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UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS INCORPORTATED PALMETTO BASE NEWSLETTER January 2014 OUR CREED: To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds, and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and its constitution. UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS INCORPORTATED PALMETTO BASE NEWSLETTER January 2014 1 Lost Boats 3 Picture of the Month 12 Featured World War II Submarine Commanding Officer of the Month 14 CO’s Stateroom 16 XO’S Stateroom 17 Members 18 Honorary Members 18 Meeting Minutes 19 Base Contacts 20 Birthdays 20 Welcome 20 Binnacle List 20 Quote of the Month 20 Word of the Month 20 Member Profile of the Month 21 Traditions of the Naval Service 24 Dates in U.S. Naval History 25 U.S. Submarine History 29 Submarine Memorials 47 Monthly Calendar 48 Submarine Trivia 59 Advertising Partners 50 2 USS Scorpion (SS-278) Lost on Jan 5, 1944 with the loss of 77 officers and men in the East China Lost on: Sea, on her 4th war patrol. It is assumed she was sunk by a mine. NavSource.org US Navy Official Photo Class: SS 212 Commissioned: 10/1/1942 Launched: 7/20/1942 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Scorpion was lost with all hands.76 men lost. Sunk by possible Japanese mine in NavSource.org the Yellow Sea off China. Crew Listing EM2 James Shirley Alexander S1 Harold Frederick Christman SC3 Charles Whitney Appleton TM2 Jack Earl Clough SC1 Lorren Lee Bausman MoMMC Theodore Thomas Cornelius S1 Hollis Fields Bell RMC Joseph William Cunningham LT(jg) Robert Thomas Brown TM3 Lawrence William Deane QM1 Rufus Hardy Bynum StM1 Raymond Palmer Dews EM2 Robert Joseph Chamberlain ENS Vincent Robert Drake 3 LT(jg) Robert Brent Drane LT (XO) Canterbury Brooke Pierce TM2 Ernest Lee Echorst YN3 Robert Marion Rairden LT(jg) Richmond Hazen Ellis EMC Wilbert Lloyd Randolph MoMM1 Edward Joseph English EMC Jack Presley Rawlings S1 Lee Mainert Faber LCDR Reginald Marbury Raymond QM2 James Augustus Fasnacht S1 Frederic James Robiliard MoMM1 Lyle Duane Faustman TM2 Thomas Edward Roche St3 Nearest Fergerson S2 Albert Vivian Rowe QMC William Andrew, Jr. Flaherty S1 Bill Saunders GM2 John Francis Glazier LT Donald Stone Scheu EM2 Paul Lester Harvey CDR (CO) Maximilian Gmelich Schmidt F2 Robert Delbert, Jr. Harvey MoMM1 Daniel Arthur Seaman TM1 Jean Thomas Heidenrich EM1 William Irving Sears MoMM1 Carl Pierce Heinz TM3 Mark Walter Setvate MoMM3 David Alexander Himes F1 James Shake S2 Frank Edwin Hood PhM1 Irvin Sidney Shapiro GMC Carl Merton Hund MoMM3 Paul DeSales Shea TM3 Robert Emmet Hutchinson MoMM3 Russell Oras Sink MoMM2 George Edward Ingram TM3 Samuel Raygene Skelton S2 Robert Louis Jacobs RM3 Donald Elwood Smith MoMMC Nicholas Leo Koster TM3 Joseph Francis Smith MoMM3 Edward Krowczykowicz MoMMC Charles Ray Spears MoMM2 Walter Clarence Labarthe MoMM1 Edgar Allen Sturges TM2 Billie Eugene Larimore EM1 Wilbur Everett Tarbell MoMM2 Robert William Lloyd RM3 Jack Townsend CCS Lawrence Anthony Manganello TM1 Raymond Vincent Udick RM1 Stanley Edward Matthews TM2 Jack Leroy Voorhees MoMM1 Russell Kenneth McMillan FC3 Rudolph Fred Weidenbach RT2 Frank Angus, Jr. McNally MoMM3 Robert Roland Williford EM2 Paul Judson, Jr. Miller LT Raymond Joseph, Jr. Wise QM2 Howard William Morgan MoMM2 Robert Lee, Sr. Womack EM2 Lyle Edward Mosbey RM1 Karl Zimmermann 4 USS Argonaut (SS-166) Lost on Jan 10, 1943 with the loss of 105 officers and men off Rabaul, on her 3rd war patrol. While attacking a convoy, she torpedoed a Jap destroyer Lost on: who along with 2 other destroyers depth charged her. As she tried to surface, the destroyers sunk her by gun fire. Navy Photo / NavSource.com BC Patch Class: SS 166 Commissioned: 4/2/1928 Launched: 10/10/1927 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 381 , Beam: 34 #Officers: 8, #Enlisted: 80 Fate: On Jan. 10, 1943 Argonaut was forced to the surface by the depth charges from 3 Jap Destroyers and she was destroyed with all hands by surface fire.105 officers and men went down with the submarine. NavSource.org 5 Crew Listing YN1 Charles Henry Alexander ENS George Howard Kocis QM2 Robert Dean Alexander TM3 Frank Manley Koller LT Robert Walker Allen TM2 Guy Edwin Lauder MoMMC Charles Hugh Baker MoMM2 George Elmer Lay S1 Robert Norman Ball EM1 Charles Cecil Leaverton EMC Thomas Walter Beecham RM3 Kenneth Richard Legler MA1 Marcelino Taclob Bergado RMC Lawrence Dewain Leland MoMM2 John Ben Bodak EM3 Frederick Henderson Lewis MM3 Frank Howard Bowers MoMMC Harold Luke Logan LT Gordon Albert Bowker EM2 George Alvin Lokey MoMMC Robert Henry Boyt MA1 Zody Leyritana Los Banes MoMM2 Malcolm Marion Brooks TM1 Richard Martin, Jr. Maloney MoMM2 Milton Victor Brown MA2 Paulino Pascual Martin MoMM2 Crawford Keller Campbell EM3 Elmo McClelland MoMM1 Stanley Herbert Carlisle EM2 Robert Henry Miller MoMMC Walter Arnoldus Cartmell S1 Walter Fred, Jr. Miller GMC Charles Joseph Cerrinack LT(jg) Blaine Gilmore Miltner RM1 Ivan Bush Corbin FC3 Thomas Moore Morgan F2 Alfred Cox S1 William Hugh, Jr. Myers GM3 Rodney Charles Davidson S1 Thomas Anthony, Jr. Narrow S2 Warren Walter Davis EM3 Roland Franklin Nichols MoMM2 Donald Henry Dischner OS2 Percy James Olds LT John Leak, Jr. Everett S1 Billie Butler Parker MoMM2 Dario Frank Facchini MoMM2 Theodore Parker S2 John Ferentz RM2 Rolla, Jr. Parsons S1 Charles Venable Ferguson EM3 James Wallace Peevey BM2 George William Finley LCDR (CO) John Reeves Pierce GM1 William Daniel Fitzgerald MM3 Wayne Louis Pritchard BM2 John Gasko EMC Algerd John Rasimas S1 John Adam, Jr. Gilliland SM2 Paul Byron Remillard GM2 Ray Lester Goshorn LT (XO) Robert Neal Robertson S2 Virgil Eugene Hall GMC Harold Lomani Rolland EM2 Edward John Hansen S1 Gerald Mann Rollins TM3 Robert Norris Harbison CSC Lupe Romero SC3 Ernest Hutton Harrison MoMM1 Marion Francis Roup MoMM2 Dennis Russell Hartman MoMM2 James B. Rule MoMM2 Francis Marion Hogg TM3 Fred Edsal Schempp RM1 Billy John Hudson RM3 Walter Francis Seidman S2 Ray Hunter MoMM2 Hugo Joseph Serafini CQM George Stanley, Sr. Jenkins YN2 David Carrol Sheeks S2 Gerald Kaplan MoMM1 Elwin William Sigler PhM1 Frederick Graybill Kaylor LT Forrest White Simoneau MoMM1 James Arthur Kelley BMC Thomas Luther Smith SC1 Harold Kessinger MoMM2 John Robert Spaeth QM3 Arthur Lanham Knapp GM2 Jason Stanley 6 OC2 Willie David Thomas TM2 Clifford Charles, Jr. White S1 Henry John Tinling S1 Thomas Allen White GM1 Julius Vesmas TM3 Roy Windfred Williams MoMM1 William Edward Vierling GM1 William Denman Winsor MoMM2 Earle Jentoft Wagner MM3 Robert Donald Wylie MM3 William George Wehner SC3 Edward Lawrence Zintz 7 USS Swordfish (SS-193) Lost on Jan12, 1945 with the loss of 83 officers and men somewhere near Lost on: Okinawa, on her 13th war patrol. Probably was lost to a mine. US Navy Official Photo NavSource.org Class: SS 188 Commissioned: 7/22/1939 Launched: 4/1/1939 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 311, Beam: 27 #Officers: 5, #Enlisted: 50 Fate: After repeated attempts to contact Swordfish by radio had failed, she was NavSource.org reported as presumed lost, the victim of unknown causes. 89 men lost. 8 Crew Listing CSC Arthur Abrahamson TM3 Jack Edwin Haynes MoMM2 Roy Gordon Arold MoMM2 Ray Holland PhM3 Donald Baeckler LT Robert Darlington, Jr. Hoopes MoMM1 Gilbert Speight Baker MoMM3 Fred Alfred Hrynko RM1 Joseph James Basta LTjg Robert Laurin Janes F1 Mack Bates MoMM3 Robert Eugene Johnson LCDR Daniel Sparks, Jr. Baughman PhoM3 Stephan John Johnson S1 Claude Joseph Benbennick F1 John Robert Kelly MoMM2 Michael Billy St3 Vernon Kirk RM3 Joseph Roger Leo Blanchard MoMM3 William Edward Kohler MoMM2 LeRoy Joseph Bleasdell MM2 Richard Brissett Kremer MoMM3 Wesley Clement Bogdan TM3 Roy Earl, Jr. Kroll MoMM3 Andrew Earl Braley F1 Hollis Oyer Lauderdale SC1 Robert Joseph Brown MoMM3 Douglas Cleveland Lindsay RTC Fred Morcombe, Jr. Cauley YNC Gerald Augusta Looney EM2 Allan Daniel Clark S1 Russell LoPresti TM3 Timothy Joseph Connors TM3 John Joseph, Jr. Madden RM3 Marshall Edward, Jr. Cox ENS Paul Marvin LT Robert Francis Daly EM2 James Mosco Mayfield EM2 Herman Watson Davis RT3 Morriss Franklin McCaffrey LT John Valentine Delladonna FC2 William Thomas, Jr. Meacham TM2 Warren Dillon CDR (CO) Keats Edmund Montross S1 Gordon Kraft Draga GM2 Kenneth Eugene Pence EM2 Loris Henry Duncan BM2 Fremont Petty MoMM1 Emory Webster, Sr. Dunton PhM1 Gordon Ralph Plourd BK3 Leonard Oscar Echols ENS Claude Lee Pollard TM2 George Vyell Edwards S1 Earl W., Jr. Preston EM3 Robert Lesslie Emmingham LCDR (XO) John Briscoe Pye GM3 Eugene Raymond Fausset MoMM3 Harry Newman, Jr. Robinson S1 Kenneth Ferdinand Feiss QMC William Eugene Russell TM1 Eugene James Forsythe LT Karl DeWitt Schwendener S1 John Gerald Fowler COX William Siskaninetz EM1 Nick Funk QM3 James Adam Skeldon SM2 Emery Andrew, Jr. Galley MoMMC Clifford Francis Slater QM2 Dee Edward, Jr. Gambrell MoMM2 Mike Soffes MoMM3 Eleazar Garza EM3 Frank Herbert, Jr. Spencer S1 Bernard Joseph, Jr. Geraghty MoMM1 Wallace Greeley Statton MoMM2 Howard Marshal Gilfillan TM2 Harold Albert Stone MoMM1 John Vincennes Graf EM3 Fred A. Tarbox RM3 George Patrick Graham S1 James Frank Taylor StM1 William Penn Grandy TM3 Elwood Kenneth Van Horn EM1 Ralph Lewis Hafter TM2 Arnold John Wagner EMC Charles Edwin Hall TM1 Thurman August Williams MoMM1 Ralph Walter Haserodt EM3 Joseph Edwin Wren EM3 Winslow Carlton Haskins 9 USS S-36 (SS-141) Lost on Jan 20, 1942 with no loss of life, on her 2nd war patrol. She ran Lost on: hard aground on a reef and radioed for help. The entire crew was rescued by a Dutch ship after they scuttled her.
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