Launching ceremony of submarine Parche, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 24 Jul 1943Submarine Parche underway, 4 Nov 1943USS Chivo, USS Skipjack, and USS Parche at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945USS Parche and another submarine at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 19-23 Oct 1945
Launching ceremony of submarine Parche, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, United States, 24 Jul 1943Submarine Parche underway, 4 Nov 1943USS Chivo, USS Skipjack, and USS Parche at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, 1945USS Parche and another submarine at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 19-23 Oct 1945
USS Parche in port, date unknownUSS Parche in port, date unknownUSS Parche in port, date unknownUSS Parche arriving at Mare Island Naval Shipyard for deactivation overhaul, 14 Oct 1946. Parche had already withstood two atomic bomb explosions at Bikini Atoll and a decontamination process at Pearl Harbor.
USS Parche in port, date unknownUSS Parche in port, date unknownUSS Parche in port, date unknownUSS Parche arriving at Mare Island Naval Shipyard for deactivation overhaul, 14 Oct 1946. Parche had already withstood two atomic bomb explosions at Bikini Atoll and a decontamination process at Pearl Harbor.
USS Dentuda, USS Searaven, and USS Tuna in foreground, with USS Parche, USS Bluegill, and USS Hackleback also present, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Oct 1946USS Parche at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Oct 1946Submarine Parche, with her conning tower removed, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, Dec 1969
USS Dentuda, USS Searaven, and USS Tuna in foreground, with USS Parche, USS Bluegill, and USS Hackleback also present, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Oct 1946USS Parche at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, 17 Oct 1946Submarine Parche, with her conning tower removed, at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States, Dec 1969
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