Tunny 282 Historical records - not in any order. Originals sent to St Marys Submarine Museum, St. Marys, Georgia - March 2023.


The Tunny makes the news.  Here are two historic articles published in The Honolulu Advertiser. 

Friday, March 27, 1958  Click the image to download.

The Honolulu Advertiser 1958 Article about Tunny

Later in its life serving as an SSG (Navy's first guided missile submarine, I might add), the Tunny made news when a Regulus-1 Missile it fired crash landed on the island of Oahu. Former Tunny Executive Officer, Pete Fullinwider is credited with this scanned image of the copy of the article. It is his handwriting on the image. 

Tunny's Missile crashes on Oahu

 

Tunny Reunion held in Charleston, SC 2005 (Click link to download word document) Here's a sample of the 12-page brochure that was produced after the Reunion was held. Lots of great photos of attendees.  One of the finest Reunion's I ever attended.

2005 Reunion

Tunny's Intramural Football Team - the Tough Bunch!  Names are identified in USS TUNNY: A History, Tribute, and Memoir by Ray Olszewski.  Being sold as ebook on Amazon.com.

 

Tunny Submarine Base Pearl Harbor Intramural Football Team

USS Tunny WW II Ships Patch Insignia

Tunny Ships Patch WW III

Postcards sent to Dennis Splane from Tunny Reunion 2003.

Pete Fullinwider note to Dennis Splane

Pete Fullinwider (XO) note to Dennis Splane

USS Tunny with Carrier Exercise

PostcardsPostcards

The following letter was sent by Tunny's CO to Tunny crew next of kin prior to departing on a Deterrent Strike Station Patrol.  The article on the right was published in the 21 Feb 1961 issue of Patrol.  Both courtesy of Dennis Splane

Tunny CO letter to crew Next of Kin Tunny Patrol Article

Tunny makes the news probably in the Patrol.  Date unknown.  Courtesy of Dennis Splane

Tunny Returning from Regulus DeploymentUSSVI.org Bumper Sticker

Secretary of Navy Sinclair and Captain Blair

The whole series of Buzz Sawyer's Comic Strip are featured in

USS TUNNY: A History, Tribute, and Memoir by Ray Olszewski (Click on Comic Strip)

Buzz Sawyer Comic Strip features Tunny

Tunny in South Pacific Ops

Tunny Starts million dollar overall282 hull number coincidence

Kansas City Star News Article

2nd half of Kansas City News Article

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