Archives - USS Virginia Base
EDITED: 4/20/2018
ROBERT LINK MEMORIAL SUBMARINE ARCHIVES
In May of 2003 a new member of USS Virginia Base, Keith Link, delivered a box of miscellaneous photos and memorabilia he had received from his WWII sub vet father, for the Base to maintain. Vice Commander Roger Warden volunteered to take custody of that box to inventory and scan the contents. He completed the initial herculean task of cataloging all of the materials in the collection and began digitally scanning each item.
NOTE: Keith's father, Robert Link, was the first National President of United States Submarine Veterans of World War II and he was also the first National Commander of United States Submarine Veterans, Incorporated. The USSVI "Robert Link National Commander's Award" is named in his honor.
On August 11, 2003 Roger provided the complete inventory listing of 239 items to Webmaster Kenn McDermott, which Kenn then inserted into an HTML table he had created on the Base website we had running at that time.
Roger completed scanning seventy-one of the items, which he forwarded to Kenn, who then developed a method that would allow thumbnail sized images to be inserted into the website table which visitors could then click on to view larger, higher resolution versions of the items.
Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, this effort stalled and has only recently been reseurected - as of the week of March 20th, 2017. Roger will soon be able to resume digitizing (scanning) these historic submarine service related items - which will then be forwarded to Kenn for posting on our new web site.
This is a labor of love and we thank Keith Link for allowing our Base to steward and share his father's submarine archival collection - and we thank Roger Warden for starting this cataloging and scanning project to begin with, and for once again taking it up with a view toward finally completing it.
TWO WAYS TO VIEW THE LINK COLLECTION
The photos immediately below are in a standard 'slide show' format. Click on either side arrow to cycle through the photos, or click on the thumbnails along the bottom to jump to selected photos. PLEASE NOTE: On a PC the captions for each photo disappear while your cursor is inside the photo area, so just move it away and the caption will reappear. On small tablets or smart phones you must swipe the photos left or right to move through them.
NOTE: This photo gallery, until further notice, is just a sample of how we will present this collection.
The table below the photo gallery shows the basic table template we will be using as we work on this project. This table includes a column for an identifying item number, the item name in the second column and a thumbnail (i.e. small) version of the scanned image of the item in the third column which, when clicked on, opens to a higher resolution (i.e. larger) version of the image. As the items in this collection are digitized, the table will be populated and the images posted - but not necessarily in number order. The collection will be searchable using standard web browser tools which will be described in future updates to this page.
NOTE: This table, until further notice, is just a sample of how we will present this collection.
Robert Link Archives Photo Gallery
Bob Link Memorial Submarine Archive Inventory List
| PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS TABLE SIMPLY REPRESENTS AN EXAMPLE OF HOW WE'LL BE PRESENTING THE COLLECTION | ||
| 01 | Photo - US Submarine Veterans of WWII Annual Convention Atlantic City August 1974 | |
| 02 | Pen & Ink Sketch - USS Growler SS-215 | |
| 03 | Photo - Submarine is scraped and painted while in dry dock at Pearl Harbor | |
| 04 | Photo - Submarine crew drying clothes in Pacific | |
| 05 | Photo - Stewardsmate aboard submarine reading mail following patrol in enemy waters | |
| 06 | Photo - Submarine rescues survivors of B-29 crash off Kyushu |
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| 07 | Photo - Submarine returns to tenders in advance base harbor | |
| 08 | Program - 42nd Convention of USSVWII August 1996 | |
| 09 | Newspaper Article - The Coral Reef Club, Midway Island | |
| 10 | Photo Copy - USS S-37 Sympathy Chit | |
| 11 | Ration Card - Beer Ration Card, Camp Coe Subic Bay, Luzon P.I. 1 August 1945 | |
| 12 | Card - USS Finback admission to Mess & Beer Hall | |
| 13 | Card - Forgotten Submarine Bastards of Ireland | |
| 14 | Card - Submarine Base Beer Hall Number Two | |
| 15 | Card - Liberty Card Mare Island | |
| 16 | Card - Royal Order of the Guppy March 30, 1950 | |
| 17 | Card - Five Grander USS Flying Fish AGSS-229, February 29, 1952 | |
| 18 | Card - PO1 US Submarine Base Subic Bay, P.I. | |
| 19 | Card - Coral Reef Club, Midway Island Submarine Base | |
| 20 | Postcard - USS Cavalla, Seawolf Park, Galveston, TX | |
| 22 | Photo - Two sailors outside "Trader" (Bob & Jack) NLN | |
| 23 | Photo - 1944 (Maiken) Van Brocklin | |
| 24 | Photo - Nimitz signing surrender aboard USS Missouri | |
| 25 | Photo - USS Growler SS-215, Dutch Harbor, Alaska July 1942 | |
| 26 | Photo - Unidentified submarine commander shaking hands with FDR | |
| 27 | Photo - USS Threadfin Mascot "Ashcan" (dog) | |
| 28 | Photo - 11" x 14" Submarine Memorial Park, Unknown location | |
| 29 | Photo - USS Perch (SS-313) Crew, September 1945 |
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| 30 | Photo - USS Sea Leopard (SS-483) during Task Force 22 cruise | |
| 31 | Photo - USS Sawfish (SS-276) October or November 1945, Long Beach, CA. Caption reads "my 3rd command". | |
| 32 | Photo - Commissioning officers USS Muskalunge at Electric Boat, Groton, CT | |
| 33 | Booklet - USS Sawfish History | |
| 34 | Photo of Robert C. Gionet | |
| 35 | Photo of 4 unidentified men | |
| 36 | 4 photos of crewmen with Battle Flag | |
| 37 | Photo - Diesel Engine School, July 12, 1942, New London, CT | |
| 38 | Photo - USS Pogy crew photo August 1945 | |
| 39 | Photo - Officers & Chiefs USS Porpoise, 1943 | |
| 40 | Photo - National Convention John Frankhauser, T. C. Evans, 1983 | |
| 41 | Photo - USS Tunny (SS-282) Commissioning Officers Mare Island | |
| 42 | Photo - USS Cuttlefish (SS-171) riding out typhoon south of Japan September 1942 | |
| 43 | Photo - USS Batfish ships party April 23, 1945, San Francisco, California David Weston | |
| 44 | Photo - USS Sea Robin (SS-407) Panama 1948, Fish catch | |
| 45 | Typed Story - R-6 snorkeling in 1945, Capt. J. K. Myhre (Ret) | |
| 46 | Drawing - Petty Officer Uniform | |
| 47 | Booklet - Welcome Aboard USS Manta (AGSS-299) | |
| Programs of the United States Submarine Veterans of WWII | ||
| 48 | 20th Convention 1974 | |
| 49 | 21st Convention - Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Issue 1975 | |
| 50 | 26th Convention 1980 | |
| 51 | 29th Convention 1983 | |
| 52 | 30th Convention 1984 | |
| 53 | 31st Convention 1985 | |
| 54 | 34th Convention 1988 | |
| 55 | 35th Convention 1989 | |
| 56 | 36th Convention 1990 | |
| 57 | 37th Convention 1991 | |
| 58 | 38th Convention 1992 | |
| 59 | 39th Convention 1993 | |
| 60 | 46th Convention 2000 | |
| 61 | Photo - Conning Tower Memorial (Looks like New London) | |
| Photo Series taken by Electric Boat, Groton, CT | ||
| 62 | USS Nautilus SSN-571 | |
| 63 | USS George Washington SSBN-598 |
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| 64 | USS Skate SSN-578 | |
| 65 | USS Tullibee SSN-597 | |
| 66 | USS Triton SSN-586 | |
| 67 | USS Ethan Allen SSBN-608 | |
| 68 | USS Skipjack SSN-585 | |
| 69 | USS Thomas Edison SSBN-610 | |
| 70 | USS Hartford SSN-768 | |
| 71 | USS Springfield SSN-761 | |
| 72 | USS Seawolf SSN-21 | |
| 73 | USS Nebraska SSBN-739 | |
| 74 | Pen & Ink Drawing - "I relieve you sir", Ricardo Dias, 1991. U. S. Submarine Birthday Ball 1991, San Diego, CA | |
| 75 | Brochure - Welcome Aboard USS Redfish AGSS-395 | |
| 76 | Pearces |
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| 77 | Photo - Unknown USSVWWII | |
| 78 | Photo - Vice Admiral Schiade | |
| 79 | Photo - USS Apollo AS-25 with 5 submarines alongside |
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| 80 | Bumper Sticker - Submarine Veteran WWII | |
| 81 | Convention Head Table | |
| 82 | Photo - Plank Owners U. S. Submarine Veterans | |
| 83 | USS Haddo, 9th War Patrol |
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| 84 | Photo - Unknown 688(I) Class Submarine | |
| 85 | Photo - USS Growler (SS-215) July 1944 |
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| 86 | Photo - Engine Room Fleet Submarine, unknown date |
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| 87 | Photo - USS Cachalot |
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| 88 | Postcard of USS Nereus (AS-17) |
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| 89 | M. V. Brocklin (or Brockilin) | |
| 90 | Photo - USS Cabezon SS-334 | |
| 91 | Photo - Unknown crew, 1945 | |
| 92 | Dolphin Iron on Patches | |
| 93 | Postcard - USS Cavalla, Seawolf Park | |
| 94 | Photo copy - USS Permit SS-178, 1945 Pg 5 | |
| 95 | Newspaper Photo - USS Tambor, April 18, 1944 New York Daily News June 1945 | |
| 96 | Newspaper Article - September 5, 1944, "Flyer Grabs Periscope, Sub Tows Him to Safety" | |
| 97 | Memo - USS Sargo, May 17, 1944 | |
| 98 | Photo - USS Perch, December 1945 |
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| 99 | Photo/Poem - USS Angler SS-240 | |
| 100 | Painting - USS Skipjack (E-1) Electric Boat | |
| 101 | Brochure - Welcome Aboard USS Jallao SS-368 | |
| 102 | Photo - USS Flasher SS-249 | |
| 103 | Photo - Unknown Sailors | |
| 104 | Photo - Rear Admiral Roy S. Benson |
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| 105 | History - USS Sawfish with photo 1944, USS Sargo patch photo Illinois State Sub Vets WWII, July 4, 1987 | |
| 106 | Program - Submarine Vets WWII 3rd Annual Reunion | |
| 107 | Photo - Piped ashore March 1, 1959, CWO2 J. E. Larson | |
| 108 | Photo - Battle Flag USS Cabezon SS-334 |
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| 109 | Newspaper Article - Escape Training | |
| 110 | Newsletter - USSVWWII February 1959 | |
| 111 | Photo - USS Halibut Commanding Officer Galantin | |
| 112 | Photo - Captain George L. Ploetz, Supervising Ceramist, Knoll Atomic Power Lab, Schenectady, NY |
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| 113 | Photo - Captain George L. Ploetz, Commanding Officer Naval Research Company, Scotia, New York |
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| 114 | Magazine Photo - S-32, March 20, 1943, Dutch Alaska, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands Following 6th war patrol | |
| 115 | Photo - C. A. May S2c on board USS Oklahoma 1935 Photo C. A. "Dusty" May Electric Boat 1970 | |
| 116 | Photo - Thomas A. McClurg EM3(SS) 1945 |
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