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:
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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)
- 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
- USS Marlin (SST-2) - Welcome Aboard Booklet - 1965
- 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
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Nuclear Powered Attack Submarines
- USS Snook (SSN-592) - Welcome Aboard
- USS Thresher (SSN-593) - Welcome Aboard - Circa 1963
- 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, 1968
- 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
- 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
- USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) - Commissioning - 13 September 1996 - 3.5MB PDF File
- 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
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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
- 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
- USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) - Christening - 27 July 1996
- USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) - Commissioning - 06 September 1997
AIMM would like to thank the many people who contributed to this collection. Without their contributions, this project would not have been possible.
Copies of our artifact database are available for researches and other museums. Please contact the Curator for more information.