodes marked with ** are "quite grainy" in their appearance since they were taped from a live broadcast over 40 years ago from a low power UHF T.V. station to the receiving television set equipped with "rabbit ears" - BUT - viewing them now reminds us "old guys" of exactly how they looked when we viewed them "live" almost 50 years ago (and why a lot of us ended up on submarines!). Pricing is per "suggested donation" to Submarine Memorabilia in order for us to continue our efforts at saving and sharing these stories.
Order any single volume for $20.00
Order any two volumes for $39.00
Order any three volumes for $57.00
Order any four volumes for $76.00
Order any five volumes for $95.00
Order ALL six volumes for $113.00
Navy Log TV Series
Copies of the original 105 episodes produced are difficult at best to find. We now have collected eight of these stories and are offering them on two DVDs or VHS tapes. The eight episodes included in these two Volumes of Navy Log are:
Volume #1 (approx. 2 hours)
Web Feet
Helium Umbrella,
The Pollywog of Yosu
Operation Typewriter
Volume #2 (approx. 2 hours)
Death of Dillinger-San,
Incident at Formosa,
Fire at Sea,
1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Other SM® Offerings
Update 3/27/08: Beautifully crafted brass dolphins (2 3/4" across) offered at only $6.00 per copy with discounts available for quantities over half a dozen (7+). These are brass, heavy walled, not some cheap bendable thin metal. Pin mounting. Please email requests prior to filling in order form (above)
Submarine Evolution 1900-2003 Poster: A huge (23" by 33") wall poster originally produced by BAE systems of our submarine evolution from the USS Holland SS-1 to our latest subs that have been converted to SSGN's (to hull #777), showing their silhouettes and relative size. This poster is FREE (limit one per individual) - We ask that you pay for postage and shipping materials at a minimum ($4.00), any funds sent in addition to this amount will be treated as a donation to help defray our costs for the continued efforts of Submarine Memorabilia in recognizing our WWII submarine veterans. Poster will be sent in a heavy cardboard mailing tube via USPS 1st class postage.
(added 2/18/08): "Submarine D-1" (1937) Starring Pat O’Brien and Wayne Morris. An historical, great B&W feature film, Running Time: 98 Minutes. The U.S. Navy and the submarine base at New London, Connecticut, had to approve the story to protect military secrets. Ronald Reagan had a bit part in this film but didn’t get past the cutting room floor, even though he still shows up in the credits. This film has some SUPERB historical footage of New London, Panama Zone and San Diego submarine fleets of our pre-WWII United States Navy subs, many of which can be identified by number. Cost is $20 with S&H by USPS 1st class, U.S. only.
(added 2/15/08): "The Growler Story" This gem of a story, lost to us for over 50 years, was filmed in 1957 by the Pacific Fleet Combat Camera Group, for the CNO and was directed by none less than John Ford (Rear Admiral USNR Ret.). A great 20 minute color feature with Ward Bond and Ken Curtis. This is the story of how a submarine commander by the name of Howard Gilmore came to utter his famous last words "take her down" thereby earning the Congressional Medal of Honor (posthumously). Cost is $15 with S&H by USPS 1st class, U.S. only.
"Diesel Boats Forever Tribute" A 23 minute DVD copy of the presentation made during the USSVI 2007 Alaskan cruise honoring the 149 initial Qualification diesel boats for each of the submariners signed up for the cruise. Included in this very moving presentation are pictures of the boats, their battle flag and/or ship’s patch, submarine tenders, submarine bases, and some other great pictures and paintings, all with a great naval musical background. Cost is $15 with S&H by USPS 1st class, U.S. only.
Submarine Theory Taught by Admiral Lockwood and Introduced by Fleet Admiral Nimitz A classic 22 minute black and white presentation by two of submarines most recognized Admirals: Lockwood and Nimitz conducting a school-of-the-boat presentation about submarine operations. This video contains some great footage of actual fleet boat submarine evolutions. Cost is $18 plus S&H with USPS 1st class, U.S. only.
Identify your choice for any of these purchases using section 3 on the order form
Contact me at webmaster@usssealion.com at any time for further details.
Thank You For Your Ongoing, Continued Support,
John Clear EMC (SS) USN Ret.