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Thought you sub history buffs -- and particularly Wahoo (SS-238) aficionados -- would appreciate seeing the custom reproduction I just had made of the Wahoo battle flag originally sewn by the very capable digits of Mush Morton himself. Paul Crozier and I saw the original flag on display at the Bowfin Museum at Pearl Harbor last fall. Also on display there was a handsome reproduction of the flag which had been previously hanging inside the ComSubPac Admin. Bldg. on base. This is what inspired me to have my own version created, adding the boat name and hull number, plus her loss date.
The REASON I did this was for a little inspiration. Some of you are aware that an on-again/off-again project has long been in the works to create a detailed 1/48 kit of the Wahoo, involving the likes of Matt Thor, Paul Crozier, Jeff LaRue and others -- even a commitment from Dave Merriman at one point (though I'm not certain of his current interest). At any rate, after I fly this flag here in So. Cal. a short while, my plan is to send it along Round Robin-style to the various participants in the project, hoping they'll likewise photograph it flying from their homes and then post those images here. In this way it'll become a kind of garden gnome traveler, spreading Wahoo good will and promoting the cause of submarine history and models at the same time -- not to mention turning up in fun photos from all over the country. (By the way, I credit SubRon5 buddy Tom Kisler with this cool idea.)
Finally, I had this flag made simply to honor Wahoo's memory, of course, and as such it shall fly over SubRon5 and perhaps other events as well; certainly we'll bring it along to hang over our area at the Regatta this year. Having researched Wahoo's history much of his life, Paul's SC message board avatar is this now familiar flag art, so it obviously makes sense this flag should be something of our group's mascot image.
Completing the flag pictures above is my Saturn's license plate -- a nod to my late friend, Forest Sterling. Hope you like the photos everyone; stay tuned for more!
Green board,
Jeff Porteous
Thought you sub history buffs -- and particularly Wahoo (SS-238) aficionados -- would appreciate seeing the custom reproduction I just had made of the Wahoo battle flag originally sewn by the very capable digits of Mush Morton himself. Paul Crozier and I saw the original flag on display at the Bowfin Museum at Pearl Harbor last fall. Also on display there was a handsome reproduction of the flag which had been previously hanging inside the ComSubPac Admin. Bldg. on base. This is what inspired me to have my own version created, adding the boat name and hull number, plus her loss date.
The REASON I did this was for a little inspiration. Some of you are aware that an on-again/off-again project has long been in the works to create a detailed 1/48 kit of the Wahoo, involving the likes of Matt Thor, Paul Crozier, Jeff LaRue and others -- even a commitment from Dave Merriman at one point (though I'm not certain of his current interest). At any rate, after I fly this flag here in So. Cal. a short while, my plan is to send it along Round Robin-style to the various participants in the project, hoping they'll likewise photograph it flying from their homes and then post those images here. In this way it'll become a kind of garden gnome traveler, spreading Wahoo good will and promoting the cause of submarine history and models at the same time -- not to mention turning up in fun photos from all over the country. (By the way, I credit SubRon5 buddy Tom Kisler with this cool idea.)
Finally, I had this flag made simply to honor Wahoo's memory, of course, and as such it shall fly over SubRon5 and perhaps other events as well; certainly we'll bring it along to hang over our area at the Regatta this year. Having researched Wahoo's history much of his life, Paul's SC message board avatar is this now familiar flag art, so it obviously makes sense this flag should be something of our group's mascot image.
Completing the flag pictures above is my Saturn's license plate -- a nod to my late friend, Forest Sterling. Hope you like the photos everyone; stay tuned for more!
Green board,
Jeff Porteous
here but I'm glad it turned out so well after a rocky start. Looks like they finally "got it" down at the Ye Olde flag Shoppe huh?
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