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Photo #: NH 58267

USS Barb weathervane


Presented to Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz by his former aide, Rear Admiral Eugene B. Fluckey, USN, circa the later 1950s or early 1960s. Fluckey had commanded the submarine during World War II.
The weathervane features submariners' "dolphins" at its top, with the five stars of a Fleet Admiral immediately below, and a model of USS Barb (SS-220) as she appeared following her 1954 conversion to "GUPPY" configuration. It was erected in Nimitz' garden at 728 Santa Barbara Road, Berkeley, California.

Collection of Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Image posted 20 February 2006