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Show Decommissioned Subs Go Back to Duty : 1:;:::; . .;; ' -ym . ..... -ft lf 7y"vife ,--v4 'A These submarines, shown tied up at Charlestown, Mass., said their farewell to arms after the World war armistice in 1918. Now they are getting ready to stage a comeback. These eight, and many others, will be recommissioned and returned to duty with the planned Atlantic fleet which will give the United States a two-ocean navy. The navy expects to have 36 of these submarines ready for duty by January 1. In addition, it has 104 first-line submarines, and 81 more which are now in the process of building. I |