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USS Diodon (SS-349) History |
| 1948
(provided by Don Remily, EM2(SS)) DIODON returned to San Diego in March 1948, where she resumed local training operations. In June of that year LCDR C.E. BELL, Jr., USN, relieved CDR Van Buskirk as commanding officer. That same June, 1948, DIODON was ordered to Alaska, where she operated until late July. Upon completion of her second Arctic cruise DIODON sailed for Pearl Harbor via Adak in the Aleutian Islands. DIODON rendered services in the Pearl Harbor area until the middle of August and then returned to San Diego to resume normal peacetime training exercises. |
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Memories and Shipmates
C. E. Bell, CO of Diodon 1948 to 1950, has died W. Carey Fields on Diodon Jan 1948 to Jan 1953 Estil D. Hooper, TMC(SS) 1948-1951
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Alvin
Smith on Diodon about 1945 to 1952 in Nursing Home Herb Unger, Diodon Crew of 1948 to 1950 PHOTOS
Forward and Aft plan views of Diodon (SS-349) at Mare Island on
15 March 1948 |