USS Charr (SS-328), a Balao-class fleet submarine, is shown moored alongside sister boats at a U.S. Navy submarine base. Commissioned in 1944, Charr conducted war patrols in the Pacific during the final months of World War II and continued active service into the postwar and Korean War era. Photographs like this, showing submarines rafted together at their home base, capture the routine rhythms of fleet life between patrols. Project: 218697