Looking for Gato-stuff, I found a couple of other shots:
Pre-war photo of Narwhal deckgun...
The Willoughby's Provisional Scout Battalion of the 7th infantry Division practicing launching their rubber rafts of a partially submerged Nautilus.
Dutch Harbor, 30 april 1943.
And found a bit of info on this one...
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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk
How do you explain this to the Admiral?
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On the night of February 7, 1943, Cmd. Howard Gilmore collided with an attacking Japanese gunboat. Gilmore was badly wounded and two other bridge personnel were killed.Gilmore, knowing he could not make it below and that hesitation on the part of the crew would mean the possible sinking of his ship, ordered the boat submerged with him still outside. The bow of Growler was bent 90 degrees to port in the collision. The bent bow was cut off and replaced with another bow to effect repairs. Gilmore received the Medal of Honour for his selfless act.
Source: US Submarines 1941-45. ISBN 1-84176-859-6.