USS Diodon (SS-349) WestPac 1967
By: James R. Santos
on Diodon - TMSN(SG) to TM3(SS)

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Here are the WestPac photographs I have after so many years, ah. that last century, from my days aboard my dear Diodon.  May you enjoy the pages to follow.  Ah, the memories!  

Diesel Boats FOREVER!!!!

There are thumbnails of all of the 17 photos I still possess.  I had maybe 80 more, but my ex-wife will not give them to me.  

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Updated 03 Jan 2001 from info given by
TM2(SS) Jay D. Mack, crew of '67 & '68

Updated 07-12-03 with USS Oxford identified
by George Arnold, after all these years.

Here she is.  Note Oxford (AGTR-1) in the background moored forward of Diodon.

My beloved Diodon (SS-349), ah, so crud up from sea growth after a 55 day hot, humid, alas dirty surveillance patrol.  This photo was taken in Yokosuka harbor.   We had to clean all that crud, outside and within the superstructure.

You get a nice view of the Snorkel apparatus:  The intake is seen rising several feet above the exhaust.

Alas, after all these years, who are these fine sailors?  I think it is ETR3(SS) Barry Lebens coming up at the start of the gangway.

Looks like ET3(SS) Gary Grimes on the gangway just about to come aboard?

Who is that shipmate on the sail top?  Jay D. Mack remembers him as an IC3, a quiet kind of guy, but cannot quite recall his name.

There is Mr. Cooper, the Engineering Officer and possibly the Topside Watch near the bow.  Who is the Topside Watch?

Any Diodon crewmates of that time, please help!

A view of other Diesel Guppy Subs at Yokosuka, Japan base
Note, they are facing the Oxford (AGTR-1) in the background moored forward of the nest, as you saw in the Diodon photo above