22 items in this album on 2 pages.

Tang (left) and Tilefish (right) under construction at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1943, photo 1 of 3Tang (left) and Tilefish (right) under construction at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1943, photo 2 of 3Tang (left) and Tilefish (right) under construction at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1943, photo 3 of 3Launching of Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Aug 1943
Tang (left) and Tilefish (right) under construction at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1943, photo 1 of 3Tang (left) and Tilefish (right) under construction at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1943, photo 2 of 3Tang (left) and Tilefish (right) under construction at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1 Jul 1943, photo 3 of 3Launching of Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Aug 1943
Launching party of Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Aug 1943Mrs Cecily Olsen and Mrs A S Pitre at the launching of Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Aug 1943, as printed in 20 Aug 1943 edition of shipyard newspaper GrapevineTang immediately after launch, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Aug 1943Submarine Tang at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, circa late Aug 1943
Launching party of Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Aug 1943Mrs Cecily Olsen and Mrs A S Pitre at the launching of Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Aug 1943, as printed in 20 Aug 1943 edition of shipyard newspaper GrapevineTang immediately after launch, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Aug 1943Submarine Tang at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, circa late Aug 1943
Commanding officerCommissioning ceremony of USS Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Oct 1943Officers of USS Tang shortly after commissioning, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Oct 1943Postcard commemorating the commissioning of USS Tang, 15 Oct 1943
Commanding officer's cabin aboard USS Tang, circa Oct 1943Commissioning ceremony of USS Tang, Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Oct 1943Officers of USS Tang shortly after commissioning, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 15 Oct 1943Postcard commemorating the commissioning of USS Tang, 15 Oct 1943
USS Tang off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Dec 1943, photo 1 of 2USS Tang off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Dec 1943, photo 2 of 220 mm Oerlikon cannon aboard USS Tang, 1940sInstrument panel at the open bridge of USS Tang, 1940s; left to right: target bearing transmitter, speaker-microphone, gyrocompass repeater, rudder angle indicator, and diving alarm
USS Tang off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Dec 1943, photo 1 of 2USS Tang off Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States, 2 Dec 1943, photo 2 of 220 mm Oerlikon cannon aboard USS Tang, 1940sInstrument panel at the open bridge of USS Tang, 1940s; left to right: target bearing transmitter, speaker-microphone, gyrocompass repeater, rudder angle indicator, and diving alarm
Submarine Tang departing from Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1940sCrew of USS Tang taking aboard airmen of downed OS2U Kingfisher aircraft from USS North Carolina, off Truk, Caroline Islands, 1 May 1944Lieutenant Commander Richard OUSS Tang at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, date unknown
Submarine Tang departing from Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 1940sCrew of USS Tang taking aboard airmen of downed OS2U Kingfisher aircraft from USS North Carolina, off Truk, Caroline Islands, 1 May 1944Lieutenant Commander Richard O'Kane posing with 22 airmen rescued by USS Tang near Truk, Caroline Islands between 29 Apr and 1 May 1944; photo taken at Pearl Harbor in May 1944USS Tang at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, date unknown

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