January 2020 Volume 21, Issue 1

Lest We Forget — Inside This Issue:

“The USSVI Submariner’s Creed” Meeting minutes 2

To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who Lost Boats 3 gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while Undersea Warfare Hist 3 serving their country. That their dedication, deeds, Sub Balance in 2020s 5 and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of Orca Drone Sub 5 motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the of Contact information 9 America and its Constitution. Application form 10

News Brief 1. Next Meeting: At 1100, third Saturday of each month at the Knollwood Sportsman’s Club. Mark your calendars for these upcoming dates: a. JANUARY 18, 2020 b. FEBRUARY 15 c. MARCH 21 2. Duty Cook Roster: a. JANUARY – 10TH ANNUAL CHILI DUMP b. FEBRUARY – SEE YOUR NAME HERE! c. MARCH – SEE YOUR NAME HERE! 3. January Birthdays: Bob Zorn 5th and Glenn Barts 20th. Happy Birthday, Shipmates! 4. Do you shop on Amazon? Remember to use Amazon Smile for the benefit of our Charitable Foundation. 5. Donate your dolphins for newly-qualified sailors on USS ILLINOIS. Both gold and silver dolphins are needed. See the article on Page 5. The CO and CoB are very excited about our legacy dolphin project. 6. Inclement Weather Policy: Meetings will be held as scheduled for all who can make it with no provision to call members or otherwise cancel.

Crash Dive Meeting Minutes sells wooden models; Herman December 21, 2019 Mueller bought an Ohio-class boomer and an LA-class is on 1. Attendees: order. Available for use at our a. Glenn Barts, Sr. Base events. b. Ted Rotzoll g. Procedures – No report. c. Larry Warnke h. Eagle Scout – One presentation a d. Frank Walter few weeks ago; about five e. Chris Gaines pending. f. Herman Mueller i. Memorial – Glenn Barts reports g. Clay Hill that Frank Voznak has two or h. Manny Garmendez three plaques to deliver. i. Maurice Young 6. Old (Unfinished) Business 2. Meeting was called to order by Clay a. None. Hill at 1114 followed the Pledge of 7. New Business Allegiance and a round of a. Discussed the possibility of all- introductions. electronic distribution but we 3. Chris Gaines gave the Secretary’s prefer to continue printing and Report. mailing the newsletter. Could 4. Glenn Barts gave Treasurer’s Report. consider charging for printing and postage but no resolution. Crash Dive savings $1,173.69; Crash b. Herman Mueller moved and Larry Dive checking $4,414.06; Memorial Warnke seconded to continue Fund checking $25,622.51; Memorial both electronic and postal Savings $5.00. communication including 5. Committee Reports charging postal members for a. Newsletter – Will be posted on printing and postage. Vote was Webpage. unanimous. b. Membership – Send dues to Tom 8. Good of the Order item: Polzin. Contact info on Page 9. a. Duty Cook th c. Community Outreach – No report i. January – 10 Annual Chili d. Hospitality – Wild Game Feast Dump. Chili makers include Saturday, January 25, 2020. Glenn Barts, Frank Walter, Clay Tickets are $25. Anticipate that Hill, guest Cliff (Tony) the kitchen will be operable. Chiovatero, Ted Rotzoll, Larry e. Webmaster – If you have Warnke, Frank Voznak. something to post on the ii. February – NEED volunteer. Website, send it to Frank Voznak. iii. March – NEED volunteer. f. Storekeeper – Calendars are iv. April – Maurice Young. available at $10 each. A new b. 786 Club – store in the mall WoodArt USA i. Next meeting is January 15, 2020. Speaker will be Page 2 Crash Dive Base Rondout - Lake Bluff, IL

Lieutenant General Robert part in Fleet exercises off Walsh, USMC (ret.) Panama. ii. New members welcome;  January 06, 1945 | USS Tuna contact Chris Gaines for (SS-203) began her13th and final information. war patrol as she left , c. Inclement Weather Policy: Marianas Island, to take position Meetings will be held as off the west coast of Borneo. scheduled for all who can make it  January 08, 1983 | USS City of with no provision to call members Corpus Christi (SSN 705) is commissioned with CDR W.G. or otherwise cancel. "Jerry" Ellis in command at Naval d. Manny Garmendez noted that Base Groton, CT. there is a veteran’s resource  January 09, 1942 | USS Pollack center at his school, UWM. It (SS 180) sinks the Japanese may be a good place to recruit. freighter Teian Maru (ex-Yugoslav Suggest a flyer or brochure to Tomislav) 40 miles south- distribute. Clay Hill suggested the southwest of Inubo Saki, . MEPS facility as another  January 11, 1945 | USS recruiting location. Spearfish (SS-190) guns sank a e. Chris Gaines gave an update on sampan. She took 3 Japanese on the upcoming visit to the USS board as prisoners, but one died ILLINOIS. several days later. 9. Adjourn. Maurice Young moved to  January 14, 1945 | USS Cobia (SS adjourn; Larry Warnke seconded. 245) sank the Yurishima Meeting adjourned at 1230. off the southeast coast of Malay. Surfacing to photograph her sinking victim, Cobia was driven under by a Lost Boats Japanese bomber.  January 15, 1943 | USS Wahoo USS Scorpion (SS-278) 1/5/44 (SS 238) began her 3rd war patrol with her escort, USS Patterson (DD USS Argonaut (SS-166) 1/10/43 392). USS Swordfish (SS-193) 1/12/45  January 16, 1945 | USS Tautog USS S-36 (SS-141) 1/20/42 (SS-199) sighted a ship heading toward her and fired a spread of 3 USS S-26 (SS-131) 1/24/42 torpedoes, 1 hit blowing off the enemy's bow. Tautog fired another Undersea Warfare History from a range of 700 yards and Transport No. 15 disintegrated.  January 06, 1923 | USS S-19  January 17, 1942 | USS Whale (SS-124) was recommissioned at (SS 293) sank the Japanese transport Heiyo Maru. Groton, CT., with LCDR. William  January 18, 1945 | USS Plunger J. Butler in command. S-19 (SS 179) sank the Japanese Cargo operated off the Northeastern Ship Eizon Maru. coast of the United States, taking Page 3 Crash Dive Base Rondout - Lake Bluff, IL

The 2020s Will Change The Weapons are where we will see the largest Russian shift. President World Balance HI Sutton, Forbes, January 5 Putin’s drive for super-weapons includes the Zircon hypersonic The new decade will see seismic cruise missile and Poseidon mega shifts in the world of underwater torpedo. More formally described warfare. I believe that several as an Intercontinental Nuclear- trends will converge to change Powered Nuclear-Armed the world submarine balance. Autonomous Torpedo, Poseidon is Reflecting on the decade we've an entirely new class of nuclear emerged from, we can see that weapon. It may steer NATO the writing is already on the wall. submarine thinking in the coming years. Although many of the key have already been The submarine outlook for China is designed or built, it is the next 10 less clear. Although Chinese Navy years when things will shift. This is submarines have been improving, largely because there was a the pace of change is less visible period of slow development that in their massive warship following the Cold War. building program. Possibly the Successive defense cuts and a greater influence of China will be focus on low-intensity land in their exports. Increasingly China conflicts meant that submarines is exporting relatively large were under-invested in. And quantities of AIP (Air-Independent many submarine building Power) submarines. Customers programs were plagued by include Pakistan and Thailand. delays and small orders. Now finally it feels like we are on the For many years the main cusp of something new. submarine exporters have been Germany, France, Russia and Russia's massive effort to Sweden. But this is changing. As modernize its submarine fleet, for well as China, South Korea is many years undernourished, will becoming an exporter and finally bear fruit. They are already Japan has made moves to join operating more assertively in this elite club. Additionally more NATO areas. By 2030 most will be countries are developing much more modern designs, such indigenous submarines, including as the Borei and Yasen classes Turkey, Indonesia, and Vietnam. which are currently entering service. Some may even be the This is perhaps part of the bigger next-generation Laika design. shift in the submarine scene. More

Page 4 Crash Dive Base Rondout - Lake Bluff, IL countries will be building them, could include sowing minefields, and more will be operating them. launching cruise missiles or even For example Myanmar, not a torpedoing enemy ships. country known for submarines, received its first late last year. In 10 years time when we can look back on the 2020s, I suspect And the conventional submarines we will have seen a bigger shift in being built by some of these submarine warfare than we have countries will be cutting edge. so far since the Cold War. Starting with Japan and South Korea, new non-nuclear boats will The U.S. Navy’s New Orca benefit from innovations in battery technology. This will greatly Drone Submarine Could improve stealth and endurance. Get Offensive Role H I Sutton, Forbes, December 17

Of course the other trend we are The U.S. Navy's Boeing Orca underwater expecting is automation. A.I. is drone could play an offensive role in future already playing a part, allowing conflicts. Writing in the highly regarded U.S. undersea drones. And the Naval Institute (USNI) blog, retired difference between a torpedo Commander Brian Dulla argues that the U.S. and a drone may blur as the Navy should invest in mine laying capabilities. former gains higher levels of It's an arena where large drones like the Orca autonomy. could have advantages.

Drones are getting bigger, with Mine warfare feels neglected in the popular categories termed ‘large defense media. It may be perceived as old- displacement unmanned fashioned or uninteresting. The reality can be underwater vehicle’ and XLUUVs - quite different. Put yourself in the mind of a captain whose ship has just strayed into a extra large. The U.S. Navy’s Orca minefield. Or the EOD (explosive ordnance program will probably be the first disposal) diver sent to defuse the mines. Even XLUUV, but expect and Britain low tech or vintage mines pose a very real and Japan to test things out in this threat to modern navies. decade. And China, South Korea (again) and Russia are trying out Commander Dulla's mine proposal is larger AUVs (autonomous innovative. Yet like many good ideas it will underwater vehicles). seem obvious when you read it. He proposes to combines the range, autonomy and Large AUVs will fulfill intelligence flexibility of a UUV (unmanned underwater missions. More impactfully, they vehicle) with the warhead of a mine. This may also adopt offensive roles by allows it to be used as a moored mine that can the end of the decade. These propel itself into position, keeping the launch platform far from harms way. It could also be Page 5 Crash Dive Base Rondout - Lake Bluff, IL used as an extra slow torpedo to target ships Beijing Courts in harbor. Because of its combined features Dulla terms this concept the ‘moor-pedo.’ Micronesia In Push For Rival Base To At the same time, underwater drones are a Tsukasa Hadano, Nikkei Asian Review, hot topic for the Navy. It's a natural pairing December 14 because mine laying is dangerous to perform, especially in the enemy's back yard. Aircraft, BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping ships or submarines are put in harm's way and met with his Micronesian counterpart in distracted from their primary purposes. Beijing on Friday, promising economic Crewless platforms mitigate some of the assistance for infrastructure inherent risks involved. construction, part of China's efforts to chip away at traditional U.S. Although unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) have partnerships in the South Pacific. become a common sight on the battlefield, "China is willing to offer economic and development has been slower in the undersea technical assistance to Micronesia domain. And until now the majority of UUVs within its own capacity," Xi said, used by navies have been very small. To lay a according to the state-run Xinhua News minefield a UUV would have to be much Agency. He added that the countries larger, large enough to carry a useful number should work together in trade, of mines. investment, agriculture, fisheries and infrastructure construction under Not surprisingly the U.S. is the first sea Beijing's Belt and Road infrastructure- power to start building extra-large unmanned building initiative. underwater vehicles (XLUUVs). But other navies are also entering the arena, including Micronesian President David Panuelo Britain and Japan. And China, Russia, and also pledged to expand cooperation in South Korea also have large UUV projects. these areas.

Dulla proposes that the Navy’s large- As Beijing works to undermine the U.S. displacement drones (LDUUV) could be alliance with the South Pacific island employed. The Orca design will be even nations of Micronesia, and the larger and therefore could patrol further and , Beijing is aggressively could carry more. The Orca is up to 85 feet courting strategically located long, an order of magnitude larger than Micronesia. anything else out there as the moment. It has a flexible payload section which is large Officially the Federated States of enough to carry multiple torpedo sized Micronesia, the Pacific island nation is payloads. Initially these could be smaller relatively near the U.S. naval base in UUVs. In the future they could be Tomahawk Guam, which houses nuclear cruise missiles, or as the USNI article implies, submarines and strategic bombers. The mines. federation's Yap Islands are about 700 km away from Guam, and the U.S. Navy

is active in the area.

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Many believe China wants to set up a Marshall Islands and Palau to affirm deployment and refueling hub for its their economic and security vessels in Micronesia to counter the cooperation. American military presence in Guam. Even a purely diplomatic overture Heine issued a statement in September would exert pressure on the U.S. doubling down on the Marshall Islands' ties with . "We've all seen China's Under the Compact of Free Association, attempts to expand its territory and the U.S. provides financial assistance to footprint, and this should be of great Micronesia, Palau and the Marshall concern to democratic countries," she Islands in exchange for them hosting said. U.S. bases. The three Pacific states may not house military bases of other Panuelo met with Japanese Prime countries while the agreements are in Minister Shinzo Abe in Japan, a U.S. place. ally, on Nov. 14. The leaders agreed to work together toward the success of The current compact between the Pacific Islands Leaders Meeting to Micronesia and the U.S. lasts until 2023. be hosted by Japan in 2021. But it faces heavy opposition on the islands, creating an opening for China Russian spy ship lurking to expand its clout. off US coast conducting Meanwhile, Beijing has taken a carrot- ‘unsafe operation’ and-stick approach with Palau, which Shawn Snow, Military Times, December 18 has a diplomatic relationship with Taiwan. China essentially banned U.S. Northern Command and the Coast packaged tours to Palau in 2017. Now, Guard have been tracking a Russian spy some news outlets report it is offering ship equipped with electronic to shoulder the financial aid Palau surveillance gear that has been lurking currently receives from the U.S. if the off the East Coast of the United States. island nation scraps its Taiwan ties in On Monday, the Coast Guard favor of the mainland. sent out a Maritime Safety Information Bulletin warning boaters of reports of China's economic influence is a threat, the Viktor Leonov operating in an Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine “unsafe manner” off the coast of South said in Washington in May, according to Carolina and Georgia. the Pacific Islands Centre. On Tuesday, the Coast Guard said the Russian ship was operating in USCG’s But it is unclear how successful China's Jacksonville, , area of efforts will be, with Pacific nations responsibility, which encompasses appearing to play the two sides against roughly 40,000 square miles of ocean each other in hopes of obtaining the and stretches nearly 190 miles of coast best possible outcome for themselves. from Kings Bay, Georgia, to Port U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Malabar, Florida. visited Micronesia in August, where he “This unsafe operation includes not met with leaders from that country, the energizing running lights while in Page 7 Crash Dive Base Rondout - Lake Bluff, IL reduced visibility conditions, not Davis said about the Leonov in February responding to hails by commercial 2017. vessels attempting to coordinate safe The Russian surveillance ship has passage and other erratic movements,” been spotted conducting operations on the Coast Guard posted on its bulletin. the U.S. submarine base in New London, “Vessels transiting these waters Connecticut, and other Navy bases in should maintain a sharp lookout and use Florida and Virginia as far back as 1998, extreme caution when navigating in the Pentagon previously said. proximity to this vessel. Mariners should “They routinely deploy make reports of any unsafe situations to intelligence vessels worldwide to the United States Coast Guard,” the monitor the activities and particularly Coast Guard said in its safety message. naval activities of other nations, but then Adm. James Foggo III, the again conducted lawfully in international commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe waters and not unlike operations we and U.S. Naval Forces Africa, told conduct ourselves,” Davis said in 2017 reporters Dec. 18 that the Russian spy about the Leonov operating near the ship was operating a “couple hundred” East Coast of the U.S. miles off the East Coast. Foggo said that the Coast Guard North American Aerospace reported that the Russian ship was not Defense Command and U.S. Northern responding to signals or “bridge to Command told Military Times that they bridge” radio communications and was were tracking the Russian ship. running without lights on at sea. “We are aware of Russia’s naval Those actions, Foggo said activities, including the deployment of Wednesday, are risky. these intelligence collection ships in the “NORAD and USNORTHCOM region," Maj. Mark R. Lazane, a closely track vessels of interest, including spokesman with NORTHCOM, told foreign military naval vessels such as the Military Times in an emailed statement. Russian ship VICTOR LEONOV, in our "While we won’t discuss specific area of responsibility,” Lazane said. measures being taken, NORAD and NORTHCOM routinely conduct air and Navy Admiral: Russian maritime operations to ensure the defense of the United States and Submarine Activity Canada,” Lazane said. It’s not the first time the Viktor Highest U.S. Has Seen In Leonov has conducted intelligence a Long Time operations off the East Coast off the U.S. Gina Harkins, Military.com, December 19 In 2017, the Pentagon announced the Leonov was being trailed by a Coast The Navy is seeing a surge in Russian Guard vessel but was operating in submarine activity, and it's posing new international waters. challenges to the U.S. and its NATO allies, a top “This is not something where we U.S. admiral overseeing missions in Europe said. The U.S. Navy is doing more in the have seen where they have entered undersea domain, Adm. James Foggo, territorial waters, and as such it is lawful commander of U.S. Naval Forces Europe and and very similar to operations we do,” Africa, told reporters on Wednesday, as then-Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff submarine competition with Russia heats up. Page 8 Crash Dive Base Rondout - Lake Bluff, IL

"This has been one of the busiest years breakfast event with defense reporters, he said that I can remember, and I've been doing this some of Russia's new subs are excellent since 1983," he said. "... platforms, quiet and very challenging. Russia has continued to put resources The U.S. still has the competitive edge into their undersea domain. It's an asymmetric undersea, but he said more research and way of challenging the West and NATO alliance development is needed to maintain that position and actually they've done quite well." of strength. Exercises with NATO allies are also Russia this fall held a major submarine important, he added. The U.S. and European exercise in the Atlantic. The goal, according to a allies have been participating in new and bigger report from the Barents Observer -- Europe's exercises since Russia's illegal annexation of northernmost English-Russian news outlet -- was Crimea in 2014. for at least eight nuclear-powered subs to get as Last year's iteration of Trident Juncture far out into the North Atlantic without detection. in Norway was the biggest NATO exercise since "Such maneuvers haven't been seen the end of the Cold War. There were 50,000 from the Northern Fleet since the days of the troops, 70 ships, 265 aircraft and 10,000 Cold War," the Barents Observer reported. vehicles. Foggo called the report on the Russian exercise "It sends a message, right?" Foggo said. "fairly accurate." "So if you're President [Vladimir] Putin, you say to "We're seeing a surge in undersea yourself, 'That's a pretty significant force and they activity from the [Russian navy] that we haven't moved it pretty quickly.'" seen in a long time," he said. Last year, more than 2,000 troops from Foggo has for years been warning about 10 NATO countries practiced hunting for subs off the investments the Russians have made in the coast of Norway amid the resurgence of submarine technology. During a Wednesday deep-sea activities from the Russians.

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APPLICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP Regular  Life  Associate  OUR CREED: “To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America & its Constitution.”

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