Keeping the blogosphere posted on the goings on of the world of submarines since late 2004... and mocking and belittling general foolishness wherever it may be found. Idaho's first and foremost submarine blog. (If you don't like something on this blog, please E-mail me; don't call me at home.)
Eagle1 has a good piece on the history of radar picket ships; there's quite a bit about the submarine version towards the bottom of his post. One of his resources is this excellent article from an old Undersea Warfare magazine. An example of one of the post-war radar picket conversion submarines is USS Tigrone (SSR 419):
You can find more on the Tigrone here.
posted by Bubblehead at 9:41 PM
I'm Joel Kennedy -- a married, 50-something year old retired submarine officer and esophageal cancer survivor with three kids who has finally made the transition to civilian life. Politically, I'm a Radical Moderate. (If you don't like something on this blog, please E-mail me. Don't call me at home.)
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