USS Diodon (SS-349) History Line

History by Individual Years

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Updated 1957-1958 & 1959 in Swim call near Guam WestPac58 and Jack H. Olsen on Diodon 1957 to 1959 with email from son of Jack H. Olson 04-19-12

Updated with Diodon Career overview 03-04-12

Updated 1967 & 1968 with

Barry_Lebens_Enjoying_Himself _immensely

(New 03-01-12)

Updated 1966  1967  1968 & 1969-1970 with

Dick Giddens EM2 SS Diodon Service 1966 to 1970
(new 02-29-12)

Updated this page with

The Goat Locker CPO Deck Log August 2001

QMCS(SS) J. R. Estey <jeyster_98@yahoo.com>
MCB5,3 and 11 (Guam and Okinawa). USS Epping Forest (LSD-4, Cavalier (APA-37), Halibut (SSGN-587), Diodon (SS-349), Gurnard (SSN-662), Shore Duty - IT School, RTC Company Commander.
San Diego, CA USA - Wednesday, August 29, 2001 at 18:22:56 (CDT)

(New 02-28-12)

Updated 1956 & 1957-1958 with

The Goat Locker CPO Deck Log August 1998

Name: Robert Page MMCMss (ret)
Comments: August 6, 1998. after surfing on in for the umpteenth time, a couple of times a week, I have been able to contact some old shipmates through your deck log, I guess I better update my information, I served on the Diodon SS-349.1956 to 1958, SSBN-610, 1961-1963, SSBN-626.1963-1966.SubSchool I/T,1966-1968, SSBN-645,1968-1973, retired from Navy in May, 1973. Hope to hear from some of my old shipmates on the web.’

(new 02-25-12)

Updated 1961 1962  & 1963 with

TM Terry Labeau, Tucson, AZ terrylabeau@aol.com 

The Deck Log Part 15

 Terry LaBeau TM3 <terrylabeau@gmail.com>

Uss Diodon SS 349 May 1961 - Nov 1963

(Updated with Deck Log Part 15 listing 02-24-12)

Updated 1945 1946 & 1947 with

Veterans buried on Central City Cemetary

Hurbert A. Caliendo

http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/county/merrick/olres/veterans/cencity.html

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Caliendo Hurbert     A        6/6/27  12/28/48    A-58   WW II      Missouri MM3  USS Diodon SS349

Sailor Rest Your Oar

(New 02-24-12)

Updated 1952  1953  1954  & 1955  with

Warren Zeiller passed away on Tuesday, November 4, 2008
Sailor Rest Your Oar on 02-22-12

Updated 1957-1958 & 1959 with

WES-PAC 1958-1959 According to David R. Whalen
(Updated 02-16-12 to add direct pictures)

Updated 1957-1958 & 1959 with

WES-PAC 1958-1959 According to David R. Whalen
(Updated 02-13-12 with email from D,P. Whalen)

Updated 1955 on 01-15-12

Added  Charlie Baltz Diodon Shipmate on Eternal Patrol
Sailor, rest your oar. We have the watch.

Updated on 01-12-12

Updated 1969-1970  page
Added Jon Howery Ex Diodon service 1969

Updated 1966 page

Updated 1966 Movies

Updated on 06-06-11

Updated 1944 page

Added Commemorative post mark on the occasion of the keel laying of the Diodon (SS-349), 1 June 1944, at the Electric Boat Co., Groton, CT. Courtesy of Jack Treutle.

Updated on 06-05-11

Updated 1945 page

Added Commemorative post mark 09-10-45 launching USS Diodon (SS-349)

Updated 1971-1972 pages

Added Decommission photo of USS Diodon (SS-349) (06-04-11) and added block of decommission crew names (06-05-11).

Michael Francis Hagen, CS3(SS) on Diodon 1956 to 1957 has died
Sailor Rest Your Oar
(new 03-16-11)

 

H. Jauncey Sweet III CO of Diodon 1967 passed away November 20, 2009
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Commanding Officers Of USS Diodon (SS-349) through the years
 In Adobe PDF format
 (New 11-25-04)

The Goat Locker CPO Deck Log May 1998

Name: Hank Baxter FTCM (SS/SW/DV)
Comments: Served in Segundo, Diodon, Cavalla (SS), Sablefish, Catfish, Daniel Webster, Fulton. Dive school, Panama City, FL, Submarine school, SYBGRU 2, SUBRON 1, EOD Unit Viet Nam, RIVRON in Nam also. Retired in 88. SS/SW/DV all the way.
 
Name: William Fernstrom, Jr. ETCM(SS)
Comments: Served aboard USS Blueback SS581, USS Bonefish SS582, USS Catfish SS339, & USS Diodon SS349 (COB). Look forward to browsing all the related sites. Thanks! Bill Fernstrom

(New 02-25-12)

The Goat Locker CPO Deck Log May 1999

MMCM(SS) Ken Dundon <kdundon@mediaone.net>
USS MEDREGAL(SS480), USS DIODON(SS349), USS TAUTOG(SSN639), USS HAWKBILL (SSN666), USS HADDO(SSN604), USS FLORIDA(SSBN 728) USS PLUNGER(SSN595)
Bolingbrook, ILf USA - Friday, April 16, 1999 at 06:40:56 (CDT)

(New 02-26-12)

The Goat Locker CPO Deck Log July 1999

Name: HMC(SS)Chuck FLEMING
From: L'Anse Michigan
Comments: Great Website. Retired HMC(SS) served on USS SEAFOX SS402, USS RASHER AGSS269, USS ROCK AGSS274, And decomissioned the USS DIODON. Also surface-skimmed on USS THOMASTON LSD28. I would love to hear from old shipmates or even women I have met here and there...

The Goat Locker CPO Deck Log August 2001

QMCS(SS) J. R. Estey <jeyster_98@yahoo.com>
MCB5,3 and 11 (Guam and Okinawa). USS Epping Forest (LSD-4, Cavalier (APA-37), Halibut (SSGN-587), Diodon (SS-349), Gurnard (SSN-662), Shore Duty - IT School, RTC Company Commander.
San Diego, CA USA - Wednesday, August 29, 2001 at 18:22:56 (CDT)

(New 02-28-12)

EM2(SS) William Roberson of Diodon, Years Unknown
 Sailor Rest Your Oars
(New 09-05-07)

Diodon (SS-349) after her GUPPY conversion, post-1948.

Career

USN Jack

Ordered:

 

Laid down:

1 June 1944

Launched:

10 September 1945

Commissioned:

18 March 1946

Decommissioned:

15 January 1971

Struck:

15 January 1971

Fate:

sold for scrap, 12 May 1972

General Characteristics

Displacement,
  Surfaced:
  Submerged:


1,526 tons (1550 t),
2,424 tons (2460 t)

Length:

311.8 ft (95.0 m)

Beam:

27.3 ft (8.3 m)

Draft:

15.3 ft (4.6 m)

Depth limit:

400 ft (120 m)

Speed,
  Surfaced:
  Submerged:


20.25 knots (37 km/h)
  8.75 knots (16 km/h)

Propulsion:

four 5400-hp diesel engines
four 2740-hp (2.0 MW) electric motors,
two propellers

Submerged Endurance:

48 hours at 2 knots

Patrol Endurance:

75 days

Range:

11,000 nmi. (20,000 km)
  surfaced at 10 knots

Complement:

66 officers and enlisted

Armament:

ten 21" torpedo tubes,
  (six forward, four aft),
  24 torpedoes,
one 5"/25 deck gun,
four machine guns

Motto:

 USN Jack
1944 1945  1946
 
1947 1948 1949
 
1950 1951 1952
 
1953 1954 1955
 
1956 1957-1958
 
1959
 
1960 1961 1962
 
1963
 
1964 1965 1966
1967 1968

1969-1970

1971-1972