Base Commander Past Base Commanders John Dudas 4450 West Pine Ridge Blvd
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Nature Coast Scuttlebutt USSVI Sturgeon Base, Crystal River, Florida January 2004 _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Base Commander Past Base Commanders John Dudas 4450 West Pine Ridge Blvd. Beverly Hills, Fl. 34465-8909 Dale Danielsen, (352) 732-4180, [email protected] (352) 527-8149 Richard Dorff, (352) 382-9059, [email protected] [email protected] Vice Commander David Garraway 9016 East Gospel Island Road Sturgeon Base Web Site Inverness, FL. 34450 http://donmac.org/sturgeon.htm (352) 726-3774 [email protected] Secretary Fairman Bockhorst 1519 North Lombardo Ave. In This Issue Lecanto, FL. 34461 (352) 746-9486 [email protected] Treasurer Base News Reginald Clarke 5119 North Coralwood Terrace Beverly Hills, FL. 34465 Holland Club & Base Membership (352) 746-3619 [email protected] January Lost Boats List Chief of the Boat Paul Sable 132 West Honey Palm Loop Beverly Hills, FL. 34465 Commanders Comments (352) 489-2714 January Submarine History [email protected] Chaplin Christmas Party Pictures Tyler Montgomery 6133 West Pinedale Circle Crystal River, FL. 34429 (352) 795-0891 [email protected] Historian STORIES Dennis Maita 6607 S. Frankfurter Way Homosassa, FL. 34446 None this issue (352) 621-0622 [email protected] Base Storekeeper Ron Dunwoodie PO Box 2244 Inverness, FL. 34451 Veterans Info (352) 637-6828 [email protected] Newsletter Editor None this issue John P Dudas 4450 W. Pine Ridge Blvd. Beverly Hills, FL. 34465 (352) 527-8149 [email protected] Base Membership Billy Wein 1120 N Beach Park Drive USSVI Base Application Inverness, FL. 34453 (352) 726-5926 [email protected] Holland Club POC Ed Beyers 1595 N. Foxboro Loop Crystal River, FL. 34429 (352) 563-2139 [email protected] Holland Club Members Ed Beyers 1950 USS Irex / SS-482 Holland Club POC for Sturgeon Base George Schimpf 1951 Dale Danielsen 1936 Sea Lion / ASSP-315 USS S-10 / SS-115 Estel Ludlow 1944 Angelo Telesca 1943 USS Atule / SS-403 USS Drum / SS-228 Sturgeon Base Membership Robert “Alan” Arnold Edwin Beyers Fairman Bockhorst Daniel Butler Charles Callahan Reginald Clarke Dale Danielsen Richard Dorff John Dudas Ronald Dunwoodie David Garraway Cliff Gauthier Anthony Gervasi Thomas Hedge William Kelley Boyd Long Estel Ludlow Dennis Maita Sr. John McKee Matthew Morse Wayne Reedy George Renshaw George Robb Paul Sable George Schimpf Stephen Shaw Dick Skiles William Tappan Angelo Telesea Leon Uplinger Billy Wein Bill Whalen Jeffrey Couch James Lyons f January Lost Boats Listing Date of Loss Boat Hull # Cause 05 January USS Scorpion SS-278 Lost with all hands (76 men) by a 1944 possible Japanese mine in the Yellow Sea off China 10 January USS Argonaut SS-166 Lost with all hands (105 men) in the 1943 Java Sea by Japanese surface attack. 12 January USS Swordfish SS-193 Lost with all hands (89 men) by a 1945 possible Japanese surface attack or mine off Okinawa. 20 January USS S-36 SS-141 Destroyed after she ran aground on the 1942 Taka Bakang Reef in Makassar Straight, Indonesia. The crew was rescued 24 January USS S-26 SS-131 Lost with 46 men in the Gulf of Panama, 1942 14 miles west of San Jose Light when USS PC-460 rammed it. 2 men survived f Commander’s Comments I hope everyone’s Christmas and New Years was a great celebration. The Sturgeon Base Christmas Party was a great time. We had 36 people in attendance and a whole pile of toys was gathered for our donation. I took the toys to work for distribution by our housing department who had identified 50 children in need for this holiday. The Toys for Tots program told me to take them there instead of the warehouse and then deliver them there anyway. I saw some of the children walking through the building after receiving their presents – It was a warm and appreciative sight – We did a good thing for the area children – Bravo Zulu to those that gave to this venture. The Christmas Party had a lot of pretty ladies and I couldn’t believe that the guys cleaned up so well. The food and company was excellent. We had a great time mixing and the wives didn’t complain to loudly about the sea stories. We had the two winners of the essay contest along with their parents and grandparents present at the party. Heather and Donovan Foster read their winning essays at dinner. Their acceptance by the crew members was a long round of applause. The kids did an excellent job and their efforts were very well received. Everyone was in agreement that with young people like this participating in their future at the level they showed in the quality of their essay’s, we can be proud of our young people if they are anything like these two. Our next big event will be a joint spring picnic with the Nautilus Base. I would like to see everyone join in and make a success of this venture. There are a great bunch of guys in Ocala who really want to know us better. I hope we forge a strong bond with our fellow shipmates – there are a lot of things we can accomplish together. The District 4 meeting in Jacksonville promises to be a great time. It includes busses to St. Mary’s for a Memorial Service and time at the Submarine Museum. I would like to see a bunch of the Sturgeon Base members there since it is so close to home this year. I have already booked my room – how about joining me for a good time with all of our sister bases in the Southeast. The National Convention in Saratoga Springs is heating up. The Prime Hotel is already booked full and the others are starting to fill. I’ve got the video from them announcing what they intend to do for this convention. If you haven’t seen it, you’re missing a very entertaining and informative presentation by the Saratoga Springs community and what they want to do for us. It’s not far to New London and they are offering trips there if you want to get back and visit the Subase and your old stomping grounds. It just might be as much fun as Reno. We’ll have to start thinking about nominations for a few base officers. Reggie has stated that he has been the treasurer for almost 2 years and is due for some relief. His end of year report balanced right to the penny, so the bookwork is in good order for the next treasurer. We’ll do some research to see how long everyone has served and let you know. At some point we will have to hold elections, so please consider helping the base out and volunteering for a nomination when the time comes. It’s always better when everyone helps at some time during their affiliation with any organization. It’s the only way a group can grow because it spreads the experience around to all the members. See Ya All At The January Meeting. John Dudas MMCS(SS) USN RET Sturgeon Base Commander f January Submarine History 01/11/1901 Keel is laid for the USS A 7 (SS 8). 01/12/1903 USS A 2 Adder (SS 3) is commissioned. 01/14/1903 USS A 5 Pike (SS 6) is launched. 01/17/1903 USS A 4 Moccasin (SS 5) is commissioned. 01/01/1904 Keel is laid for the USS O 5 (SS 66). 01/06/1912 USS F 3 Pickerel (SS 22) is launched. 01/06/1912 USS F 4 Skate (SS 23) is launched. 01/10/1912 USS G 2 (SS 27) is launched. 01/27/1912 Keel is laid for the USS K 4 (SS 35). 01/16/1914 USS H 3 (SS 30) is commissioned. 01/22/1914 USS G 4 (SS 26) is commissioned. 01/31/1914 USS K 2 (SS 33) is commissioned. 01/08/1915 USS C 1 (SS 9) Grounded in Almaranti Bay. 01/15/1915 USS E 2 (SS 23) Battery explosion. 01/20/1915 USS L 1 (SS 40) is launched. 01/01/1917 Submarine School is established at Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut. 01/16/1917 USS N 2 (SS 54) is launched. 01/07/1918 USS R 18 (SS 95) is launched. 01/19/1918 3 (SS 42) Heavy weather damaged torpedo tube shutters and caused salting of battery. 01/21/1918 USS R 20 (SS 97) is launched. 01/24/1918 USS L 10 (SS 50) One man lost overboard while in transit to Bantry Bay, Ireland. This is our first personnel loss in a war zone. 01/27/1918 USS O 9 (SS 70) is launched. 01/28/1918 USS R 19 (SS 96) is launched. 01/29/1918 Keel is laid for the USS S 6 (SS 111). 01/29/1918 Keel is laid for the USS S 7 (SS 112). 01/11/1919 USS S 32 (SS 137) is launched. 01/18/1919 USS R 3 (SS 80) is launched. 01/18/1919 Keel is laid for the USS S 23 (SS 128). 01/20/1919 Keel is laid for the USS S 9 (SS 114). 01/24/1919 USS R 2 (SS 79) is commissioned. 01/30/1919 USS S 3 (SS 107) is commissioned. 01/08/1920 Keel is laid for the USS S 12 (SS 117). 01/30/1920 USS T 1(SS 52) is commissioned. 01/05/1921 USS S 40 (SS 145) is launched. 01/15/1921 USS S 15 (SS 120) is commissioned. 01/07/1922 USS T 2 AA 2 (SS 60) is commissioned.