Booklets

Booklets

It is traditional for a commemorative booklet to be produced for the major events during a submarine’s service. Some of these events are:

  • Launching/Christening
  • Commissioning
  • Change of Command
  • Deactivation / Decommissioning

AIMM has acquired a significant number of these booklets. Due to online space limitations, we cannot keep all of them online at the same time. However, if you see a booklet in this list that you would like to download, please let us know.

Our collection includes:

Diesel-Powered Submarines

    • USS S-49 (SS-160) – 1930’s Visitor’s Guide to S-49 as a Museum Ship (2.5 MB PDF File) Adobe PDF File Icon
    • USS Puffer (SS-268) – Navy Day – 27 October, 1945 (Scanned from Copy)
    • USS Bowfin (SS-287) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – 1965
    • USS Archer-Fish (SS-311) – Welcome Aboard – 1945 (Scanned from Copy)
    • USS Blackfin (SS-322) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – 1967
    • USS Hardhead (SS-365) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – Late 1950s
    • USS Thornback (SS-418) – Welcome Aboard – 1950s
    • USS Tusk (SS-426) – Decommissioning Booklet – 18 October 1973
    • USS Requin (SS-481) – 1974 Visitor’s Guide as museum in Tampa, FL (1972 – 1986) – Courtesy of Jim Mandelbaltt
    • USS Requin (SS-481) – 1998 Visitor’s Guide as museum in Pittsburgh, PA (1990 – Present) – Courtesy of Jim Mandelbaltt
    • USS Sea Leopard (SS-483) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – 1950s / 1960s
    • USS Grenadier (SS-525) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – 1960
    • USS Dolphin (AGSS-555) – Commissioning – 17 August 1968
    • USS Dolphin (AGSS-555) – Inactivation – 22 September 2006
    • USS Trout (SS-566) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – 1976 Adobe PDF File Icon
    • USS Marlin (SST-2) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – 1965 Adobe PDF File Icon
    • USS Albacore (AGSS-569) – Welcome Aboard (Museum Ship)
  • JSMDF Hayashio (SS-521) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – Visit to Pearl Harbor – June / July 1964
  • Insert – JSMDF Hayashio (SS-521) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – Visit to Pearl Harbor – June / July 1964

Nuclear Powered Attack Submarines

  • USS Snook (SSN-592) – Welcome Aboard
  • USS Thresher (SSN-593) – Welcome Aboard – Circa 1963Adobe PDF File Icon
  • USS Pollack (SSN-603) – Commissioning – 26 May 1964
  • USS Whale (SSN-638) – Christening – 14 October 1966 (with USS Sunfish)
  • USS James K. Polk (SSN-645) – Inactivation – 08 January 1999
  • USS Sunfish (SSN-649) – Christening – 14 October 1966 (with USS Whale)
  • USS Hammerhead (SSN-663) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – 1992
  • USS Spadefish (SSN 668) – Launching/Christening – 15 May, 1968Adobe PDF File Icon
  • USS Seahorse (SSN-669) – General Information Booklet (38.9 MB Adobe PDF File)
  • USS Seahorse (SSN 669) – Change of Command – 30 April 1993
  • USS Narwhal (SSN 671) – Inactivation Ceremony – 16 January 1999
  • USS Pintado (SSN 672) – Commissioning – 11 September 1971
  • USS Cavalla (SSN-684) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – Undated
  • USS Archerfish (SSN-678) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – 1990s
  • USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) – Change of Command – 22 May 1990
  • USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689) – Welcome Aboard (bi-lingual) – circa 1981
  • USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689) – Inactivation Ceremony – 18 September 1993
  • USS Memphis (SSN-691) – Commissioning – 17 December 1977
  • USS Indianapolis (SSN-697) – Commissioning – 05 January 1980
  • USS Bremerton (SSN-698) – Keel Laying – 08 May 1976
  • USS Baltimore (SSN-704) – Inactivation Ceremony – 25 September 1997
  • USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705) – Change of Command – 13 April 1983
  • USS Albuquerque (SSN-706) – Commissioning – 21 May 1983
  • USS Minneapolis – St. Paul (SSN-708) – Commissioning – 10 March 1984
  • USS Augusta (SSN-710) – Commissioning – 19 January 1985 Adobe PDF File Icon
  • USS Houston (SSN-713) – Commissioning – 25 September 1982
  • USS Norfolk (SSN-714) – Commissioning – 21 May 1983
  • USS Salt Lake City (SSN-716) – Commissioning – 12 May 1984
  • USS Honolulu (SSN-718) – Launching – 24 September 1983
  • USS Honolulu (SSN-718) – Commissioning – 06 July 1985
  • USS Honolulu (SSN-718) – Welcome Aboard Booklet
  • USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720) – Commissioning – 23 November 1985
  • USS Helena (SSN-725) – Commissioning – 11 July 1987
  • USS Pasadena (SSN-752) – Launching – 12 September, 1987
  • USS Pasadena (SSN-752) – Commissioning – 11 February 1988
  • USS Albany (SSN-753) – Welcome Aboard – 1990
  • USS Topeka (SSN-754) – Launching – 23 January 1988
  • USS Miami (SSN-755) – Launching – 12 November 1988
  • USS Miami (SSN-755) – Commissioning – 30 June 1990
  • USS Alexandria (SSN-757) – Commissioning – 29 June 1991
  • USS Asheville (SSN-758) – Christening – 28 October 1989
  • USS Jefferson City (SSN-759) – Commissioning – 29 February 1992
  • USS Annapolis (SSN-760) – Launching – 18 May, 1991
  • USS Annapolis (SSN-760) – Commissioning – 11 April 1992
  • USS Sante Fe (SSN-763) – Commissioning – 08 January 1994
  • USS Boise (SSN-764) – Commissioning – 07 November 1992
  • USS Toledo (SSN-769) – Commissioning – 24 February 1995
  • USS Columbia (SSN-771) – Launching – 24 September 1994
  • USS Columbia (SSN-771) – Commissioning – 09 October 1995
  • USS Columbia (SSN-771) – Change of Command – 04 March 1997
  • USS Columbia (SSN-771) – Welcome Aboard
  • USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) – Christening – 01 April, 1995 – 2.4MB PDF File Adobe PDF File Icon
  • USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) – Commissioning – 13 September 1996 – 3.5MB PDF File Adobe PDF File Icon
  • USS Seawolf (SSN-21) – Commissioning – 19 July 1997
  • USS Connecticut (SSN-22) – Christening – 01 September 1997
  • USS Connecticut (SSN-22) – Commissioning – 11 December 1998
  • USS Hawaii (SSN-776) – Commissioning – 05 May 2007

Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarines

  • USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600) – General Information Booklet
  • USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) – General Information Booklet
  • USS John Marshall (SSBN-611) – Commissioning Booklet – 21 May 1962
  • USS Lafayette (SSBN-616) – General Information Booklet
  • USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617) – Commissioning – 27 June 1963
  • USS John Adams (SSBN-620) – Commissioning – 12 May 1964
  • USS James Monroe (SSBN-622) – Deactivation – 14 October 1989
  • USS Henry Clay (SSBN-625) – Commissioning – 20 February 1964 – 696KB PDF File Adobe PDF File Icon
  • USS Daniel Webster (SSBN-626) – General Information Booklet(15.4MB Adobe PDF)
  • USS John C. Calhoun (SSBN-630) – Commissioning – 15 September 1964
  • USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631) – Commissioning – 17 July 1964
  • USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) – Welcome Aboard Booklet
  • USS Nathaniel Greene (SSBN-636) – Commissioning – 19 December 1964
  • USS Kamehameha (SSBN-642) – Commissioning – 10 December 1965
  • USS Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655) – General Information Booklet
  • USS Ohio (SSN-726) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – 1991
  • USS Michigan (SSBN-727) – Commissioning – 11 September 1982
  • USS Michigan (SSBN-727) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – Late 1990s
  • USS Florida (SSBN-728) – Commissioning – 18 June 1983
  • USS Georgia (SSBN-729) – Change of Command – 28 January 1994
  • USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730) – Launching – 15 October 1983
  • USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730) – Commissioning – 06 October 1984
  • USS Alaska (SSBN-732) – Gold Crew DASO (Demonstration and Shakedown Operation) – April 1986
  • USS Nevada (SSBN-733) – Christening – 16 August 1986
  • USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) – Christening – 13 December 1986
  • USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) – Commissioning – 17 December 1988
  • USS Tennessee (SSBN-734) – Welcome Aboard – Blue Crew
  • USS West Virginia (SSBN-736) – Commissioning – 20 October 1990
  • USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) – Commissioning – 09 July 1994
  • USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) – Welcome Aboard Booklet – 1990s Adobe PDF File Icon
  • USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) – Christening – 27 July 1996
  • USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) – Commissioning – 06 September 1997Adobe PDF File Icon

AIMM would like to thank the many people who contributed to this collection. Without their contributions, this project would not have been possible.