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)