Tri State Deck Log

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“Life is simple, you’re either qualified or you’re not” August 2015 Issue (Semper Gumby) TRI STATE BASE The Deck Log Check out the TRI-STATE BASE WEB PAGE at: http://www.ussvi-tri-statebase.org

1 August 2015

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: THE SEPTEMBER MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH AT 11:30 AM AT THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 96, BRUNSWICK, MD, WITH NEW HOLLAND CLUB MEMBERS BEING THERE PRESENTED ASSOCIATED AWARDS. PLEASE READ THE CURRENT CALENDAR OF EVENTS OR YOU WILL BE AT THE WRONG LOCATION! ALSO, ALL MEETINGS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ANNUAL PICNIC (IN JUNE AT 1 PM), WILLY’S HIDEOUT (IN OCTOBER TBD), AND CHRISTMAS PARTY (IN DECEMBER AT 1 PM) BEGIN AT 11:30 AM.

TRISTATE Sub Base Point-of-Contact Information

BASE COMMANDER – DAN HULINGS/ Ph -717-816-5863 E-Mail address:[email protected]

BASE VICE COMMANDER – TOM SAMUELSEN/ Ph -717-642-9445 E-Mail address: [email protected]

BASE SECRETARY –DANA BOSTWICK/ Ph – 240-389-7621 E-Mail address: [email protected]

BASE TREASURER – DAN GLOGG/Ph 304-596-4400 E-mail address: [email protected]

BASE CHAPLAIN – JON FADER/ Ph (301) 798-2576. E-mail address: [email protected]

COB (B) – DOUG SMITH/ Ph (301) 788-6434. E-Mail address: [email protected]

COB (G) – RAY BUSSARD/Ph 301-371-5036E-mail address: [email protected]

WAYS and MEANS/STOREKEEPER - DON BOOS/Ph (301) 898-5399. E-mail address: [email protected]

BASE HISTORIAN / WEB MASTER – DOUG SMITH/ Ph (301) 788-6434. E-Mail address: dsmith@pdr- inc.com

USSVI Point-of-Contact Information

NATIONAL COMMANDER – AL SINGLEMAN/ Ph – 518-355-2119

NATIONAL SENIOR VICE COMMANDER – JOHN MARKIEWICZ/ Ph – 904-743-2924

NATIONAL JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER – WILLIAM ANDREA/ Ph – 561-790-1287

NATIONAL SECRETARY – RAYMOND WEWERS/Ph 479-967-5541

NATIONAL TREASURER – PAUL HISER/Ph 215-317-5666

TRI-STATE BASE MEMBERS THAT HOLD NATIONAL OFFICE TOM DENTON NATIONAL ARTIST

USSVI Tri State Base 2015 Calendar of Events

Jan 10th – Meeting at Pikes Restaurant, Gettysburg, PA; Guest Speaker: John Reinhart Feb 7th – Meeting at American Legion Post 96, Brunswick, MD; Guest Speaker: Rick Campbell. Author Mar 7th – Meeting at Golden Corral, Martinsburg, WV Apr 11h – Birthday Ball at Pikes Restaurant, Gettysburg: Guest Speaker: John Price May 2nd –Meeting at Golden Corral, Martinsburg, WV; a trip to the Hedgesville Public Library will take place after the meeting, to view the Submarine Commemoration Display May 16th – Armed Forces Day – Parade: Annual Submarine Memorial at Arlington May 24th – Memorial Day Service @ Harbaugh’s Church 1:30 PM May 25th – DC USSVI Memorial Day March May 25th – Waynesboro Memorial Day March: arrive at 8 AM; march at 9 AM Jun 6th – Annual Picnic at AmVets Post 9, Middletown, MD, 12 PM; White Elephant Auction Jul 11th – Meeting at Golden Corral, Martinsburg, WV; - midterm Board Meeting Aug 1st – Meeting at Pikes Restaurant, Gettysburg, PA; Guest Speaker: John Reinhart; New Holland Club Member Presentations Sep 7th – 12th – USSVI National Convention, Pittsburgh, PA Sep 19th – Meeting at American Legion Post 96, Brunswick, MD; New Holland Club Member Presentations Oct 3rd – Meeting at Willie’s Hideout, Chambersburg, PA: Guest Speaker: ? Nov 7th – Meeting at Golden Corral, Frederick, MD: Guest Speaker: ?: Elections; New Year Board Meeting Nov 11th – Frederick Veterans Day Ceremony Dec 5th – Christmas Party @ AmVets Post 9, Middletown, MD 1 PM

As the Tri State Base does some hopping to do its meetings, the below locations are for your use. With these and the Calendar of events, you will always be at the right place on the right day… Pikes Restaurant 985 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA (717) 334-9227

Golden Corral 625 Foxcroft Avenue, Martinsburg, WV (304) 260-5300

Golden Corral 5621 Spectrum Drive, Frederick, MD 301 662-5922

American Legion Post 96 18 South Maple Avenue, Brunswick, MD 301 834-8121

AmVets Post 9 408 West Green Street, Middletown, MD 301 371-5115

UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS, INC.

USSVI CREED

TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF OUR SHIPMATES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE PURSUIT OF THEIR DUTIES WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY. THAT THEIR DEDICATION, DEEDS AND SUPREME SACRIFICE BE A CONSTANT SOURCE OF MOTIVATION TOWARD GREATER ACCOMPLISHMENTS. PLEDGE LOYALTY AND PATRIOTISM TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS CONSTITUTION.

Do you want a painting of your Boat? Go to WWW.SUBMARINEART.COM and order a picture today. Great for an office, “I love me wall”, or as a gift for a Submarine lover anywhere! “Life is simple, you’re either qualified or you’re not” Check out the TRI-STATE BASE WEB PAGE at: http://www.ussvi-tri-statebase.org

The invocation was given by Base Chaplain Jon Fader followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Base Commander Dan Hulings gave the USSVI Creed.

MEETING ATTENDANCE

A total of 29 personnel including guests and visitors were on hand for the August 2015 Sub Base Meeting; those in attendance were:

Sub Base Members (19) – Paul Benyeda, Don Boos, Dana Bostwick, Buzz Bussard, Ray Bussard, Jon Fader, Les Gallipo, Joe Hargadon, Dan Hulings, George Kilmer, John Lehman, Gil McCabe, Joe Oakes, Thom Peschke, John Price, Glen Sherrard, David Stedman, Felix Stewart, Jim Wilhelm

Member Spouses/Subvettes (10) – Lynn Benyeda, Roxanne Bostwick, Betty Bussard, Joan Fader, Barb McCabe, Anne Lehman, Linda Kilmer, Stephanie Peschke, Nina Price, Sandra Sherrard

The SUBMARINE MEMORIAL DAYS: The following suffered loss of life in a shipboard disaster, either at the hands of an enemy or by some other means. To honor those lost shipmates, who have departed and are still on their LAST PATROL, mark your calendar and fly your flag on the day of the disaster. Also remember them and their families in your prayers.

THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THE UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS. The U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II have assigned states to boats lost during the war.

SUBMARINES LOST SAILORS LOST STATE ASSIGNED August 06 1945 USS BULLHEAD (SS332) 84 NEW MEXICO 13 1944 USS FLIER (SS250) 78 VERMONT 13 1942 USS S-39 (SS144) 0 MARYLAND 24 1944 USS HARDER (SS257) 79 UTAH 25 1949 USS COCHINO (SS345) 1

Tri-State Base members who have departed on Eternal Patrol were then remembered. 1997 - 2009 = 24 BILL HOOD TOM BLOCK LOU GRAVES GORDON YETTER CALVIN WALTON JOHN HUSTON LEONARD SINGEL ROBERT FORREST GLENN HILL KARL WELTY DAVE GLOTFELTY BILL COLLINS TONY CHIMENTI HAROLD OLIVE DICK SPRINCE JOHN LUSHER LEW HANSEN GLEN BEARINGER DON HORST HAL GOODNOW B.J. CALVERT CHRIS KOUNAS RICHARD E. SAUNDERS THORNTON “PAT” WHITE

2010 = 4 BOB ATKINSON BOB BRITSCH HENRY CRANFORD JACK PRISLEY

2011 = 3 BULL DURHAM JIM FERRELL RUSS SWART

2012 = 5 JOE HINSON TED LEHNHART WAYNE SCHWEITZER JOHN POFFENBERGER JOE BARNACK

2013 = 3 GUS MARTIN CARL LINSENBACH GEORGE HINDA

2014 = 5 MIKE IACONA FREDERICK GERS MIKE MCMAHON IVAN KINSINGER KAREN FREEMIRE

2015 =1 BILL BUTCHER

Rest your oars shipmates, Rest your oars…

Birthdays for the month of AUGUST: Jane Atkinson, Lynn Blackburn, Mary Boos, Roxanne Bostwick, Buzz Bussard, Patricia Collins, Diane Glotfelty, Catherine Glogg, Dolores Graver, Dave Harvey, Richard Heibel, Doug Henneberger, Carol Huntington, Ann Kinney, Patricia (Trish) Klunk, Judy Kriner, Kenneth Kuhar, Robert Lampron, Sharon Lampron, Herb Lopp, Ellen Parkhurst, Lori Shirk, Douglas Smith, Felix Stewart, Betty Yingling, Patricia Yohman

NEWEST SHIPMATES  Welcome aboard to Joseph Oakes who qualified on the James Madison and is currently working for NAVSEA in Washington, DC.  Welcome aboard to Joe Hockersmith of Shippensburg, PA. Joe qualified in 1973 on the Ulysses S Grant (SSBN 631).

The best way for the Tri State Base to grow is if you invite new members. If you see a set of dolphins on a car, please follow up

REPORTS: Secretary  The minutes from the last official meeting were included in the March Deck Log and were approved.

Treasurer  Base Commander Dan Hulings gave the Treasurer’s report at the August meeting. The report was approved.  Jim Wilhelm gave a financial report for the base’s torpedo and trailer.

WAYS AND MEANS The store is open.

Membership Tri-State Base Membership as of 31 July 2015

Type Number Benevolence Report was given by Base Chaplain, Jon Fader. WWII 6 Please keep the following individuals in your thoughts and prayers: Holland Club 22 New Holland Club 2 Dan Glogg Life Members 22 Lori Ensminger Regular Members 34 Gil McCabe – condolences for his father passing away Doug Smith Tri-State Members 90 Pat Wilhelm Dual Members 4

Associate Members 4 A big thanks to Joan Fader for continuing to make Thinking Total Membership 102 of You cards for members to sign and send to those who are in need of an uplift.

CORRESPONDENCE ITEMS:

 Holland Club new members will be awarded next meeting  Joe Hockersmith sent an email about looking forward to being a member of the base.  Base Commander Dan Hulings recommended Thom Peschke be the liaison officer for the base for new members and Thom accepted the assignment.

HOLLAND CLUB

Base Commander Dan Hulings announced that 7 new members will receive certificates and badges at the 19 September meeting, including Peter Davio, Jon Fader, Dan Hulings, George Kilmer, Glen Sherrard, Michael Spittell, and John Traxler.

EAGLE SCOUT PROGRAM Base Chaplain Jon Fader brought out that his grandson Andrew is going receive his Eagle Scout Award and is going to be presented the Subvets Eagle Scout Award in November.

Thom Peschke talked about the Sea Scout program. It was brought out the Sea Scouts are part of the Boy Scouts and can get the Eagle Scout Award. Thom said he would put information out on flash traffic on how to contact and learn more about the Sea Scout program.

Base Commander Dan Hulings provided an update on Marshall L. Mills who earned his Eagle Scout award in April and is currently an E3 submarine veteran on the USS Pittsburgh.

OLD BUSINESS  Half page ad for the National Convention has been submitted.

NEW BUSINESS  Jim Wilhelm announced that on Thursday, August 13th he was taking the trailer to Path Valley to take part in the Firemen’s Parade as part of the town’s annual reunion. Jim extended an invitation to anyone who wants to ride on the float in the parade.  Jim Wilhelm inquired if there was to be a parade at the National Convention. If so, he would like to get our base torpedo trailer to be part of it. Thom Peschke was looking into it and would put out any information in flash traffic.  Base Commander Dan Hulings referred to a recent flash traffic sent out by Thom Peschke concerning upcoming elections. He inquired if anyone was interested in running for office and pointed out that Vice- Commander was open for the coming year.

GOOD OF THE ORDER  Base Commander Dan Hulings went over the Hagerstown newspaper article about a local woman who is going into the submarine service.

QUAL BOAT OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST 2015: USS GUITTARO (SSBN 665)

Members who qualified on the Guittaro include: Victor Chrjapin

USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the to be named for the guitarro, a ray of the guitarfish family.

Construction and commissioning

The contract to build Guitarro was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, , on 18 December 1964 and her keel was laid down there on 9 December 1965. She was launched on 27 July 1968, sponsored by Mrs. John M. Taylor. Sinking

On 15 May 1969, Guitarro was moored in the Napa River at Mare Island Naval Shipyard while construction was still underway. At about 16:00, a civilian nuclear construction group began an instrument calibration assignment

which required the filling of certain tanks, located aft of the ship 's pivot point, with approximately five tons of water. Within 30 minutes, a different, non-nuclear civilian construction group began an assignment to bring Guitarro within a half-degree of trim; this entailed the adding of water to tanks forward of the ship 's pivot point to overcome a reported two-degree up-bow attitude. Until shortly before 20:00, both groups continued to add water, unaware of each other's activities.

Twice between 16:30 and 20:00, a security watch advised the non-nuclear group that Guitarro was riding so low forward that the 1.5-foot-high (0.46 m) wakes of boats operating in the Napa River were sloshing into an uncovered manhole in the most forward and lowest portion of the ship's deck; these warnings went unheeded. At 19:45, the non-nuclear group stopped adding water to the ballast tanks and began to halt work for their meal break, leaving at 20:00. At 19:50, the nuclear group completed their calibrations and began to empty the tanks aft.

At 20:30, both the nuclear group, still aboard, and the non-nuclear group, returning from their break, noticed Guitarro taking a sudden down angle which put the forward hatches underwater. Massive flooding took place through several large open hatches. Efforts between 20:30 and 20:45 to close watertight doors and hatches were largely unsuccessful because lines and cables ran through the doors and hatches, preventing them from closing. At 20:55, Guitarro sank earning her the nickname "Mare Island Mud Puppy".

Guitarro was refloated three days later, on 18 May 1969. Damages to her were estimated at between 15.2 million USD and 21.85 million USD.

Service history Guitarro had been scheduled to be commissioned in January 1970, but repairs necessitated by her sinking dictated a 32-month delay. She finally was commissioned on 9 September 1972 with Commander Gordon Lange in command. In the mid-to-late 1970s, Guitarro was stationed at Point Loma in , California, commanded by Alvin H. Pauole, followed by Scott Van Hoften. She was active at the time in the pre-operational testing of the new Tomahawk cruise missile, launching several of the missiles on a test range off the coast of Southern California. Guitarro had West Pac patrols from July 1974 to June 1979 and West Pac/Indian Ocean patrols from January 1983 to July 1983 and back to West Pac patrols from August 1989 to February 1990.

Guitarro on the bottom of the Napa River after her accidental sinking at Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 15 May 1969

Decommissioning and disposal Guitarro was decommissioned on 29 May 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Her scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, was completed on 18 October 1994.

Guitarro (SSN-665) at NAS North Island on 4 October 1990 for a VIP visit. General Mikhail Moiseyev, First Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of the General Staff for the Soviet Union and General Colin Powell, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, toured the forward areas of the ship that day, but did not tour the engineering spaces. Just aft of the Guitarro (SSN-665) is the Missouri BB-63.

Subvettes President Stephanie Peschke talked about the Stars project. She talked about the positive responses from the recipients of the stars. She also demonstrated how the stars are presented in a short ceremonial fashion.

Stephanie also advised that the paperwork had been sent in to National for the official charter of the Tri State Subvettes and is scheduled to be presented at the National Convention.

The next Subvettes project is they will be doing, lap blankets for the veterans in wheelchairs and the ladies that are hospitalized.

GUEST SPEAKER: John Reinhart, RN who works in the path lab at Chambersburg Hospital.

John gave a very informative presentation on heart valves, including their function and what can happen when they malfunction. He covered the different types of valve replacement and surgery involved.

He demonstrated using a heart model how the heart works and what valve replacement involves. He brought out how the lower part of the heart provides 80% and the top 20% of the pumping function. He also went over the various valves between the sections of the heart and which ones were the most commonly replaced.

Some highlights:

 Bypasses in heart surgery are generally on the arteries going over the heart and are therefore outside the heart rather than involving opening the heart; whereas valve replaces does involve open heart surgery.  Heart murmurs occur when the valves are leaking. Congestive heart failure occurs when the heart no longer works and lungs fill with fluid. Rheumatic fever can later lead to valve problems as can calcification of the valve flaps.  Heart catheterization will show if there is artery or vein blockage. Heart pressure is measured and valves can be checked to see if they are leaking or nonfunctioning. Mechanical valves and tissue valves can be used for replacement. Mechanical valves last for a lifetime whereas tissue valves will wear out. The mechanical valves can be prone to blood clots to prevent strokes. Blood thinners can decrease the chance of clots but can lead to hemorrhages. Tissue valves do not have these problems.  Today valves are can be replaced through the leg to avoid opening the chest and decreasing the risk of infection, thus reducing the mortality risk.  Valve replacement or stent insertion may not extend life, but it will make life easier.  A hybrid technique involving valve replacement through the leg and stent insertion has been highly successful.  If you have a heart attack symptom and get immediate attention, the more likely you will recover, which why it is critical to call 911 and get an ambulance so that the EMTs are ready for you.  Ventricular fibrillation is a dangerous state where the lower heart is working below 30% and is vibrating. A defibrillator is used to get the heart back in rhythm. A life vest can be worn to help save your life and is worn temporarily to see if your condition persists.  National goal is for heart recovery to occur within 90 minutes. Chambersburg Hospital has an average of 42 minutes recovery.  It takes 9 months for the artery to grow around a stent, and it is vital that you take your prescribed medication for the time period designated.  It is imperative to keep your blood pressure and cholesterol under control, and if you are diabetic keep it managed, and if you smoke, stop.  The best thing to do when you think you are having a heart attack is call 911 and let the ambulance take you to the ER so that they are ready for you when you arrive.

WIT AND WISDOM

The 50 - 50 for August was $43 and was won by Dave Stedman.

The meeting was ended with Base Chaplain Jon Fader, offering the benediction and reading Lost Harbor.

There is a port of no return, where ships may ride at anchor for a little space and then, some starless night the cable slips, leaving an eddy at the mooring place... Gulls, veer no longer. Sailor, rest your oar. No tangled wreckage will be washed ashore.

NEXT AND NEXT Our next gathering is as follows:

Sep 7th – 12th – USSVI National Convention, Pittsburgh, PA Sep 19th – Meeting at American Legion Post 96, Brunswick, MD; New Holland Club Member Presentations