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Summer2010 AW:Winter2006 HNSA AnchorWatch.qxd 5/17/2010 2:52 PM Page 1 MAY NCHOR JUNE A JULY AUGUST WATCH 2010 The Journal of the Historic Naval Ships Association www.hnsa.org THE RESCUE OF O-19 BY USS COD Summer2010 AW:Winter2006 HNSA AnchorWatch.qxd 5/17/2010 2:52 PM Page 2 2 ANCHOR WATCH HNSA STAFF HNSA BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS Executive Director President CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, USN (Ret) RADM John P. McLaughlin, USS Midway Executive Director Emeritus Vice President CAPT Channing M. Zucker, USN (Ret) Brad King, HMS Belfast Executive Secretary Secretary James W. Cheevers LCDR Sherry Richardson, HMCS Sackville Individual Member Program Manager Treasurer CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, U.S.N. (Ret) COL Patrick J. Cunningham Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park Anchor Watch Editor Jason W. Hall Immediate Past President William N. Tunnell, Jr., USS Alabama/USS Drum USS New Jersey Webmaster HONORARY DIRECTORS Richard S. Pekelney Admiral Thad W. Allen, U.S. Coast Guard International Coordinator Sean Connaughton, MARAD Brad King Admiral Michael G. Mullen, U.S. Navy HMS Belfast Larry Ostola, Parks Canada Vice Admiral Drew Robertson, Royal Canadian Navy Admiral Sir Alan West, GCB DCD, Royal Navy HNSA COMMITTEE DIRECTORS AT LARGE CHAIRPERSONS Captain Terry Bragg USS North Carolina Maury Drummond USS KIDD Annual Conference Co-Chairs Toby Oothoudt, USS Cod Alyce N. Guthrie Patricia Rogers, USS Requin PT Boats, Inc. Awards Terry Miller James W. Cheevers Tin Can Sailors, Inc. United States Naval Academy Museum Associate Member Representative Communications CAPT F. W. "Rocco" Montesano, USN (Ret) Dr. John C. Fakan, USS Cod USS Lexington Curatorial Richard S. Pekelney Ms. Patricia J.Rogers Individual Member Representative Carnegie Science Center Education Timothy C. Rizzuto USS Slater Ms. Karin Hill, The Navy Museum Insurance Patricia Rogers COL Patrick J. Cunningham Carnegie Science Center Buffalo & Erie County Naval & Military Park James Schuck Marketing USS New Jersey Toby Oothoudt USS Cod Submarine Memorial William Sheridan Membership USS Saratoga Museum Foundation CDR Jeffrey S. Nilsson, USN (Ret) Preservation Bruce Smith Port Columbus Civil War Naval Center Joseph W. Lombardi Ocean Technical Services Matt Woods Submarines Intepid Sea, Air and Space Museum William N. Tunnell, Jr. USS Alabama/USS Drum Summer2010 AW:Winter2006 HNSA AnchorWatch.qxd 5/17/2010 2:52 PM Page 3 ANCHOR WATCH 3 THE ANCHOR WATCH TEAM CONTENTS FLOTSAM AND JETSAM, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...4 SUMMER 2010 USS COD, Paul Farace...5 Executive Editor USS LST-325, Bob Jornlin...7 CDR Jeffrey S. Nillson, USN (Ret) BOOK REVIEW, Terry Miller...8 Publisher USS New Jersey, Richard Zimmermann...8 Robert D. Board NEW & RENEWING HNSA MEMBERS...10 Editor Jason W. Hall USS Austin, BROOKLYN NAVY YARD CENTER AT BLDG 92, USS New Jersey Daniella Romano...11 62 Battleship Place Camden, New Jersey 08103 U.S.A. HNSA NEWS & VIEWS, Jeffrey S. Nilsson...12 Tel: 856-966-1652 ext. 201 [email protected] USS HAZARD & USS MARLIN, Carol Applegate...13 Anchor Watch Editors Emeritus ICEBREAKER KRASIN, Aleksey Shutkin Pavel Filin...14 Robert A. Willson OFFICE OF ATLANTIC AREA HISTORIAN, D. Douglas Buchanan, Jr. UNITED STATES COAST GUARD, William H. Thiesen...15 Proofreaders EDITOR GONE A ROVING, Jason W. Hall...16 Jeffrey S. Cary CDR Jeffrey S. Nillson, USN (Ret) USS Laffey, Joseph W. Lombardi...18 Susan M. Nilsson CDR Daniel Soldano, USNR (Ret) AHS Centaur, Peter Nunan...20 Contributing Writers USS MISSOURI, Keith DeMello...21 CAROL APPLEGATE USS OLYMPIA, Edward Colimore...22 EDWARD COLIMORE KEITH DEMELLO TRIVIA CHALLENGE, Alyce N. Guthrie...23 PAUL FARACE ALEKSEY SHUTKIN PAVEL FILIN ALYCE N. GUTHRIE JASON W. HALL The Anchor Watch in COLOR! BOB JORNLIN The Anchor Watch is now available in color on the JOSEPH W. LOMBARDI HNSA website. To see this issue, and past issues, TERRY MILLER in full color, JEFFREY S. NILSSON visit:http://www.hnsa.org/anchorwatch/index.htm PETER NUNAN DANIELLA ROMANO WILLIAM H. THIESEN RICHARD ZIMMERMANN THE COVER DISCLAIMER Right: The crew of the Articles represent the views of the authors USS Cod assist the and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the crew of the stranded Historic Naval Ships Association (HNSA) O-19. Summer2010 AW:Winter2006 HNSA AnchorWatch.qxd 5/17/2010 2:52 PM Page 4 4 ANCHOR WATCH Pacific, began airing on March 14, 2010. Produced by LOTSAM AND ETSAM Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg and Gary Goetzman, The F J Pacific is giving people the opportunity to say thank you to BY JEFFREY S. NILSSON WWII veterans as well as sending greetings of heartfelt thanks to the men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces today. In sixteen HNSA museums, HBO has set up video kiosks which permit the public to use a touch-screen to record their video message. The kiosks are powered by MeTV technology and send messages, via the internet, back to HBO to be used during the miniseries’ broadcasts. The kiosks were in place at the museums until mid-May. On March 15, we held the “mid-winter” HNSA Board meeting at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. It was a very spirited meeting with much participation from all Board members. During the afternoon session, Mr. Hugh aptain Jack Casey, USN (Ret) has officially retired O’Brien (aka Wyatt Earp) gave a presentation on “The as Executive Director of the Battleship Spirit of ‘45” project. Mr. O’Brien is spearheading an Massachusetts Memorial. Mr. Brad King, presently effort to memorialize August 14, 1945, which is the day Cthe Executive Director of the HMS Belfast Museum in World War II ended in Japan. This year marks the 65th London, England, has been selected to replace Capt. Casey. anniversary of the end of the war. One of the re- Brad will assume his new duties in mid-May 2010. Our enactments to take place will be the now famous best wishes go to both Jack in his retirement and to Brad in photograph taken in Times Square, New York City, of the his new position. Mr. Phil Reed, Director of the Churchill sailor kissing the Navy nurse. Several of our museum War Rooms of the Imperial War Museum, has been named ships are planning events to mark this historic day. as the new Executive Director for HMS Belfast. Speaking of announcements and good news, Mr. Frank Thompson, who is Curator with the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC), has been selected to replace Mr. Mark Wertheimer as the Head, Curator Branch in NHHC. Congratulations Frank, I know that everyone reading this wishes you all the luck in the world! Ms. Lori Dillard-Rech, has resigned her position as President of the Independence Seaport Museum, home of the USS Olympia and USS Becuna, to pursue other opportunities. Our congratulations go to Jim Cheevers, Associate Director Above: Hugh O’Brien (center) surrounded by HNSA and Senior Curator of the U.S. Naval Academy Museum, members during the mid-winter board meeting. on his being honored with the National Maritime Historical Photo by Paul Farace Society’s Robert G. Albion/James Monroe Award. Jim received this award in recognition of his long and On March 24th, Artic Convoy Medals commemorating the distinguished career at the Naval Academy Museum caring 65th anniversary of VE Day, the end of World War II in for and building this national resource during his 40-year Europe, were awarded to 14 surviving veterans. These tenure as curator of the collections. Jim received the award medals were awarded aboard HMS Belfast, by the Russian at the National Maritime Historical Society Awards Dinner, government, to veterans who had worked on Naval ships held in Washington, D.C. on April 22, 2010. Also receiving convoying supplies to Russia during the war. The awards at the dinner were Retired U.S. Senator John W. presentation was made by Mr. Vladimir Borisovitch Warner, and Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Osipov, Chief of the Presidents Directorate of State Roughead. Decorations. The Belfast was presented a Presidential citation from President Medvedev in addition to receiving HBO, in partnership with a number of our museum ships, major funding from the Russian government for further is connecting new generations of viewers with stories about restoration of the ship. World War II in the Pacific Theater. This miniseries, The Jeffrey S. Nilsson Summer2010 AW:Winter2006 HNSA AnchorWatch.qxd 5/17/2010 2:53 PM Page 5 ANCHOR WATCH 5 NEWS FROM THE FLEET USS COD (SS-224) USS COD SUBMARINE MEMORIAL Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. UNIQUE WWII SUBMARINE RESCUE FORGES BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP USS Cod marks 65th Anniversary with reenactment by Paul Farace ome Saturday, July 10, 2010, the crew of the USS Cod Submarine Memorial and members of the Dutch-American Ccommunity will gather aboard the sub in Cleveland harbor to honor and renew a friendship between submariners of the two nations that began 65 years ago on a tiny strip of coral deep in enemy waters. In the pre-dawn darkness of July 8, 1945 the Dutch submarine O-19 ran aground on Ladd Above: The crew of the O-19 is ferried, via Reef in the South China Sea. A sitting duck for rubber raft, to the safety of the USS Cod. the first enemy plane or ship to pass by, the stranded sub radioed for help. Aid came in the failed despite the Dutch jettisoning everything form of the submarine Cod, which had just not welded to the boat. Westbrook’s expert been granted permission to break off her boating handling skills were taxed to their seventh war patrol to rush a gravely ill limit as he fought powerful reef currents that crewman to medical facilities in Subic Bay.