Sunday, February 15, 2026

An Old Fleet Boat Submariner's Remembrance Story


"I Love The Smell Of Diesel Fuels In The Morning!"

"That smell... those diesel smells... smells like...

VICTORY!"


DBF (Diesel Boats Forever)



Following her 1942 commissioning as USS GROUPER (SS-214) 



USS GROUPER as SSK-214 (Hunter-Killer conversion)


USS GROUPER (AGSS-214) serving as an
Underwater Sound Labatorysonar test platform.


DJ Paul, "Submarine Qualified" in December 1963 as

ship's company aboard USS GROUPER (SS/SSK/AGSS-214),

for a "Wikipedia" historical trip down memory lane, click HERE.


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