Migraine

Name/Hull Nbr

Class

Year Converted to SSR

Pompon SSR267

Rasher SSR269

Raton SSR270

Ray SSR271

Redfin SSR272

Rock SSR274

Burrfish SSR312

Tigrone SSR419

Requin SSR481

Spinax SSR489

Sailfish (SSR572)

Salmon (SSR573)

Gato

Balao

Tench

Sailfish

Migraine III, 1951

Migraine III, Dec. '51

Migraine III, Jul. '52

Migraine III, Jan. '51

Migraine III, Jul. '52

Migraine I, Feb. 49

Migraine I,

Migraine II, 1946

Radar Picket, 1956

"The need for radar picket submarines came as a direct result of the vulnerability of surface radar ships. The theory beingthat submarines coiuld dive at the first indication of incoming hostile aircraft, thus evading the enemy and avoiding attack. Surface ships, however, were always vulnerable and never wandered far from the fleet. Submarines could go anywhere at anytime and would be virtually undetected. That was the theory anyway.

In 1947, the submarine-base radar picket program began. It consisted of installing the same electronic equipment found on Edsall-class destroyers onto submarines. This amount of equipment crammed into a World War II fleet boat would be one big headache, thus the name MIGRAINE. Eventually, there would be three different versions of the MIGRAINE configuration on submarines. Each one is more advanved that the other. "

The above information was taken with permission from the BURRFISH website. A far more detailed account of the MIGRAINE program can be found by clicking here.