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Memoranda regarding rescue of USS SQUALUS, 1939

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Identifier: MSC-120- Series I

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection focuses on the admiral's naval career, with emphasis on his submarine service, his directorship of the Naval Underwater Sound Laboratory, New London, Connecticut, and of the Mare Island Shipyard, Vallejo California. The materials are housed in six boxes that measure two and one half linear feet. The collection is divided into eight series.

Series I, Correspondence, contains both personal and official letters sent and received, 1936-1971, inclusive. Personal letters consist of letters sent by the Fahy daughters to their parents as well as several from other relatives. Official letters and memoranda regarding the rescue of the USS SQUALUS in 1939, the use of radar in the fleet during World War II, the Sea Hawk project in 1966, beneficial suggestions received while Director, Naval Underwater Sound Laboratory as well as other correspondence and letters sent and received regarding ship launchings at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA form the greater part of the correspondence section.

Series II, Naval Orders, contains a complete record of his assignments from 1933 through 1953, while Series III, biographical information, houses copies of his official Navy biography and his obituary printed in Shipmate, January-February 1990.

Speeches, Series IV, 1946-1957, consist of notes and official presentations given as Director of the U.S. Navy Underwater Sound Laboratory and Commanding Officer of the Mare Island Naval Shipyard. Writings, Series V, 1936-1965, contain papers on fleet electronics materials, system coordination in naval shipyards for electronics, electrical and ordinance work, research, careers in science, organization, management and published articles in the U. S. Naval Institute Proceedings, the Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers and Electron.

Subject files, Series VI, 1935-1971, house a 1935 report of the submarine officers conference regarding submarine characteristics of new construction, with a cover memo by Joseph K. Taussig, and various memoranda on improvements in submarines, hull welding, trials and inspections, tactical requirements for sub air search raiders, sub maintenance cycle, maintenance of electronic equipment modifications in submarines and submarine strength. Memoranda, reports, instructions, charts, correspondence and schema for electronic spare parts are the second major segment in this series. Booklets, memoranda, presentations and reports in production, planning, costs, quality control, appraisal, budget, and destroyer building practice at the Mare Island Shipyard complete this series.

Series VII, Reports, 1918-1971, has information on submarines, shipbuilding capacity and costs in the U.S. Navy, defense planning, antenna systems on ship and shore and several curriculum items from courses RADM Fahy attended.

Miscellany, Series VIII, contains a variety of materials, including newspapers from various stations Fahy commanded, certificates, programs, booklets, including historical information on the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, career photographs, including shots of shipbuilding and ship launchings, a notebook and address book from the U.S. Naval Academy, 1934, and Naval War College Correspondence course materials for Strategy and Tactics, 1938- 1939, with his solutions.

Dates

  • Creation: 1939

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Access is open to all researchers, unless otherwise specified.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Naval War College Archives Repository

Contact:
US Naval War College
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Newport RI 02841 US