Interesting! At the NJ Naval Museum/USS Ling in NJ (when it was still afloat), we found a Gibson Girl and put up a display around it. No idea if subs carried them, but it sure would have made sense.

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Subject: [Milsurplus] Gibson Girl

Here's an interesting article on how the Gibson Girl radios came to be deployed. It took a crash involving a general. 

                       Joe Connor

https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-17/41-2403.html