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Cold War Boats has recently assumed responsibility for the USS HADDO (SSN 604) website.
Ralph Stroede, the current USS HADDO webmaster, graciously allowed us to capture all of the content of the old usshaddo.com website, and import it into the SSN 604 site at coldwarboats.org, provided we allow him to retire as webmaster!
Until we get the usshaddo.com domain name transferred and redirected, the new USS HADDO site can be found here: either https://ssn-604.coldwarboats.org or https://ssn604.coldwarboats.org.
We have transferred all the newsletters from 1990 to 2023, and are in the process of organizing all the reunion photographs from 2000 to 2018. In addition, there are Personnel Diaries and reports from 1962, with personnel reports from 1963 to be uploaded, Deck Logs from 1964 to 1970, and postal covers from the boat’s post office already on-site. There are sea stories to be extracted from the newsletters, and user profiles to be updated as well.
If you were registered at usshaddo.com, you are already registered and included in the Cold War Boats Master Sailing List.
- Simply go to coldwarboats.org, attempt to log in by clicking on the link in the upper starboard corner, and select "Forgot your username or password? Click here for a reminder."
- Enter your email address, and your user name will be sent to your email.
- Follow the same steps to reset your password, and you will be assigned a new password for Cold War Boats and the USS HADDO (SSN 604) site.
- If you have changed your email since you last logged into the usshaddo.com site, contact me at
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your new email, and I’ll get you set up. - Once you get logged in, visit your user profile by clicking on your name in the Current Watchsection list in the starboard upper column, choose Edit Your Profile, and you can change your username and password on the Security tab.
I’ll be acting as the interim Site Lead for the 604. If you have photos, stories, or artifacts related to the 604, reach out to me until we get a permanent Site Lead volunteered! I'll make sure it gets on the new Haddo site.
If you're planning a Haddo reunion, again, let me know. The new Haddo website has a reunion function already built in that will let you organize, promote, and keep track of attendees and events.
All Haddo shipmates are invited to make the USS HADDO (SSN 604) site on Cold War Boats their new on-line home.
https://ssn604.coldwarboats.org
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HIGHLIGHTS!!
- Upload your photos to coldwarboats.org for sharing and preservation.
- Photos/Albums appear in HOMEPORT >> SHIPMATE GALLERIES. Locate by most recent, command, photo dates, or topics.
- Your photos are also visible on your user profile.
- Uploading photos can be done by any registered and logged in user.
Shipmate Galleries are a feature associated with your User Profile, which is accessible by clicking on your name under the Current Watchsection listing in the upper right-hand column of every page once you’ve logged in.
The USS GUITARRO (SSN 665) website at coldwarboats.org has been launched, and already has a few photos, a Commissioning Booklet from 1972. and a couple of interesting postal covers in the Ship’s Post Office.
The site is ready for fitting out - all it needs is your submissions of photos, stories, and artifacts. It can be found here: https://coldwarboats.org/the-boat-665/uss-guitarro-ssn-665/quarterdeck-665
Guitarro was a Sturgeon-class submarine, and boasted an impressive service career during the Cold War. She played a major role in developing tactics for prototype combat systems deployed to the Pacific submarine fleet, in particular the Submarine Towed Array Sensor System (STASS) along with its BQR-20 series digital sonar displays. In the mid-1970s, Guitarro also installed the first digital submarine combat system (BQQ-5 sonar and Mk-117 fire control system) and participated in the development of submarine-launched Harpoon and Tomahawk cruise missiles.
Despite her accolades, she is remembered for her pre-commissioning sinking at the pier during fitting out at Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 15 May 1969. Lack of oversight and communication between civilian construction testing groups resulted in a complete flooding of the boat, a rapid unrecoverable sinking, leaving her resting on the bottom showing nothing but sail.
The USS ARCHERFISH (SS/AGSS 311) website at coldwarboats.org has been launched, and is ready for fitting out with your submissions of photos, stories, and artifacts. It can be found here: https://coldwarboats.org/the-boat-311/uss-archerfish-ss-311/quarterdeck-311
Archerfish was a Balao-class submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfish.
Completing seven war patrols between December 1943 and September 1945, Archerfish is best known for sinking the Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano in November 1944, the largest warship ever sunk by a submarine. She was decommissioned at the in JUN 1946 and placed in the Pacific Reserve Group at MINSY.
Her Cold War service began during the Korean War in 1952 and continued through OCT 1955 when she was again decommissioned and placed in reserve.
After a short respite, Archerfish was reactivated as an auxiliary submarine (AGSS) in JUL 1957 and performed oceanographic work, specifically Operation Sea Scan, gathering data on maritime weather, water composition, ocean depths and temperature ranges. She would pursue various other research in support of Cold War submarine operations until 1968. Declared unfit for further naval service, she was sunk off the coast of San Diego by the USS SNOOK (SSN 592) on 19 OCT 1968.
Cold War Boats has taken over responsibility for the USS SHARK (SSN 591) website. We are in the process of transferring all material from the old site (shark591.com) courtesy of Barry R. Trosper. Check in often as we will be added new material frequently.
If you were registered at shark591.com, you are already included in the Cold War Boats Master Sailing List. Simply attempt to log in using either the LOGIN/REGISTER button in the upper right corner of every page, or the LOG IN/LOG OUT link on the WATCH, QUARTER, AND STATION BILL menu midway down the right column. When the login popup appears, select"Forgot your username or password? Click here for a reminder." Enter your email address, and your user name will be sent to you. Follow the same steps to reset your password, and you will be able to create a new password for Cold War Boats.
Please contact me at
If you have photos, stories, or artifacts related to the 591, reach out to me until we get a Site Lead volunteered! I'll make sure it gets on the Shark site. If you're planning a Shark reunion, again, let me know. The new Shark website has a reunion function already built in that will let you organize, promote, and keep track of attendees and events.
All Shark shipmates are invited to make the USS SHARK (SSN 591) site on Cold War Boats their new on-line home.
Welcome Aboard!
Each of the 394 submarines on the Cold War Boats site has a Master Sailing List, which are intended to list every known shipmate that served on that boat.
When you register and list your commands on your user profile, you automatically appear on each boat's Master Sailing List.
As you might imagine, a project of this magnitude will always be a work in progress, which depends on shipmates like you registering, and volunteers inputing years of Enlisted and Officer Personnel Diaries.
The USS GRENADIER (SS 525) is an example of the one such volunteer effort. While many of these shipmates are still listed as missing, meaning not registered with Cold War Boats, many have already shipped their oars, and the Eternal Patrol lists are one way we honor their sacrifice.
I encourage you to visit your commands and count yourself among your shipmates.
You must be registered to view the Master Sailing Lists (privacy protection) but that is the point!
