Fifty years ago

Bob,
More like 35-40 years. I Commissioned Frank Cable as Repair Boss at the end of 1979.My Parking Spot is the vacant spot just to the left when entering the pier... lol

As I said, Frank Cable was Commissioned in late 1979 - that makes her just over 40 years old. She went thru Shakedown in 1980 and I was in fact Repair then and the following year also.
I never saw some of these boats and never had some of these boats at the pier.
This has to be after 1982 - I'll stick to 35-40 years.

Looking at Bonefish:
"That employment continued until 8 June 1982, when Bonefish departed San Diego on her way to the east coast. She transited the Panama Canal on 23 June and arrived in Naval Station Charleston, South Carolina, her new home port, on 6 July. On 11 August the submarine put to sea to participate in NATO exercises in the North Atlantic. "At the end of those operations, she visited Hamburg, West Germany, and Portsmouth, England, before returning to Charleston on 9 October.

Normal operations out of Charleston occupied Bonefish for the remainder of 1982 and during the first three weeks of 1983. On 25 January, the submarine commenced a 14-month overhaul at the Charleston Naval Shipyard"
If that is Bonefish, the picture was likely taken between October of 1982 and the end of 1982.
Just over 37 years ago.

Edited by SaltiDawg - 03 May 2020 at 10:01am

The info I had on era was 'late 70s or early 80s' - I figured memories from folks there at the time would define a closer 'when'. I wasn't wrong, lol.