1945 - Sub Base Pearl Harbor from the air (Harrigan)(b45h1034).
1945 - Sub Base Pearl Harbor (Harrigan)(b45h1041).
Circa 1945 - CHIVO moored somewhere in the tropics (note the shadow of the palm tree on her bow) (Medzius)(b45m0645).
1945 - CHIVO moored in Pearl Harbor with her decks awash. You can clearly see the rocket launchers (Medzius)(b45m0646).
1945 - USS CHIVO in Pearl Harbor with her decks awash. Terry Rehmann 45-46 tells me the boat was being degaused. I remember a really miserable night in 70 doing the same thing in Norfolk (Medzius)(b45m0647).
1945 - USS CHIVO moored in Pearl Harbor with her decks awash (Medzius)(b45m0774).
April 1945 - SN(SS) Robert Sieber (left) joins Sally and EM3(SS) Albert Bradley (right) at their table during CHIVO's Commissioning Party (Coombs-Bradley)(c45c0478).
Even in 2001 TM1(SS) Gail Diamond (Plankowner) fit in his blues. Gail departed on Eternal Patrol in Dec 2005 (Diamond) (c45d0069).
1945 - New London - Foxy's friends. (L to R) EM3 Kilpatrick, RM3 DeWitt, RM ?, S/1 Brown, MMC Dibbern(COB), Lt Richardson (holding Foxy), TM2 Schumacher, EM2 Hicklin, Ens Munninger, ?, S2c Anton, QMC Mossman. Foxy went AWOL shortly after arrival in Pearl (Hicklin)(c45h0058).
Chivo Commissioning Dance 1945 EM2 Hicklin on right with back to camera (Hicklin)(c45h0059).
1945 - Officers & Chiefs in the Chivo Commissioning Party. (Front Row L to R) Lt George Cornelius - Asst Gunnery & Torp Off, Lt Phil Taliaferro - 1st Lt., Lt A.G. Plemons - XO, LCDR William Crutcher - CO, Lt W. Richardson - Gunnery & Torp Off, Ltjg C.G. Poston - Chief Eng & Diving Off. (Back Row L to R) Ltjg Jack Easu - Comms, MMC(SS) Dibbern - COB, MoMMC(SS) Knapp, QMC(SS) Mossman, TMC(SS) Kervin, Ens Karl Munninger - Asst to Chief Eng (Hicklin & Poston)(c45h0060).
April 1945 - Chivo's commissioning crew (Hicklin)(c45h0061).
1945 - MMC(SS) Bernhart Dibbern (45) took this picture of Chivo's launching cake (m45d1246) (Dibbern).
1945 - MMC(SS) Bernhart Dibbern (45) took this picture of a pass to Chivo's launching (m45d1247) (Dibbern).
1945 - Chivo's commissioning post card. (David Grey)(m45g0011)
16 July 1945 - The CHIVO CHIMES - "Wonder what's for chow tonight, DIB?" (Levy).
18 July 1945 - The CHIVO CHIMES - "Dammit, number four main engine is on the line!" (Levy).
Chivo's first patch designed by Lt George Cornelius and adopted by the crew. (Bultman-Rehmann) (p45b0001)