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| Arnold Woodbury/Diane's 1958-1964 album |
| 1961-12 Santa Claus shows up at Naval Yard, San Diego |
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Wikipedia: USS Raton (SS/SSR/AGSS-270), a Gato-class diesel submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the raton, a polynemoid fish inhabiting semitropical waters off the Pacific coast of the Americas. . The Raton had an illustrious career - by Pete's tally, sinking 16 vessels during World War II; also serving as a radar picket submarine (SSR-270), 1953-1959, and auxiliary research submarine (AGSS-270), 1960–1968 - when this picture was taken. . Commissioned 13 July 1943 Decommissioned 11 March 1949 Recommissioned 21 September 1953 Decommissioned 28 June 1969 Built in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, on Lake Michigan! . That may be an aircraft carrier in the background. |