Sub Vets of East Idaho

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26 August 1949 – USS Cochino (SS 345) was a Balao class submarine. Assigned along with the USS Tusk (SS 426) was to sail...
08/26/2026

26 August 1949 – USS Cochino (SS 345) was a Balao class submarine. Assigned along with the USS Tusk (SS 426) was to sail along the Kola Peninsula to determine if the Soviet Union had detonated an Atomic Bomb. As Cochino transited to its designated area it ran into a severe storm off Norway. It was then Cochino suffered a battery explosion. Tusk rendezvoused to render assistance and members of both crews battled to save the boat but a second battery explosion resulted in the order to abandon ship. Tusk lost six of her crew while engaged in the rescue of all but one of Cochino’s, who was a civilian technician. The photo of Cochino shows the configuration as it would appear in 1949 after receiving a Guppy conversion (Greater Underwater Propulsive Power Program).
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25 August 1960 - USS Seadragon (SSN 584) becomes the 3rd submarine to surface at the North Pole. Then makes history as t...
08/25/2026

25 August 1960 - USS Seadragon (SSN 584) becomes the 3rd submarine to surface at the North Pole. Then makes history as the first to engage in a most unlikely activity. After surfacing they immediately...

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25 August 1960 – USS Seadragon (SSN 584) becomes the 3rd submarine to surface at the North Pole. Then makes history as the first to engage in a most unlikely activity. After surfacing they im…

Old Navy Recruitment Poster for Today
08/23/2026

Old Navy Recruitment Poster for Today

Hawkbill Base presents a check for $ 1,000.00 to the Bonneville County Military Affairs Committee to benefit Veteran's c...
08/22/2026

Hawkbill Base presents a check for $ 1,000.00 to the Bonneville County Military Affairs Committee to benefit Veteran's causes.

Some more on Regulus and better photos
08/14/2026

Some more on Regulus and better photos

USS Grayback: From Regulus to the Polaris Era

USS Grayback (SSG-574) is shown in the typical configuration of an early Cold War guided missile submarine, complete with a large hangar on the forward deck for storing cruise missiles. This photo captures a period when the United States Navy was experimenting with ways to bring strategic strike power below the surface. ⚓🚀

The Regulus system was one of the first steps toward the concept of submarine-based nuclear deterrence. While the technology had its limitations, the operational experience of the Grayback and similar vessels was a crucial part of the evolutionary process that ultimately led to the Polaris-armed ballistic missile submarine and its successors.

Navy Recruitment poster revisited; remember this one from the 70's ?
08/09/2026

Navy Recruitment poster revisited; remember this one from the 70's ?

08/06/2026

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