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2 | American Submariner | Second Quarter 2021 Second Quarter 2021 | American Submariner | 3 AMERICAN SUBMARINER THE The official magazine of the United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. is published quar- VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE terly by USSVI. United States Submarine Veterans, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(19) cor- poration in the State of Connecticut. Wayne Standerfer EDITOR National Commander NATIONAL OFFICE Chuck Senior Dennis Nardone (310) 614-8419 POB 3870 [email protected] Silverdale, WA 98383 ASSOCIATE EDITOR From the Submarine Library (877) 542-DIVE Phil Jaskoviak 8 (512) 413-0469 MEMBERSHIP [email protected] Shipmates, 11 Pandemic Brings on Charity Switch for Barb Base Steve Bell, NJVC ASSOCIATE EDITOR By the time you read this 2021 second edition of our magazine, we will be four months into (704) 824-3510 Jeff Porteous [email protected] (714) 709-6584 The Loss of the USS Scorpion: Myths, Legends, and Reality 2021, a year following one of the most trying and frustrating annual periods most of us have 13 WAYS & MEANS [email protected] ever experienced. However, as submarine veterans we will readjust, make the best of what we Jon Jaques, NSVC TREASURER have, and keep on a course of “Hot, Straight, and Normal”. (An average age of 71 for our active This Ain’t No Sh*t! Sea stories shared by those who lived them... [email protected] Paul Hiser 20 members may have an impact on the “Hot” part!) (615) 893-780 (910) 691-5378 Let’s take a moment to consider a few of the things it currently appears we can look forward CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS [email protected] USS Segundo Captures Japan’s Top Secret Submarine Skip Turnbull ADVERTISING DIRECTOR 25 to during the remaining months of this year 2021 • A surfacing from being submerged in the most serious medical pandemic of our lifetime (217) 487-7710 T Michael Bircumshaw [email protected] (951) 775-4549 Base Activities Around the Country • The ability to safely gather with our families and close friends once again [email protected] 30 AWARDS • Resuming in-person associations with our shipmates at the Base, District, Region, and Harold W. (Bill) Scott II DISTRIBUTION Celebrated Submariner Marks Century Milestone National levels (512) 826-8876 Neal Britner New Sculpin Base in Ozawkie, Kansas is Good for What Ails You! The social gathering restrictions required during this COVID-19 pandemic have without [email protected] (315) 409-8476 Candy Lady Remembered with Sweetness and Light [email protected] a doubt had an adverse effect on not only USSVI but all fraternal organizations. As noted NATIONAL CONVENTION Christmas In Charleston Richard (Ozzie) Osentoski PROOF TEAM previously, our membership is aging and one of the attributes of age is “Out of Sight, Out (734) 671-3439 Bill Andrea WWII Submariner Recognized for 65 Years Continuous Membership of Mind;” remove our gatherings and we quickly begin to forget. To help counter this, our [email protected] Neal Britner John Mansfield leadership, starting at the Base level, must continuously stay vigilant and ensure that we BOARD OF INQUIRY Joan Miner 32 Milestone Submariners maintain contact with our members by phone or email. We do not want any of our shipmates Chairman Ross Sargent (JA) STAFF ARTIST slipping away without notice. Base and District Commanders, you are USSVI’s “Boots on the (703) 629-1119 Tom Denton Ground”—please take note and comply! Members (301) 845-0049 33 From Seaman to Sage—The Singular Life of William F. Bundy District Commander elections take place during odd-numbered years, which means Dutch Holland [email protected] Herbert Orth 2021 will have a District Commander election. At the present time we have some very good, CHANGE OF ADDRESS 36 USS Clamagore Update: Cheaper to Keep Her and We Need to Keep Her! Bill Windle Change of address notification and mem- conscientious and hardworking District Commanders, but as in any organization, new, In Memory of USS Thresher (SSN-593) BOAT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM bership inquiries should be made by call- younger blood is an ongoing need. For any of you that meet the requirements (these can be Jack Messersmith ing the National Office at (877) 542-3483 Boat Model Giveaway Winner Announced (928) 227-7753 or via email at: [email protected]. found in our USSVI Constitution and Bylaws, Article XIII, Section 6, paragraph E) and [email protected] would like to give us a hand in leading USSVI, please throw your hat in the ring and run for ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS EAGLE SCOUT PROGRAM Article submissions should be sent to this position! [email protected]. Submis- David Farran sion does not guar antee publication. The In Every Issue National Convention (319) 352-1015 [email protected] American Submariner reserves the right 5 The View From the Bridge 10 Mail Buoy After being cancelled in 2020 due to COVID-19, this is destined to be a welcome and to refuse, edit or modify submissions. HISTORIAN USSVI Committees 19 Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) exciting event for 2021. As of this writing, our 2021 National Convention is on “Go.” The DEADLINES Ron Martini First Quarter December 1 6 Regional and District 38 Lost boats National Convention Committee, together with the convention host Bases of Central Florida (307) 678-9847 Second Quarter March 1 Representatives and Snug Harbor, are diligently working to ensure that this year’s National Convention will 40 Welcome New Members HOLLAND CLUB Third Quarter June 1 be one to remember. It is time we break out of the solitude imposed by COVID-19 and join Bud Atkins Fourth Quarter September 1 7 From the Wardroom 42 Upcoming Boat Reunions our shipmates in Orlando, Florida! Information and registration can be found at (860) 440-3120 The American Submariner is not respon- 8 Chaplain’s Corner [email protected] sible for the claims of its advertisers. The 44 Eternal Patrol https://ussviconvention.org/2021 9 National Officers KAP(SS) 4 KID(SS) primary focus of this publication is for the Looking forward to seeing all of you in Orlando! benefit and service to USSVI members. John Riley Issues concerning advertisers may be (203) 668-9131 sent to the editorial staff for mediation. All the best and please take care, [email protected] The American Submariner is copyrighted Wayne Standerfer STOREKEEPER under the laws of the United States of USSVI National Commander Barry Commons America. Any reproduction in any form On the Cover (925) 679-1744 without the written consent of the editor Crew members assigned to the nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Dallas (SSN-700) [email protected] is forbidden by law. Authorized repro- duction requires acknowledgement of make final preparations to get underway for a scheduled deployment. VETERANS AFFAIRS source, author, and American Submariner. 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REGIONAL DIRECTORS Jon Jaques Steve Bell National Senior Vice Commander National Junior Vice Commander

Western Region Director Central Region Director Northeast Region Director Southeast Region Director Shipmates, Shipmates, Victor Van Horn WYVEL “TOM” WILLIAMS III LES ALTSCHULER KENNETH W. NICHOLS (708) 609-9840 (512) 632-9439 (609) 395-8197 (352) 465-7732 Let me start by saying how amazed I am by the number of Well, spring is almost here. Maybe it is already here for some as [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] shipmates who have accepted the “Jaques Challenge” from the last you read this. It has been a long, hard winter. My wife and I have issue of American Submariner. I was certainly surprised by the been fortunate enough to have received both of our COVID shots response. If you would like to join us, please let me know. with few side effects, other than a slightly sore arm. Getting that The 2021 convention is our next opportunity to gather as a second shot was one happy day. I hope that most of you have family. Yes—we are a family of shipmates who enjoy spending already had your shots or are at least scheduled to receive them. time together. Our common background is unique and our shared It is the least we can do to help bring an end to this craziness. DISTRICT COMMANDERS desire to perpetuate the memory of our lost shipmates gives us At the beginning of February, we dropped 543 shipmates from WESTERN DISTRICT ONE CENTRAL DISTRICT ONE NORTHEAST DISTRICT ONE SOUTHEAST DISTRICT ONE purpose. We are looking forward to seeing you in Orlando in our membership roster for non-payment of their 2021 dues. While (AZ, NM) (AR, KS, MO, OK) (New England) (VA, NC) August! Start making plans to enjoy some family time! that number is in my estimation high, it is down significantly from DENNIS W. OTTLEY EDMOND L. IRWIN JEFFREY R. WALSH VINCENT S. SIEVERT Finally, I have completed a comparison of USSVI finances to the last few years. We have recruited some new members and more (520) 219-8007 (573) 230-7120 (860) 449-2103 [email protected] other veteran’s organizations based on data published with the than thirty members have since renewed their membership. If you [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] SOUTHEAST DISTRICT TWO IRS on Form 990. Three things separate us from these other know of any shipmates who have not paid their dues for 2021, WESTERN DISTRICT TWO CENTRAL DISTRICT TWO NORTHEAST DISTRICT TWO (SC,GA) organizations: please reach out to them and try to get them back. We can use all (CO, UT) (WI, IL) (Lower NY, NJ, Philadelphia) WAYNE PHILLIPS (1) we have no debt and pay no interest the members we can get. Thank you all for your effort not only in BRIAN E. BELL STEPHEN A. THOMPSON MICHAEL E. BOST (803) 302-8877 (2) our investment accounts are growing while others are being minimizing the “drops” but just as important for your effort to get (719) 406-5992 (262) 605-8912 (732) 979-4831 [email protected] drawn down those we lost back on board. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] SOUTHEAST DISTRICT THREE (3) our costs per member seem much lower than comparable The Public Relations and Future Planning Committee plans to WESTERN DISTRICT THREE CENTRAL DISTRICT THREE NORTHEAST DISTRICT THREE (FL Panhandle, AL, MS, LA) organizations put its work to one updated manual for use by our membership. (ID, MT, WY) (MN, ND, SD, NE, IA) (Pennsylvania) STEVEN WALMSLEY Our financial position is something we all can be proud of! We expect to have this project completed in time for our National JOE TARCZA DAVID FARRAN HUBERT C. DIETRICH (228) 324-4309 Convention at the end of August. If you would like to become a (509) 627-2168 (319) 269-7389 (412) 486-2635 [email protected] See you at the convention! [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Jon member of this committee and participate in this project, contact SOUTHEAST DISTRICT FOUR Rick Mitchell or me. Rick can be reached at (512) 639-0035 or WESTERN DISTRICT FOUR CENTRAL DISTRICT FOUR NORTHEAST DISTRICT FOUR (Northern Florida) email [email protected]. (WA, OR, AK) (Texas) (MD, DE, Northern VA) JAY MACK Ray Wewers Last but by no means least, our National Convention remains JIM DEMOTT HAROLD (BILL) SCOTT ART GLOVER (407) 920-9347 National Secretary (360) 895-0547 (512) 826-8876 (301) 785-6414 [email protected] scheduled for August 30 to September 4 in Orlando, Florida. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] A final decision will be made based on COVID conditions in SOUTHEAST DISTRICT FIVE mid-June. If we all get our shots and people continue to wear WESTERN DISTRICT FIVE CENTRAL DISTRICT FIVE NORTHEAST DISTRICT FIVE (Southern Florida) (Northern CA, NV) (KY, TN) (Upstate New York) JOHN TROIA masks, social distance and wash their hands, we should be able to PETER (PETE) T. JUHOS MARLIN HELMS JR. JAMES IRWIN (239) 980-0846 get together this year. I for one am looking forward to getting (916) 983-7943 (865) 387-5625 (518) 383-2481 [email protected] Shipmates, out once again. This extended deployment has lasted long enough [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] for me. I hope to see you there. Now that 2020 is behind us, let us look forward to a better 2021. WESTERN DISTRICT SIX CENTRAL DISTRICT SIX Twenty-twenty was a very disappointing year. However, your Take care and stay safe, (Southern CA, NV and HI) (IN, MI, OH) Steve MICHAEL (WILLIE) WILLIAMSON FREDRICK KINZEL Board of Directors continued the work of the organization by (909) 754-0326 (586) 945-8561 holding regular BOD meetings via Zoom throughout the year. [email protected] [email protected] We were unable to have our annual convention in the normal WESTERN DISTRICT SEVEN atmosphere of having our shipmates gather at a designated SUPPORT USSVI TODAY! (WY, MT, Western SD, NE) location for a few days of camaraderie and sea stories. This year’s, RON MARTINI USSVI PURPOSE convention will be Orlando, Florida at the Rosen Shingle Creek (307) 678-9847 “To Perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties Resort. This convention is a go providing enough members sign [email protected] up. We will review the registration status in June to determine our while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice be a constant WESTERN DISTRICT EIGHT ability to hold a convention. So please make your plans to attend source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to (ID, UT) and register online at ussviconvention.org/2021 as soon as possible. You shop — Amazon gives ROBERT MORGAN the United States of America and its Constitution.” (208) 317-7152 Fraternally, [email protected] Ray

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Carl Stigers SUBMARINE National Chaplain LIBRARY Reviewed by T Michael Bircumshaw

Spies of the Deep: The Untold Truth About the Most Terrifying Incident in Submarine Naval I remember many years ago hearing a Chinese proverb that History and How Putin Used the Tragedy to Wayne Standerfer Jon Jaques Steve Bell stated “May you live in interesting times.” I would propose Ignite a New Cold War National Commander National Sr. Vice Commander National Jr. Vice Commander that we do indeed live in interesting times. There is a level of by W. Craig Reed (972) 298-8139 (615) 893-7800 (704) 824-3510 angst that has confounded many but those who have a Biblical [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] foundation understand most of what is happening. One question Ten years after the Cold War (1947-1991) I often get is why things appear as they do. The answer quite ended, a man named Vladimir Putin started simply is sin. As a country and population, we have removed God Cold War II. This is the book that will tell you from all of our institutions. We erroneously say that there is to how it happened, what set it off, and where we are today. It is a be a separation of God and State and that just is not the case when grim reminder of the way the real world works and that the one looks at the Constitution. communist threat has never died and will most likely never end. [Gen 2:16] “And the Lord God commanded the man, saying, The major incident that brought it to the forefront was the sinking Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat”: [17] “But of the of the Russian submarine Kursk in August of 2000 and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for subsequent secret deals made between U.S. President Bill Clinton in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.” and Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is the history lesson Ray Wewers Paul Hiser John Markiewicz Edmond Irwin you need to know. It names the names and the places with dates National Secretary National Treasurer Immediate Past Commander District Commander of the Year God gave direction and the results of failing to heed that (479) 967-5541 (910) 691-5650 (904) 743-2924 (573) 230-7120 direction. And so we see that sin has been around since shortly and details in place. You may as well know the truth and where [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] after the creation. In Genesis 3:1-7 we see that the devil, also it is taking us. known as satan, countered God’s statement by saying that they would not die. And so sin entered into the world and mankind as they took and ate of the fruit. The battle we have daily is who do we listen to. The Bible tells us that we no longer choose between good and evil. Satan has gotten much more subtle in his deception. Now our choice is between good and best. In our daily battle, we need to understand that there are influences at work around us. In the book of Psalms, we find the verse that says, “Thy Word have I hid in my heart that I might not sin against thee” and so we have guidance on how to avoid sin. God does not wish us to be ignorant. Throughout the Bible in both Old and New Testaments God has laid out for us great guidance and promises that we can walk out on and see great change around us. I encourage you all to take a few minutes and search for yourselves some of those great promises laid out for us all. In His Service, Carl Carl Stigers National Chaplain [email protected] (412) 995-8028

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8 | American Submariner | Second Quarter 2021 Second Quarter 2021 | American Submariner | 9 Pandemic Brings on Charity Switch for Barb Base Like switching over from diesel to electric for a dive, USS Barb Within only a month, and with something of the thrill of a Base’s charitable efforts found a definite need to rechannel their surprise Emergency Blow, the base was excited to be able to offer energies when the ongoing pandemic kept them from their usual the Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) an unexpected Kap(ss)4Kid(ss) devotion. Understandably locked out of their total donation of $11,200! The Ronald McDonald Charities’ Letters from our members monthly visits with patients at the Golisano Children’s Hospital of mission is to create, find and support programs directly impacting Southwest Florida last year due to COVID restrictions, Barb Base the health and well-being of children and their families in put its collective heads together and decided the next best thing Southwest Florida. In gratitude, Laura Ragain, executive director was to instead support a charity closely aligned with their former of RMHC, put receipt of the remarkable contribution this way: efforts. Voting in January, they agreed to donate $2500 from the “…This esteemed group[’s]…generous donation will enable us to base’s general fund to Ronald McDonald Charities® Southwest further our mission of providing much-needed services to our Florida. In typical fashion, base shipmates then stepped up and families during these challenging times.” offered their own generous matching personal contributions.

I enjoyed reading and was humbled by were in a major storm and they could not Sadly this thirty-year anniversary went Once again USS Barb the well-written article “Lost But Not just dive below to calmer seas. They waited without much notice or fanfare, the only Base proves their Forgotten” by Charles G. Hood, MD. as long as they could and were making exception was a short U.S. Naval Undersea dedication to community published in the first quarter 2021 issue. preparations to turn the ship to minimize Museum internet post and crew member outreach—especially to The USS Cutlass shipmates truly honored the effects of the storm when the sea posts on Facebook. children with chronic illnesses—by presenting our noble creed in choosing to remember suddenly went completely calm. They Kenny L. Jacobsen SKC(SS), USN Retired a substantial donation Lt. William M. Thompson with such a performed the operation and twenty My name is Jack Jeffries and I am a life to Ronald McDonald fitting and lasting tribute—the engraved minutes later the storm returned. Dad ® member of USSVI and Carolina Piedmont Charities. The base, granite memorial bench. We can be sure survived WWII and had two daughters Base. During my nine years of Navy founded in 1997, currently that there are many more untold accounts who both married Marines, one son who service, I served aboard a fleet oiler and sails with thirty-two out there of similar harrowing events and joined the National Guard, and myself active members. two submarines. For the last several years, hazardous experiences suffered by our who became a bubblehead. a great shipmate of mine has strongly and shipmates while serving in submarines. Greg (Bones) Leonard, former IC2(SS) repeatedly urged me to get a high-reso- However, being the silent service, we can lution, no-contrast cat scan of my lungs also be fairly certain that most of these I read with interest about the recent to see what might be going on in there. I stories will never be told. But I, for one, am Tarheel Base guest speaker; Frank Stewart, put off doing it all the while assuring him grateful that our brothers of the ’phin the CO of USS Louisville (SSN-724) I would do it “soon.” I finally got the scan decided to tell this one! (American Submariner, 2021, first quarter, page 30). In typical silent service fashion, last October. To my surprise, it revealed an A Great Children’s Resource Terry Schmidt, former MM2(SS) issue in one of my lungs. The VA said they Chaplain, USS Maine Base what was not mentioned was that on Submarine for Sale December 27, 1990 Louisville departed would get back to me. And they did—less to Learn About Submarine Life I recently received, as a gift, a set of on the first submarine war patrol since than a week ago—as I was checking into Built in Louisiana and cruised the Gulf of Mexico on sea USN-style submarine dolphins with the World War II. the emergency room because of problems trials. Weapons were tested against targets from Galveston, Marine Corps Eagle and Globe in the In January 1991, the Gulf War was I was experiencing standing and walking. Follow the crew Texas to Mobile Bay, Alabama. Suitable for use in any center above the submarine bow planes. The VA told me that I have lung cancer body of water from your swimming pool to medium- imminent and on December 16, President as they set up I understand that they are not an autho- George H.W. Bush announced the start of and that it has metastasized to my brain. I sized ponds. If you fill it with propane and open the stern rized set of dolphins and I am curious what would be called Operation Desert am in the hospital as I write this and quite the ship and go valve the induced current will cause the spark plug to to know any history behind this unique Storm—a military operation to expel occu- certain about a few things I wish to share. about their daily ignite the rear jet. Lanyard to retrieve the submarine not pin. I would appreciate information from 1. I should have done the cat scan the first included. Please do not endanger ducks, geese, or alligators pying Iraqi forces from Kuwait, which Iraq lives including: any reader of the American Submariner. had invaded and annexed months earlier. time Michael Bircumshaw asked me if used on your local pond. Since this boat is not nuclear Richard W. Fife, Lt. Cmdr., USN Retired Desert Storm was scheduled to commence to do it. eating, sleeping there is no danger from radiation. Enjoyed the article “Appendicitis at Sea three days later, and skipper Frank Stewart 2. Everyone who is a member of USSVI or and communicating plus shippin and handlin or best offer during WWII.” I am very happy to say and the crew of USS Louisville were already who served on a Navy ship built before with loved ones. that I knew one of the eleven that survived pushing the sub at flank bell, racing across 1980 must get a cat scan now! Text Jim Gutierrez at 225-205-4398 for the complete story Child-appropriate those operations on surface vessels during the Pacific after leaving its San Diego 3. A high-resolution no-contrast cat scan is about construction, sea trials, and weapons testing. WWII because one of them was my dad. mooring on December 27. After a 14,000- the best way to determine what is going definitions will serve Bill of Materials included. Like the operations in the article, his mile trip and blowing past the fleet that on inside your lungs! as a guide for adults operation, while technically performed by departed earlier in the month, Louisville 4. Don’t wait—do it now! Do it for yourself who wish to teach a doctor, was actually performed/directed ended up in the crowded Red Sea, an area and do it for your family. Any issue will by the Pharmacist Mate. The doctor had rarely visited by submarines. It was there only get worse with time! young children about never performed an appendectomy while on January 19 that Louisville went to battle Email me at [email protected] if life on a submarine. the Pharmacist Mate had assisted on stations and was the first submarine ever to you have any questions, or contact Michael several so it was really he that directed launch Tomahawk missiles at an adversary Bircumshaw at (951) 775-4549 or email the doctor on the procedure. One big and the first submarine since World War II [email protected]. To order, please visit: difference in my dad’s case was that they to engage in battle. Jack Jeffries, former RM1(SS) SubmarineColoringBook.com

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hull design of the diesel-powered USS Albacore (AGSS-569). These boats were fast, highly maneuverable and had a test depth of 700 feet. In addition, this class served as the initial template for the The Loss first five Polaris SSBNs of the George Washington-class. Although these boats demonstrated superior speed and handling, they were also hydrodynamically loud, with turbine and pump noises transmitted directly through the hull. The then-new hydrophones of the of the SOSUS arrays could pick up these sounds from great  distances in the deep sound channel.  It became clear that significant sound quieting measures would also be needed for stealth, and thus the Navy moved on to USS Scorpion: the larger and deeper diving Thresher/Permit-class to implement sound deadening rafted machinery and other improvements. The Skipjacks were just too space constrained to be upgraded Myths, Legends, and Reality with advanced silencing measures. Scorpion spent her seven-year career in the Atlantic Fleet, by Tom Dougherty operating out of Norfolk, Virginia. In addition to ASW work, Scorpion went on “Northern Runs,” special operations trips into Soviet waters in the North Atlantic and the Barents Sea. The submarine was overhauled at the beginning of 1967 and returned to service in October 1967. In mid-February, the submarine got underway from Norfolk for deployment to the Mediterranean Sea. In addition to some port calls, the submarine pulled alongside the  USS Tallahatchie County (LST-1154) in Naples, Italy, where what were the last photos of Scorpion were taken. The submarine made an emergency stop at Rota, Spain after clearing the Straits of Gibraltar. This was to allow two crew members, one with health problems and one with a family emergency, to depart. The submarine then headed for Norfolk. She reported in by radio on May 21, having problems establishing contact with Norfolk, and forced to use a U.S. Naval relay station in Greece. No further communications were received. Although not unexpected, Major debris field Scorpion tensions rose when Scorpion failed to make contact on May 27, wreck site.The bow section subsequent to the point at which she would have surfaced on is at lower left; the stern the way into Norfolk. A SUBMISS was initiated later that day section with the telescoped and failing in an extensive naval search, Scorpion was declared propulsion space is at center lost in early June. right. At upper left is the sail, Launch in 1959 of the USS Scorpion (SSN-589) from and to the right the propeller Electric Boat in Groton, Connecticut. Finding the Submarine and propeller shaft. The search for Scorpion was aided by the presence of a set of 1. A 1986 photograph of the bow section of Scorpion. ver forty-four years ago, the attack submarine USS Scorpion hydrophones at the La Palma Island hydrophone array in the Note the blown out for- returning from a deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, Canary Islands. This was not part of SOSUS but was instead ward signal buoy hatch. O failed to show up in Norfolk, Virginia at her arrival time on ostensibly sponsored by Columbia University. While portrayed 2. A 1986 photograph of the May 27, 1968. For the families of the ninety-nine crew members as a research array, the system in fact was employed as a Missile sail section of Scorpion in on board, it was a confusing and frightening day. After several Impact Location System to pinpoint missile impact points over 11,100 feet of water. search attempts and continued failure to contact the submarine, the Atlantic Test Range. These hydrophones were 821 nautical 3. The stern section as pho- Scorpion was declared officially lost on June 5. This determination miles (nm) to the east southeast of a major series of acoustic events tographed in the 1986 ex- recorded beginning at 18:59 GMT on May 22. Two additional pedition. The telescoped would launch an investigation into the location and cause of section is visible. Water Scorpion’s loss. Over the years, the investigation and its findings, SOSUS hydrophone arrays to the northwest in the Grand Banks pressure has collapsed along with speculation, innuendo, and sensationalism have led area off of Newfoundland detected acoustic signals. SOSUS array the stern plane metal skin to confusion as to exactly what caused the submarine to cata- 3141 detected a signal at 19:02 GMT and array 3131 at 19:05. The onto its internal framing. strophically sink. Recent reviews of the evidence have now finally time delays (correlated to distance, with sound traveling 4905 added light, and some degree of comfort to the families of the feet/s in water) and the bearings from the different arrays ninety-nine lost men. The quest to understand the truth behind permitted calculations that narrowed the search region down to this tragic loss has been spearheaded by author Steven Johnson a probable location for the initial search. The term “narrowed” and by R. Bruce Rule, one of the Navy’s leading acoustics experts. in this context is relative. While this search area was very close This article will attempt to explain what did and did not happen to to the axis of travel expected for Scorpion transiting home, it still Scorpion over forty-four years ago. represented some ten-twelve square miles to search. USS Scorpion (SSN-589), launched in December 1959 was one The description of the search and analysis of results are covered Close up drawing of the stern section, with engine room propulsion area telescoped of six Skipjack-class submarines designed in the mid-1950s. This in the superb 2006 book by Stephen Johnson, Silent Steel, which forward into the auxiliary machinery spaces. This is the cone cylinder junction that was the first class to marry nuclear propulsion, pioneered in is highly commended to the interested reader. As detailed there, was believed to be the initial failure point in the hull. USS Nautilus (SSN-571) with the advanced “body of revolution” the USNS Mizar (T-AGOR-11), a small cargo ship converted to

12 | American Submariner | Second Quarter 2021 Second Quarter 2021 | American Submariner | 13 oceanographic research was equipped with a deep-sea sled with Director of the Submarine Structures Section of the Naval Ship aluminum flash arresters from the battery were found embedded has solidified within the former Soviet Navy, and Offley uses cameras, strobe flashes, a magnetometer, and side-scan sonar. Engineering Center made a crucial statement. Because of the in the plastic at high velocity. This was indicative of injection of it as his basis for the alleged attack on Scorpion. However, in The search consisted of “mowing” back and forth at a speed of initial differences of the Thresher and Scorpion wrecks, it was the material by an explosion. Analysis by the Portsmouth Naval May of 1968, the Soviet Navy only knew the K-129 was missing. one knot in a raster pattern to cover the bottom. The cameras initially believed the situation observed at Scorpion was not due Shipyard Team noted the large amount of battery debris visible in It is difficult to believe they would act so quickly to retaliate had only a view of about thirty feet to each side, so many runs to implosion, Palermo however stated that from his analysis, photographs taken by Trieste II (III). This group speculated that when they weren’t even sure where the K-129 was or what would be necessary to cover the bottom. Further, precise naviga- implosion was “the primary cause of failure” and Scorpion had the explosion occurred when the battery was dry, due to the happened to it. tion was essential to ensure that all areas were covered, without imploded once it reached crush depth. The failure mode, different velocity of the debris, and the battery may have exploded due to In his book, Offley claims that the Scorpion was in an extended also duplicating runs. This was accomplished with a deployed from Thresher, was due to Scorpion’s stern cone cylinder junction an accumulation of hydrogen gas. Although a main battery undersea dogfight with a Russian Echo-class SSGN. In fact, he network of bottom sonar transponders. Both Mizar and the at frame sixty-seven. Physicist Robert Price demonstrated that explosion was ultimately considered less likely by the Court of claims that word of the fight was broadcast on the Navy Fleet camera sled had sonar transducers to locate themselves in this this point was the weakest in the hull, and pressure-induced Inquiry investigative board, the condition of the battery cover and Broadcast System to Polaris submarines on patrol. The Scorpion network that in principle made precise positioning possible. In failure led to the driving forward of the stern engine room into so much battery debris was suspicious. reported that she was unable to shake her pursuer. This informa- practice, the system proved balky (and later, it was discovered that the auxiliary machinery space, accompanied by a supersonic tion Offley gets from a storekeeper onboard the USS Nathanael Intermission: Myths and Conspiracy Theories Mizar’s transducers were installed incorrectly, drastically reducing wall of water. This water hammer implosively shattered the Greene (SSBN-636). A quartermaster on the same submarine states their range). Periodically the sled was hauled up and the large film operations compartment and blew the bow off at frame forty-six. The Scorpion incident soon faded from the general conscious- they were told to search for the Scorpion as she had been sunk by reel developed and inspected. Meanwhile, new film was loaded This conclusion would be revisited some forty years later by ness, except for those who lost loved ones on the submarine. In a Soviet torpedo. This seems a bit incredulous, as one would not and the next run began. In the course of the search, calculations Bruce Rule in his investigation. general, those families were not satisfied with the Navy’s lack of a expect relatively junior seamen to have knowledge of such an clear explanation as to what had happened to their men. Some of a probable wreck location were refined, and several magnetic Phase II Investigation obviously classified and sensitive piece of knowledge. Offley also anomalies (rocks with iron) were investigated. The first of a series thirty years after the loss of Scorpion, the publication of the book claims that the wreck of the Scorpion was found just a few days of searches commenced on June 10, 1968, and success eluded the In late 1968, a second phase of investigation was approved. The Blind Man’s Bluff (Sontag & Drew) gave an opportunity for the after the loss in early June 1968 (courtesy of the location supplied team through mid-October. The last search of 1968 began on bathyscaphe Trieste II was to investigate the wreck on site. The now-retired John Craven to discuss his torpedo theory. Indeed, the by the Soviet Navy, since they had sunk it). He interviews two October 16, and on Run 74 on October 28, the magnetometer Trieste II (which was a cover story for the far more capable Trieste theory was perceived by many to be authoritative, backed up by former sailors who claim they were shown photos of the Scorpion registered several objects. The film from the run was found to III, built for undersea operations such as Sand Dollar, to recover the television appearances by Craven and a later book of his own, in June 1968 taken by Mizar and “I was astonished to see her lying contain debris such as wire and tubing. After technical difficulties Soviet missile fragments) would dive down to the wreck and The Silent War. The Blind Man’s Bluff ’s chapter on the Scorpion on her side in nearly one piece.” The reason why another expensive (including the loss of the primary camera sled), and backup perform up-close photography. In addition, Trieste II (III) had loss is dominated by Craven and his battery cook-off theory. search was conducted into October is written off as a “cover story” camera sled found most of Scorpion on runs 77, 78, 79, and 80. been equipped with a remotely operated robotic arm and could The theory is modified to a low order explosion which floods the to hide the truth. More to the point, the wreckage photographs The wreck was at a depth of 11,100 feet, inside an ancient recover up to two tons from the ocean floor. Despite these torpedo room and drags the submarine down to a depth where taken by Mizar in 1968, Trieste in 1969, and a later Robert Ballard volcanic caldera. advances, the craft still had a large gasoline-filled buoyancy float the implosion of the remaining hull occurs. The main battery expedition to the Scorpion site (employing Alvin and the robot The findings were stunning. Scorpion’s bow, which contained and was unwieldy to precisely maneuver in even modest currents. explosion possibility is again mentioned, but the suggestion of a Jason Jr. to explore the wreck) in 1986 show the submarine in the torpedo room, was in one piece. The middle section (control Their observations on-site made it clear that the submarine had hydrogen explosion downplayed and the theory that the battery several pieces and are totally inconsistent with a torpedo attack room, operations department) had been shattered into pieces. suffered from hydrostatic pressure, as the forward hatch was was torn apart by other forces. Craven’s articulate defense of the as a cause. The sail had sheared off and was lying on its port side, with blown off its hinges and missing and the stern hatch blown theory has to some degree made it a “fact,” often quoted as true In fact, a torpedo attack was ruled out upon initial examination the starboard fairwater plane pointing toward the surface. But outwards. This further raised doubts about Craven’s torpedo in many forums. of the wreckage photos in 1968. Offley never discusses the findings it was the stern section (machinery spaces and reactor compart- theory. The Trieste crew also photographed the bow section, In the course of the chapter in Blind Man’s Bluff, Craven runs of the wreck photography directly in his book, and therefore never ment) that produced the biggest shock. A large (~50 foot) section illuminating it with a spotlight. Forward of the torpedo room a simulation experiment with the former XO of Scorpion. With reconciles the photographic evidence with his torpedo story. of the stern had moved forward into the larger forward cylinder bulkhead, the sections of HY 80 were folded out as if made of wax. the call of a “hot torpedo” the XO orders the boat turned through Further, the Scorpion wreck site was on the expected track for of the hull. The stern section had both stern planes and rudder, On a later July 31 dive, a great deal of main battery debris was 180 degrees to inactivate a “hot running” torpedo. This fit Craven’s Scorpion to its base in Virginia. If an undersea dogfight had but the propeller and shaft had been ejected and lay some noted, and the robotic manipulator arm was employed to grab a scenario, in which he has the Scorpion running east, toward occurred, the submarine would be well off that path. And, as distance away. section of the main battery cover. This material would turn out Europe, and away from the U.S. This has given rise to some discussed below, the acoustic record has absolutely no trace of to be a critical piece of evidence. Also recovered on the same dive erroneous reports that the Scorpion wreckage is “pointing east” another submarine or torpedo in the vicinity of the Scorpion, and Early Theories was the ship’s sextant, lying some seventy-five feet forward of toward Europe. no evidence of fast and violent maneuvering. As Johnson describes in Silent Steel, these photographic the bow section. In fact, the orientation of the bow and stern sections are Another book along a similar line is Ken Sewell’s All Hands findings prompted a rash of theories and speculation as to the The recovered plastic piece of main storage battery was westward, toward the East Coast of the U.S. The orientation Down. In this case, it is (again) revenge for the loss of the K-129. reason for the loss. A Court of Inquiry was convened, chaired by subjected to microscopic and spectrographic analyses. The Naval means very little, as sections would move in random ways on the And he also injects John Walker, now known to be a spy into the Admiral Bernard Austin. Initial findings of the summer of 1968 Research Laboratory concluded that it was violently but locally trip to the bottom. However, the Rule acoustic analysis points mix, to provide the Soviets with vital information to lay a trap for were revised when the wreck photos became available in the fall. torn, and the deformation appears to have started on the inside to the submarine virtually standing still during the time of the Scorpion. Whereas Offley had the torpedo coming from an Echo II It was quickly concluded from the state of the wreckage that an of the cover, that is, on the battery side. Twenty fragments of the detected acoustic events. The next two authors to address the submarine, Sewell, in All Hands Down has the torpedo coming attack on the submarine could be ruled out. Dr. John P. Craven loss of the Scorpion stray well into the “Conspiracy Theory” arena. from a KA 25 ASW helicopter which had been launched from a quickly zeroed in on his favored theory, that a Mk 37 torpedo had In his book, Scorpion Down, Ed Offley makes the case that nearby Soviet surface ship. Same comments for the Sewell theory malfunctioned in the form of a “hot run” due to a Mk 46 battery Scorpion was sunk by a torpedo from a Soviet submarine. This is as the above; namely the wreckage is not consistent with a torpedo malfunction. He believed the torpedo may have become activated, allegedly in retaliation for the loss of the K-129 Golf II missile attack and the acoustics don’t have any sign of a torpedo attack. and the crew initiated a turn to engage the anti-circular run submarine in the Pacific in March of 1968. The Scorpion loss to One of the most irritating aspects of these two books is that feature to prevent warhead detonation. Because of his influence, Soviet revenge, only 11 weeks after the K-129 disappearance, would besides being the equivalent of high tech, campfire ghost stories this was listed as one of the early leading theories, even though imply that even though the search for the K-129 continued into (with the Soviet Navy as the bogeyman), these conspiracy theories the intact bow argued against a torpedo explosion. In contrast, May, the Soviet Navy had somehow already concluded that the sell. These books do very well, garner sensational coverage, and COMSUBLANT Admiral Arnold Schade favored a malfunction- U.S. Navy had dispatched the K-129. As is often cited (and is true) are gobbled up by unsuspecting readers. The stories are then ing trash disposal unit (TDU). A malfunction of the inner and Admiral Viktor Dygalo is convinced that the USS Swordfish, as it woven into the fabric of “reality” (disregarding any evidence to the outer door interlinks would have created a large opening, admitting pulled into Yokosuka “with damage to its sail and periscopes” contrary) in online forums and discussions. Equally egregious is high-pressure seawater. This would have resulted in uncontrollable according to Offley was the culprit. In fact, Swordfish had a single that the survivors of the sailors lost on the Scorpion are left with flooding. But, uncontrolled flooding (and subsequent pressure bent periscope, at about a thirty-degree angle and no other confusion and images of their loved ones fighting for survival equalization with the sea) was inconsistent with the state of the damage. We obtained photos of it entering port during the against a vicious Soviet sneak attack. As I hope to convince you in wreck. A flooded submarine would be more or less intact on research for Project Azorian. In addition, the Swordfish was a the below recent analysis, spearheaded by Bruce Rule, the loss of the bottom. smaller submarine in displacement than the K-129 and would have the Scorpion occurred due to a technical failure, and the crew Interestingly, at the Court of Inquiry, Peter Palermo who was Scorpion approaches the USS Tallahatchie County in Italy, 1968. suffered greater damage in a collision. Over the years, this belief never knew what happened.

14 | American Submariner | Second Quarter 2021 Second Quarter 2021 | American Submariner | 15 Scorpion Loss: pressure hull, some twenty-one minutes and fifty seconds before (SAG) report stated (Robert Price and Ermine Christian) that “the The Evidence that Makes the Most Sense the subsequent series of major signals, with the first of the major first major Scorpion acoustic event was caused by a catastrophic Figure 1 I was privileged to meet and work with R. Bruce Rule during signals interpreted to be the Scorpion pressure hull collapse. The hull collapse.” Also, Peter Palermo, Harry Jackson and Robert the preparation of the Project Azorian documentary film and precursor event was the equivalent of roughly twenty pounds of Price stated that the general battery damage is violent. High-velocity subsequent book. His background and work are very impressive, TNT, producing an atmospheric overpressure within the hull of intrusion of pieces of the flash arrestor in both the inside and and he is one of the most logical thinkers I have met in my life. 150-200 psi. While insufficient to rupture the HY-80 hull, overpres- outside retrieved plastisol cover attests to violence in the battery Bruce Rule was for forty-two years the lead acoustics analyst at sure psi values in excess of fifty psi are 100% fatal to humans. The well. The Portsmouth NS analysis noted damage to the retrieved the office of Naval Intelligence. In 2003, he wrote the U.S. Navy’s precursor events are believed to be (based on the evidence of the battery and photographs of battery parts consistent with heat and official assessment of the acoustic, dynamic and temporal recovered main battery parts) two closely spaced hydrogen gas melting. Melting would not have occurred in a post-flooding characteristics of submarine pressure hull collapse events. Since explosions in the main battery well from the Gould National battery discharge. The Portsmouth Analysis Group concluded that his retirement in 2007, he has devoted himself to reanalyzing Battery TLX-53-A main battery. The main battery had a total of 126 the battery probably exploded at some time before the flooding acoustic data pro bono for the Scorpion, the K-129, and most TLX-53-A cells and weighed sixty-five tons. The explosion over- of the battery well occurred. recently the Thresher losses. The information in Fig. 1 is extracted pressure instantaneously incapacitated (rendered unconscious) In Silent Steel, Stephen Johnson gives considerable coverage to from emails to me, as well as from his book Why the USS Scorpion and/or was fatal to the crew. Given the 300 millisecond perception the possibility of a main battery explosion. He cites much of the (SSN-589) was Lost. This short monograph was published by time for the human brain to react, the crew had no conscious evidence from the two analysis groups above. Taken together with Nimble Books in 2011. Please note that Bruce Rule declined any perception of this event. the painstaking reanalysis of the acoustic data by Bruce Rule, The La Palma Helicorder tracing of the two precursor events. In order to mark time on the tracing, the recorder would do royalties from Nimble Books for his Scorpion book because he During the next twenty-one minutes and fifty seconds, Scorpion several theories (conspiracy and otherwise) can be put to rest. slowly sank to a depth of roughly 1530 feet, at which point hull Scorpion was lost due to an initial event that was most probably a brief vertical offset each minute. One such offset is labeled thought it unethical to profit from someone else’s tragedy. If you 18:37.00 Z. The two precursor events, believed to be main want a detailed, technical account of the circumstances of the failure (implosion) occurred. This failure is the first of fourteen- a main battery explosion. These conclusions are in line with those battery explosions are marked. Scorpion loss, I recommend this monograph. eighteen additional acoustic signals received over a 199 second of the Scorpion investigation SAG Chairman, the late Peter Palermo, The acoustic evidence assembled by Bruce Rule is primarily period, beginning at 18:59.32 (La Palma detection time; Scorpion and his team over forty years ago from the then-available evidence. Figure 2 from the La Palma hydrophones. The La Palma hydrophones had time of event was 18:42.34 GMT) with the last detected at 19:02.51 In March 1969, the U.S. Navy revamped the procedures for several units, and two units, labeled A and D, were 4.76 nm apart. in La Palma. The initial, large 18:59.32 signal is calculated to be main battery ventilation and safety procedures (NAVSHIPS The units were oriented such that the difference in time of arrival equivalent to 13,200 lbs. of TNT being detonated at a depth of 1530 Technical manual Chapter 9623–Submarine Storage Batteries). of the acoustic signals resulted in a bearing angle relative to the axis feet. This energy is derived from the potential energy of 680 psi sea This sought to reduce the possibility of a hydrogen explosion of the A and D units on the ocean floor. This supplied directional pressure at 1530 feet being converted to kinetic energy, the motion during ventilation. information for the analysis. Some supplementary information was of the water ram into the hull from the hull failure at frame 67. In the book Power Shift by Dan Gilchrist, a discussion on pages also derived for the two Argentia SOSUS units, but their greater The stern was pushed into the cone at frame 67 as a result of this 145 and 146 on battery charging procedures has an interesting distance obscures some of the acoustic signals. The most important energy. Also (and contrary to earlier statements), a clear “bubble point. One interviewer, Rear Admiral David R. Oliver Jr. opines and compelling evidence uncovered by Mr. Rule is that before the pulse energy” signal of roughly 4.5 Hz was visible on the Helicorder that Scorpion may have been lost because old procedures from main series of acoustic signals, two sharp, short-duration signals, traces (derived from the hydrophone traces). The bubble pulse is diesel boat days were still followed. In 1968, nuclear subs were still generated when the intruding water at supersonic speeds compress- setting Condition one half second apart at 18:37.41 GMT on May 22 were detected. The La Palma Helicorder tracing of the main Scorpion Given the distance of Scorpion from the hydrophone network, the es the existing internal air bubble. This compression superheats Baker when they acoustic signals. Again the offsets are in minutes, and the events occurred on the submarine some seventeen minutes earlier, the air into steam, causing a rebound of the bubble until the came up to periscope 18:59.0 offset is labeled. The main acoustic signals are at 18:20.44 GMT. The Helicorder tracings from La Palma show the expanding steam bubble is overcome by sea pressure. This was depth. In a diesel labeled in red with boxes drawn around them. The initial signal (labeled 1, and by far the largest) is the hull collapse two smaller signals that occur some twenty-one minutes and fifty the pulse detected and is the signature of a hull implosion. In boat, coming to addition, a second shock wave would have propagated through the periscope depth, the signal, coming some 21 minutes and 50 seconds after seconds before the main series of fifteen-eighteen sharp and major the two precursor signals. Subsequent signals (2-15) are acoustic events. The bearings and sound characteristics (influenced steel of the hull, moving at 15,000 feet/s, outdistancing the water flappers are shut attributed to the collapse of smaller pressure structures by the ocean conditions and the intervening seafloor) are identical ram shock wave and triggering a secondary collapse event that (in case of flooding) such as torpedo tubes as the pieces of the submarine to the main signals known to be from the Scorpion, as these signals blew the bow off and shattered the midsection of the submarine. and since the battery sank to the bottom at 11,100 ft. Signal 15 may be resolved into multiple subsignals. were employed to locate the wreck. Hence, these two “precursor” The additional train of acoustic signals detected is interpreted charge is from the signals originated with Scorpion. The strength of the signals is to be from the collapse of pressure-resistant structures within the diesels, there is no consistent with two explosive events, contained within the Scorpion wreckage. Items such as torpedo tubes (postulated to be acoustic danger since no events 3, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11 in Fig. 2) and fore and aft escape trunks charging is occur- References: are believed to be among the signal sources. In a test sinking of the ring. On a nuclear- Silent Steel—The mysterious death of the nuclear attack diesel fleet sub USS Sterlet, the after escape trunk collapsed at 9,100 powered boat, the submarine USS Scorpion. Stephen Johnson. John Wiley & ft. and the forward trunk at 10,300 ft. All told, after the initial flappers were shut Sons, 2006. ISBN-13 978-0-471-26737-9 bubble pulse collapse event, roughly fourteen-eighteen additional during Condition Why the USS Scorpion was Lost. Bruce Rule. Nimble Books, signals (some very close together) were detected over a period of Baker at periscope LLC. ISBN 978-1-60888-120-8 199 seconds (three minutes, nineteen seconds). None of these depth, but since the signals had a bubble pulse. Also of great significance is that all of The Trieste II (III) employed for the battery charge is Power Shift. Dan Gilchrist. iUniverse. ISBN 978-0-595-38574-4. the signals, including the precursor signal almost twenty-two Phase II investigations of the Scorpion coming from the Blind Man’s Bluff: The Untold Story Of American Submarine minutes prior to collapse, show the exact same time of arrival wreck site. reactor, hydrogen is Espionage. Sherry Sontag & Christopher Drew. PublicAffairs. delays between hydrophones A and D at La Palma. This means venting into the well, air circulation is impeded by the shut ISBN 978-1891620089 that the bearing and motion did not change during that period; flappers, and can build up to explosive levels. This may be the The Silent War. John P. Craven. Simon & Schuster. i.e., the submarine was not engaged in high-speed maneuvers contributing cause for the Scorpion’s demise. ISBN 0-684-87213-7 (as expected if dodging torpedoes or turning to inactivate a hot In addition to publishing his book, Bruce Rule’s conclusions Scorpion Down. Ed Offley. Basic Books ISBN 978-0-465-05185-4 running torpedo). The submarine did not move significantly were published in a short article in The Submarine Force Museum All Hands Down: The True Story of the Soviet Attack on the after the first precursor events and the wreckage pieces sank & Library newsletter, PING. The article states in summary, “…Mr. USS Scorpion. Kenneth Sewell, Jerome Preisler. Simon & straight to the bottom. Further, there are no other acoustic signals Rule concludes that the initiating event in the loss of the Scorpion Schuster. ISBN-13: 978-0743297981 in the region for several hours on either side of the Scorpion was one, likely two nearly simultaneous explosions in the ship’s Scorpion alongside Tallahatchie County in one of the last photos acoustic detections. main storage battery…. No conspiracies, no Soviet attack, no hot This article was originally published in The SubCommittee taken of the submarine. Interestingly, the original 1970 Structural Analysis Group torpedo run, but a tragic accident.” Report and is reprinted here with permission.

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We also share stories with the kids about submarine history and life aboard a submarine. The K4K program was started in 2007 by T. Michael Bircumshaw. It has proven to be a meaningful reason to be involved in USSVI activities. Many members have shared that the life enrichment they experience through participation inthe K4K program is a highlight of their involvement in base activities! Detailed K4K guidelines can be found on the USSVI website at http://bit.ly/2mp7eD0 Further information and support, including K4K program The USSVI Kap(ss) 4 Kid(ss) Program startup packages and Zoom visit guidance, may be had by contacting John Riley, K4K National Chairman, at (203) 668-9131 The USSVI Kap(ss) 4 Kid(ss) program brings comfort and or email [email protected]. joy to children battling medically challenging conditions. Submarine veterans at USSVI bases around the country voluntarily conduct K4K visits to child health care facilities. The program has brought comfort and joy to more than 25,000 sick children, and their families! The USSV Charitable Foundation Kap(ss) 4 Kid(ss) Fund supports the K4K program by recruiting bases to participate. It provides organizational, contact, and fundraising guidance and the materials required (caps, certificates, coins, patches, etc.) to get the base K4K program up and running. The goal is to provide support to participating bases to ensure their K4K program will be financially and organizationally self-sustaining. Children’s hospitals, child psychiatric units, Ronald McDonald Houses, and camps for sick children are just some of the places we visit during the year. During the COVID-19 pandemic some bases are conducting virtual K4K visits via Zoom. These visits are helping child life specialists entertain, distract and comfort their young patients It’s boom, Zoom and all around the room! Out of the room, actually, as these newly ordained submariners imagine their who are more isolated and anxious due to the COVID situation. honorary certificates taking them down to sea in subs. Zoom visits are used when other circumstances limit visitor access. At times it can be challenging to gain admittance to a health care facility, but it is always worth the effort! Catholic hospitals Groton Base Zooms Kids Out to Sea and hospital child psychiatric units have proven to be easier than with Latest K4K Virtual Hospital Visit others to visit. Two subvets are all that is needed to make up a K4K team. January 26 found the Groton Base Kap(ss) 4 Kid(ss) team of During the visits, the children are made “Honorary Submariners” Bob Dulin, Bob Sharpe, and John Riley making Honorary and presented with Honorary Submariner certificates. Ballcaps, Submariners of fifteen children in the Yale-New Haven Hospital baby beanies, doo rags, challenge coins, wrist bands, temporary Inpatient Child Psychiatric Unit. Pandemic conditions, of course, tattoos, and other items the kids might enjoy are also given. required the visit to be virtual via Zoom—as with so much of life these days—but it was no less effective in exposing the kids to the world of submarines and life at sea. All “onboard” were awarded Honorary Submariner certificates by the hospital staff (sent to them earlier), and then sworn in as official members of the submarine family. The children then happily engaged in asking a lot of questions; all were answered with typical bubblehead zeal. Afterward, each child patient also received an Honorary Submariner Challenge Coin and told it was good for admittance to the USS Nautilus Submarine and Museum in Groton, Connecticut—once it reopens—which would include a special tour by an active-duty submariner. Also distributed to the kids were submarine hats and surgical caps, wristbands, temporary tattoos and signed USS Nautilus photos (again, all safely delivered beforehand). It’s always a rewarding experience for subvet K4K teams to A bounty from the sea of which even Capt. Nemo would approve! bring some fun to the kids in Yale Hospital’s Psych Units. All are Coins, signed photos, certificates, wristbands, caps galore— dealing with truly challenging health issues, and the staff notes and more! the visits make a real difference in their lives.

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The T-Shed Incident We were formed up aft of the sail when the Admiral’s barge that I am the Old Man both figuratively and actually” he said. is connected to a small electric motor that runs the pump. A-gangers pulled alongside. The CO and XO were there to meet him as he “Thank you, Senior Chief, you can go now.” or Auxiliary Division personnel maintain the scrubber. It was July 1974 in sunny Rota, Spain. I was an impressionable, climbed aboard and they disappeared down the forward torpedo I left his stateroom and went back to the goat locker to tell the Before pulling into Portsmouth, England for a scheduled port inexperienced MMFN recently out of sub school who had just room hatch. After some time had passed they came up the after COB what the skipper wanted. As the day went on, I didn’t think call, we became aware that we had exhausted our onboard supply reported to A-gang aboard the USS George C. Marshall (SSBN-654). torpedo room hatch. HO-LY Sh*t! That’s the man I was drinking much about it until I was ready to go on liberty. Then it dawned of replacement drive belts and still had another month left on our As the resident “gopher,” I was ordered by my leading petty with last night! on me. I raced up to the captain’s stateroom to catch him before he deployment. A-gangers, particularly those on submarines, are officer to accompany “Bad Boy” Bruno MM2 (SS) to the T-shed During the personnel inspection, when they reached me in the left for the day. experts at jury-rigging or improvising. Being an A-ganger I got (a supply shack on the pier), to pick up auxiliary division supplies. second row, the Admiral stopped, looked directly at me, smiled, Knock, knock, knock. the idea that a fan belt is a fan belt and there must be a suitable Upon arrival, Bad Boy stood at the counter while I stood a few and continued on. “Enter, what can I do for you Senior?” substitute somewhere. After all, cars use fan belts. So, once we tied feet behind him, leaning against the wall. I have never told this story to any of my shipmates. “One question sir, where were you born?” I asked. up in Plymouth Sound, we took an excursion into the little town While waiting for the storekeeper to get to us, I saw Bruno reach John Mulvey QMCS(SS), USN Retired “San Diego” he replied. of Portsmouth, in search of fan belts. One of the places was a little into his pocket for a cigarette. When I reached into my pocket, I New Jersey South Base “Buffalo. Good night, sir!” auto repair shop where we explained our situation to the owner realized I had forgotten to go to my locker to get a new pack of Three weeks later at my retirement ceremony, the captain stated and showed him one of our broken fan belts. He went back into the smokes. As a newbie and a non-qual, I was gathering my courage The Old Man of the USS Albuquerque how he was now truly the Old Man of the USS Albuquerque. rear of his shop and returned with a belt for a Ford Cortina. It was to ask Bad Boy for a cigarette when a businesslike WAVE, having a Eric D. Bookmiller, MMCS(SS), USN Retired perfect and we purchased several. rather large displacement, walked between us. She was extremely It was April 1995 and the final month of my twenty-year Requin Base The Henry Clay had already stirred up a bit of gossip and well-favored up front, if you get my drift, looking like she got hit U.S. Navy career. I was on the USS Albuquerque (SSN-706) where sensationalism from the local media who claimed the reason for in the back with two MK-14 torpedoes! Anyway, at the time, I I had been the “bull nuc” for the past four years. After a career of Goldfish Watch our visit was that we had experienced a nuclear incident. It was not wasn’t interested in her. I was interested in getting a cigarette from four fast attacks, one tender, and one IMA, I was ready to move on. until after we departed Plymouth Sound, finished our deployment Bruno. So, as she was slowly walking between us, and Bad Boy was The boat had just pulled into our home port in Groton for a I was twenty-years-old, and it was my first time at sea aboard and returned to Holy Loch that we were made aware of how much carefully pulling a cigarette out of his pack, I chose that critical, change of command and three-week upkeep. At any rate, we were the USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601). I was assigned the enviable attention that little excursion had caused. We no sooner tied up defining moment to say, “Hey, can I grab one of those?” not scheduled to go back out to sea until after my retirement. position of working in the scullery washing dishes. Yeah, I was a along the tender and down came the Commodore of SUBRON 14 Upon hearing this, the WAVE came to an abrupt “All Stop,” The change of command was Saturday followed by all the parties mess cook. I knew absolutely zero about subs beyond what I had carrying a stack of newspapers containing stories of the Clay’s visit turned and looked at me with a sultry, devilish smile, and then for our outgoing skipper, Commander Michael King. Monday learned at sub school, but I could wash a mean dish! On my second to Plymouth. The December 14, 1985 headlines in the Portsmouth shot me (a scrawny 125-pound weakling) an unmistakable was our first workday with the new skipper, Commander Leonard day at sea the general alarm sounded­­—“Man battle stations Western Evening Herald read: “Mystery American visits city shop “Come Hither” look! Having been trained in damage control, Zingerelli. The new skipper seemed like he would work out fine, torpedo.” So, what was I supposed to do? No one had said. Do I —Fan Belt Riddle of U.S. Sub.” The front-page article stated that I quickly knew that my innocent question had been profoundly but I was so short I didn’t care. just keep washing dishes? The supply officer happened to walk by, the £78 million nuclear-armed submarine whose three-day stop in misunderstood by the provocative WAVE and attempted to take After a fine lunch of elephant scabs (breaded veal cutlets) and and I said—“I’m new where do I go?” Without missing a step, Plymouth was shrouded in mystery may have called in to replace immediate corrective action. I opened my mouth and excitedly gravy, I went forward to the goat locker to shoot the breeze with and in a truly professional manner he replied, “You’ve got the fish a broken fan belt costing just £1.99. And the article added that the began to…blah, blah, blah.” the COB. The Yeoman entered and said, “Senior Chief, the Captain tank watch!” Okay, to anyone on the 601 in 1975 you probably know USS Henry Clay slipped away from British shores with speculation Anyway, Bruno later noted that my nineteen year-old face turned wants to see you in his stateroom right away.” I looked at the COB what that means. To any other dolphin-wearing submariner, maybe at least three conspicuously luminous shades of red! After a rather and said, “I haven’t been with him long enough to get in any an explanation is in order. The 601 had a fish tank. It was in the that she also took with her a Christmas bag of gallons of mineral embarrassing period of “dead in the water” silence, Bad Boy Bruno trouble.” The COB replied, “I have no idea what he wants but wardroom and carried through the bulkhead into the crew’s mess. water to mix with the White House Whiskey. began to laugh uncontrollably. The rogue WAVE got mad and you better go see.” I made my way up the ladder to his stateroom We had goldfish, etc. in a tank that sailed with us. It was even one In another article, “A Menace in the Sound” angry protesters stomped off, slamming the door behind her. And me? Well… and knocked. Upon hearing “enter,” I went in. of my qual questions, “How deep can a freshwater goldfish survive were horrified that the people of Plymouth accepted the presence I was never quite the same again! “Good afternoon, Captain, you wanted to see me?” in saltwater?” So, my first battle station watch was the glamorous of a Poseidon submarine in Plymouth Sound without a protest. Just a day in the life of an SSBN deterrent patrol. Terry Schmidt, former MM2(SS) “Yes, I did, Senior Chief. I’ll be brief, I just wanted to know when duty of ensuring no goldfish splashed out of the tank if we did USS Maine Base you were born.” angles and dangles. I even had a little fishnet to scoop them up and Fredric Durrette, MMCS(SS), USN Retired “Excuse me?” get them back into the tank. We, as submariners in that cold war Drinking Buddies “When were you born?” period, did some serious duty that our families were never privy to. How’s the Anchor? “October 2, 1954” I replied. I am proud of all of you who did what was asked of us. Thanks, It was sometime between late 1958 or early 1959 when we For a while when I was on the USS Tunny (SSN-682), I stood “Yes, I know that, but what time of day were you born?” submates, from a sixty-five year-old submarine veteran who did his pulled into the Port of Gibraltar for repairs from a Category 4 storm. anchor watch in the engine room for the maneuvering watch. One “Well sir, it was four o’clock in the morning”. part in service to his country by keeping the goldfish in their tank. After a week in repair, we set sail for the island of Palma, Spain day, after setting the maneuvering watch, I get the call, “Anchor, “Good, good,” he said. “Let me explain. I asked the Yeoman to No goldfish were ever lost under my watch! for R&R. While there one night I was heading back to the boat Bridge, make the anchor ready for letting go.” “Bridge, Anchor aye.” find the oldest man on the boat to see if I was truly the Old Man. He Paul J. DesAutels, former PN2(SS) Shortly, “Bridge, Anchor, anchor ready for letting go.” “Anchor, when I came across a bar that I had not tried. I entered and found Member at Large the place empty except for one man sitting at the bar. I sat a few came back with your name but after looking at your record I realized Bridge aye.” After a good amount of time being bored, I get the call, that we were both born on the same day, October 2, 1954. Since I was “Anchor, Bridge, how’s the anchor?” My response, “Bridge, Anchor, stools down from him and asked for a beer. The fellow asked me The Henry Clay Fan Belt Riddle what ship I was on and I told him I was on the submarine Picuda born at two o’clock in the morning and you at four, I can now say anchor ready for letting go.” Another call, “Anchor, Bridge, how’s (SS-382). As we talked I offered him a tour of the boat if he would As most of you remember on submarines there is a piece of the anchor?” Again I repeated, “BRIDGE, ANCHOR, ANCHOR meet me around 8:30 the next morning. He thanked me, and I Attention Freelance Writers equipment called a CO₂ scrubber. The scrubber removes the READY FOR LETTING GO!” After a moment of silence, “Anchor, was off to the boat for some much-needed sleep. carbon dioxide from within the boat by using a liquid called Bridge, make the anchor so it’s NOT ready for letting go.” My Have your own submarine saga? American Submariner is “amine.” The amine absorbs the CO₂ when cool and gives it response? “OH! House the anchor! Bridge, Anchor aye!” At 0500 the 1MC came alive with reveille–reveille–up all hands– looking for well-written, non-fiction sea stories about up when it is heated. The carbon dioxide gas is then pushed out To this day, whenever the old gang gets together, I get at least turn-to for field day. “What the hell is this? It’s Saturday!” submarines and submariners by the men who lived them. one “Hey Jeep! How’s the anchor?” As we were cleaning up, the word came down that the Admiral Email your story to [email protected], and into the ocean, keeping the atmosphere breathable. The whole was paying us a visit at 0800. I told the topside watch to explain the put “This ain’t no Sh*t!” in the subject line. process depended on a small pump that would move the liquid E. E. “Jeep” Girouard, former MM1(SS) situation if anyone asked for me. through the chambers of the scrubber. There is a fan belt that Member at Large

20 | American Submariner | Second Quarter 2021 Second Quarter 2021 | American Submariner | 21 Shipmates, On behalf of the 2021 USSVI National Convention Committee, I want to welcome you to Orlando, Florida, “The City Beautiful.” Your committee has done a fabulous job of organizing a meaningful and fun convention. There are four side trips planned that you will find both interesting and very different. We also left you some time to explore Orlando on your own. There are many things to do and see and International Drive, the epicenter of the tourist area, is very close to the hotel. So come and relax and enjoy the area and this AAA Four Diamond resort hotel. Jay D. Mack 2021 USSVI Convention Chairman

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24 | American Submariner | Second Quarter 2021 Second Quarter 2021 | American Submariner | 25 As the war dragged on, constant problems plagued the program and watch as the submarines pulled into port proudly displaying Lt. j.g. J.K. Brozo, and rowed by Chief of the Boat E.A. Russell. In a and by January 1945 the Japanese clearly were running out of their battle banners of war victories as they fluttered in the warm short time they returned with I-401’s chief navigator, Lt. Muneo options. The U.S. Submarine Force had virtually shut down shipping Hawaiian breezes. Bando, to discuss surrender negotiations. Bando could speak a little and human as well as material resources were getting slim. The Two months later at approximately 0300 hours, Harry was English but conversations were difficult. As the conversations resources devoted to the Sen-Toku subs were incredible. Nearly 600 being roused from a sound sleep. “Get up; get up,” the intruding progressed Johnson told Bando he wanted the Japanese sub to submariners were needed to man the four subs. This did not include sailor yelled. “What do you want,” answered Harry, painfully proceed to Yokosuka accompanied by the Segundo. After about their Seiran pilots, observers and other operational personnel. rubbing his eyes as he tried to focus. “Get dressed, come on, and thirty minutes Bando returned to his sub with Johnson’s orders. Supplying steel created a massive drain on Japan’s shipbuilding get all your belongings together. You’re being transferred. Come on Shortly we sent our boarding party over; it was headed by our program. Naval higher-ups were complaining about the shortages. and get moving.” “Okay, okay. Where are we going,” asked Harry. Executive Officer Lieutenant J.D. Balsom. Johnson told J.D., “Tell Finally on 8 January 1945, the I-401 was commissioned under the “You’re going to the Segundo; she’s going to shove off today.” that captain if that SOB gets just four degrees off course I am going cloudy skies of Sasebo. Since the submarine was top secret, few Perched in the front seat of a speeding Jeep, Harry held on as to let him have one.” “Let him have one?” questioned Balsom. people attended the ceremony. When it was over, Nambu sailed the the two rumbled down to their destination. In the darkness, Harry “Yes, I will blow him right out of the water.” Slick Johnson would I-401 quietly out of the harbor and sea trials began. peered out at the dimly lit silhouettes of gray warships at rest have done it. He wasn’t the type of guy you could cuddle to, he By midyear there was a race against time for the Japanese across the harbor. The Jeep eventually reached its destination and was cocky and inexperienced; at times he rattled the crew. and something unusual was transpiring regarding U.S. Naval rolled to a stop halfway down the pier. Harry squinted but could PJ: Who was in the boarding party? operations. Admiral Lockwood had been told to pull back his only see the two protruding periscopes and the top of a conning HW: The boarding party consisted of (Executive Officer) J.D. submarines at least 100 miles from Kyushu’s coast. On August 5, a tower. The low rumble of two of the four powerful diesel engines Balsom; (Chief of the Boat) E.A. Russell; (Motor Machinist Mate U.S. carrier strike against Japan’s third largest island was suddenly could be heard as the submersible charged the ship’s batteries 1st Class) Ralph Austin; (Quartermaster 3rd Class) Carlo Carluchi; called off. The next day crewmembers of the B-29 Superfortress for departure. (Electricians Mate 1st Class) Kenneth Dykman and (Torpedoman named Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on the Japanese city “A submarine,” Harry announced; partly as a statement and Mate 2nd Class) Jenison Halton. I was in the conning tower when of Hiroshima. Four days later the Segundo departed Midway on partly as a question. The driver handed him an envelope contain- Watertight hanger and door located on subs deck equipped to hold three Aichi M6A1 attack bombers. The Seiran was the we were ready to get the boarding party together and Carluchi her fifth war patrol. Segundo was en route to the Kuril Islands ing his transfer orders. most advanced plane built by the Imperial Japanese Navy sticks his head up and yells, “Harry, Harry we need guns, guns!” when Japan accepted peace terms. It was 2:07 the afternoon of The crew was beginning to get up. All around, men were during World War II. I said, “What?” So I get someone to relieve me topside and I go 15 August 1945 when the news came by radio that the Japanese folding up their bunks inboard against the stanchions. Like ants, down to the gun locker where I had eighteen .45’s on board. I took understood the term atomic. had surrendered. Forty-three minutes later it was followed by they were heading forward, aft and up and down compartment out five; Russell had his own gun—let him shoot his own frickin’ ComSubPac orders to cease fire. ladders. As the guys would pass they would say a quick hello and PJ: How did the Segundo crew discover the I-401? gun. I am in the control room and I give Balsom his .45 and the Harry Watson continue to their duty stations. The noise level was increasing as HW: We traveled a little further north and popped up in the others their .45’s. (Earlier I had given Johnson a .45). Carluchi is Harry Watson, born in Boston, Massachusetts was sixteen years they prepared the boat to get underway. At 1330 on 26 April 1945, straights, the upper straits by the southern Kuril Islands. You pointing it all around and I said, “For Christ’s sake, Carlo, don’t be old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Harry explained, “Everyone Segundo commenced her fourth war patrol and backed away from couldn’t see the bow from the bridge it was so foggy, and we were doing that down here.” I told all of them, if and when this ends I in the neighborhood wanted to go fight and most of my friends the pier, turned 180 degrees, and headed out to sea for Saipan. Her creeping along at two or three knots. I was stationed on the radar want the .45’s back because I am signed out for them. “Understood?” had joined the Marines.” Immediately after Harry turned seventeen skipper was Lieutenant Commander J.D. Fulp. J.D. had been in the conning tower. I looked at the radar screen and then looked They are all replying, uh-huh, sure, you’re never going to see these he could wait no longer. His older assigned to Segundo since she traveled down the ways in Kittery, again and said to no one in particular, “Jeez! What’s that?” I again. When it ended and the boarding party came back, there brother had previously joined the Maine on 5 February 1944. immediately reported to the bridge that I had a contact. The fog were two people who kept them; one was Johnson and the other Coast Guard but Harry had his sights Harry served on Segundo’s fourth and the famous fifth war was rolling in heavier and we couldn’t see anything, we could Watson. I don’t know what the hell Slick Johnson was thinking on the Corps. He told his mother patrol when she captured I-401. After the war, he remained on hardly see the bow. We kept closing in and increased speed to five about but I was thinking I better get those guns back from those that if she would not sign for him he Segundo until 1947 when he was transferred to USS Charr (SS-328). or six knots through the fog. A short while later I climbed the two. So when they came back down into the control room I was would sign the recruiting papers In 1949 he was transferred back to Segundo and stayed there until ladder up to the bridge. The fog was lifting. I was looking a little there to greet them and said, “Bullsh*t, give me the guns back.” himself. Early the next day he headed he departed from the Navy in 1953. harder and I said “son of a bitch!” I was looking right down the ass If you lose track of small arms, that was the quickest way to get a down to the recruiting office wanting PJ: The most interesting part of your WWII experience was the end of the I-401 and blurted out: “It’s a destroyer! It’s a fricking court-martial. The Navy would dump your ass in the brig for to be the first in line. To Harry’s end of the war and the capture of IJN I-401, would you agree? destroyer!” The fog was just lifting and then the quartermaster twenty years. dismay, the Marines and Army What actually happened that day? said, “That’s not a destroyer,” I said, “Then what is it?” The fog PJ: So what happened on the way to Tokyo Bay? recruiting offices were still closed HW: What happened? We left Midway Island on 10 August under dissipated a little bit more and we all said almost in unison, “It’s a HW: Oh boy. You know Carluchi is now in a rest home up in New Harry “Gunner” Watson but the Navy office was open for the leadership of skipper Lt. Cmdr. S.L. Johnson and our XO, Lt. GD submarine—Jeez!” You have to understand that this was Jersey but he won’t be around too much longer. (Carlo had died a business. In Harry’s haste, “I could wait no longer,” explained J.E. Balson heading toward the Sea of Okhotsk in the Kuril Island several days after the war had ended. So, Slick (the crew referred to month earlier on Sunday, August 11, 2013, at the age of 90). All this Harry. He joined the Navy. chain. We came in from the south going north and you really had the CO as Slick Johnson) gets out a signal telling I-401 to stop and time he was constantly ranting and raving that the skipper (on 401) After boot camp in Newport, Rhode Island, Harry attended to watch it when you got close to the coast because sometimes it surrender, but the bastards got the stern pointed right at us. committed hara-kiri on the way back to Tokyo Bay. That never Class A Gunnery School. Immediately after graduation, he loaded was foggy and the land was right there! (Harry pointed as if he was Understand we don’t know what they got; all subs back then had happened. Never happened. Carlo had it in his mind that he had the up on a troop train headed to the West Coast. Once there he standing on the bridge of Segundo). It was the fifteenth of August. stern tubes. Carluchi (3rd Class Quartermaster) was frantically knife that the guy committed hara-kiri with. For years and years that boarded a cargo ship for Pearl Harbor. My birthday. We received a message to cease firing, hostilities are looking through the ship manual trying to figure out what class was his claim to fame. The guy committed hara-kiri and I got the At Pearl, the sailors were assigned to various units. One of the over; Japan has surrendered. Repeat, cease firing. Cease firing. The submarine this was. There was nothing there and they had pointed knife! Even if this did happen, the boarding party never went below waiting sailors told Harry about the Askania training class on crew was protesting. We didn’t come all this way over here to their aft directly toward us. It wasn’t until later that we find out deck. So how did he get the knife? They were ordered not to go submarine operations. These classes were similar to those taught cease fire, we came over to shoot these sons of bitches. We were all there is no torpedo room aft, but we didn’t know that at the time… below decks. They stayed topside on the after signal deck. The truth at submarine school in New London. The sub fleet would draw pissed. Now you’re talking eighteen and nineteen-year-old guys, then the sh*t hit the fan. is, the guy shot himself. individuals from this class and assign them as members of a relief the older guys are uttering yeah, yeah, big talk. We were question- PJ: I will just bet it hit the fan, what did Johnson decide to do? Note: It was not the commanding officer Lt. Commander Nobukiyo crew for boats returning from war patrols. Upon return to ing the decision of the people back in Washington. What do they HW: Ceasefire had been ordered but were the Japanese under the Nambu who shot himself but the Squadron Commander, Tatsunosuke port, the crew would move off the boat for two weeks of R&R at mean, cease firing? It sounds funny now but we were really pissed. same order; could this be a rogue vessel? At the time we did not Ariizumi. When the shot rang out, Nambu entered Ariizumi’s the spacious Royal Hawaiian Hotel. The relief crews would Note: Although the Segundo left on patrol four days after the U.S. know that her torpedo tubes were empty nor did we know that quarters and found a letter addressed to the Imperial Japanese perform upkeep on the boat and ready it for the next patrol. Harry dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the crew knew very little their deck guns lacked ammunition. Once they came to a stop we Navy. His final words were: “As a professional, I have failed to signed up and liked the training and it started to spark a new about the bombing and didn’t really know or understand what told them to send an officer over. They responded that they did fulfill my duties. This was my responsibility and I am deeply sorry. interest. In his spare time, he would wander down to the docks an atomic bomb was, as most of the sailors had never heard or not have a raft so we sent our small rubber raft. It was manned by With my death, I maintain the traditions of the Imperial Japanese

26 | American Submariner | Second Quarter 2021 Second Quarter 2021 | American Submariner | 27 Navy and I take pride in having commanded a squadron that Stephen Johnson received the Legion of Merit with combat V. fought in the Pacific until the end of the war. I am confident my • On 31 May 1946 the I-401 was sunk as a target ship off Pearl Harbor. BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT—NEW E-BOOK AVAILABLE NOW! crew will serve the country as loyal subjects and I pray for the • On 8 August 1970, after twenty-six years of duty, the Segundo was rebuilding of the Japanese Empire. Long live the Emperor.” found unfit for naval service and sunk during target practice. “An easily understandable, refreshingly new viewpoint. … This work is worth reading.” A second note addressed to Nambu was also written, saying, • Harry Watson joined the Navy in 1943 when he was seventeen —George Wallace, Commander, US Navy (Retired) “We will be forced to raise the American flag at five a.m. It is years old and stayed until March, 1953. After his military more than I can bear to see.” Two of Segundo’s crew did go below discharge, Harry moved to Hollywood and lived near the historic “Joe Buff has used a penetrating intellect and done some superb research.” decks to secure the torpedoes but immediately returned topside Sunset Strip on Hollywood Boulevard. Working for the Pinkerton —James Patton, Jr., Captain, US Navy (Retired) where they remained. Detective Agency and part-time for the infamous P.I. to the PJ: Do you remember pulling into Tokyo Bay? stars, Freddy Otash, Harry rubbed elbows and attended parties “Buff does a highly credible job. … His material is a must read.” HW: At 1100 hours that morning, a few miles outside Tokyo Bay, with many of the celebrities of old. Harry passed away in the early —Peter Huessy, President, GeoStrategic Analysis, Inc. the Japanese captain delivered two swords as a symbol of surrender hours of Friday, 10 April 2015 at the age of ninety-three. to Lt. Balson. We had to turn over the I-401 as they (ComSubPac) Squadron commander Tatsunosuke Ariizumi was personally didn’t want us in there. We didn’t do anything after that; they overseeing Operation Arashi (“Storm”) aboard I-401. He was told wouldn’t let us do anything in Tokyo Bay. We turned I-401 over he would only be able to strike at the American anchorage at to the USS Gatling (DD-671) and USS O’Bannon (DD-450), who Ulithi in the Caroline Islands, much escorted the sub until it tied up next to the submarine tender closer to Japanese waters. En route USS Proteus (AS-19). They also sent us over to the Proteus. They to Ulithi, he received Emperor Showa’s had the surrender ceremony playing on a speaker so the crews surrender message, but at the same time could listen to the event. also received conflicting orders from admirals who refused to give up. Known PJ: What was the scuttlebutt at the time? What was the as a ruthlessly aggressive officer, crew thinking? Ariizumi chose to obey the latter, but HW: The average submariner was young and it was hard to within two days he would change his believe it was all over. Harry rolled his eyes as he said, “Our mind. Shamed with defeat and burdened favorite WWII hero was over there and grandstanding. His ego with the possibility of being tried as a was unbelievable.” (Harry was referring to General Douglas Tatsunosuke Ariizumi war criminal, he committed suicide by MacArthur). On 3 September 1945, Segundo departed Tokyo Bay taking a pistol to his mouth before I-401 arrived in Japan. He was in company with eleven other submarines, all en route to Pearl buried at sea by the I-401 crew in a ceremony that somehow Harbor where on 12 September 1945 the Segundo terminated her escaped the notice of the Segundo captors. fifth and final war patrol. Acknowledgments Post War Geoghegan, John L. Operation Storm, Japan’s Top Secret • Matsu, the wife of squadron commander Ariizumi, grieved for Submarines and Its Plan to Change the Course of World War II. her husband. She knew he had done the right thing and she was Crown Publishers, 2013. resolved to uphold tradition and join him. She not only ended Zenji Orita, I-Boat Captain, How Japan’s Submarines almost her own life but that of her five children as well. defeated the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. • All five members of the I-401’s boarding party received the Bronze Major Books, 1976. Star with combat V, including Lt. John E. Balson. Captain

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Celebrated Submariner Marks Century Milestone Candy Lady Remembered with WWII Submariner Recognized for Sweetness and Light 65 Years Continuous Membership A cold December morning found twenty-four Albany-Saratoga Members of Charleston Base joined with the Fleet Reserve Base members and their families making a solemn sojourn to the Association (FRA) in recognizing Charleston Base member Stacy Saratoga National Cemetery in Schuylerville, New York. There they Power for his sixty-five years of continuous membership in the placed wreaths on the grave markers of departed shipmates and FRA. The presentation was made at the Charleston Base January other loved ones, remembering them with stories and shared meeting by FRA Branch 269 Vice President Harry Nettles, memories. Among the mourners was ninety year-old Harry QMCM(SS), USN retired. Stacy is the last Charleston Base WWII Terzian, who with his late wife Patricia had been a season ticket- submarine veteran. His twenty-six-year Navy career began when holder to the Siena College basketball games for many years. Pat he enlisted in January 1943. Stacy qualified in 1951 aboard had always USS Grenadier (SS-525) and later served on USS Sabalo (SS-302), supplied candy to USS Greenfish (SS-351), and USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) before fellow fans at the retiring as a senior chief culinary specialist in 1969. games, earning her the affection- Charleston Base ate sobriquet of ‚ member Stacy Power is presented Happy 100th Birthday! Cincinnati Base shipmates share in celebrating Gus Kraus’s Century. “The Candy Lady.” with a certificate To masked but Commander Walter “Gus” Kraus didn’t need a hundred surviving the S-36 grounding in Japanese waters early in WWII, recognizing sixty-five candles on his cake for everyone to know he’d been on the planet plus a combined eleven war patrols while also aboard Snapper knowing smiles all years of continuous for a century—most of those years as a qualified submariner— (SS-185), Pickerel (SS-177) and Cobbler (SS-344). After the war he around, Harry membership in the because a raucus celebratory neighborhood parade made sure served in various international, training and recruiter billets, plus honored his Fleet Reserve this fact was known by all. attended Officer Training School, serving on the Sarda (SS-488) especially sweet Association from Reserve Branch 269 A birthday party was indeed arranged for Gus on November 15 and eventually retiring as a Commander after more than thirty wife’s memory by placing candy atop Vice President by his loving family. But wanting to go one better, an impressive years of exemplary service. Harry Nettles. drive-by celebration—now a popular production given pandemic So here’s to Gus. A very happy Hundredth to you, and may you her headstone. distancing concerns—was also coordinated by his shipmates celebrate many more in similar submarine style! at the Cincinnati Base. Staged from a nearby parking lot, the birthday procession passed Gus’s house with a float replica of Christmas In Charleston the USS Cincinnati (SSN-693), a stream of decorated vehicles, The Charleston Base submarine veterans welcomed the start of the Christmas season by joining in two festive South Carolina and of course a blaring diving alarm—which Gus, his wife Keta, Christmas parades. The first in Harleyville was an evening event, featuring their USS Thresher (SSN-593) submarine float alight with visiting family, and all the neighbors could hear approaching colors and Santa at the helm. The streets were lined with well-wishers, and the children on hand enjoyed an especially good time from quite a distance. collecting the Christmas candy provided by the subvets. Despite the necessary social distancing, the event was well attended and a Gus’s fellow Cincinnati Base members then stopped before his joyful time was had by all. house to sing “Happy Birthday” and “Anchors Aweigh,” plus come The follow-on Goose Creek Parade was a first for the Charleston Base, and an especially satisfying event. Held early Saturday to attention to offer a snappy salute. This was all topped off with a morning on a crisp day, the day, time and route provided an opportunity for high parade attendance—offering an exciting first look at certificate honoring Gus’s having been Qualified in Submarines the subvets’ impressive float. It’s always so fulfilling to witness the gratitude offered submarine veterans by their local supporters. for seventy-nine years. All this recognition was more than duly warranted, of course. Commander Kraus now represents USSVI’s longest living qualified submarine officer, and had been the final President of the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II organization. Highlights of his naval career included time on Certificate makes it official: Gus Kraus commemorates 79 years a San Diego-based destroyer, significant sound school training, Qualified in Submarines.

New Sculpin Base in Ozawkie, Kansas is Good for What Ails You! Find yourself in need of a bubblehead pick-me-up in Northeast Kansas? O-O-O-Ozawkie! Yes, a brand new base—named for the USS Sculpin (SS-191)—has just been prescribed in Ozawkie, about twenty-two miles northeast of Topeka. Join in, use as directed and you’ll soon be in top subvet form! Side effects include excessive cheeriness, bragging rights, and immunity to gassy sea stories. Oh! The base was developed by Ellis Moses—under clinical trials supervised by USSVI last year—to address the distinct deficiency of submarine fellowship in the area. Central Region Director Tom Williams presented the official FDA (Fouled Drain Academy) certification to the new base during a meeting of the Topeka-Jefferson City Base in September. Oh! Sculpin Base’s first Executive Board is made up of Charleston Base members gather for the Harleyville Christmas No chimney? That’s all right! Santa stands ready to make his way Commander Ellis Moses, Sr.; Vice Commander Jerry Hutchison; and Base Secretary/Treasurer Bret Cortright. O-O-O-Ozawkie! May Parade. A magical time of year, and a wonderful way to show off down the bridge hatch of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) float in cause drowsiness after too many beers with old shipmates. Ask your Pharmacist’s Mate about Ozawkie at the new Sculpin Base! their imposing nukeboat float. Goose Creek, South Carolina.

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FIED LI A MILESTONE SUBMARINERS Not that Holland Club membership at the celebrated fifty-year level is anything to blow out the GDU, From Seaman To Sage U but passing the seventy-five year mark as a qualified submariner is admittedly even more a grand The singular life of Q achievement. American Submariner is gratified to honor these truly outstanding Holland Club members as they reach this amazing milestone. Below, broken down by base, are the latest proud inductees at William F. Bundy, CDR, USN (Ret.) the three-quarter-century mark. We recognize and salute your remarkable accomplishment, gentlemen. By Gannon McHale

WOLVERINE BASE REDFISH BASE CARL STRAMER enlisted in the ROBERT FROST joined the Navy Navy on February 22, 1942 when he in 1943 and was assigned to Subma- was seventeen years-old, Carl vol- rine Repair Unit 137 in Fremantle, “Attention must be paid.” –Arthur Miller shipmate, Will Bundy.” Even though we had both changed over unteered for submarine duty and Western Australia. In 1945 he receiv- hat exhortation from playwright Arthur Miller’s masterwork, the years, it was if we were back on board the Sturgeon. As Will was assigned to the commissioning ed orders to USS Rock (SS-274). Death of a Salesman, is one of the most famous lines in the approached at the end of the presentation, he was somewhat crew of USS Puffer (SS-268), under Robert made one war patrol aboard T American theater, and it immediately came to mind when I ambushed by my cousin Kelly Murray, a state employee, who was construction at Manitowoc, Wis- Rock, her sixth, where she picked up learned that a naval officer of singular distinction, Commander in attendance. “Hi, Mr. Bundy! Do you remember me?” consin. Carl became qualified in fifteen merchant seamen from the William F. Bundy, USN (Ret.), a member of “The Centennial Will’s response stopped me in my tracks, “Of course, Kelly… submarines in 1943 and made four SS Peter Silvester, adrift in a life raft Seven,” had suddenly passed away on 15 December 2019. In that how are you?” When I asked Kelly how she knew Will, she said she war patrols on Puffer before being for thirty-two days, and landed them had worked for him when he was the director of transportation transferred to USS Ray (SS-271), in at Exmouth, Western Australia. spirit, I headed north on a sunny December day a little over a year for the state. I stood, stunned, trying to imagine how my former which he made an additional four Leaving the Navy in 1946, Robert ago to attend a funeral with full military honors. wartime patrols. Mustering out after later joined the Army Corps of Driving from northern Manhattan to Rhode Island takes about sonarman shipmate, who was not from Rhode Island, had become the war’s end as a MoMM2(SS), Engineers, retiring in 1965. four hours, plenty of time to retrace the extraordinary life of my the director of the Department of Transportation! Suddenly, a he returned to his native Detroit. USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) shipmate and friend, whose journey took man from my past was very much part of my present. Will told Receiving $300 from the State of him from the projects of West Baltimore at the height of the civil me he was living in Bristol and working at the Naval War College Michigan for his wartime service, rights struggle of the 1960s to become one of the U.S. Navy’s in Newport. We exchanged business cards and promised to stay Carl bought a set of tools and began MEMBER AT LARGE foremost theoretical strategists. To understand the significance in touch. a career as an automobile mechanic, In December of that year, I organized an informal gathering of PETER KEENAN enlisted in the of the present, we must revisit the past. eventually joining the staff at the I first met Will Bundy when he reported aboard the Sturgeon in old Sturgeon shipmates who lived in the Groton area, and I invited General Motors Technical Center Navy in 1942 and volunteered for early 1969, as we were preparing for a “northern run” deployment. Will. Informally called “Lunch with the Captain,” we met at the in Warren, Michigan. submarine service the following year. In 1943 he reported aboard As the boat’s yeoman, I was one of the first people Will met when subvets Clubhouse on School Street in Groton on a Saturday USS Mingo (SS-261) and made six he reported. Besides his formidable physical presence, there was afternoon—a casual gathering of old shipmates recalling humorous war patrols as a Radioman 2nd something about him that set him apart. He was quiet, confident anecdotes and celebrating memories of service on board one of the Class. Mingo’s wartime credits in- best boats of that time, with one of the best captains of that time. REDFISH BASE and a lot more measured in manner than the rest of the crew. He clude sinking the destroyer Tama- immediately disappeared into the sonar shack as we went north on Present were the Chief of the Boat, the Yeoman, the Head Steward, OBED “OBIE” WEBB qualified nami and the 9,486-ton tanker Ma- an incredibly successful deployment that led to several individual an A-ganger, a Sonar- nila Maru. On her fifth patrol, aboard USS Kingfish (SS-234) in crew commendations, a Meritorious Unit Commendation, and man, a couple of “nucs” 1944 and made four war patrols Mingo rescued sixteen B-24 Libera- from the Electrical tor fliers while on lifeguard duty. En a Legion of Merit for the captain. At the end of the year, I was with fellow Redfish Base member Division, and our Herman John Prager. Obie went on route to Hawaii on August 14, 1945, transferred to the USS Dogfish (SS-350). Seven months later, Commanding Officer, to serve aboard USS Bang (SS-385), Peter took the only plain English I was out of the Navy and lost track of many of my shipmates, USS Corporal (SS-346), USS Batfish message he ever received—the an- including Will. Captain William L. (SS-310), and USS Blackfin (SS-322). nouncement that Japan had surren- Almost four decades later, when the Naval Institute Press “Bo” Bohannan. Obie advanced to chief radioman dered. In August 1947, Mingo was published my book Stealth Boat: Fighting the Cold War in a Fast Animated conversa- while on Corporal and received a transferred on loan to Japan and re- Attack Submarine, a memoir of life on board the Sturgeon in the tions crisscrossed the promotion to Warrant Officer One named Kuroshio (SS-501). Working late 1960s, several old shipmates reappeared out of the mist, and table as they had 40 years in 1959 while aboard Blackfin. Obie in Washington, D.C., Peter discov- Will was one of them. At first, I could not “put a face to the name,” earlier in the crew’s mess. and his wife Wanda have been resi- ered that the Japanese Embassy’s but when I saw a photograph of him in the crew’s mess my Will Bundy in the crew’s mess aboard Old and familiar topics Naval Attaché Yasuo Wakabayashi the USS Sturgeon. dents of the Armed Forces Retire- immediate response was, “Oh yeah, I remember that guy!” I was such as money and ment Home in Gulfport, Mississippi had served aboard the Kuroshio. In women wove together with inquiries about current health prob- 1986 Peter invited him to the Mingo delighted that he had reached out, and we agreed to stay in touch. since 2003. lems, accidents, surgeries, and concerns for shipmates who had not boat reunion at the Submarine Vet- In January 2010, the library in my hometown of Pawtucket, erans of WWII annual convention Rhode Island, asked me to do a reading from my book to announce been heard from for some time. The humor was sharp, pointed, in Baltimore, Maryland. Peter is the they were placing it in the stacks. The event was listed on public quick, and the laughter genuine, loud, and deep. last surviving Mingo crew member. bulletin boards statewide. Will saw the listing and sent me a note A story about trading on “the Market” for silver dollars very saying, “I’ll be there.” I had just begun my remarks when the back quietly and unexpectedly segued into a remarkable moment when door to the room opened—and in walked a man I had not seen former sonarman Will Bundy said “Speaking of coins…” and in 40 years. then he recalled his experience on board the Sturgeon, pointedly I interrupted my planned speech to say, “And there is my stating that the quality of leadership under Captain Bohannan’s

32 | | American American Submariner Submariner | First| Second Quarter Quarter 2021 2021 Second Quarter 2021 | American Submariner | 33 and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Hawaii in 1973. model for all.” He earned a master’s degree in national security and strategic Rear Admiral studies at the Naval War College, and a PhD from Salve Regina Sinclair Harris, University in 2005. At the War College, he served as the chair president of the of the Warfare Analysis and Research Department, where he National Naval focused on the challenge of integrating technology in the Navy Officers Association, and became one of the foremost theoretical strategists of his spoke of the wisdom generation. As the head of the Gravely Group, his impact on the and counsel of development of the U.S. Navy Officer Corps for the past decade Dr. William Bundy. and a half is immeasurable. “He was more than a In the private sector, Will was a FleetBoston Financial Executive life member of the prior to assuming his civilian position at the Naval War College. National Naval (l-r) Captain William L. “Bo” Bohannan, Barry Avery, Will Bundy, Besides his tenure as director of the Rhode Island State Department Officers Association. Gannon McHale, Bob “Gus” Gustafson, the late Bill Welsh, and of Transportation, he also served on numerous local and national Dr. William Bundy Emmanuel Howard. boards of directors. As an adjunct professor at Providence College was the intellectual command had inspired him to pursue a career in the Navy— and Salve Regina University, he taught leadership, business North Star of NNOA. a career that led him to become the first African American to organization, and ethics courses. Mike Ritz of Leadership Rhode Commander William F. Bundy. He was the wisest and advance from the enlisted ranks to earn a full commission, Island said this about him: “It’s rare that a military officer is so most humble guide to and the third to command a submarine in the U.S. Navy, the intimately linked to community as Dr. Bundy was.” us all. And Dr. Bundy has a legacy that will live on in the students USS Barbell (SS-580). In December 2018 Will and I spoke at length on the telephone from the Gravely Group at the Naval War College and all who seek Will then then produced a coin specially commissioned to about a project of my own, and then we met for breakfast in Bristol excellence in the application of advanced research to warfighting memorialize “The Centennial Seven,” the seven African-Americans a month later. Will was, of course, beyond helpful, and even when in the maritime domain. We all mourn the untimely passing of who rose to submarine command during the first hundred years he couldn’t answer a question directly, he would suggest source our dear friend, esteemed colleague, and terrific mentor. His of the submarine service. He explained that they present the coin material that would give me what I needed to know. When he was legacy lives on in all of us.” in a very specific manner to those who were especially inspirational in his “War College Sage” mode it always seemed like he was On that tour of the War College back in 2013, Will revealed that to them during their careers. In perhaps the most appropriate answering from a different dimension entirely. I have a couple of he wanted me to work with him on a project. He said, “I’m not free setting for the occasion, a quiet, dignified, sincere exchange theoretical math friends who talk about functioning on multidi- to talk about it. It’s something for the future.” I assumed it was a between two extremely accomplished men transpired in front of mensional levels of cognizance, and I felt Will was like that. Sadly, “look back” that would be impossible while he was still on the us as Will placed the coin in the palm of his right hand, and that was the last time I spoke with him. I was stunned by his faculty and subject to security restrictions. Initially, I wondered passed it to the captain with a handshake and a statement of sudden passing. why a man of such accomplishment would want my assistance, but gratitude. The rest of us were struck dumb. Until that very Will Bundy was laid to rest in a Mass of Christian Burial on now I realize it all went back to our shared experience on board moment we were totally unaware of our shipmate’s achievements. Saturday, 21 December 2019, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in the Sturgeon. We were young men together, petty officers who did In January 2013, Will invited me to tour the War College, and Bristol, and interred with full military honors in the Veteran’s serious things in serious situations together, often in direct it was there he revealed the rest of his career path. It began on Cemetery at Exeter, Rhode Island. He is survived by his wife communication with each other, he in the sonar shack and I in the board the Sturgeon when the operations officer, Lieutenant Jeanne, sons William and Raymond, daughter Andrena, and three control room. Our paths may have diverged 50 years ago, but Commander Guy Curtis, my qualification officer, who had grandchildren, Matthew, Eleanor, and Annalise. submariners are shipmates forever. observed the confident competence and measured demeanor that Of his father, former naval officer William F. Bundy Jr. said Will’s path led him to become a “first,” and that path began on set Will apart from the rest of the crew, approached him and this: “My father did not always have it easy coming from West board a “first.” The motto of the Sturgeon was “first in her class, said, “The Navy has a program for you.” Baltimore. He transcended the systems of oppression. His vehicle finest in the fleet,” and when he and I served on board together That was the beginning of his extraordinary journey. He was the U.S. Navy. Through his dedication and work ethic he was she was exactly that. My path led to the world of storytelling, finished his enlisted career as chief sonarman and then became able to achieve what a person of his birth was not meant to mostly as an actor and, later in life, as a writer. That last part the rarest of us all: a first, a person of singular, unprecedented achieve. He was and is what makes America great. He was makes sense in that I was always “the Scribe” in Cub Scouts, Boy achievement. As the first African-American to rise from the relentless. His mind was always working, thinking through Scouts, and on board the Sturgeon as the yeoman—the man who enlisted ranks to full commissioned officer, that moment alone the next thing, how to eventually would tell the boat’s story in a book. I must believe Will was enough to gain him nominative recognition in the U.S. Navy make it better, how to be wanted me to help him tell his story, and what a story it is. historical narrative—but for Will, it was only the beginning. better, how to innovate The improbable journey of a young man from the projects of After receiving his commission, he served several positions as and create the next West Baltimore at the height of civil rights struggle to become one a junior officer, including assistant weapons officer on board the breakthrough. However, of the Navy’s foremost theoretical strategists is most worthy of USS Sam Houston (SSBN-609), before taking command of the what I most remember Arthur Miller’s exhortation: “Attention must finally be paid to USS Barbel (SS-580) in 1988. Later, he directed the U.S. Naval was his dignity and such a man.” To attempt that I must borrow from Shakespeare’s Officer Candidate School. While on active duty he earned a presence. You would see Prince of Denmark to say this about my Sturgeon shipmate and Defense Meritorious Service award and more than 20 personal, and feel his greatness friend, Will Bundy: “He was a man, take him for all in all. I shall unit, campaign, and service medals. He garnered the 1993 Black in his presence, his not look upon his like again.” Engineer of the Year Award for Outstanding Achievement in confidence, his subtle Government and received the U.S. Navy League’s Dalton L. Baugh humor, and his sage Gannon McHale is a New York-based character actor who has Award for inspirational leadership in recognition of his professional wisdom. He coupled that appeared in film, television, on Broadway and stages across North accomplishments during his service in the Navy. He retired from with a gentlemanly America, Europe, and Asia during a career of more than 40 years. the service in 1994 at the rank of commander. manner which respected Reprinted from Naval History with permission; Copyright © 2021 Will was a 1964 graduate of Baltimore City College, received everyone’s personal U.S. Naval Institute/www.usni.org. an associate degree from Leeward Community College in 1970 The author with William Bundy. dignity. He was a role

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I can assure you that they went down fighting and that their brothers who survived them took a grim toll of our savage enemy to avenge their deaths Admiral Charles A. ockood, SN

USS SQUALUS (SS-192) USS RUNNER (SS-275) Post World War II Losses 59 men on board. 78 men on board. USS STICKLEBACK (SS-415) Lost on 23 May 1939 when it flooded and Lost by possible Japanese mine 90 men on board. sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The between Midway Island and Japan Lost on 28 May 1958 after being boat was salvaged and recommissioned in June 1943. rammed on exercises off Hawaii by as USS Sailfish (SS-192). ll has lost USS Silverstein (DD-534). me lost USS GUDGEON (SS-211) ll cre safely eacuate rior USS O-9 (SS-70) 78 men on board. to siki 34 men on board. Lost during a Japanese air and Lost on 20 June 1941 when it foundered off surface attack on 12 May 1944 in USS THRESHER (SSN-593) the Isle of Shoals, 15 miles from Portsmouth, the Northern Marianas. 129 men on board. New Hampshire. ll has lost Lost on 10 April 1963 during a test dive off the New England coast. Sinking most likely due ll has lost USS GOLET (SS-361) to failure of a seawater intake piping weld. USS S-27 (SS-132) 84 men on board. ll has lost 44 men on board. Lost during a Japanese surface Grounded on 19 June 1942 off Amchitka Island. attack off Honshu, Japan, on USS SCORPION (SSN-589) All the crew were rescued by Navy PBYs six 14 June 1944. 99 men on board. days later. ll has lost Lost on 22 May 1968 due to unknown causes 400 miles southwest of the Azores o loss of life USS SNOOK (SS-279) in the Atlantic. USS PICKEREL (SS-177) 84 men on board. ll has lost 74 men on board. Lost on 8 April 1945 to unknown Lost by Japanese surface attack causes off Formosa. off Honshu, Japan, on 3 April 1943. ll has lost Finally, we remember all the brave ll has lost USS LAGARTO (SS-371) submariners who died in the course USS GRENADIER (SS-210) 85 men on board. of their duties aboard submarines, 61 men on board. Lost on 3 May 1945 in the Gulf of Siam during some individually and some in groups, Lost on 22 April 1943, ten miles west of Lem a Japanese surface attack. but where the submarine itself was Voalan Strait in Indian Ocean. Scuttled after ll has lost not lost. being badly damaged by bombs. 61 men were USS HERRING (SS-233) taken prisoner, 57 survived the war. 84 men on board. me ie as o Lost on 1 June 1944 by a Japanese shore battery USS R-12 (SS-89) and surface craft off Matsuwa Island, Kuriles. 45 men on board. ll has lost Lost off Key West, Florida, to unknown causes USS BONEFISH (SS-223) on 12 June 1943. 86 men on board. Me lost surie Lost on 18 June 1945 when it was sunk in Toyama Wan in the Sea of Japan. ll has lost

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Last Name First Name Qual. Boat Last Name First Name Qual. Boat Hess John F. 1969 Abraham Lincoln Hainsworth Shawn 1994 Pargo Jordan Austin Thomas 1967 Albacore Chayer Robert L. 1962 Picuda Kern John 1994 Albany Fumich James 1987 Plunger Bonfili David 2000 Annapolis Sattison Martin 1980 Plunger Cushing Harold W. 1977 Benjamin Franklin Weber Timothy J. 1973 Pogy Blom Erik M. 1978 Billfish Burr Wyatt 1995 Portsmouth Murphy Brian Thomas 2005 Boise Woodsmall III William A. 1975 Queenfish Breece Jr. Ellwood J. 1967 Bream Meadows Donald Clayton 1983 Ray Hankin Sean F. 1980 Bremerton Sweeting John 1988 Ray Miller Michael L. 1993 Bremerton Ramstad Lawrence Melvin 1961 Redfish Goad Justin 2005 Chicago Malkemes Thomas Andrew 1969 Robert E. Lee Pryde Evan M. 2012 Columbus Meyers Patrick E. 1980 Sam Rayburn Fordyce John W. 1960 Cubera Suitter Richard B. 1980 Sam Rayburn Campbell Randy 1971 Cutlass Wagner Robert 1978 Sam Rayburn Moser William M. 1981 Daniel Webster Prather David 1997 Santa Fe Reser Raymond 1970 Darter Stockinger Paul M. 1962 Sargo Lee Gary J. 1974 Ethan Allen Dame Alvin L. 1970 Sculpin Pinsonneault John 1984 Finback Gahan Christopher P. 1974 Sculpin Kushins Ed 1970 Flasher Pasciuto Robert 1962 Sea Cat Eichelberger Robert MacNeill 1978 Flying Fish Burk James Alfred 1946 Sea Fox Marczak Steven 1982 Flying Fish Benefield Rodney D. 1962 Sea Poacher Garza Carlos 1981 Francis Scott Key Vaughn David H. 1973 Seahorse Lesser Steve 1977 George C. Marshall Wharton Charlie P. 1972 Seahorse Glennon Patrick J. 2015 Georgia Ruchalski Robert 2005 Seawolf Greene Robert 1995 Groton Hellstrom Wayne T. 1970 Segundo Levline Robert E. 1972 Guardfish Schutte Rob L. 1967 Sirago Weyrauch Michael 1972 Gudgeon Simon Gregory John 1993 Spadefish A gathering of Submariners Dickinson John M. 1979 Haddo Larsen Ronald J. 1978 Tang Black Adam 1982 Haddo Dye Anthony Keith 1983 Tecumseh Carlyle Robert B. 1962 Hardhead Eek Dan 1969 Tecumseh WESTERN REGION ROUNDUP Shankland K. C. 1996 Hawkbill Ingersoll LaDorr E. 1971 Tecumseh Jurgensmeier Richard A. 1985 Henry M. Jackson O’Brien James 1975 Tecumseh OCTOBER 17-22 2021 Eberle Robert O. 1984 James Monroe Scott Henry L. 1971 Tecumseh Reno, Nevada Milczarski Edward 1964 James Monroe Nichols David 1971 Theodore Roosevelt Brooks Allen 1986 John C. Calhoun Hotstream Ray 1964 Thomas Jefferson Hodge Harry John 1974 L. Mendel Rivers Derr Edwin C. 1963 Tigrone Davis Bradley A. 2011 Louisiana Goettlicher Mark S. 1967 Tinosa Details at Jadick Harry 1999 Maryland Huskens Ray Allen 1977 Trepang www.wrroundup.com Mason Lawrence J. 2014 Montpelier Bawden Scott Brian 1984 Ulysses S. Grant Ermis Daniel Craig 1975 Nathanael Greene Davis Arthur Associate Panek David A. 1970 Nathanael Greene Ferland Colby Associate Byford David Saxon 1997 Nebraska Jordan Lon R. Associate Onderdonk IV Garret D. 2004 Newport News Mosebey Dennis Associate Seif Richard E. 1994 Newport News Moses Colleen Associate Keeney Brian 1986 Ohio Sefried Barbara Associate Samuelson Jerry O. 1982 Ohio Shaw Robert C. Associate UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS, INC. Proctor Frank C. 1989 Oklahoma City Staab Lynda Associate

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USS Andrew Jackson (SSBN-619) USS Parche (SSN-683) USS Ronquil (SS-396) August 30-September 4, 2021 September 17-19, 2021 August 27-30, 2021 Orlando, FL Charleston, SC Orlando, FL Doc McAllister • (941) 493-7488 David W. Anderson Richard “Ozzie” Osentoski • (734) 671-3439 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

USS Billfish (SSN-676) USS Patrick Henry (SSBN-599) USS Sea Leopard (SS-483) August 23-27, 2021 November 4-7, 2021 August 27-29, 2021 Branson, MO Kings Bay, GA Manitowoc, WI John Martin Dale Dietz • (434) 944-4134 Thomas Cushman • (260) 622-7648 (301) 697-2803 [email protected] [email protected]

USS Chivo (SS-341) USS Raton (SS-270) USS Skate (SSN-578) October 3-7, 2021 September 9-October 3, 2021 August 30-September 3, 2021 Annapolis, MD North Little Rock, AR Orlando, FL Charles Louis McAleer Larry D. Kramer • (360) 697-2842 Bill Anderson • (614) 496-4280 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

USS Chopper (SS-342) USS Remora (SS-487) USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) November 3-7, 2021 November 3-7, 2021 September 8-11, 2021 Mobile, AL St. Marys, GA Bremerton, WA John M. Pearce Robert G. Sharpe Dave Fernandez • (530) 567-5192 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

USS Diablo (SS-479) USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) USS Wyoming (SSBN-742) October 21-24, 2021 November 3-7, 2021 July 23-26, 2021 New London, CT Kingsland, GA Cheyenne, WY David Matthes • (617) 721-4128 Joe White • (405) 410-9206 Brandon Shreffler • (918) 381-0360 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

USS Dogfish (SS-350) October 13-16, 2021 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME – WASHINGTON, D.C. AND GULFPORT MISS. North Little Rock, AR John Cronenberg [email protected] Affordable Independent

USS Grayback (SSG/LPSS/SS-574) Living for Eligible Veterans! August 24-29, 2021 Las Vegas, NV The Armed Forces Retirement Kent Weekly • 951-445-6279 Home is an affordable retirement [email protected] community for eligible veterans who served primarily in the enlisted ranks. USS Henry L. Stimson (SSBN-655) Whether it’s at our scenic, wooded campus October 13-17, 2021 in Washington, DC, or on the beach-side Cincinnati, OH campus in Gulfport, Miss., AFRH offers Dick Young • (513) 353-4992 supportive care and shared camaraderie. [email protected]

USS James Monroe (SSBN-622) INCLUDED: August 16-20, 2021 General Services: Major Amenities: Gulfport, Miss: Branson, MO Medical, Dental & Vision Private Room-Shower Walking Path to Beach Larry Hook Wellness Program Internet-TV connection Outdoor Swimming Pool (610) 554-780 Recreational Activities Deluxe Fitness Center Ocean-view balconies Full Service Library Movie Theater USS John Marshall (SSBN-611) Dining Facility Bowling Center Washington, DC: Computer Center Hobby Shops 9-hole Golf Course August 28-September 5, 2021 Banking Center Orlando, FL Stocked Fishponds Mail Room Scenic Walking Paths Dave Cosgrove • (757) 876-8167 Campus BX/PX [email protected] Barber & Beauty Salon On/Off Campus Shuttle USS Lapon (SS-260/SSN-661) For more information or to obtain an application, August 26-29, 2021 call 800.422.9988 Gatlinburg, TN [email protected] | afrh.gov Raymond Zieverink • (803) 322-6722 3700 N. Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011 [email protected]

42 | American Submariner | Second Quarter 2021 Second Quarter 2021 | American Submariner | 43 ETERNAL PATROL James Frances Curran Walter Jacob Friess Bernard M. Kauderer William D. Milligan Herbert Henry Saunders III Rodney Wells Ewing, NJ Gales Ferry, CT Carlsbad, CA Port St. Lucie, FL Stoughton, MA Fresno, CA Qualified USS Quillback 1955 Qualified USS Sea Owl 1961 Qualified USS Raton 1958 Qualified USS Jallao 1957 Qualified USS Dogfish 1963 Qualified USS Guitarro 1980 Eternal Patrol 3/5/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/23/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/19/2021 Eternal Patrol 11/9/2020 Eternal Patrol 2/3/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/8/2020 There is a port of no return, where ships Anthony V. D’Errico Jr. Dennis W. Fuqua Charles Newton King James Towne Moorehead Leonard E. Sinacore William Welsh Jr. Vallejo, CA Goose Creek, SC Richmond, VA Rochelle, IL Central Islip, NY Mystic, CT May ride at anchor for a little space Qualified USS Angler 1957 Qualified USS Bream 1965 Qualified USS Whale 1969 Qualified USS Bluefish 1945 Qualified USS Trout 1971 Qualified USS Diodon 1950 And then, some starless night the cable slips, Eternal Patrol 1/30/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/7/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/18/2020 Eternal Patrol 1/25/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/22/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/18/2021 George H. Darfus Joseph R. Galaske Laurence Carl Klein Michael J. Naughton Peter M. Smith Stuart Allen Wharton Leaving an eddy at the mooring place... Melbourne, FL Imperial, MO Perrysburg, OH Gaithersburg, MD Walla Walla, WA Amanda, OH Qualified USS Wahoo 1956 Qualified USS Catfish 1952 Qualified USS Nautilus 1966 Qualified USS Baya 1967 Qualified USS Daniel Boone 1965 Qualified USS Georgia 1984 Gulls, veer no longer. Sailor rest your oar. Eternal Patrol 11/28/2020 Eternal Patrol 2/24/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/21/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/12/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/26/2020 Eternal Patrol 12/15/2020 No tangled wreckage will be washed ashore. John A. Dasch Joseph William Gilbert Jr. Joseph Michael Kosater Robert W. Opple Jr. Parke C. Spicer Albert Nicholas Wilmes Pickens, SC Orlando, FL Goose Creek, SC Redmond, WA Preston, CT South San Francisco, CA Qualified USS Sturgeon 1975 Qualified USS Corsair 1951 Qualified USS Haddock 1976 Qualified USS Razorback 1960 Qualified USS Bergall 1957 Qualified USS O-10 1944 Eternal Patrol 10/20/2020 Eternal Patrol 2/5/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/3/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/11/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/8/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/9/2021 Ted Austin Anthony Harvey Keith Caraway Kenneth DeKing Tony A. Gray David W. Lane Jesse William Parvo Charles W. Steed William H. Wood Lake Alfred, FL Fort Worth, TX Sun City Center, FL Oskaloosa, IA Niantic, CT Newport, RI San Jose, CA Ocala, FL Qualified USS Sea Poacher 1954 Qualified USS Ray 1970 Qualified USS Thornback 1957 Qualified USS Rock 1965 Qualified USS Conger 1962 Qualified USS Angler 1957 Qualified USS Charr 1959 Qualified USS Stonewall Jackson 1966 Eternal Patrol 12/26/2020 Eternal Patrol 1/24/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/5/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/9/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/8/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/18/2020 Eternal Patrol 3/4/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/9/2021 Ellis Arnon Augsburger Russell Carrel Jr. Theodore John Diebold Gary Charles Grimes Don Bradley Law Richard Monroe Paul Richard Stevenson Lawrence H. Woods Stow, OH Pleasant Prairie, WI Rockland, ME Lorton, VA Windsor Locks, CT Dalton, MA Woodland Park, CO Brooksville, FL Qualified USS Hawkbill 1944 Qualified USS Croaker 1961 Qualified USS Blackfin 1969 Qualified USS Diodon 1966 Qualified USS Whale 1944 Qualified USS R-6 1944 Qualified USS Sam Houston 1964 Qualified USS Trutta 1958 Eternal Patrol 1/31/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/11/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/1/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/15/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/24/2020 Eternal Patrol 2/27/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/24/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/6/2021 Carl N. Bartman John Carroll Carrothers Jr. John S. Distefano Morris Carl Gulbrandson John Henry Lehman Jr. David L. Payne George Winfield Stott Jr. Ernest C. Woods Jr. Belgrade, MT Clarksville, TN Southampton, NY Ocala, FL Frederick, MD East Peoria, IL Kanehoe, HI Diamond Springs, CA Qualified USS Bluegill 1960 Qualified USS Angler 1960 USS George Washington Carver Qualified USS Cobbler 1956 Qualified USS Barb 1944 Qualified USS Picuda 1957 Qualified USS Grouper 1956 Qualified USS Carbonero 1952 Eternal Patrol 2/5/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/5/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/9/2021 Eternal Patrol 10/18/2020 Eternal Patrol 3/5/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/12/2021 Eternal Patrol 7/16/2016 Eternal Patrol 12/21/2020 Charles Henry Bishop Jr. Edward Caudill John R. Donnelly Carl J. Hansen Frank Delano Lloyd Richard Bruce Perkins Christopher E. Thayer James T. Wright Show Low, AZ Yulee, FL South Plainfield, NJ Park Ridge, NJ Marengo, OH Pittsburg, NH Kingston, NY Ardmore, PA Qualified USS Bugara 1961 Qualified USS Silversides 1979 Qualified USS Blenny 1950 Qualified USS Halfbeak 1964 Qualified USS Angler 1966 Qualified USS Sea Robin 1959 Qualified USS Philadelphia 1995 Qualified USS Halfbeak 1956 Eternal Patrol 1/29/2021 Eternal Patrol 11/15/2020 Eternal Patrol 2/23/2021 Eternal Patrol 3/10/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/27/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/10/2020 Eternal Patrol 1/19/2021 Eternal Patrol 3/5/2021 Charles E. Bond Joseph Edward Chappell Jr. Ralph Frederick Droster Mason Repass Hardin Joe L. Lopez Jr. Edward Kibler Pleming Jr. Ronald Eugene Thompson Englewood, FL Weeki Wachee, FL Milton, FL Galax, VA La Mirada, CA Longview, WA Albert Lea, MN IN MEMORIAM Qualified USS Spikefish 1953 Qualified USS Theodore Roosevelt 1963 Qualified USS Carp 1957 Qualified USS Cubera 1960 Qualified USS Redfish 1952 Qualified USS Sea Fox 1946 Qualified USS Sea Poacher 1965 Eternal Patrol 2/8/2021 Eternal Patrol 11/13/2020 Eternal Patrol 11/20/2020 Eternal Patrol 11/22/2020 Eternal Patrol 1/31/2021 Eternal Patrol date unknown Eternal Patrol 1/17/2021 Jon Barker Glenn Leonard Boom Bobbie Dean Chenowith Ronald T. Dunwoodie Daniel R. Harrison Clarence R. Mackey Robert L. Powell George Diran Tookmanian Maineville, OH Fairhope, AL Bushnell, FL Inverness, FL Ranchos De Taos, NM Calumet, MI Sahurita, AZ Ocala, FL Associate Qualified USS Pickerel 1952 Qualified USS Quillback 1962 Qualified USS Patrick Henry 1961 Qualified USS Queenfish 1970 Qualified USS Spikefish 1960 Qualified USS Entemedor 1961 WWII Sub Relief Crew Passed 1/30/2021 Eternal Patrol 9/30/2020 Eternal Patrol 2/18/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/24/2021 Eternal Patrol 3/11/2021 Eternal Patrol 6/28/2016 Eternal Patrol 1/29/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/17/2021 Forest E. Harrell John Boreczky Jr. James William Clepper Jon-David Edwards John E. Harrison Michael A. Martelli William Racquer Lee Wray Trunkhill Vilonia, AR Lusk, WY Friendswood, TX Groton, CT Clearwater, FL Honolulu, HI Las Vegas, NV Snohomish, WA Associate Qualified USS Toro 1958 Qualified USS Darter 1944 Qualified USS City of Corpus Christi 1992 Qualified USS Tilefish 1950 Qualified USS Sea Fox 1960 Qualified USS Daniel Boone 1967 Qualified USS Spinax 1960 Passed 10/2/2020 Eternal Patrol 5/29/2020 Eternal Patrol 1/16/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/30/2020 Eternal Patrol 2/1/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/10/2021 Eternal Patrol 4/26/2020 Eternal Patrol 11/29/2020 Francis D. Tyson George W. Boyle Sr. Donald Cole Jack L. Elarton Henry Howard Hayes Enrique G. Martinez Louis Clyde Reynolds Richard Denton Vanduzer III Scranton, PA Pensacola, FL Liberty, MO Magnoia, MS Grand Junction, CO Winter Park, FL Avondale, AZ Pacific Palasades, CA Associate Qualified USS Nautilus 1957 Qualified USS Pompon 1958 Qualified USS USS Grampus 1962 Qualified USS Sea Cat 1960 Qualified USS Halibut 1965 Qualified USS Tilefish 1952 Qualified USS Charr 1953 Passed 1/20/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/6/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/16/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/11/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/12/2020 Eternal Patrol 1/22/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/3/2021 Eternal Patrol 9/9/2019 Gerald Adelbert Brinkman Roland Kenneth Conklin Carl Leon Eubanks Robert S. Henry Charles E. Mayer Richard A. Riddle William Axtell VanVleet Jr. Inman, SC Pepin, WI Hot Springs, AR Livermore, CA Washington, DC Harrison City, PA Everson, WA Qualified USS Stonewall Jackson 1975 Qualified USS Guavina 1954 Qualified USS Balao 1953 Qualified USS Sea Poacher 1960 Qualified USS Scamp 1964 Qualified USS Grayback 1958 Qualified USS Bluegill 1958 Eternal Patrol 2/15/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/8/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/5/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/22/2021 Eternal Patrol 3/8/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/23/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/15/2021 Edward L. Burchfield Louis Costa Gerald L. Farr Jack Livingston Herron Herbert C. McCarter Kenneth Welcome Robertson Patrick Thomas Vermaaten Hampton, CT Providence, RI Summerville, SC Seal Beach, CA Lansdale, PA Louisburg, NC Marietta, OH Qualified USS Barbe 1976 Qualified USS Tirante 1955 Qualified USS Sea Owl 1963 Qualified USS Atule 1946 Qualified USS Tench 1960 Qualified USS John C. Calhoun 1965 Qualified USS Seawolf 1961 Eternal Patrol 1/24/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/20/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/24/2021 Eternal Patrol 2/26/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/10/2020 Eternal Patrol 11/13/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/18/2020 Ross Edward Butler Richard H. Cox William C. Finley Charles Herbert Horne Robert Donald McKnight Jr. Benjamin Arthur Rollison Jr. Peter R. Wagner Price, UT Idaho Falls, ID Sharonville, OH Ocala, FL Vallejo, CA San Diego, CA Green Valley, AZ Qualified USS Stickleback 1952 Qualified USS Aspro 1958 Qualified USS Cobbler 1950 Qualified USS Barracuda 1956 Qualified USS Pickerel 1956 Qualified USS Piper 1957 Qualified USS Simon Bolivar 1966 Eternal Patrol 3/6/2021 Eternal Patrol 1/19/2021 Eternal Patrol 6/29/2014 Eternal Patrol 11/19/2020 Eternal Patrol 2/10/2021 Eternal Patrol 3/8/2021 Eternal Patrol 3/15/2020 James Brad Canutt Ernest LeRoy Cummings James Harold Finney Stephen Frederick Hough Thomas Irvine Miller David R. Ross Michael B. Ward Newark, CA Gillette, WY Hampton, GA Glendale, AZ Wichita, KS Fayetteville, AR Murrells Inland, SC Qualified USS Spinax 1957 Qualified USS Hardhead 1963 Qualified USS Diodon 1960 Qualified USS Cubera 1962 Qualified USS Guitarro 1971 Qualified USS Nautilus 1960 Qualified USS Bergall 1969 Eternal Patrol 9/24/2020 Eternal Patrol 3/9/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/29/2020 Eternal Patrol 2/11/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/7/2020 Eternal Patrol 1/30/2021 Eternal Patrol 12/14/2020

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