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Venting Sanitary Inboard Commander's VENTING SANITARY INBOARD Issue 262, May 2016 OUR CREED: FORWARD BATTERY “To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates BASE COMMANDER who gave their lives in George Hudson pursuit of their duties 503.843.2082 while serving their [email protected] country. That their dedication, deeds, and VICE COMMANDER supreme sacrifice be a Jay Agler constant source of 503.771.1774 motivation toward greater accomplishments. SECRETARY Pledge loyalty and Bill Long patriotism to the United 503.939.4134 States of America and its Constitution.” TREASURER Mike Worden 503.708.8714 CHAPLAIN/NOMINATION COMMITTEE CHAIR CCOOMMMMAANNDDEERR’’SS LLOOGG Scott Duncan 503.667.0728 Sadly, in March and April we lost four members of our submarine family: CHIEF OF THE BOAT Bill Heagy, Joe Noecker, Dusty Knight and Pat Friauf, loving partner of Bob Arlo Gatchel Jackson. You will read their memorials in this month’s newsletter. Our 503.771.0540 condolences go out to their families, and they will be missed by their WAYS & MEANS OFFICER submarine family. Vacant On a happier note, we had a great time at our annual Submarine Birthday MEMBERSHIP CHAIR/SMALL th STORES BOSS Luncheon at the Claim Jumper Restaurant on April 9 . We had a great Dave Vrooman party, good food, and made some entertaining noise for the other patrons 503.466.0379 with our ship’s bell and submarine klaxon. We swore in our new Blueback PUBLICITY & SOCIAL CHAIR Secretary, Bill Long. We also inducted Jack Dent into the Holland Club, Gary Schultz, Jr. marking his fiftieth year of being qualified in submarines. Our outgoing 503.666.6125 Secretary, Dennis Smith, won the auction for a signed copy of the book BYLAWS CHAIR/PAST BASE Empire Rising written by Rick Campbell, a retired submarine officer. COMMANDER Ray Lough More Holland Club Inductions: 360.573.4274 TRUSTEE Jack Dent was inducted into the Holland Club at our birthday lunch, but Gary Webb 503.632.6259 three other Blueback members were also inducted by mail because they couldn’t make it to the meeting. The other three inductees are: John NEWSLETTER EDITOR Robbins of Bend, Oregon; Jack Ruffer of Roseburg, Oregon; and Ron Alan Brodie 360.247.6640 Schumacher of San Antonio, Texas. HISTORIAN/POC/ALL- AROUND GOOD GUY Bob Walters 503.284.8693 (See “Commander’s Log,” Page 10) OONN EETTEERRNNAALL PPAATTRROOLL:: BBOOAATTSS LLOOSSTT IINN TTHHEE MMOONNTTHH OOFF MMAAYY USS Lagarto (SS-371) Following type training out of Norfolk, she got underway on 15 Class: Balao Class February 1968 for a Mediterranean deployment. She operated Launched: 28 May 1944 with the 6th Fleet, into May, then headed west. On 21 May she Commissioned: 14 October 1944 indicated her position to be about 50 miles south of the Azores. Six Builder: Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., days later, she was reported overdue at Norfolk. Manitowoc, Wisconsin Length: 311’ 9” A search was initiated, but, on 5 June, Scorpion and her crew Beam: 27’ 3” were declared "presumed lost." Her name was struck from the Lost on 3 May 1945 Navy Vessel Register on 30 June. 88 Men Lost The search continued, however; and, at the end of October, the Navy's oceanographic research ship, Mizar (T-AGOR 11) located On April 12, 1945, Lagarto departed the submarine base at Subic sections of Scorpion’s hull in more than 10,000 feet of water about Bay for her second and final war patrol. She had been ordered to 400 miles southwest of the Azores. Subsequently, the Court of patrol in the South China Sea. In late April she was directed to Inquiry into her disappearance was reconvened and other vessels, move to the outer part of the Gulf of Siam, where she would team including the submersible Trieste, were dispatched to the scene. up with USS Baya (SS-318) to conduct a coordinated patrol. On May 2, 1945, once on station in their new area, Baya sent Lagarto However, despite the myriad of data and pictures collected and a contact report on a convoy consisting of one tanker, one studied, the cause of her loss remains a mystery. auxiliary, and two destroyers. Lagarto later reported being in contact with the convoy, and began positioning for an attack USS Squalus (SS-192) with Baya. Later that night Baya reported she had attempted an Class: Sargo Class attack on the convoy, but was driven off by gunfire from the Launched: 14 September 1938 enemy escorts. Commissioned: 1 March 1939 Builder: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Early on the morning of May 3, 1945, Lagarto and Baya met to Kittery, Maine discuss attack plans. The two submarines exchanged contact Length: 310’ 6” reports during the day. Baya attempted a midnight attack, but Beam: 26’ 10” was driven off by the alert Japanese escorts. On May 4, 1945, Baya Lost on 23 May 1939 tried to contact Lagarto, but received no reply. Lagarto was never 26 Men Lost heard from again. On 12 May 1939, following a yard overhaul, Squalus began a series Japanese records indicate that during the night of May 3-4, 1945, of test dives off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. After successfully the minelayer Hatsutaka conducted a depth-charge attack completing 18 dives, she went down again off the Isles of Shoals against a U. S. submarine near Lagarto's known location. The on the morning of 23 May at 42°53′N 70°37′W. Failure of the main depth-charging occurred in thirty-fathom water, a depth at which induction valve caused the flooding of the aft torpedo room, both the submarine would have had little chance for evasion. The engine rooms, and the crew's quarters, drowning 26 men Lagarto thus became the victim of an alert and aggressive immediately. Quick action by the crew prevented the other antisubmarine crew. The fatal attack occurred at 07° 55' N, 102° compartments from flooding. Squalus bottomed in 243 feet (74 m) 00' E, in the Gulf of Thailand. of water. On August 10, 1945, Lagarto was listed as overdue from patrol and Squalus was initially located by her sister ship, Sculpin. The two presumed lost with all hands. On September 1, 1945, she was submarines were able to communicate using a telephone marker stricken from the Naval Vessel Register. Lagarto earned one battle buoy until the cable parted. Divers from the submarine rescue ship star for her service in World War II. Falcon began rescue operations under the direction of the salvage and rescue expert Lieutenant Commander Charles B. USS Scorpion (SSN-589) “Swede” Momsen using the new McCann Rescue Chamber. Class: Skipjack Class Launched: 29 December 1959 The divers were able to rescue all 33 surviving crew members from Commissioned: 29 July 1960 the sunken submarine. Four enlisted divers, Chief Machinist's Mate Builder: Electric Boat Company, William Badders, Chief Boatswain's Mate Orson L. Crandall, Chief Groton, Connecticut Metalsmith James H. McDonald and Chief Torpedoman John Length: 252’ 0”” Mihalowski, were awarded the Medal of Honor for their work Beam: 31’ 10” during the rescue and subsequent salvage. Lost on 22 May 1968 99 Men Lost Following her salvage she was renamed and recommissioned on 15 May 1940 as USS Sailfish. On 1 February 1967, Scorpion entered the Norfolk Naval Shipyard for an extended overhaul. In late October, she commenced refresher training and weapons system acceptance tests. (See “Boats Lost in the Month of May,” Page 3) Venting Sanitary Inboard – Page 2 BBOOAATTSS LLOOSSTT IINN TTHHEE MMOONNTTHH OOFF MMAAYY (Continued From Page 2) USS Stickleback (SS-415) and a torpedo retriever boat in the Hawaiian area. The exercises Class: Balao Class continued into the afternoon of the next day when the submarine Launched: 1 January 1945 completed a simulated torpedo run on Silverstein. As Stickleback Commissioned: 29 March 1945 was going to a safe depth, she lost power and broached Builder: Mare Island Naval Shipyard, approximately 200 yards (180 m) ahead of the destroyer escort. Vallejo, California Length: 311’ 10” Silverstein backed full and put her rudder hard left in an effort to Beam: 27’ 4” avoid a collision but holed the submarine on her port side. Lost on 28 May 1958 Stickleback’s crew was removed by the retriever boat and No Loss of Life combined efforts were made by Silverstein, Sabalo, Sturtevant, and Greenlet to save the stricken submarine. The rescue ships put Stickleback was recommissioned on 6 September 1946 and served lines around her, but compartment after compartment flooded at San Diego, California as a training ship until entering the Mare and, at 18:57 on 29 May 1958, Stickleback sank in 1,800 fathoms Island Naval Shipyard on 6 November 1952 for conversion to a (3,300 m) of water. snorkel (GUPPY IIA) type submarine. The vessel was back at sea on 26 June 1953 and joined Submarine Squadron 7 at Pearl Harbor. Stickleback was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 30 June 1958. For the next four years, the submarine participated in training operations and the development of both defensive and offensive Stickleback was one of four United States Navy submarines lost submarine tactics. On 28 May 1958, Stickleback was participating since the end of World War II. The others were Cochino, Thresher in an antisubmarine warfare exercise with the escort USS Silverstein and Scorpion. Venting Sanitary Inboard – Page 3 May 1-6 .......................................................................... USSVI Western Regional Roundup in Loughlin, Nevada May 8 .................................................................................................................................................... Mother’s Day May 12 .................... Base Meeting (1900 at VFW Post 4248, 7118 SE Fern St, Portland - No Chow this Month) May 21 ........................................................................................................................................ Armed Forces Day May 30 ............ Memorial Day Ceremony/Tolling of the Boats at Beaverton Veterans Memorial Park (1100) June 6.........................................................................................................................
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