USS Snook (SS-279)
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Please check out my personal photo pages about Uncle Vic and the USS Snook, via the links to the left.  Other selected links of interest are below.  If you find a "broken" link or know of any others that should be added to my site, please let me know.  I hope you enjoy.        --- Vic

"One of the top-scoring U.S. subs of World War II, the record of USS Snook (SS-279) stands high within the fraternity known as 'The Silent Service.'  During her nine aggressive war patrols against the Japanese, Snook sank 19 vessels totaling nearly 74,000 tons of enemy ships.  Another 13 vessels suffered damage inflected by her torpedoes.  Less than five months before the end of WWII, Snook disappeared without a trace, taking a brave and seasoned crew of eighty-four to their watery graves."                       --- Rick Cline (Author of Final Dive)
 
If you have a family member, who was lost aboard the USS Snook,
please email me at the address on the bottom of this page.
I would love to add your photos and stories to my site...

Monday, May 15, 2006

 Updates
Several updates have been made to "The Crew" page and individual crew member pages:
Branum, Dolph, Johnson, Parker, Wagner - new pages with messages from family or friends, some with photos.
Crawford, Ellis, Farrel, Grindzak, Hurley, Lamont, Schoen, Sloan, Walling - new pages with photo only.
Billingsley, Olson - new photos.
"WWII Submarine Crew Losses" - new link below.
12:11 pm edt

Thursday, May 4, 2006

 New Website!
Welcome to my "new and improved" site dedicated to the family and crew of the USS Snook! You'll now be able to check this blog to learn of updates. From time-to-time, I hear from new family members and friends. Updates, with "new" crew members, are included in these pages, now that I have more room for expansion.
8:57 am edt
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Lauched August 15, 1942
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Nautical Charts:
Plots of Snook and Tigerone positions
(Thanks to John Billingsley) 
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