USS Torsk SS-423

Photographs courtesy of Ron Exell TM1 

USS Torsk Plankowner and Crewmember 1944-45

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Ron Exell in Torsk's forward torpedo room.

Here's a fuzzy but interesting shot of Ron in the forward torpedo room on Torsk where he worked, lived, slept, etc.

 

GM1 W. Nickerson on USS Torsk 5 Inch Gun Barrel during the trip home after the war patrol, September 1945. 

Ron says Nickerson was one of those guys who could grow a beard on a 60 day war patrol.

 

FC3 Hettinger on Torsk Gun - September 45, returning from war patrol.

 

Torsk Gun Crew.

Ron says he thinks left to right is:

S2c Flaherty, a QM he can't remember, TM2 Johnson (lost on Thresher in 1963) and TM1 Exell.

 

Torsk Gun Crew  - September 1945 while returning from the war patrol.

Ron thinks its TM2 Johnson leaning on the barrel.

 

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