USS MENHADEN (SS-377) DECOMMISSIONING
PICNIC
AUGUST, 1971, AFTER THE MENHADEN WAS DECOMMISSIONED
The "Liberated" DBF Flag flying at the Menhaden Decommissioning
Picnic. To read the "behind the scenes" story about the flag, go to the
DBF
Flag Caper!
Commander Les Guille was presented Menhaden's Commissioning
Pennant. The Crew had it framed on the Submarine Tender, and all hands
remaining (some 60 crew members) had signed it.
Les Guille getting a hamburger.
(Images Courtesy of Les Guille, Menhaden's Last Commanding Officer,
1970-71)