[K6BW] Re:Submarines on the air-Event

Wed Apr 20 13:58:49 EDT 2005

The fourth annual Submarines on the Air event is set to happen the weekend of
April 29-30, 1400 to 2100 UTC. This year marks the centennial of the US
Submarine Service.

"We may have every museum submarine this year, plus about 10 memorials, a
German U-Boat, and a Japanese two-man sub on in the US"

The approximate operating frequencies (±20 kHz except ±40 kHz on 10 meters) are
SSB: 3.843, 7.243, 14.243, 21.343, and 28.443 MHz; CW: 3.543, 3.743,
7.043, 14.043, 21.143, 28.043, 28.143, and the entire 30-meter band.

For non-submarine-bound operators, a master memorial submarine certificate with
endorsements is available upon providing proof of at least four different
submarine contacts. Send copies of QSLs and an SASE to Jim Flanders, W0OOG,
1539 California Trail, Plano TX 75023-4300.--Jim Romelfanger, K9ZZ; Jim Riley,
KB9CYL, contributed information for this story
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Participating Submarines (Probable Call Sign in Parentheses)

  U-505, Type IXC 1941 German U-Boat, Museum of Science and Industry, 57 St and
Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60637; 800-468-6674. (W9AA)

  DRUM (AGSS 228) 1941, Type Gato, USS Alabama Battleship Commn, PO Box 65,
Mobile, AL 36601; 205-433-2703. (KU4NE)

  SILVERSIDES (SS 236) 1941, Type Gato, Maritime Museum, PO Box 1692, Muskegon,
MI 49443; 616-744-9117. (K9SUB)

  CROAKER (SS 246) 1942, Type Gato, Servicemen's Park, 1 Naval Park Cove,
Buffalo, NY 14202; 716-847-1773. (KB2ZBO)

  LIONFISH (SS 298) 1942, Type Balao, USS Massachusetts Memorial Battleship
Cove, Fall River, MA 02721; 508-678-1100.

  COD (SS 224) 1943, Type Gato, Committee for USS Cod Inc, 1089 E 9th St,
Cleveland, OH 44114; 216-566-8770. (W8COD)

  CAVALLA (AGSS 244) 1943, Type Gato, Seawolf Park Pelican Island, 2102 Seawall
Blvd, Galveston, TX 77550; 409-744-5738. (W5RNF)

  LING (AGSS 297) 1943, Type Balao, New Jersey Naval Museum, 150 River St,
Hackensack, NJ 07601; 201-342-3268. (WB2AWQ)

  BATFISH (AGSS 310) 1943, Type Balao, Muskogee War Memorial Park, Muskogee, OK
74402; 918-682-6294. (W5B/KE5TC)

  BECUNA (SS 319) 1943, Type Balao, Independence Seaport Museum, 211 S Columbus
Blvd, Philadelphia, PA; 215-922-1898. (WB2LNR)

  PAMPANITO (SS 383) 1943, Type Balao, National Maritime Museum Assn, PO Box
47031, San Francisco, CA 94147; 415-441-5819. (N6JVT)

  COBIA (AGSS 245) 1944, Type Gato, Wisconsin Maritime Museum, 75 Maritime
Drive, Manitowoc, WI 54220; 414-684-0218. (W9DK)

  TORSK (AGSS 423) 1944, Type Tench, Baltimore Maritime Museum, Pier 3, Pratt
St, Baltimore, MD 21202; 301-396-3453. (NK3ST)

  CLAMAGORE (SS 343) 1945, Guppy III (mod), Naval Museum, 40 Patriots Point Rd,
Mt Pleasant, SC 29464; 803-884-2727. (WA4USN)

  REQUIN (AGSS/SSR 481) 1945, Type Tench, Carnegie Science Center, 1 Allegheny
Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15212; 412-237-3403. (NY3EC)

  ALBACORE (AGSS 569) 1953, Test sub, Maritime Museum 600 Market St,
Portsmouth, NH 03802; 603-436-3680. (N1LBG)

  MARLIN (SST 2) 1953, Type Mackerel, Freedom Park, 2497 Freedom Park Rd,
Omaha, NE 68110; 402-345-1959.

  NAUTILUS (SSN 571) 1954, First nuclear sub, Submarine Force Museum,
NavSubBase New London, Groton, CT 06349; 860-694-3558. (K1SSN)

  GROWLER (SSG 577) 1958, Intrepid, Sea*Air*Space Museum, W 46th St and 12th
Ave, New York, NY 10036; 212-245-0072. (WA3KEY)

  BLUEBACK (SS 581) 1959, Type Barbel, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry,
1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214; 503-797-4000.

  WAHOO Memorial, Wahoo, NE. (K0QHH)

  GRAYLING, Grayling Memorial, Denver, CO. (KG0HS)

  SUBMARINE DISPLAY, Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington, DC.
(NN3SI)

  BMARS (Belgian Marine Amateur Radio Station), Zeebrugge, Belgium. (ON4BRN)

  HNLMS TONIJN, Den Helder, The Netherlands. (PI4MRC/sub).

  RUSSIAN K-24, Type Juliette, Russian Navy until 1964, Peenemuende, Germany.
(DF0WLG)

  RUSSIAN S56 submarine, Vladivostok, Russia.

  AUSTRALIAN S70 Ovens 1967, Oberon class, Maritime Museum, Fremantle,
Australia.

  AUSTRALIAN S60 Onslow 1968, Oberon class, National Maritime Museum, Sydney,
Australia.

  HMS ALLIANCE S 67 1945, "A" Class, Royal Navy Submarine Museum, Haslar Jetty
Rd, Gosport, Hampshire, PO12 2AS, UK; +44 1705 529217,
  765130; fax: +44 1705 511349; http://www.rnsubmus.co.uk

  ENRICO DANDOLO (S 513) 1967, Naval Museum Museo Storico Navale, Campo San
Biagio, Arsenale 2148, Castello, 30122 Venice, Italy;
  +39-041-5200276.

  ALOSE 1904, "Naiade" class, COMEX S.A. 36, boulevard des Océans, BP 143,
13275 Marseille Cedex 9, FRANCE; +33 04.91.29.75.00; fax +33
  04.91.29.75.07

  JAPANESE submarine HA-19; Pintado SS-387, Nimitz Museum, Fredericksburg, TX.
(KB5TX)

  GERMAN UP Wilhelm Bauer (ex-UP-2540) 1945, Type AXE, Federal German Navy
until 1984, Bremerhafen, Germany (DL0MFM).

  GERMAN U-10, 1967, Type 205, Federal German Navy until 1993, Wilhelmshafen,
Germany. (DL0MFW)

  GERMAN U-995, 1943, Type VII C, Laboe (near Kiel), Germany. (DL0MFK)

  GERMAN U-9, Speyer, Germany.