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USS Plunger SS 179

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USS Plunger SS 179 (P-8) under the Brooklin Bridge. Circa 1936-37

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USS Plunger SS 179 (P-8) under the Brooklin Bridge detail.

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USS Plunger SS 179

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USS Plunger SS 179

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USS Plunger along side the USS Fulton AS 11, July 24, 1942.
Official US Navy Photo

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USS Plunger along side the USS Fulton AS 11, July 21, 1942.
Official US Navy Photo

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Work crew on foredeck of USS PLunger July 21, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Work crew on foredeck of USS PLunger July 21, 1942
Men appear to have paint brushes in their hands
Official US Navy Photo

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Work crew on foredeck of USS PLunger July 21, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Work crew on foredeck of USS PLunger July 21, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Work crew on foredeck of USS PLunger July 21, 1942
Man with helmet seems to be the topside watch since he is wearing a sidearm.
Official US Navy Photo

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Crew working on deck equipment of USS PLunger July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Crews working on equipment, USS PLunger July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Gangway from USS Fulton AS 11 to the Plunger foredeck. July 22, 1942.
Official US Navy Photo

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USS Plunger SS 179 along side USS Fulton AS 11 July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Close up of diesel exhaust # 2 engine, July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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USS Plunger Gun Crew doing cleaning and maintinance
on the 4 inch 50 caliber deck gun. July 22, 1942.
Official US Navy Photo

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Close-up of deck gun crew member, July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Close-up of crew members doing gun maintinance, July 22, 1942.
Official US Navy Photo

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It almost appears that this man has a newspaper in his hand as he
heads for the After Battery hatch. The hatch drops down into the crewsmess.
Official US Navy Photo

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Work going on the USS Plungers' conning tower fairing area, July 22, !942
Official US Navy Photo

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Close-up detail of men on ater conning tower gun deck, July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Detail of chief exiting from the conning tower deck access July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Work being done on Plungers' periscopes and shears, July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Photo from the USS Fulton AS 11 looking down on USS PLunger, July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Detail of men on after gun deck of conning tower, July 22,1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Officer stepping out of conning tower deck access and avoiding open hatch, July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Men and gear on deck at aft of conning tower fairwater, July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Crew on foredeck, July 22, 1942
Official US Navy Photo

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Adm Lockwood pinning the Silver Star on Lcdr Bass (CO Plunger)
on the deck of Plunger's during WW II.

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Plungers Officers pose for the camera, WW II, on the aft cigarette deck of Plunger
20 MM gun shown raised to vertical to allow photo to be taken.

Front Row, L to R: Lt. Art Palm Lcdr R. H. "Benny" Bass, C O Lt. William Brown Back Row: Lt(jg). Bill Smith Lt(jg). Ed Hannon Lt. Quin Pierce Lt(jg). Tom Oberbeck

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Plunger CO Raymond H. Bass on the bridge during
the entry into Pearl harbor after war patrol number 5.

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Officers and crew crowd the conning tower fairwater to
display the Plunger battle flag at the end of patrol # 5.
During this patrol Plunger sank the TAIHOSAN MARU on 12 March 1943,
and destroyed TATSUTAKE MARU on 10 May and KINAI MARU the next day.
She also damaged several other vessels during this patrol.

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Moored alongside USS Holland (AS-3), from which
the photograph was taken, the submarines are
(from left to right): Salmon (SS-182); Seal (SS-183);
Pickerel (SS-177); Plunger (SS-179); Snapper (SS-185)
and Permit (SS-178). Aircraft Carrier in background is the USS Enterprise.

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Crew in torpedo room with battle flag. 16 ships are shown sunk.

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USS Plunger & USS Hoe, 1957 photo. Plunger was sold for scrap
on April 22, 1957. From the looks of her the process has begun.
This photo was in a January 20, 1957 edition of a newspaper.

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Shown are the port side mufflers and exhausts. Much of the deck has
already been removed. She still has her WW II armament. A 40mm
antiaircraft gun is pointing straight up aft of the conning tower and the
barrel of the deck gun can be seen forward of the conning tower.
Close inspection of the Hoe next to her show no signs of any deck
armament left. It was removed after the war.

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