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

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Forward to me,  Small Arms Petty Officer, in the ATR

Return to Stanley Swedbloom, ATR Boss

Well, here I am in Tubes Aft, but photographer caught me at the wrong time, with my eyes just blinked closed!

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This is in the After Torpedo Room while submerged on our 55 day patrol.  You can see the War Shot signs on the torpedo tube doors.  This indicates that a live warhead is attached to the torpedo in each tube.

Well, we had to periodically draw each torpedo from its tube during the patrol, to check the mechanics and to re-coat the exterior of the torpedo, if needed. Then, we had to return it to its tube.