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It is our purpose 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 sacrifi ce be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and its Constitution. COMSUBLANT Commander, Submarine Force Atlantic (COMSUBLANT) is the Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet type commander under the United States Fleet Forces Command. The principal responsibility is to operate, maintain, train, and equip submarines. SUBMARINE REUNION PACKAGE COMSUBLANT also has additional duties as commander of NATO’s Allied Submarine Command and also Commander, • Full run of USS Razorback Naval Submarine Forces. Have your next reunion at USS • Experienced sub vets on-hand Dedicated to all U.S. submariners who manned January 2019 Razorback (SS-394), a 90-percent (Five Submarines and 318 men lost) • Group photo our U.S. submarines—from the commissioning Sunday Monday operational sub maintained by Tuesday • Hospitality space at museum “The Submarine will Wednesday one day become the Navy’s 1 Thursday of USS Holland (SS-1) in 1900 through the newest most deadly weapon.” 2 vets like you. FULL RUN of the — Robert Fulton 3 Friday • Engine lighting ceremony Saturday 6 4 7 New Year’s Day 5 boat and assistance from our nuclear submarines in the fleet. Submariners have 8 • Free reunion planning assistance 9 10 SCORPION (SS-278) 1944 experienced reunion team! 13 14 11 • Gorgeous views of the Arkansas River always performed a vital service to our nation. U.S. 12 15 16 ARGONAUT (SS-166) 1943 17 • Access to Hoga, a tugboat from Pearl Harbor Submariners sank more than 1,392 Japanese ships 20 18 SWORDFISH (SS-193) 1945 21 19 LET US HOST YOUR 22 • Planning spouse outings around town 23 during WWII, landed raiding parties during the Korean S-36 (SS-141) 1942 24 27 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 25 • Assistance with caterers and group dining 28 26 War, monitored the Soviet Navy, and conducted 29 30 S-26 (SS-131) 1942 NEXT• Planning REUNION assistance with entertainment 31 intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance  Reservations include a full, hot breakfast buffet missions during the Cold War. From the late 50s  3 blocks from AR Inland Maritime Museum until 1964 submariners conducted Regulus cruise  Two ballrooms divisible by seven sections  Six breakout rooms missile patrols and since 1960 the submariners  Two Hospitality Suites serving aboard Strategic Ballistic Missile subs have  220 spacious newly renovated guestrooms maintained a continuous nuclear deterrent force at Your Reunion Team  Complimentary airport/downtown shuttle sea. Today’s submariners provide covert intelligence Jim Gates (USS James K. Polk);  Complimentary shuttle to & from maritime museum and tactical missile strikes when needed in support Order Today! Camille Smith; Myna Miller; Greg  Complimentary parking Individual calendars are $10.95+2.75 shipping. Order yours today Zonner (USS Von Steuben); Joe Mathis of the Global War on Terror as well as carrying out  Outdoor Pool by credit card at ussvinationalstorekeeper.com or by sending your (USS Jefferson City)  2 award winning restaurants & lounges on site continuous deterrent nuclear missile patrols. For check or money order made payable to USSVI to: 118 years, U.S. submariners have and continue to Barry Commons BOOK TODAY: provide a vital service to our nation and we salute USSVI National Storekeeper Scott Sudduth them all! The loss dates for all U.S. submarines sunk 2063 Main St. PMB 293 • Oakley, CA 94561 or destroyed are listed in addition to other historic Email: [email protected] • Tel: (925) 679-1744 (501) 404-0397 dates in both U.S. submarine veteran and U.S. Navy Contact Barry Commons for information on quantity discounts. submarine history. Proceeds to benefit USSVI operations and projects. 2 Riverfront Place North Little Rock AR 72114 Call 1-866-657-4458 for more information

| | American Submariner 2 3 Second Quarter 2019 AMERICAN SUBMARINER The Official Magazine of the United States OFFICER’S CALL Submarine Vete rans Inc. is published quarterly by USSVI. United States Submarine Veterans Inc. Wayne Standerfer is a non-profit 501(c)(19) corporation in the State National Comander of Connecticut. Contents New Website NATIONAL OFFICE 8 Presidents Who Rode or Served on Submarines As most of you are aware, we have been Fred Borgmann 9 undergoing the painful process of replacing our POB 3870 10th Bi-Annual Spinax Reunion Silverdale, WA 98383 12 antiquated national website. The longer than (877) 542-DIVE First Strike Capability Part 2 expected time to bring the new site online is USSVI COMMITTEES 14 difficult to explain to anyone unfamiliar with computer programming Beyond the Thresher (which includes me), but I will give it a shot from a layman’s perspective. MEMBERSHIP Steve Bell, NJVC The present USSVI website is the product of technical “organic” 15 Sailors helping Sailors (704) 824-3510 growth. Originally designed to support a single FBM submarine crew and [email protected] NATIONAL EDITOR All You Need to Know About Growing Older its activities, it has evolved into what we have today. WAYS & MEANS T Michael Bircumshaw POB 892616 16 The underlying database structure primarily supports two major fea- Jon Jaques, NSVC Temecula, CA 92589-2616 Silent Service Memorial Reaches Its Goal tures of the present website; Decklog and USSVI membership. The initial [email protected] (615) 893-7800 [email protected] intent of Tim VeArd, the original architect, has been altered by numerous (951) 775-4549 Reading Base Honors Eagle Scouts additions and changes to the original programming code which is now CONSTITUTION & BYLAWS Fax (951) 239-0522 no longer supported by developer. This, along with Tim’s passing in 2013, Skip Turnbull 17 50th Scorpion Anniversary Ceremony for USS Scorpion (Parliamentarian) TREASURER and with him his somewhat proprietary programming style, has made it (217) 487-7710 [email protected] Paul Hiser 18 Snook Base Builds Arkansas Memorial next to impossible to update the website to reflect our current and future (215) 317-5666 needs using the existing code . AWARDS [email protected] 19 A Lost Ring Leads to a New Friendship As a result, we have an antiquated infrastructure that has become ex- John Stanford DISTRIBUTION (904) 502-8586 20 tremely cumbersome, difficult and costly to maintain, and which resides [email protected] Neal Britner A Message from Dr. Joyce Brothers on server hardware that is approaching its end of life. (315) 409-8476 NATIONAL CONVENTION In view of this, the Board of Directors decided to pursue development [email protected] 21 COMSUBLANT Sailor of the Year Program Richard (Ozzie) Osentoski of a new website with an updated data infrastructure. The inability to work (734) 671-3439 BOAT SPONSORSHIP CHAIR Jack Messersmith The Lighthouse on Corregidor Island with the existing code, coupled with the need to retain as much data as EAGLE SCOUT PROGRAM (928) 227-7753 22 possible has resulted in what is now our third attempt to “right the ship” David Farran [email protected] Tin Can Sailor’s Breakfast and a Visit to the VA Hospital (the first two were professional website developers). (318) 352-1015 [email protected] PROOF TEAM 27 Consequently, out of cost concerns and a better understanding of or- Bill Andrea Rickover ganizational needs we taken our efforts in house. A couple of very ded- BOAT SPONSORSHIP Neal Britner 29 icated members are working on our new site on a pro bono basis. It is in Jack Messersmith Its What Shipmates Do! (928) 227-7753 Dick Kanning the early design phase and, based on past experience we are not setting [email protected] John Mansfield 30 Jerome’s Bench a target date for completion. It will be done when it is done. BOARD OF INQUIRY Joan Miner Your patience and understanding is appreciated. Fortunately for now, Chairman John Stanford 31 USS Corporal — The First Submarine to Reel in a Helicopter our current website handles our bare data necessities. Ross Sargent (JA) STAFF ARTIST 33 While on the subject of our national website, the database is only as (703) 629-1119 Tom Denton USS Drum to Celebrate 50th Anniversary accurate as the information entered by the Base Tools Manager and each Members (301) 845-0049 34 individual member. It is impossible for anyone at the national level to keep Dutch Holland [email protected] Tarheel Base Color Guard Herbert Orth up with the comings and goings of more than 12,000 members and 175 WWII SUBVET HISTORIAN 35 Bill Windle Jack Jeffries The LastTime bases without local level cooperation. Base Tools Managers and indi- HISTORIAN (704) 254-2423 37 vidual members need to step up and ensure the accuracy of their base Peter J. Koester [email protected] Do You Recognize This Man? information which include current base officers, meeting locations, and (978) 500-5085 member profiles. Shipmates, this does not require a brain surgery men- STOREKEEPER AMERICAN SUBMARINER DEADLINES In Every Issue tality. If you unfamiliar with accessing the website to update your profile Barry Commons First Quarter 1 December or base information, please contact your Base Tools Manager or anyone (925) 679-1744 Second Quarter 1 March [email protected] up to and including myself for assistance. Third Quarter 1 June 5 Officer’s Call 34 Boat Sponsorship Program HOLLAND CLUB Fourth Quarter 1 September 2019 USSVI Convention USSVI Committees 36 Lost boats Bud Atkins The American Submariner is not responsible for The first few months of 2019 have very quickly slipped by, which puts (860) 440-3120 [email protected] the claims of its advertisers. The primary focus 6 Regional and District 38 New Members us within five months of our 2019 convention. If you plan on attending, of this publication is for the benefit and service to Representatives 40 Upcoming Boat Reunions submit your registration so your Shipmates in Texas can plan the sched- KAP(SS) 4 KID(SS) USSVI members. Issues concerning Advertisers John Riley may be sent to the editorial staff for mediation. uled activities accordingly. Please do not procrastinate. 8 Chaplain’s Corner 42 Eternal Patrol (203) 668-9131 The American Submariner is copyrighted under 9 National Officers All the best, [email protected] the laws of the United States of America. Any re- 44 Membership Application VETERANS AFFAIRS production in any form without the written consent 10 Mail Buoy Wayne Standerfer of the editor is forbidden by law. All authorized National Commander John Dudas reproduction requires acknowledgement of source, 14 Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) (928) 420-0061 author, and the American Submariner. | | American Submariner 4 5 Second Quarter 2019 REGIONAL and DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES OFFICER’S CALL Steve Bell Medal of Honor National Junior Vice Commander SubmarinerS

Western Region Director Central Region Director Northeast Region Director Southeast Region Director JIM DENZIEN WYVEL “TOM” WILLIAMS III LES ALTSCHULER KENNETH W. NICHOLS USSVI has just completed its 2019 membership dues renewal (623) 547-7945 (512) 632-9439 (609) 395-8197 (352) 465-7732 season. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Regrettably, 817 members have been deleted from the national roster due to non-renewal. This represents approximately nine percent of our membership. DISTRICT COMMANDERS I consider that a significant drop. No doubt some will eventually WESTERN DISTRICT ONE CENTRAL DISTRICT ONE NORTHEAST DISTRICT ONE SOUTHEAST DISTRICT ONE return, but many will not. If you know anyone who has not renewed (AZ, NM) (AR, KS, MO, OK) (New England) (VA, NC) their membership, please encourage them to do so. VIC VAN HORN DARYL KRAUSE PETER J. KOESTER DAVE CAMPBELL Base Commanders should try to contact each non-renewed mem- (708) 609-9840 (816) 289-6578 (978) 500-5085 (919) 803-1842 ber in an attempt to recover them, or at least determine why they chose [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] not to renew. Each and every one of us needs to be on the lookout for prospective Henry Breault, TM2(SS) CAPT John P. Cromwell WESTERN DISTRICT TWO CENTRAL DISTRICT TWO NORTHEAST DISTRICT TWO SOUTHEAST DISTRICT TWO USS O-5 (SS 66) USS Sculpin (SS 191) (CO, UT) (WI, IL) (Lower NY, NJ, Philadelphia) (SC,GA) members. There is no individual at any level within our organization re- 1923 1943 sponsible for seeking new members. It is up to all of us. Please encour- OPEN PHILLIP OWENS MICHAEL E. BOST WAYNE PHILLIPS (608) 365-1925 (732) 979-4831 (803) 302-8877 age any qualified Submariner you may know or happen to meet to join WESTERN DISTRICT THREE [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] our organization. (ID, MT, WY) Our New Base Development Committee and our Public Relations and JOE TARCZA CENTRAL DISTRICT THREE NORTHEAST DISTRICT THREE SOUTHEAST DISTRICT THREE Future Planning Committee are in the process of reviewing and updating (509) 627-2168 (MN, ND, SD, NE, IA) (Pennsylvania) (FL Panhandle, AL, MS, LA) guidelines to assist you in membership retention, recruitment, and base [email protected] GLENN HARRIS HUBERT C. DIETRICH STEVEN WALMSLEY startup. Our PR group is also developing procedures to facilitate finding (712) 221-5962 (412) 486-2635 (228) 324-4309 prospective members through social media. Meanwhile, the New Base WESTERN DISTRICT FOUR [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] (WA, OR, AK) Development Committee stands ready to assist anyone wishing to form CDR Samuel David Dealey CDR Eugene B. Fluckey CENTRAL DISTRICT FOUR NORTHEAST DISTRICT FOUR SOUTHEAST DISTRICT FOUR a new base. These efforts are in the early stages of development with USS Harder (SS 257) USS Barb (SS 220) JIM DEMOTT 1944 1945 (360) 895-0547 (Texas) (MD, DE, Northern VA) (Northern Florida) completion expected later this year. [email protected] HAROLD (BILL) SCOTT ART GLOVER JAY MACK I look forward to seeing many of you at the national convention in (512) 826-8876 (301) 785-6414 (407) 920-9347 Austin, Texas in August. I know I am looking forward to getting some of WESTERN DISTRICT FIVE [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] that “Texas BBQ.” (Northern CA, NV) PETER (PETE) T. JUHOS CENTRAL DISTRICT FIVE NORTHEAST DISTRICT FIVE SOUTHEAST DISTRICT FIVE Be careful, stay healthy, and recruit a new member! (916) 983-7943 (KY, TN) (Upstate New York) (Southern Florida) Steve Bell [email protected] MARLIN HELMS, JR. JAMES IRWIN GEORGE R. PARKER NJVC (865) 387-5625 (518) 383-2481 [email protected] WESTERN DISTRICT SIX [email protected] [email protected] (Southern CA, NV and HI) CDR Howard W. Gilmore CDR Richard H. O’Kane USS Growler (SS 215) USS Tang (SS 306) MICHAEL (WILLIE) WILLIAMSON CENTRAL DISTRICT SIX 1943 1944 (909) 754-0326 (IN, MI, OH) [email protected] FREDRICK KINZEL (586) 945-8561 OUR PURPOSE WESTERN DISTRICT SEVEN [email protected] (WY, MT, Western SD, NE) “To Perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the OPEN 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 and its Constitution.” CDR Lawson P. Ramage CDR George L. Street III USS Parche (SS 384) USS Tirante (SS 420) 1944 1945

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I again would like to thank our sub- Chronicles 4-10: Jebez Prayer: Oh that of Psalms anywhere and start reading. marine community for a the prayers thou wouldest bless me indeed, and This will lift your day. that were sent up for me. Of course I enlarge my coast, and that thine hand Butterbean believed in prayer before my recent might be with me, and that wouldest National Chaplain challenge with four heart attacks the keep me from evil, that it may not grieve last day of November and the first me! And God granted him that which he week of December 2018. requested. Presidents who rode or I am now at home and trying to Peter 5-7: Casting all your care served on Submarines Wayne Standerfer Jon Jaques Steve Bell pick up the pieces of being the nation- upon him; for he careth for you. National Commander National Sr. Vice Commander National Jr. Vice Commander al chaplain. Thank you past National (Jesus is speaking directly to us in this 1. Teddy Roosevelt rode the Navy’s (972) 298-8139 (615) 893-7800 (704) 824-3510 Chaplain Pastor Ray Fritz for your ef- verse.) second commissioned submarine, [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] forts in keeping the chaplains part of John 14-2: In my Father’s house are USS Plunger (SS-2) to a depth of 100 USSVI up to speed. I have heard from many mansions: if it were not so, I would feet. This was a gasoline engine sub. several base chaplains. Please keep up have told you. I go and prepare a place 2. Harry Truman rode the U-2513 out of the good work in your base chapters. for you. (3) And if I go and prepare a place Key West, Florida down to 400 feet. Proverbs 15-8: The LORD detests the for you. I will come again, and receive 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower dove on the sacrifice of the wicked, but the prayer you unto myself; that where I am, there Seawolf (SSN 575) and is the only of the upright pleases him. ye may be also. President to date to ride a nuclear Matthew 21-22: And whatever things Psalms 139-9-10: If I take the wings of boat. you ask in prayer, believing you will the morning and dwell in the uttermost 4. Jimmy Carter served aboard the USS receive. parts of the sea. (10) Even there shall thy Pomfret (SS 391). He is the only U.S. Ray Wewers Paul Hiser John Markiewicz Peter Juhos National Secretary National Treasurer Immediate Past Commander District Cmdr. of the Year 1 Thessalonians 5-17: Pray with out hand lead me, and thy right handshall President to qualify in submarines. hold me. (479) 967-5541 (215) 317-5666 (904) 743-2924 (916) 208-0667 ceasing. 5-18 In every thing give thanks: Carter was to be assigned to USS [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus Christians, if you want joy in your Nautilus (SSN 571) but his father died concerning you. heart just open your Bible to the book and he resigned his commission. USS Spinax 10th Bi-Annual Reunion UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS, INC. PROUDLY RECOGNIZES OUR USS Spinax (SS/SSR-489) held its tenth biennial reunion LONGEST QUALIFIED MEMBERS in 2017 in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida. The Friday night closing banquet coincided with the U.S. Navy’s 242nd birth-

day. To honor this event, the reunion committee provided a birthday cake. Cutting the cake are (l-r) our youngest at- tending shipmate, Jim Peterson, Spinax commanding of- ficer, Elton E. Hankins, and our oldest attending shipmate, Albert A. “Doc” Marion.

Longest Qualifed Officer Longest Qualified Enlisted Cdr. Gus Krause C.O. “Art” Tinsley, ENDC Qualified February 1941 Qualified 1937 S 36 (SS-141) S 24 (SS-149)

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| | American Submariner 8 9 Second Quarter 2019 Jack, Thanks for the input. Not that it should a few short sections of the time fuse Hi Michael, You have the mid-watch! matter, but I sort of got this dropped from the demolition locker and wedged I just finished reading my copy of the on me and at the time I seemed to be short three-inch sections into the Allen American Submariner (V4, 2018). What the most qualified. However, it has Head cap screws which secure the fire a breath of fresh air! It was chock full of Fellow Submariners, every modern era submariner (and their been nine years since I was running control connector to the breech door. families) and the SUBSAFE Program, I sea stories and no-sh*tters that had my NAVSEA 0924-062-0010 probably the magazine and some fool has made After arriving at our Op Area, the first would appreciate you contacting me at full attention from front to back. doesn’t instantly jostle any of your more than one mod to the publishing tour group entered the torpedo room. memories, but if I said SUBSAFE, that [email protected]. Thanks! program. Regardless, it will always be a Congratulations on producing a journal The tube was flooded down and made for and by us bubbleheads. might sound your klaxon! Green board! work in progress and we won’t be doing ready fully ready. The tube captain (my- You see, that is the document that is the Joe Shook, MT1(SS) anything except making it better. In the self) would issue the order to “standby,” I truly await the arrival of the next issue USS John C. Calhoun, 1964-1967 meantime, I’ll keep doing it and you can Take care and thanks. My dad received the latest issue of Submarine Safety Requirements Man- then the fuse was lit. Gold plankowner keep telling me whatever you have to All the best, the American Submariner today while ual, the foundation for our SUBSAFE The tour group is now standing mouths Author, The Charlie I Knew; A Factual share with me. Thanks for your service. John McCarthy, MD celebrating his 102nd birthday. It was Program, which today is emulated by agape and eyes fixed on the burning Account of Our Friendship One little last thing: My ever challeng- Qualified Submarine Medical Officer, a very nice article. NASA in all of its space systems and fuse. When the fuse burned down to the ing readers don’t always meet the will doubtlessly be incorporated into the fire control connector, the order to “fire” USS James Monroe (SSBN 622) Blue Cornice (Art to fellow Submariners) and SUB-MARE-NNER POSTED DEADLINES for the magazine 1972 newly formed Space Force’s operating was given. The torpedoman standing his family appreciates the recognition. Read your comments on the proper and I almost always try to include their procedures. between the tubes (partially obscured) Thanks Doc, Would there be a way to get addi- pronouncion of submariner. letters of interest and I use them to If you served aboard a U.S. Navy subma- would operate the hand firing key and tional copies for relatives? I would be I have had occassion to correct people fill in the blanks. I’ll consider ignoring It’s a work in progress and I appreciate rine (or maybe one of the many friendly, 3,600 pounds of sea water would be willing to pay for them plus postage. who called me a “sub-mare-iner.” them until later. your pat on the back. Although there Five or six would be nice but any would or not so friendly countries’ subma- expelled from the tube. will be those who don’t or won’t see it, I explain to them that a “sub-mare-in- Best, be great. rines) after 20 December 1963 when my only goal is to impropve the mag- ner” is a “below-par sailor” whereas a This caper was rolling along fairly well BUSHIPS formally began to implement Michael azine, regardless of how many times I Jim Tinsley “submariner” is a below surface sailor. for a while until, unbeknown to us, the SUBSAFE, your life was possibly saved Ps: Thanks for your service—all of it. XO’s bride was a member of the last screw it up. by this program. This seems to do the trick. Jim, Got you covered. Please wish Art T Michael Bircumshaw tour group. Best, a very Happy Birthday and keep an eye One of my former mentors, the Pro- ED HANEMANN RMCM(SS) Retired CWO/ICCM (SS) (SW) After returning to port, she exclaimed to Michael on your mail box. spective Blue crew commanding officer, BZ, Master Chief, National Editor her hubby, that she had no idea that we Best, and later Blue crew skipper of the USS 2005-2010 Shipmates, Between you and I, we can change still did things this way (standby, fuse, Michael John C. Calhoun (SSBN 630), was one of 2018-Life (unless properly relieved) For reasons unknown, two very im- the world. I always enjoy hearing from fire). After all groups departed, the XO those prime movers and hard shakers 588, 590, 339, 601, 646, 620 (COB) portant submarines were omitted from my Radio Shack Shipmates, because called me into his stateroom and con- Mike, with the courage and tenacity to battle the Q1 edition Lost Boats page. Just wanted to provide some feedback those CAPS are easy to read and it re- Dear editor Bircumshaw, gratulated me for perfecting a new fire Congress and countless Navy Review control system. Then he commenced that the new format and articles in the minds of the days when I was receiving This will be my third attempt to relate The below listed boats should have Boards and committees to push for the to chew on my dungaree-clad butt. latest magazine are great, but not listing Family Grams during my 800 days of this rather humorous sea story. My first been included for the month of March. enactment of SUBSAFE. He was also He stressed that we should demonstrate the loss of USS Thresher with the Lost submerged patrols. Ahhh, those were attempt was rejected by your predeces- the first commanding officer of USS the to the public, the submarine’s We are going to work harder to make Boats on page 44 seems to be a gross the days. sor, with the “only computerized copies Thresher (SSN 593). full potential. sure that does not happen again. oversight. Were we just concentrating Best, would be accepted(?). Retired Radm. Dean Axene, USN (de- Best, on diesel boats? Michael After gorging himself on my butt, he ceased), was not my actual CO, as I I can only hope that you might find the Michael Overall you are doing a great job, and then turned me over to the COB. My was a plankowner in our proud Gold Sir, time and space for just one of my favor- I thank you for everything you do for liberty was curtailed for seven days. It USS Trigger (SS-237) crew. However, I knew him well, worked I am writing about the spacing of in- ite sea-stories—Shooting Water Slugs. our subvets. was worth it though, what a hoot! 89 men on board. many hours alongside him and other formation thru out the magazine. I am This story takes place while taking Ron Lewis TM1(SS) (Ret.) Lost in the East China Sea on 28 Jim Harris MMCM (SS) (Ret.) officers and Shipmates in that equally asking that you look at changing your family members and guests on a half- Bremerton Base March 1945 during a Japanese air and USS Tinosa 1985 proud Blue crew and came to admire way of placing articles within the mag- day cruise out of Submarine Base Pearl surface attack. and respect him. azine. An example is the Incoming Mail. Harbor on the USS Sargo (SSN 583) Tubes, Master Chief, All hands lost. Ouch! Somehow we plugged in the I am currently writing a book about It starts on page 10, continues on page in the early 1960’s. Torpedo Room Gotta give you an A+ for perseverance. USS Kete (SS-369) wrong months. It should have been Captain (that’s how I knew him) Axene 17, then on page 19, then finally on page personnel were to provide a demon- Motivated me to consider writing 87 men on board. Jan, Feb, Mar. As you can see this and his undaunting battle to make SUB- 29. Why not just continue the articles stration of our fire power by shooting about our XO’s bride aboard the 588, Lost in March 1945 to unknown edition is April, May, and June and the SAFE a part of submarine construction, on the next column or page? Just a water slugs. when she qualified on “Blowing Sani- causes between Okinawa and Midway. Thresher is on the cover. It will not upkeep, overhaul and repair, as well as question. Thank you for your work and After just returning from a raucous night taries,” or better yet on ignoring post- All hands lost. happen again. Any day now we will get just fundamental operational safety. dedication. on Hotel Street, and just barely making ed signs announcing the evolution, and organized. Thanks for the feedback. I am looking for any information, pic- Jack Sumner underway time, and with the weapons how good she looked in khakis for the tures, personal remembrances and/ Chief Warrant Officer 4 US Army (Ret.) officer away at school, it was decided rest of the trip. Best, or documents relating to this friend of Qualified on USS Sculpin (SSN 590) to deviate from our normal mode of Best, Michael torpedo tube operation. We removed Michael

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This big bird is capable of carrying up to twelve MIRV’s, however the SALT treaty limits the warheads to eight. It has a published range of more than 4,000 nautical miles and an accuracy of ninety meters. This gave the United States a first strike capability. This was a contributing factor in the collapse of the Soviet Union. Consider this possibility. Two Ohio-class submarines at opposite ends of the globe. One in deep water of the northern Pacific at 45 degrees north, 180 degrees west and another in deep water in the South Atlantic off the coast of South Africa at 45 degrees south and on the Prime Meridian. To- gether they could cover all targets on the face of the earth. In 1986 Ronald Reagan met with Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavík, Iceland to discuss a reduction in their nuclear arsenals. The talks broke down because Reagan would not give up the Strategic Missile Defense Initiative (SDI), dubbed Star Wars. Gorbachev feared that Star Wars would upset the balance of power. What good would their ballistic missiles be if we could destroy them in flight with an anti- missile defense. In 1989 Polish activist Lech Walesa and the Solidarity movement was instrumental in bringing about the fall of By James Guiterrez communism in Poland. The following year Walesa was elect- ed to the newly reestablished office of President of Poland. The Navy knows how to plan for the future. The Soviet Union did not respond. This was the dawn When the 41 for Freedom were built, the missile tubes of the collapse of the Soviet Union. In 1991, Soviet Presi- were a little over six feet in diameter. The Polaris missiles dent Mikhail Gorbachev resigned, and declaring his office were only 4.5 feet in diameter so they put a sleeve in the extinct, turned over its powers, including control of the tube to accommodate the smaller missile. Soviet nuclear missile launch codes, to Russian President The next generation of SLBM was the Poseidon which Boris Yeltsin. entered service in 1971. With the sleeves removed the mis- It is never one thing that brings about global changes, sile was a perfect fit. but a combination. Gorbachev’s policies of Glasnost and The Poseidon had the same 2,500 nautical mile range as the Polaris A-3 and offered mul- A montage of seven views taken on 2 October 1981 showing parts of the launching of a Trident I C-4 missile from tiple independently targetable reentry vehicle WARHEAD the submerged nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN 657) and the Trident's re-entry bodies as they plunge into the earth's atmosphere and then into the Atlantic Ocean. (MIRV) capability. MIRV capacity was either ten W88 Warhead for Trident D-5 Ballistic Missile or fourteen warheads. The arrival of the Ohio-class submarines in 1. The “Primary” High Explosive Lens Two-point, hollow- Two lenses drive 1981, a big leap forward. They are huge with 24 pit, fusion-boosted primary implosion Perestroika helped bring about the fall of the Soviet Union. About the Author high explosive missile tubes. The first few carried the Trident I Plutonium-239 Pit The Catholic Church elected the first non-Italian Pontiff in in The Navy paid for my college education at the University implosion missile. The first submerged launch of the Tri- Beryllium-reflected hollow pit more than 400 years, who just happened to be Polish. Mass of New Mexico on the condition I accept a commission fol- dent II D5 missile was made from the USS Ten- 2. The “Secondary” communication. The Soviet Union could no longer keep its lowing graduation. Spherical, all-fissile, Trillium & Deuterium nessee (SSBN 734) Blue crew on 2 August 1990. fusion-boosted Booster gas, fusion citizens in the dark. I had a strong desire to fly and I earned my private pilot’s Retired Captain Ken Barker told me the radiation implosion makes neutrons Nuclear weapons are okay as long as you don’t have to license my senior year under the Navy’s Flight Indoctrina- whole story. Ken and I were on the Clamagore 3. Radiation Case Lithium-6 Deuteride use them. Since World War Two man has developed weap- tion Program. and Jallao together prior to Nuke School. Peanut-shaped, Lithium becomes triytium, ons too terrible to use. Intercontinental ballistic missiles are In 1964 I graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Me- channels x-rays from fusion makes neutrons It became known as the Pin Wheel Launch. primary to secondary able to annihilate entire cities with very little warning. chanical Engineering. Uranium-235 “Sparkplug” During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and the United The missile burst out of the water with its rock- 4. channel Filler That spring I was sent to interview with Admiral Rickover Starts tritium generation and States amassed arsenals that could destroy each other’s et engines ignited and, instead of going down Plastic foam fusion in the secondary and as a result I was redirected from flying in the air to cruis- range it made a few loops and landed back in plasma generator cities, airports and factories. It was called MAD—Mutual ing under the waves. Uranium-235 “Pusher” 5. Booster Gas Assured Destruction. We made deterrent patrols to keep the water. The range officer had to destroy it. Heat shield, tamper, and fission After the Submarine Service I worked as a Mechanical Cannister Later that year, after fixing the problem Captain fuel (fission by all neutrons) the peace. Nuclear deterrence only works if your adversary Engineer in petrochemicals, refineries, and was involved Periodic replace- believes you have the capability and will to use your weap- Ken Barker andthe Gold crew got all the glory ment as tritium gas Uranium-238 Case in the the build of the River Bend Nuclear Power Station in with the first successful submerged launch of decays Fission by fusion neutrons only ons. The success of the Navy’s SLBM program resides Saint Francisville, Lousiana. the Trident II. The missile flew over Africa and in the fact that neither side ever had to launch a missile splashed down in the Indian Ocean. in anger. | | American Submariner 12 13 Second Quarter 2019 After the Thresher! SAILORS HELPING SAILORS Fellow Submariners, By Robert Arnold, MMCM(SS), USN • Vice Commander, Sturgeon Base NAVSEA 0924-062-0010 probably doesn’t immediately jostle any of your memories, but if I said SUBSAFE, that might sound your klaxon! That is the document that is the Submarine Safe- ty Requirements Manual, the founda- tion for our SUBSAFE Program, which today is emulated by NASA in all of its Space systems and will doubtlessly be incorporated into the newly formed In February, in support of USSVI’s highly successful Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Space Force’s operating procedures. program, three members of Redstone Base in Athens, Alabama made a visit to If you served aboard a U.S. Navy Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children in Huntsville. submarine after 20 December 1963, Honorary Submariner certificates were presented to the children, with each when BUSHIPS implemented SUSAFE, certificate read to the recipient andconcluded with a hand salute to make the it is quite possible your life was saved award “official.” by this program. The kids also received additional items, including K4K ball caps, coloring pag- One of my former mentors, the Pro- es, crayons, submarine pencil sharpeners, and laser-engraved “honorary subma- spective Blue crew Commanding Offi- riner” pencils. cer, and later Blue crew skipper of the Redstone Base members Dave Coleman, Rick Redding, and K4K chairman USS John C. Calhoun, (SSBN 630), was Clint Staggs participated in the uplifting event, which was made possible through one of those prime movers and hard l-r: SN Nicholas Feder; FN Melissa Hiatt; Sturgeon Base Commander Gary Clinefelter; Sturgeon Base Treasurer the efforts of hospital Child Life Assistant Christy Drensek. shakers who possessed the courage Jack Townsend; Sturgeon Base Past Commander Billy Wein; BM1 Sean Baker; Sturgeon Base Membership Chairman and tenacity to battle Congress and Reggie Clarke; and MK1 Nathan Romero. countless Navy Review Boards and com- mittees to push for the enactment of “Semper Paratus” (Always Ready) operations level but also at the our citizens, businesses and veter- SUBSAFE. He was also the first CO of is the motto of the United States family level of dedicated members. ans groups to support each other the USS Thresher (SSN 593). Coast Guard, and they stand ready The Citrus County Veterans Coali- when support is needed. Retired Radm. Dean Axene, USN to provide a large list of support tion called on all veterans groups As for our Submariners, we were (deceased), was not my actual CO, as services to our country, our com- to help lessen the impact on these proud to support our fellow blue I was a plankowner in our proud Gold munities, and our people. Always men and women and their families. water sailors. While we may sail in Ready is a tall order, and the dedi- On 26 January 2019, Sturgeon different depths of the world’s wa- crew, but I knew him well. I worked many cated members of the Coast Guard, Base in Crystal River, Florida, re- terways, we both serve and pro- hours alongside him and other officers just like the men and women in the sponded with a donation of $1,500 tect our citizens with honor and and Shipmates in that equally proud resst of our armed forces, provide to the Coast Guard Chief Petty Of- integrity. Blue crew and came to admire and re- a service that we sometimes take ficers Association. And we were Pictured above are members of spect him. for granted. not alone. A host of other resi- the Sturgeon Base after present- I am writing a book about Captain With the recent government dents, businesses and veterans ing the donation to members of (that’s how I knew him) Axene, and his shutdown, the members of Coast groups also jumped in to help. This Coast Guard Station Yankeetown, undaunting battle to make SUBSAFE Guard Station Yankeetown were tremendous outpouring of support Florida for the Chief Petty Officers a part of submarine construction, up- impacted not only at the station truly represents the willingness of Association. l-r: Clint Staggs, Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) chairman, Christy Drensek, Child Life keep, overhaul and repair, as well as just Assistant, Dave Coleman, and Rick Redding fundamental operational safety. 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Family members, friends, and submariners past and present desire to preserve the history and heritage of the force. To gathered at the Scorpion Memorial on Norfolk Naval Station Submariners serving today, Richardson said, “We will not 26 May to honor the memory of the 99 Sailors lost aboard pass up any opportunity to get better professionally and to the attack submarine USS Scorpion (SSN 589). make our force more lethal and more deadly for our enemies The ceremony marked the 50th anniversary of Scorpion’s and more safe for our Sailors.” loss on 22 May 1968. A crowd of over 500 gathered to After recognizing the families, Capt. Mary Etta Nolan, remember the 99 Sailors on eternal patrol, to honor the daughter of Chief Torpedoman Walter William Bishop, the families left behind, and to strengthen the friendships de- Chief of the Boat on Scorpion at the time of her loss, intro- veloped over the years. duced the Sailors who would be reading of the 99 names Following the invocation by Capt. Melvin Underwood, and tolling the bell. Machinist Mate Chief Patrick Smith, the Submarine Force chaplain, Vice Adm. Joseph E. Tofalo, the grandson of LT David Lloyd, Scorpion’s executive Commander, Submarine Forces, gave opening remarks officer, and Lt. Charles Koller, grandnephew of Bishop, read l-r: Marcus Hensley, Scott Nickels, Tim Moore, Keli Kozup, Laurie McKenzie, George Valverde, and Mike Schweighauser. welcoming all in attendance on behalf of the United States the names of each Submariner as Yeoman Second Class Submarine Force. Rachael Skelton, granddaughter of Storekeeper Second On Friday, 11 January 2019, Arizona Silent Service Me- struction costs and have funds available for any unforeseen “I can think of nothing more appropriate on this beautiful Class Julies Jackson, tolled the bell. morial (ASSM) committee members Marcus Hensley, ASSM expenses. Memorial Day weekend morning than to formally pause for a After the reading of five names, the bell was struck twice. Treasurer and Tim Moore, ASSM Chairman attended a meet- Dillon’s KC BBQ supports a number of Veteran’s activi- moment to reflect on these great Americans who gave their Once for the lost Sailor and once for the family left behind. ing at the Dillon’s KC BBQ Arrowhead location in Glendale, ties in the valley and has been promoting the Arizona Silent lives in the service of this country,” Tofalo said. As the last name was read and the final bell struck, a 21- AZ. This is one of four locations in the valley and is the facili- Service Memorial project for the last two years at all four of Tofalo thanked all who planned the event, welcomed the gun salute was rendered, followed by the playing of taps by ty where the Perch Base, USSVI holds its monthly meetings. their valley locations. Owner George Valverde said he will families, and introduced retired Captain Bill Richardson, a the U.S. Fleet Force Band. Tim and Marcus met with Scott Nickels, Charity Benefits Un- continue promoting our ASSM project. We are extremely former Scorpion crew member. Richardson had the honor of At the close of the ceremony, a wreath dedicated to the limited, Sr. Sales Fundraising Consultant, George Valverde, grateful for this partnership. introducing his son and the guest speaker of the ceremony Scorpion crew was presented by the Scorpion Widows to Dillon’s owner, Keli Kozup, PR/Social Media Marketing Man- When any of our shipmates from around the country are Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson. Tofalo, who received the wreath on behalf of the Submarine ager, Laurie McKenzie, Catering Manager and Mike Sch- visiting the Phoenix area, we would encourage you to join us Adm. Richardson, too, reflected on the importance Force. The wreath was be ceremoniously committed to the weighauser, District Manager. at one of our monthly meetings on the second Saturday of of this ceremony in Submarine Force history. “If you are a deep by a deploying Norfolk-based submarine. In a cooperative effort with Charity Benefits Unlimited, the month at the Dillon’s KC BBQ Arrowhead location. When Submariner, if you are part Dillon’s KC BBQ presented ASSM with a check for $8,088.29. you are here, you can enjoy some libations with us and treat of the submarine family, if This generous contribution made it possible for ASSM to yourself to some of the best BBQ you will ever experience. you are a former Subma- reach our goal of $100,000 needed to begin construction. Tim Moore, Chairman riner, or interested in the We will continue our fundraising effort to subsidize con- Arizona Silent Service Memorial Submarine Force or the Navy, you could not ask to Reading Base Honors be in a better place than here on this pier in Norfolk, Eagle Scouts right now to celebrate this memorial.” Richardson’s words to The Reading Base, located in Reading Penn- the families were of com- sylvania continues its progam of recognizing passion and reflection. He local Boy Scouts who have recently attained reminded them that the the rank of Eagle Scout. Navy will continue to re- The rank of Eagle represents the highest member. “We use the word achievement or rank attainable in the Scouts family a lot when we talk BSA program of the Boy Scouts of America. about our service in the Since its inception in 1911, only four percent of Submarine Force. You see Scouts have earned this rank after a lengthy through this crowd that review process. this is a multi-generation- Reading Base honors new Eagle Scouts al family,” said Richardson. with certificates and representatives from the “We reach out today and base personally attend as many Courts of every day to strengthen Honor ceremomies as possible. one another.” Yeoman 2nd Class Rachel Skelton rings the bell during a Tolling of the Bells for the Sailors At right, Anthony Bauer presents Eagle Scout To veterans, he shared in honor of Scorpion Sailors who were lost at sea 50 years ago during a memorial ceremony. Colby Hetrick of Troop 108 with a certificate at his appreciation for their The ceremony was conducted at the Scorpion Memorial at Naval Station Norfolk, and was his Court of Honor at the Butter Valley Commu- continued patriotism and attended by over 500 family members, friends and Shipmates of the 99 crew members nity Church in East Greenville, PA. lost. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chris Roys) | | American Submariner 16 17 Second Quarter 2019 Snook Base Builds Arkansas Submarine Memorial A LOST RING LEADS TO A NEW FRIENDSHIP By Dr. Arthur D. Glover, LCDR, USN (RET) A PROJECT IS BORN Walmart Home Office in Bentonville. on granite stanchions in order to blend In early 2014, members of USS Admiral McCollum said he would in with the theme of the memorial. Proj- With all the crazy news that is hap- as we were gathering our belongings, I in their beautiful home in West Bab- Snook Base, located in Bentonville, put him in contact with someone in ect Engineer Bob Andregg designed pening in the world today, it is nice to realized that the cup holder was empty ylon, New York. Charlie and Madelyn Arkansas, decided to build a me- Walmart Transportation who might be and had built stainless steel brackets to hear a story with a happy conclusion. and my ring was nowhere to be found. I have been in love for 61 years and morial dedicated to the 52 subma- able to help. attach the torpedo to the stanchions. In the Gospels, Jesus gave us three was devastated, and the pain of losing have lived in the same beautiful home rines and men lost during WWII and Later that week, Mike received a A local stone company cut and etched stories about people who lost things. my ring stayed with me as we headed for 50 years. They raised five wonder- the four submarines and men lost phone call from the Walmart Transpor- the stanchions and memorial stone and In Luke 15:8–10, Jesus tells us of the home to Maryland later that day. ful children and several grandchildren, post WWII. tation Office and arrangements were a crane company located them in po- women who lost a coin. She had ten Fast forward 11 years later. I am as well. Charlie owns a boat that he After numerous suggestions it was made to pick up the torpedo and deliver sition. The repainted the torpedo was silver coins but lost only one. Yet she checking the voicemails on my phone has had since 1975 and takes it out on decided that a piece of submarine it to Bob Morey’s Auto Body. then secured on the stanchions. Finally, lit a lamp, and she swept her house as one evening this past July and I have weekends with family friends. He also memorabilia would be appropriate for she carefully searched for the coin until a message left by someone named the centerpiece of the memorial. Base teaches boating safety. Charlie owns a member Mike Rainwater volunteered she found it. When she finally found the Charlie Virga who is looking for me be- book about submarines, a book about to be the project manager and stated coin, she called her friends and neigh- cause he found my ring on a beach in that he might have a connection to bors and asked them to rejoice with her Florida. I am a little confused—I didn’t obtain a torpedo for the project. because she found her lost coin. lose a ring in Florida—so I listened to In another story, Jesus tells of the the message again. The gentleman TORPEDO ACQUISITION shepherd who had 100 sheep and says that he is looking for me, Arthur Mike tried several Naval facilities and came up empty. He contacted his lost one. The shepherd leaves the Glover, because he has my ring and sister-in-law who had friends who knew 99 sheep to search for that one lost wants to return it. Chills run through my a former Chief of Naval Operations, re- sheep. When he finds it, he asks all his body. Can this be true? The ring I lost tired Admiral Vernon E. Clark. friends to rejoice with him because he in 2007 has been found and someone In March of 2015, Admiral Clark, found his lost sheep. wants to return it to me? through various connections, put Mike Finally, Jesus tells of the lost son. I decided to return Charlie’s call. I tell Lost in 2007, the ring was found 11 in touch with Peter Papadakos, the In this story, the son wants his inher- him that, yes, I am the Arthur Glover that years later and returned to its owner. Hawthorne Ordnance Museum Curator itance from his father now! The son he is looking for and that it is my ring in Hawthorne, Nevada. promptly leaves home, loses all his that he found. Charlie then shares the the 52 submarines lost during World Peter confirmed he had a deactivat- money, and suffers through a severe story about how the ring was given to War II, and his Cruise Book from his around-the-world deployment when ed MK-37 torpedo with the warhead re- When the torpedo arrived, Snook electricity was brought to the memorial famine. Finally, down and out with hun- him in Florida by a family friend. When he served in the U.S. Navy. moved and that he would reserve it for Base members were amazed to find the so that it could be lighted at night. ger pains and eating the slop of pigs, he saw my name and the submarine As we spent time that weekend Snook Base. only item inside the trailer was the tor- We were now ready for the dedica- he gets up and returns home to his fa- dolphin insignia on the ring, he just sharing our experiences in the Navy TORPEDO STORAGE pedo in it’s MK183 shipping container. tion ceremony. A beautiful spring day ther. When his father saw his son in the knew that he had to get it back to me. and reliving the story of how Charlie Now that Snook Base had access The driver said that his manifest stated greeted state, county and city digni- distance, he ran to his son, embraced You see, Charlie had a brother who came to acquire my long-lost ring, the to a torpedo, base members began to pick up the torpedo in Hawthorne and taries along with Snook Base members him, and commanded his servants to gave his life on one of the 52 subma- wonderful, warm, and friendly spirit the search for a fitting location to build deliver it directly to Bentonville. A big and their families, other veterans groups throw a party in his son’s honor—his rines that were lost during World War of Charlie and Madelyn impressed the memorial and find a way to get the thank you to Walmart Transportation. and the public were in attendance for son was lost, but now was found. II. What’s more, like me, Charlie served me. Not many people would go the torpedo to northwest Arkansas. the dedication. The event was covered This brings us to my own story of his country in the United States Navy FINDING A SUITABLE LOCATION a lost item: my United States Navy lengths that Charlie did to locate and Several locations were contacted by the local news media. during wartime. So now, we have a A few months later, while running return the ring to me at no cost. In his for storage, but folks were a little con- The ceremony began with the ring that I had worn practically every connection: Me, a Vietnam, Cold War, errands in Pea Ridge, Arkansas, Base day since 1998. The ring, with a bril- search, he called the Navy, checked cerned about storing a torpedo. hoisting of flags of the United States, and Iraq War-era submarine veteran; Commander Rathmell ran across an ac- liant blue stone, displayed my years of Charlie, a Korean War veteran; and with the Veterans Administration, var- Base member Bob Andregg volun- Arkansas and POW/MIA by local Boy quaintance of his. During their conver- service, my initials, and the submarine Charlie’s brother, a World War II sub- ious veteran’s organizations, and ring teered to help with the memorial as the Scouts and Girl Scouts. Following the sation, Pete learned that the local VFW dolphin insignia. marine hero! Three men who have companies. However, a Google search project engineer. Bob’s son, Matthew invocation by Snook Base Chaplain Bob Post was building a veterans memorial Back in the summer of 2007, my honorably served their country, who led him to my online biography, which who works at a local auto body shop Andregg, Pea Ridge Mayor Jackie Crab- on the school grounds of old downtown family and I were at Long Beach also all hail from New York, have a con- was how he was finally able to come arranged a meeting with his boss. Bob tree spoke about how proud his city Pea Ridge. Pete got the contact infor- (http://bit.ly/2HZu4tr) on Long Island, nection through my lost ring. in contact with me—Charlie is truly met with Bob Morey, owner of Bob Mo- was to have such a beautiful Subma- mation and passed it on to Mike who New York. The trip to the beach was My ring was returned this past July. a shipmate! rey’s Auto Body who generously agreed rine Veterans Memorial. Several other met with VFW Post 8109 Command- a Sunday surprise by my foster sister I called Charlie to thank him for return- It is my hope that Charlie, Made- to not only store the torpedo but repaint guests spoke and then Project Manag- it as well. er Jerry Burton. Mike explained that Marguerite (who we fondly call Mags). ing it to me. I called him “a shipmate” lyn, and I can remain friends forev- er Mike Rainwater and Project Engineer Snook Base was looking for a site to I asked my wife to keep an eye on my and “my new friend” and I made it my er because my ring that was lost has TRANSPORTING THE TORPEDO Bob Andregg unveiled the memorial. It place the torpedo and would the VFW ring while I waded in the water to join mission to visit him on Long Island. been found and I can rejoice with new Meanwhile, Mike worked on arrang- was a truly inspiring and proud moment Post consider their request. At the next my granddaughter Kyashia, who was This past Labor Day weekend, I made friends like Charlie and Madelyn. ing transportation of the torpedo back for USS Snook Base and all those in to Arkansas. In June of 2016, after VFW meeting, the Snook Base request out playing on the sand bars. I left my the trip to visit my family and my new Note: attendance. several trucking firms declined the job, was approved. ring in the cup holder of one of our shipmate, Charlie Virga. Charlie’s brother gave his life on the Base Commander Pete Rathmell con- DISPLAYING THE TORPEDO BZ USS SNOOK BASE! beach chairs. For some reason I can We (my wife Carole and my sister USS Robalo (SS 273). His name was tacted his friend, Admiral Luke Mc- Working with the VFW, it was decid- View a news clip of the dedication no longer remember, we had to move Mags) spent nearly three hours visit- Ciro Robert Virga, Fireman First Class. Collum, who at the time worked at the ed that the torpedo should be mounted ceremony at: http://bit.ly/2tBPaFNw to another section of the beach—and ing with Charlie and his wife Madelyn http://bit.ly/2FAbftF | | American Submariner 18 19 Second Quarter 2019 A MESSAGE FROM DOCTOR JOYCE BROTHERS COMSUBLANT SAILOR OF THE YEAR PROGRAM By Craig S. Werner, EMCS(SS), USN (Ret.), Secretary/Treasurer, Hampton Roads Base know he can qualify for this highly se- constant? The glib answer would be Shortly after the loss of lective service. However, it should be that they are. It is much more accurate, In 1972, Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, is under a lot of pressure to compare the candidates and USS Thresher on 10 April 1963, emphasized that this desire to prove from a psychological point of view, to initiated the Navy-wide Sailor of the Year program to provide determine the best of the best. Dr. Joyce Brothers wrote this masculinity is not pathological, as it say they are not necessarily braver, recognition of the Navy’s outstanding Sailors through nu- Getting Sailors ready requires coordination with type piece on Submariners. might be in certain daredevil pursuits, but that they have more insight into merous presentations, awards, and ultimately, for our senior commanders using guidance provided in OPNAVINST such as driving a motorcycle through a themselves and their capabilities. Sailors, meritorious advancement to Chief Petty Officer. 1700.10N (SAILOR OF THE YEAR PROGRAM) to ensure flaming hoop. They know themselves a little bet- Each of the Sailors who have competed in this year’s each competing Sailor has a complete package for each RISK IS AN INSPIRATION IN program represents the ever-growing group of dedicated board member. EMOTIONALLY HEALTHY ter than the next man. This has to be SUBMARINE SERVICE professionals who serve as role models and exhibit honor, For the Sea Sailors, the competition ends with Fleet There is nothing dare devilish about so with men who have a healthy reason The tragic loss of the Submarine courage, and commitment to their profession. It is these Forces. For the Shore Sailors, they will have to get ready the motivations of the man who de- to volunteer for a risk. They are gener- Thresher and 129 men had a special Sailors, and many more like them, that makes our Navy the for a final competition at the Chief of Naval Operations cides to dedicate his life to the Sub- ally a cut healthier emotionally than kind of impact on the nation…a special most capable and powerful Navy in the world. Commander, level (this allows for marine Service. He does, indeed, take others of similar age and background kind of sadness, mixed with universal Submarine Force Atlantic (COMSUBLANT) is just one part reservists to com- pride in demonstrating that he is quite because of their willingness to push admiration for the men who chose this of that big picture. pete). This process a man, but he does not do so to prac- themselves a little bit farther and not kind of work. Each Sailor who is announced as his/her Command’s starts in September tice a form of foolhardy brinkmanship, settle for an easier kind of existence. One could not mention the Thresher Sailor of the Year will continue on to their parent ISIC to of the previous year to see how close he can get to failure We all have tremendous capa- without observing, in the same breath compete. After that competition, they go on to compete for and does not end un- and still snatch victory from the jaws bilities but are rarely straining at the how utterly final and alone the end is the Region Sailor of the Year. til the summer of the of defeat. On the contrary, the aim in upper level of what we can do; these when a ship dies at the bottom of the SUBLANT is divided into three regions for the selection following year. the Submarine Service is to battle the men are. sea…and what a remarkable specimen process, the Northeast Region (Groton), Mid-Atlantic Re- Many man-hours danger, to minimize the risk, to take The country can be proud and of man it must be who accepts such gion (Norfolk), and Southeast Region (Kingsbay). Each re- are put into this pro- every measure to make certain that grateful that so many of its sound, a risk. gion sends one Shore and one Sea Sailor for their chance gram to ensure the safety rather than danger, is main- young, eager men care enough about Most of us might be moved to con- to be named the COMSUBLANT Sea or Shore Sailor of the best of the best at tained at all times. their own status in life—and the wel- clude, too, that a tragedy of this kind Year. The winners go on to compete at the Commander, U.S. each level. The Sailor Are the men in submarines braver fare of their country—to pool their would have a damaging effect on the Fleet Forces Command competition. The best from each of the Year Program than those in other pursuits where the skills and match them collectively moral of the other men in the subma- type commander is represented at this level of competition. Force Master Chief John Perryman, highlights and rec- possibility of sudden tragedy is not against the power of the sea. rine service and tend to discourage The SUBLANT Selection Board consists of active duty with 2018 winners MMN1 Stephen ognizes the best of future enlistments. Actually, there is no ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME – WASHINGTON, D.C. AND GULFPORT MISS. senior enlisted, a member of the Hampton Roads Base, Fuhr, SUBLANT Sea Sailor of the the outstanding Sea evidence that this is so. USSVI, and a member of the local Naval Submarine League. Year; and DC1 Monique Carswell, and Shore sailors of What is it, then, that lures men to The candidates are all exceptional Sailors and the board SUBLANT Shore Sailor of the Year. SUBLANT. careers in which they spend so much Affordable Independent of their time in cramped quarters, un- Living for Eligible Veterans! der great psychological stress, with danger lurking all about them? 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| | American Submariner 20 21 Second Quarter 2019 Tin Can Sailors Breakfast and a Visit to the VA Hospital

in Prescott, Arizona JUST RELEASED ** ** The USSVI Gudgeon Base Submarine veterans were well represented at the Tin Can Sailors monthly breakfast at LIVING THE MIRACLES the Prescott Junction Restaurant on the 12th of February. A SAILOR’S LIFE IN THE NUCLEAR After some sea stories and a hearty breakfast about six shipmates, lead by Base Commander Gary “Wink” Winkel- POWER AGE man, met in the lobby of the Prescott VA hospital. For the next hour or so they passed out specially designed Valen- by Albert Lee Kelln, Rear Admiral, tine cards to staff (mostly the pretty girls) and very appre- US Navy (Retired) ciative patients. It was a gratifying experience to see the smiles on their The life history of a son born to poor immigrants in the faces and one that reminded us of how fortunate we are to 1929 Depression and the Dust Bowl. be able to walk around the floors while many of our hero vets are confined to beds and wheelchairs. At the very least Appointed to the Naval Academy. Served on: we broke up the loneliness most of these men and women •USS Blue DD-744 (Two Korean deployments) face daily. According to a nurse, patients spend anywhere from •USS Ronquil SS-396 Chief engineer (Two Korean one month to as long as a year in the facility, depending on deployments) their treatment needs. Selected by Admiral Rickover as Nuclear Power Operator. In all we passed out more than 90 cards and pray that number goes down next year and each year thereafter until • USS Skate SSN-578 Operation Officer on two North Pole voyages it reaches zero. • USS Shark SSN-591 Engineering Officer (encounter with the Queen of Greece) We all know what that would mean. • USS John C. Calhoun Pre-Comissioning Unit - PXO Wayne Thomas Nelson Editor, Gudgeon Base Newsletter • USS Enterprise CVAN-65 Chief engineer (Operation Sea Orbit and first overhaul and refueling) • USS Ray SSN-653 Commanding Officer (amazing exploits) • Commodore FBM Squadron 14 at Holy Loch, Scotland • Promoted six years early to Rear Admiral • Experienced vicissitudes of the Pentagon • Served in Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Intelligence Agency • After retirement, Founded Naval Submarine League • Appointed Aide-de-Camp to Virginia Governor George Allen • Founded many Christian Programs, including a Clothing Bank, Pregnancy Center and a Prescott VA hospital residents Healing Prayer Room. • Holds international record as only person to have Flown over, Stood at, and Gone under the ice at the North Pole. • Book records 22 miracles––See if you can find them. • (For children too––see Appendix “Sea Adventures & Knowledge Grabbers with Admiral Al”)

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Submariners and “Targets.” Gudgeon Base SubVets trade sea stories at the Tin Can Breakfast prior to visiting hos- pitalized vets at the VA hospital in Prescott, Arizona. | | American Submariner 22 23 Second Quarter 2019 the stars at night are big and bright at the USSVI NATIONAL CONVENTION Complete details and registration at ussviconvention.org/2019 or contact the hotel directly at 800-468-3571 AUGUST 14-20, 2019 and use the code US SUBMARINE VETERANS RENAISSANCE AUSTIN HOTEL • AUSTIN, TEXAS For more information contact Rick Mitchell DON’T MISS OUT! (512) 639-0035 REGISTER NOW for a fun-filled week of camaraderie [email protected] and activities for the entire family. ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: Welcome Aboard Party Riverboat Dinner Cruises Austin BBQ and Brew Tours River Float Trips Halfway Night Party National Museum of the Pacific War Hill Country Motorcycle Run Texas History Tour Hill Country Wine and BBQ Tour Hosted by Central Texas Base San Antonio Tour Brazos Valley Base (featuring Alamo tour and River Walk) and more!

| | American Submariner 24 25 Second Quarter 2019 RICKOVERHyman G.

Hyman G. Rickover was born on vancing quickly, so he went to Wash- II, he flew to Pearl Harbor to organize January 27, 1900, just a few months ington and volunteered for submarine repairs to the electrical power plant of before the modern American Submarine duty. His application was turned down USS California (BB-44). Force came into existence with the due to his age, at that time 29 years. Rickover had been promoted to the Plunger class submarines. Rickover Fortunately for Rickover, he ran into rank of commander on 1 January 1942, was born Chaim Godalia Rickover, in his former commanding officer from and in late June of that year was made Russian Poland. His parents later Nevada while leaving the building, who a temporary captain. Later in the war, changed his name to “Hyman” and interceded successfully on his behalf. his service as head of the Electrical when required to list a middle name for From 1929 to 1933, Rickover qualified Section in the Bureau of Ships brought the Naval Academy oath, he substitut- for submarine duty and command him a Legion of Merit and gave him ed “George.” aboard the submarines S-9 and S-48. experience in directing large devel- The family immigrated to the U.S., opment programs, choosing talented fleeing Russian programs when Rick- technical people, and working closely over was six. While attending John with private industry. Marshall High School in Chicago (from Time magazine featured him on which he graduated with honors in the cover of its January 11, 1954 issue. 1918), Rickover held a full-time job as The accompanying article described a telegraph boy delivering Western his wartime service: Sharp-tongued Union telegrams, through which he Hyman Rickover spurred his men to became acquainted with U.S. Con- exhaustion, ripped through red tape, gressman Adolph J. Sabath, himself a drove contractors into rages. He was Czech Jewish immigrant. Through the known for making enemies, but by the intervention of a family friend, Sabath end of the war, he had won the rank of nominated Rickover for appointment captain. He had also won a reputation to the United States Naval Academy. as a man who gets things done. Rickover was only a third alternate After the war, Rickover was as- for an appointment, but through dis- signed to work with General Electric ciplined self-directed study and good at Schenectady, New York, to develop fortune, Rickover passed the entrance a nuclear propulsion plant for destroy- exam and was accepted. ers. In 1946, an initiative was begun at Rickover’s active duty naval career On 17 July 1937, he reported aboard the Manhattan Project’s Clinton Lab- began in 1918, and on 2 June 1922, he the minesweeper Finch (AM-9) at oratory (now the Oak Ridge National graduated 107th out of 540 midship- Tsingtao, China and took command. Laboratory) to develop a nuclear elec- men and was commissioned as an The future longest-serving U.S. Navy tric generating plant. Realizing the po- ensign.[14] He joined the destroyer La officer assumed his only ship com- tential that nuclear energy held for the Vallette on 5 September 1922. Rickover mand with additional duty as Com- Navy, Rickover applied. He was sent to impressed his commanding officer with mander, Mine Division Three, Asiatic Oak Ridge through the efforts of his his hard work and efficiency and was Fleet. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident wartime boss, Rear Admiral Earle Mills, made engineer officer on 21 June 1923, had occurred ten days earlier, and in who became the head of the Navy’s becoming the youngest such officer in August, Finch stood out for Shanghai Bureau of Ships that same year. the squadron. He next served on board to protect American citizens and in- Rickover became an early convert the battleship Nevada (BB-36) before terests from the conflict between Chi- to the idea of nuclear marine pro- earning a Master of Science degree in nese and Japanese forces. In October, pulsion and was the driving force for electrical engineering from Columbia his designation as an engineering duty shifting the Navy’s initial focus from University by way of the Naval Post- officer became effective, and he was applications on destroyers to subma- graduate School. At NPS, he met Ruth relieved of his three-month command rines. Rickover’s vision was not initially D. Masters, a graduate student in inter- of Finch at Shanghai on 5 October 1937. shared by his immediate superiors: he national law, whom he married in 1931. Rickover was assigned as assis- was recalled from Oak Ridge and as- Rickover preferred life on smaller tant chief of the Electrical section of signed “advisory duties” with an office ships. He also knew that young offi- the Bureau of Engineering in 1939. in an abandoned ladies room in the cers in the submarine service were ad- After America’s entry into World War Navy Building. He subsequently went | | American Submariner 26 27 Second Quarter 2019 around several layers of superior of- This became known as the S1W reator. had made powerful enemies, especially ficers, and in 1947 went directly to Nautilus was launched and commission- General Dynamics, owners of the main IT’S WHAT SHIPMATES DO! the Chief of Naval Operations, Fleet ed with this reactor in 1954. submarine developers/builders at Admiral Chester Nimitz, also a for- Later Rickover oversaw the devel- Electric Boat Shipyard. On July 27, 1981, Chuck Parshall, EMCS(SS) USN (Ret.) Rogue River, about fifteen miles from mer submariner. Nimitz immediately opment of the Shippingport Atomic they were handed the final impetus for is quite a man and quite a sailor. Chuck Chuck’s home. Wade and Chuck often understood the potential of nuclear Power Station, the first commercial ending Rickover’s career by way of is a plankowner of the Rogue-Umpqua carpooled to our base meetings. propulsion in submarines and recom- pressurized water reactor nuclear an operational error on the admiral’s Base, located in Southern Oregon and Last summer, Wade and his wife, mended the project to the Secretary power plant. part: a “moderate” loss of ship control was our first base treasurer. He was Nancy purchased a lovely new home of the Navy, John L. Sullivan. Sullivan’s and depth excursion while performing a crew member on the USS Nautilus in Casa Grande, Arizona and relocated endorsement to build the world’s first Sharp-tongued Hyman Rickover a submerged “crash back” maneuver (SSN 571) when it made that historic there while maintaining his member- nuclear-powered vessel, USS Nautilus spurred his men to exhaustion, during sea trials of the newly con- voyage under the polar icecap. ship in our base in Oregon. (SSN 571), later caused Rickover to ripped through red tape, drove structed USS La Jolla (SSN 701). Rick- Chuck is now 85 years old and is When Wade learned about Chuck’s state that Sullivan was “the true father contractors into rages. over was the actual man-in-charge losing his eyesight and hearing. His pending move and the cost that would of the Nuclear Navy.” during this specific performance test, balance is not like it once was and, as be incurred, Wade decided to do some- Subsequently, Rickover became Rickover was promoted to vice ad- and his actions and inactions were a result, he no longer drives. He has a thing about it. He offered to do the re- chief of a new section in the Bureau of miral in 1958, the same year that he was judged to have been the causal factor. son living in South Carolina and with a location himself. Ships, the Nuclear Power Division, and awarded the first of two Congressional On January 31, 1982, four days af- bit of encouraging, Chuck agreed to Casa Grande is about 1,140 miles began work with Alvin M. Weinberg, the Gold Medals. He exercised tight con- ter his 82nd birthday, Rickover was relocate from Grants Pass, Oregon to from Grants Pass. Wade offered to Oak Ridge director of research, to initi- trol for the next three decades over forced to retire from the Navy after 63 Lake Wylie, South Carolina. pick Chuck up, load his personal be- ate and develop the Oak Ridge School the ships, technology, and personnel years of service under 13 presidents At one time Chuck owned a large, longings in his pickup truck and then of Reactor Technology and to begin of the nuclear Navy. (Woodrow Wilson through Ronald Rea- 3,500 square-foot home that was drive Chuck to his new home at Lake the design of the pressurized water Rickover’s stringent standards are gan). According to Rickover, he first Chuck Parshall—”The Traveler” From loaded with furniture, household Wylie, a distance of about 2,800 miles, reactor for submarine propulsion. largely credited with being responsible learned of his firing when his wife told Grant’s Pass Oregon to Lake Wylie, items, and lots of clothing including taking the most direct route. After set- In February 1949 he was as- for the U.S. Navy’s continuing record of him what she heard on the radio. He South Carolina. 85 shirts at one time, if my memory tling Chuck in Lake Wylie, Wade had to signed to the Atomic Energy Com- zero reactor accidents. He has been died on July 8, 1986. serves me correctly. Chuck now lives drive back to his home in Casa Grande, driving and weather conditions, which mission’s Division of Reactor Devel- declared in retrospect as “the most fa- A new USS Hyman G. Rickover in a two-bedroom, one and a half bath a distance of about 2,050 miles. So, added more miles to the drive. opment, and then assumed control mous and controversial admiral of his (SSN 795), a Virginia-class submarine, cottage. His new residence will be an Wade drove a total of approximately There was a small work party in- of the Navy’s effort as Director of the era.” Hyperactive, political, blunt, con- was announced by the Secretary of the apartment located about two miles 6,000 miles. Why? Because Wade’s at- volved in getting Chuck packed. Wade Naval Reactors Branch, reporting to frontational, insulting, flamboyant, and Navy at a ceremony at the Washington from his son and daughter-in-law. Also, titude is that’s what a Shipmate does Miller, David Allen and Ken Earls step- Mills. This twin role enabled him to lead a workaholic, Rickover was always de- Navy Yard in January 2015. his two adult grandchildren will be a for a fellow Shipmate. ped forward to help pack Chuck’s be- the effort to develop Nautilus. manding of others—without regard for The first USS Hyman G. Rickover short distance away. The drive took place early in March longings load them into Wade’s truck. Rickover and the team did not rank or position—as well as himself. (SSN 709), a Los Angeles-class sub- This move was going to be expen- 2019 with many miles of snow-covered Chuck Parshall is a hero. Wade Mill- disappoint: the result was a highly Moreover, he had “little tolerance for marine and the only submarine of its sive. So in steps a real Shipmate, Wade roads between Oregon and South Car- er is a hero! reliable nuclear reactor in a form factor mediocrity, none for stupidity.” class not to be named after a United Miller, another Rogue-Umpqua Base olina. As a result, the planned route From every Submarine veteran: that would fit into a submarine hull By the late 1970s, Ricover’s posit- States city or town was decommission- plankowner. Wade recently lived in was a southern one, in hopes of better Thank you, Wade! with no more than a 28-foot beam. ion seemed strong, but years of battles ed in 2007.

The Duty Loading Party gets it done! l-r: Dave Allen and Wade Miller load Shipmate Chuck Parshall’s personal belongings in preparation for the 2,800-mile move to Chuck’s new home in Lake Wylie, South Carolina. | | American Submariner 28 29 Second Quarter 2019 JEROME’S BENCH USS Corporal (SS 346)—The First Submarine to Reel in a Helicopter!

On Thursday, 26 April 1956, off the southern coast of Florida about 20 miles from Key West, Cmdr. W. F. Cul- ley of Augusta, Georgia, had a problem. Culley, the pilot of Navy helicopter #51 , was on a training run as part of Squad- ron VX-1. He realized that he was rapid- ly losing oil from the helicoprter’s main rotor assembly and was too far from the coast to return for an emergen- cy landing. Culley’s mind raced as he considered his options. Ditching was a possibility, giving Culley and his three fellow crew members the best op- portunity to survive the incident, but at the cost of a very expensive Navy he- licopter—the Sikorsky HSS-1. Finding Helo Hovering over USS CORPORAL Out of a desire to demonstrate that to all veterans who honorably served Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, I also put a small cay to set down on would be anyone could donate money, plaques their country, beginning with WWI. my name on one of the several walls ideal, but a sweep of the ocean land- er Navy or even merchant vessel in the submarine, built by Electric Boat in or even a bench to a Veteran’s Me- The bench was donated in the dedicated to anyone born in Taylor scape failed to reveal any prospects. vicinity could provide assistance. Groton, Connecticut and commission- morial Park to raise the public aware- name of all Submariners, since there County who served honorably. Crashing into the ocean was not a Meanwhile, not far from the dis- ed shortly after the end of World War ness of Submariners contributions to was no other Submarine Force recog- I invite anyone traveling near Perry, desirable option. Culley realized that tressed chopper, USS Corporal (SS 346), II. She was 312 feet in length with a freedom. nition in the park. Florida to stop and see a small town’s he had precious minutes to make a assigned to the submarine base at Key beam of 27 feet 3 inches. As it turned I donated my bench to Veterans As a submarine veteran who beautiful memorial to all veterans who decision before mechanical failure re- West, was submerged, conducting out, she would need every inch of Memorial Park in Perry, Florida in the in- served on USS Sea Poacher (SS 406) have served. quired a costly abandonment. A “may- ASW (anti-submarine warfare) exer- that beam for her next unscheduled fancy of what is now a splendid tribute and USS Cobbler (SS 344) during the Jerome D. Young TM2(SS) day” call was sent in hopes that anoth- cises. The Corporal was a Balao-class assignment. More →

| | American Submariner 30 31 Second Quarter 2019 The Corporal’s radio shack inter- deck without striking the conning tower ing officer Lt. j.g. George Ellis, who of- USS Drum (SS/AGSS 228) To Celebrate 50th ANNIVERSARY tercepted the mayday call from the dis- with the helicopter’s main rotor or the fered to stand along the after edge of abled helicopter, and the information fantail with its rear rotor? Since no one the sail to provide hand signals for the was immediately communicated to the had the answers to these questions, all pilot to fine-tune his landing, given the The WWII submarine USS Drum sub’s skipper, Lt. Cmdr. E.O. Proctor in the men could do was look closely and small margin for error. He risked injury (SS/AGSS 228) 50th anniversary cel- the bridge. Proctor wasted little time. guess. To all who were there, it seemed in his new role as a makeshift signal of- ebration is planned for 15 June 2019 “Emergency surface! Blow all main bal- like a very tight proposition, but there ficer from any false move, as the main at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, last!” The words reverberated over the seemed to be just enough room fore rotor blades of the helicopter spun Alabama. sub’s 1-MC as Corporal executed an to aft and port to starboard along the very close to his head. The celebration is sponsored by emergency blow and came to the sur- weather deck to give it a shot. (See the The boat’s radio shack sent the the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial face with a furious splash. In contact accompanying photo taken by another message, “Do you think you will make Park in Mobile, Alabama. with the helicopter, Proctor realized aircraft just before the actual rescue to it?” The message was received just The event is open to the public. that the chopper could remain airborne get a good sense of the relative propor- as the three wheels of the chopper Activities planned throughout the day for only a short period of time. Culley (two front, one rear) made contact include historical reenactments, guest requested Corporal to make heavy with the weather deck with only inch- lecturer, memorial service and more. knots in his direction to pick up survi- es to spare on either side. “We’re on About USS Drum vors should the need to ditch arise. your deck and darn happy to be here!” The Drum is a Gato-class WWII Corporal radioed that they were came the relieved reply from the heli- fleet submarine and the oldest Amer- on their way and proceeded at flank copter. The pilot had stuck the landing ican submarine on public display in speed to the chopper’s coordinates. on the very first try. The recovery party the world. In just a few minutes, Corporal made rushed over with their mooring lines to Commissioned in November 1941, its first visual contact of the hover- secure the chopper to the submarine. she completed 13 war patrols and is USS Drum moored at Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Alabama, prior to ing chopper, suspended only a short It was the first time that a submarine credited with sinking 15 ships. Drum damage by storm surge of Hurricane Georges in 1998. distance above the ocean surface. had ever rescued a helicopter. Moving in to the helicopter’s immedi- Once the blades of the helicopter received a total of 12 battle stars for ular attraction and proved that WWII by base volunteers. ate vicinity, Proctor had an idea that had spun to a complete stop and the her WWII service. With total of 80,580 submarines could have a second life Upon delivery of Drum to Battle- he shared with Culley. “How about at- assembly was properly secured, the as museums. ship Memorial Park, a reunion group tempting an on-deck landing?” The crew emerged onto the deck, where The submarine was moored astern was formed by several WWII crew reply from the chopper was emphat- they were met by Lt. Cmdr. Proctor. of USS Alabama (BB-60), before being members and their families. ic: “Hell yes, let’s give it a go.” No one “Welcome aboard!” offered the skip- extensively damaged by Hurricane Today, there are 20 reunion mem- wanted to see a valuable asset plunge per, in perhaps one of the most unusu- Helicopter 51 arrives safely at Naval Georges in 1998. Upon completion of bers including five WWII Drum crew needlessly to the ocean depths. al unplanned visits in submarine histo- Station Key West after an emer- repairs in 2001, she was moved onto members. Proctor carefully maneuvered Cor- ry. The guests were escorted down the gency at-sea landing on Corporal’s land for permanent display. The Drum has received several en- poral directly under the hovering heli- hatch and offered food and drink while afterdeck. The submarine is maintained in gineering awards within the U.S. Naval copter. Communications between chop- Corporal steamed back to the Naval part by volunteers from USSVI’s Mo- Restoration Program. per and submarine continued at a tions of the two assets.) Still, given the Annex at Key West, arriving just before bile Bay Base. Below deck tours for The submarine was declared a furious pace. The mechanical issue vagaries of the sea and wind conditions sunset at approximately 1830 hours visitors to the submarine are provided National Historic Landmark in 1986. with the helicopter prevented it from that could shift the relative positions local time. Word had spread about the turning in any direction. Hovering was of the submarine and helicopter, the plight of the helicopter and the uncon- still functional, but no heading adjust- whole idea was incredibly risky. Since ventional heroism aboard Corporal ment was possible. Once this problem there were no other viable alternatives, that had saved her. As a result, a large was understood, Proctor maneuvered the submarine crew prepared for the crowd had gathered at the pier to greet The emblem of the octopus banging the submarine so that its weather surprise drop-in. both submarine and helicopter. It must the drum was created by Walt Disney. deck was lined up with the landing The COB and his topside men had have been quite a curious sight to wit- Walt Disney Studios designed many wheels of the chopper. Did the heli- no protocol or manual to draw from. ness the sleek submarine heading into unique emblems for military units copter have enough room to land? They simply relied on their instincts her berth with the most unlikely boun- throughout the United States Armed There were two critical issues to to mitigate the risks of the impend- ty lashed to her dorsal hull. Forces in WWII. consider. First, was the beam of the ing landing—such as taking down the Navy mechanics made the nec- submarine wide enough to accommo- long wire antenna to avoid an inad- essary repairs to the chopper’s rotor tons of enemy shipping, she ranks date the landing wheels of the helicop- vertent snag. The men then grabbed casing without moving the bird from its eighth highest of all U.S. submarines ter? The answer to that question wasn’t mooring lines in preparation for the precipitous perch. After grateful hand- in total Japanese tonnage sunk. immediately clear to those crew mem- next step. The helicopter began its fi- shakes were exchanged all around, USS Drum was donated to Battle- bers of Corporal who had gone topside nal descent as pilot Culley attempted the four-man crew climbed back into ship Memorial Park on 14 April 1969. to inspect the underside of the hover- to keep his bird directly over the cen- the cabin to depart. Giving the thumbs She was towed to Mobile, Alabama, ing helicopter. (The “recovery party” in terline of the submarine’s hull. Except up, Cmdr. Culley lifted the chopper off arriving 18 May 1969. this case consisted of volunteers led for one intrepid sailor, the members of the deck and the big bird took to the Dedicated and opened to the public by the COB.) Second, assuming that the recovery party stayed crouched sky. In minutes the helicopter was out on 4 July 1969, she was the nation’s first there was enough room side to side, at a safe distance just forward of the of sight and the men of Corporal had submarine to be on permanent display Photo byJean-Pierre Martin is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 could Culley bring the helicopter down sail during this time. The person who themselves the yarn of a lifetime— as a museum. In 2001, as result of damage sustained by Hurricane Georges, Drum in the very tight space on the weather remained in harm’s way was engineer- about the big one that didn’t get away! The Drum was instantly a pop- was moved ashore and placed on a permanent fixture.

| | American Submariner 32 33 Second Quarter 2019 UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS, INC. Tarheel Base Color Guard The Last Time

BOAT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM On February 2nd, the Tarheel Color Guard had the When I last saw Laird privilege and honor to present colors at a Duke men’s home Heiser was in Livorno, Italy. You know the value that you get from reading the American Submariner, and you also know that recruiting new members basketball game. The ship had run aground is necessary for our organization to survive. What better way to reach current submarine Sailors in the fleet or hospitalized ading of The color guard has been working with Master Ser- the day before and it had vets, NROTC and JNROTC units, schools, and other organizations for potential new members, than through their re the latest issue of our great magazine. The Boat Sponsorship Program is designed to do just that. Three subscriptions to the geant Carlos Aguilar, who is assigned to the regional col- taken 24 hours to get it American Submariner will be sent to your boat or organization. Subscriptions may be in the name of a base or an individual. lege NROTC units. Over a year ago, when the base decid- out of the mud. It was at ed to put a color guard together, we figured who better Each first-time sponsor will receive a special BSP patch. All sponsors will be entered in the quarterly USSVI Boat Model 0805 on the 28th of April to help a bunch of old Submariners relearn how to march Giveaway contest, a $500 value (one entry per sponsorship). 1960 on the Quarterdeck (or at least walk together) than a Marine. The NROTC cap- of the USS Aucilla (AO-56). Questions? Call Jack Messersmith at 928-227-7753 or email [email protected] tain asked if anyone was interested and Carlos took We had sailed together for the assignment. the previous three years. After previous gigs at D-league baseball, AAA baseball He and I made E-5 on 1 Dec- SPONSOR A BOAT OR ORGANIZATION FOR ONLY $30 A YEAR and our biggest opportunity to date—the Durham Bulls on ember 1959. He asked me if I was getting out of the Navy, ADD A 2019 USSVI CALENDAR FOR ONLY $7 EACH Military Appreciation Night—Carlos offered us as opportu- and I assured him that I had all I could stand of that miserable nity to present colors at a Duke home basketball game. rustbucket of a ship and its Chickencrap XO. I knew that he It was an absolute treat to hear the announcement while was about due to finish his Active Duty as well. Laird was SUBMARINES IN NEED OF SPONSORS standing center court at Cameron Indoor Stadium: “Pre- from Pennsylvania, and was saving his money to buy a new senting colors tonight are members of the United States Chevy Impala. He was a great shipmate and one of my best CURRENTLY ACTIVE BOATS USS KENTUCKY GOLD (SSBN 737) Submarine Veterans, Tarheel Base.” friends. I asked him what he was going to do and he told me A special surprise was learning we were seated about 12 FAST ATTACK USS MAINE BLUE (SSBN 741) that he was thinking about going into Submarines. seats down from where David Robinson (“The Admiral”) was I wished him the best and we shook hands. I saluted the USS COLUMBIA (SSN 771) DECOMMISSIONED BOATS seated. During halftime, I asked, “Hey Admiral, how about a Petty Officer of the Watch, BM2 Skelly and the flag and walk- USS CONNECTICUT (SSN 22) CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI (SSN 705) picture with some Navy guys?” He was very kind and happy ed down the gangway headed for civilian life forever. The USS DELAWARE (SSN 791) DALLAS (SSN 700) to give us a minute! next time I heard about Laird was on the 12th of April 1963. I was pleased to see that he had made E-6, and my heart USS GREENEVILLE (SSN 772) HOUSTON (SSN 713) was torn to see his name on the missing list of the USS HELENA (SSN 725) LA JOLLA (SSN 701) USS Thresher (SSN 593). Editor USS HYMAN G. RICKOVER (SSN 795) NORFOLK (SSN 714) USS MONTANA (SSN 794) SAN FRANCISCO (SSN 711) USS NORTH DAKOTA (SSN 784) PROVIDENCE (SSN 719) USS VIRGINIA (SSN 774) ALBUQUERQUE (SSN 706) BOOMERS BUFFALO (SSN 715) USS KENTUCKY BLUE (SSBN 737) BREMERTON (SSN 698)

Tarheel Base presents colors prior to a Duke home I would like to sponsor: basketball game on the campus of Duke University in  Durham, North Carolina. l-r: Wade Cooper, Tom McFadden, YES! ______Jim Wallace, Rich Cimino. (Name of boat or organization) I want  Send ______2019 calendars @ $7.00 each.

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Phone: ______Email: ______Complete and mail along with your check to: USSVI NATIONAL OFFICE • P.O. BOX 3870 • SILVERDALE, WA 98383-3870 Please indicate Boat Sponsorship Program or “BSP” on your check. l-r: Tom McFadden, David Robinson, Wade Cooper, Jim Wallace, Rich Cimino. | | American Submariner 34 35 Second Quarter 2019 LOST BOATS DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN?

“I can assure you that they went down fighting and that their brothers who survived them took a grim toll of our savage enemy to avenge their deaths.”

Admiral Charles A. Lockwood, USN

USS SQUALUS (SS-192) USS R-12 (SS-89) USS HERRING (SS-233) 59 men on board. 45 men on board. 84 men on board. Lost on 23 May 1939 when it flooded Lost off Key West, Florida, to unknown Lost on 1 June 1944 by a Japanese shore and sank off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. causes on 12 June 1943. battery and surface craft off Matsuwa The boat was salvaged and recommissioned 42 Men lost, 3 survived. Island, Kuriles. as USS Sailfish (SS-192). USS RUNNER (SS-275) All hands lost. 26 men lost. 78 men on board. USS BONEFISH (SS-223) USS O-9 (SS-70) Lost by possible Japanese mine 86 men on board. 34 men on board. between Midway Island and Japan Lost on 18 June 1945 when it was sunk in Lost on 20 June 1941 when it foundered in June 1943. Toyama Wan in the Sea of Japan. off the Isle of Shoals, fifteen miles from All hands lost. All hands lost. From the back, he looks like just another Shipmate, sporting a 589 memorial t-shirt, and he is! From the front, he still Portsmouth, New Hampshire. USS GUDGEON (SS-211) looks like just another Shipmate, and he is! But at the same time, he is a special sort of Shipmate. You will probably All hands lost. 78 men on board. Post World War II Losses recognize him when I tell you his name. What is missing are the four stars that normally adorn each of his shoulders. USS S-27 (SS-132) Lost during a Japanese air and USS STICKLEBACK (SS-415) His name is John—Admiral John M. Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations. 44 men on board. surface attack on 12 May 1944 in 90 men on board. I met the Admiral in 2011 at Groton’s Memorial Service for the Lost Boats. As I recall, he mentioned having served aboard Grounded on 19 June 1942 off Amchitka the Northern Marianas. Lost on 28 May 1958 after being the 620 boat some years after I had moved on. He seemed like a nice young man. I was pleased when he assumed CNO! Island. All the crew were rescued by Navy All hands lost. rammed on exercises off Hawaii by PBYs six days later. USS Silverstein (DD-534). USS GOLET (SS-361) No loss of life. All crew safely evacuated prior 84 men on board. USS PICKEREL (SS-177) to sinking. Lost during a Japanese Surface 74 men on board. USS THRESHER (SSN-593) attack off Honshu, Japan, on Lost by Japanese Surface Attack 129 men on board. 14 June 1944. off Honshu, Japan, on 3 April 1943. Lost on 10 April 1963 during a test dive off All hands lost. All hands lost. the New England coast. Sinking most USS GRENADIER (SS-210) USS SNOOK (SS-279) likely due to failure of a seawater intake 61 men on board. 84 men on board. piping weld. Lost on 22 April 1943, ten miles west Lost on 8 April 1945 to unknown All hands lost. of Lem Voalan Strait in Indian Ocean. causes off Formosa. USS SCORPION (SSN-589) Scuttled after being badly damaged by All hands lost. 99 men on board. bombs. 61 men were taken prisoner, USS LAGARTO (SS-371) Lost on 22 May 1968 due to unknown USS ULYSSES S. GRANT (SSBN 631) 57 survived the war. 85 men on board. causes 400 miles southwest of the Four men died as pow. Lost on 3 May 1945 in the Gulf of Siam Azores in the Atlantic. during a Japanese surface attack. All hands lost. 2019 TWO-PART REUNION All hands lost. attend either or both Part One Part Two LAND REUNION CRUISE REUNION Orlando, Florida Port Canaveral, Florida September 24-28, 2019 September 28-October 5, 2019 For details visit ussgrant.com or contact Larry/Ruth Jordan at (940) 569-8145 email Finally, we remember all the brave Submariners who died in the course of their duties aboard submarines, (Larry) [email protected] (Ruth) [email protected] some individually and some in groups, but where the submarine itself was not lost.

| | American Submariner 36 37 Second Quarter 2019 NEW MEMBERS

Last Name First Name Qual. Boat Last Name First Name Qual. Boat Last Name First Name Qual. Boat Last Name First Name Qual. Boat Rea, III Irvin B. 1986 Alaska McClain William E. 1966 G. W. Carver Harris Michael L. 1967 Remora Patrizio Nicholas G. 1970 Ulysses S. Grant Sliss Gerald J. 1968 Albacore Smode Frank 1968 G. W. Carver Sparks William 1967 Requin Goulet Edward C. 1961 Volador Henry Cody R. 1999 Albuquerque Reinhart Ronald 1975 Glenard P. Lipscomb Erickson Michael 1997 Rhode Island Michael Johnny 1970 Von Steuben Witte John C. 2003 Albuquerque Salen William Robert 1962 Grampus Huff William J. 2002 Rhode Island Hogan Michael C. 1974 Whale Vawter Paul D. 1970 Alexander Hamilton Tapanila Theodore 1962 Grayback DesAutels Paul J. 1976 Robert E. Lee Trembley Daniel K. 1989 Whale Beaton John A. 1977 Andrew Jackson Woods Allen M. 1991 Groton Jacobson Donald 1973 Robert E. Lee Artz Jr. John E. 1990 Will Rogers Rock James 1974 Andrew Jackson Andereggen Steven 1967 Guardfish Velez Peter P. 1967 Robert E. Lee Elbon Don 1977 Will Rogers Yore III Thomas 2009 Annapolis Huffman Gary W. 1981 Guitarro Herold Robert Lee 1955 Sabalo Faiman Raoul Associate Caban Jan M. 1983 Atlanta Loefflad Paul 1979 Guitarro Dunn Franklin T. 1972 Sailfish Gallagher Patrick Associate Christensen Charlie 1972 Barb Nyffeler Dean A. 1972 Haddo Castro Juvenal 1971 Salmon Goertz Peggy Associate Fuller Don 1973 Barb Businger Mark 1991 Hawkbill Harman Jay G. 1970 Sam Houston Kingsley Rebecca Associate Klugh David C. 1968 Benjamin Franklin Woodside Stephen A. 1972 Henry L. Stimson Takacs Garry W. 1966 Sam Houston Klenz Teresa Associate Rosol Joseph J. 1975 Benjamin Franklin Stucker Brian K. 1987 Henry M. Jackson Tassinari Timothy D. 1984 Sam Rayburn Kotfer Laurie Associate Gelfand Martin D. 1981 Bergall Hophan Gregory R. 1985 Honolulu Aston Ronald L. 1986 San Juan Marcucella, Jr. Anthony Associate Abbott Paul T. 1987 Billfish Jordan Francis J. 1974 Jack Almeroth Peter J. 1972 Scamp Martin Drew Associate Bross John F. 1975 Billfish DeMaio Francis A. 1964 Jallao Ross Lewis A. 1963 Scamp Mayeux Daniel Associate Kraus William F. 1980 Billfish Hanley Gerald S. 1968 Jallao Anderson Thomas H. 1966 Sculpin Meehle Tim Associate Mclaughlin Robert D. 1986 Billfish Richards John W. 1982 John Marshall Nathan Norris 1972 Sculpin Osborne Albert Emil Associate Blackwood Ronald M. 2004 Boise Sabol Thomas George 1966 John Marshall Eltzroth Eric B. 1989 Sea Devil Ritzhaupt Arlene Associate Dewalt Matthew 1997 Bremerton Curley, Jr. James J. 1975 Kamehameha Powers James 1956 Sea Poacher Snyder Will Associate Johanning Vance 1989 Buffalo Lind Robert A. 1985 Kamehameha Stein Robert J. 1962 Seadragon Werner Naomi I. Associate Williamson Joseph J. 2004 Buffalo Peters Esly 1998 L. Mendel Rivers Schoenwald Harold D. 1970 Seahorse Yakes Gus Associate Brasell James E. 1970 Caiman Ashford Kenneth 1986 La Jolla Strzelewicz Walt 1971 Seahorse O’Toole James L. 1967 Caiman Bernstein Jack 1965 Lafayette DeLorey Daniel 1972 Simon Bolivar Harrison Bradley Wayne 1990 Casimir Pulaski Lauze Dennis 1975 Lafayette Riojas Michael J. 1982 Simon Bolivar McVey Michael L. 1979 Casimir Pulaski Hedinger Daniel Lee 1967 Lapon Von Maucher Kurt 1966 Simon Bolivar Whealton Bruce 1978 Casimir Pulaski Shannon Christopher 1980 Lapon Wasden Robert M. 1975 Simon Bolivar Linton, II Wesley 2010 Cheyenne Harriman Thomas L. 1979 Lewis and Clark Edgell Michael Don 1980 Skate Hubbard, Jr. George L. 1984 Chicago Rose Don L. 1977 Lewis and Clark Spon Wayne H. 1979 Skate McCay Matthew 2002 City of Corpus Christi Bettison James M. 1986 Mariano G. Vallejo Lien Steven J. 1978 Skipjack Woolcott, Jr. WIlliam E. 1988 City of Corpus Christi Hagen William H. 1959 Marlin Monochie Major Albert 1983 Skipjack Gagnon Joseph W. 1962 Conger Nelson Wayne Thomas 1968 Medregal Strasser Thomas G. 1983 Snook Persson Stephen G. 1967 Corporal Harding Randolph 1987 Memphis VanMeter Larry A. 1998 Springfield Duran Juan 1963 Cusk Short Timothy J. 1990 Memphis Winterquist Gerald G. 1966 Sterlet Bradley Ricky 1987 Dallas Koernke Rob E. 1997 Michigan Gray Lawrence W. 1968 Stonewall Jackson Hastert Jace R. 2007 Dallas Brehler William J. 1974 Nathan Hale Ramsey James 1968 Stonewall Jackson Sahli Joseph S. 1982 Dallas Drake Clayton F. 1968 Nathan Hale Torrico John 1986 Stonewall Jackson Lancaster Kenneth 1973 Daniel Boone Bosak Dennis J. 1965 Nathanael Greene Repp Carl E. 1986 Sunfish Van Deuzer Jay M. 1980 Daniel Webster Yach Scott 1999 Newport News Rider Rick 1992 Tautog Headden Brian K. 1973 Darter Epstein Justin R. 2004 Olympia Hart Stephen 1976 Tecumseh Rohrer Robert B. 1968 Diodon Williamson Gregory 1982 Parche Lee, Jr. James S. 1980 Tecumseh Shipman Henry B. 1971 Ethan Allen Francque Bob 1969 Patrick Henry Garcia Anthony J. 1968 Theodore Roosevelt Hamley Michael J. 1976 Finback Palmer George W. 1965 Patrick Henry Nichols David 1971 Theodore Roosevelt Hays Robert M. 1969 Flasher Duffield Robert James 1968 Permit Hicks Richard L. 1964 Thomas A. Edison Rowe Kenneth 1986 Flasher Montjar William 1981 Permit Shipley Thomas E. 1964 Thomas A. Edison Webb Jeffrey A. 1984 Flasher Murphy William 1982 Pollack Embry, Jr. Charles W. 1970 Thomas Jefferson Craven Roger D. 2018 Florida Reidy Robert M. 1968 Pomfret Greene Kristopher M. 1971 Thomas Jefferson Maguire Brian F. 1969 Francis Scott Key Miller Jesse A. 2018 Providence Ouellette Armand G. 1964 Thomas Jefferson Donnelly Michael 1968 Gato Ortega Joel V. 2010 Providence Shrump Charles 1970 Tirante Van Domelen Michael E. 1989 George Bancroft Brady Frederick S. 1962 Queenfish Ulrich John L. 1965 Tiru Chadwick John D. 1974 George C. Marshall King, Jr. Floyd G. 1971 Queenfish Haley James A. 1962 Toro Vondra Calvin 1968 George C. Marshall Kirsten David L. 1977 Queenfish Fanning Ted A. 1999 Tucson Stiffler Dennis Ray 1963 George Washington Niebaum Donald A. 1959 Quillback Herron John T. 1976 Tullibee Backes Charles 1980 G. W. Carver Maran Anthony J. 1962 Raton Irish Jeremy Joseph 1989 Ulysses S. Grant

| | American Submariner 38 39 Second Quarter 2019 USS Pargo (SSN-650) USS Sea Leopard (SS-483) USS Spinax (SS-489) USS Trutta (SS-421) UPCOMING BOAT REUNIONS September 13-15, 2019 August 1-4, 2019 October 7-11, 2019 May 13-17, 2019 Colorado Springs, CO North Little Rock, AR Cambria, CA Savannah, GA Gary Harman • (574) 202-2158 Paul Nasso • (931) 779-2330 Bruce Taff • (321) 452-8866 Larry Rose USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN 602) USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] September 5-8, 2019 October 4-7, 2019 USS Picuda (SS-382) USS Sea Owl SS 405 USS Stonewall Jackson (SSBN-634) USS Tullibee (SSN-597) Pittsburgh, PA San Diego, CA May 13-17, 2019 September 25-28 , 2019 September 18-21, 2019 June 20-23, 2019 George “Charlie” Brown • (724-662-5800 Ted Gasiorowski • (513)-248-0433 Savannah, GA Manitowoc , WI Groton, CT Branson, MO [email protected] [email protected] Larry Rose Roy Purtell • 518-330-8794 David Fernandez • (530) 567-5192 Bill Keel • (815) 715-9966 USS Alexander Hamilton (SSBN-617) USS Grayback (SSG-574) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] October 16-19, 2019 May 7-9, 2019 USS Quillback (SS-424) USS Sea Poacher SS 406 USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN 600) USS Tunny (SS-282) San Diego, CA Reno, NV September 25-28 , 2019 August 15-21, 2019 October 27-31, 2019 May 13-17, 2019 Frank Bonafede • (619) 961-6889 Mike Dimmick • (702) 810-8056 Manitowoc , WI Austin, TX Charleston, SC Savannah, GA [email protected] [email protected] Holiday Inn 920-682-6000 Jim Irwin • 518-383-2481 Warren Branges • (619) 971-8292 Larry Rose Bill Brinkman [email protected] [email protected] USS Barracuda (was K-1) (SSK-1) USS Growler (SSG-577) [email protected] September 30-October 3, 2020 September 8-11, 2020 USS Sea Robin (SS-407) USS Thomas A. Edison (SSBN-610) USS Tusk (SS-426) USS Rasher (SS-269) Little Rock, AR Tucson, AZ September 25-28, 2019 September 23-26, 2019 September 27-29, 2019 September 4-8, 2019 (503) 974-9305 Manitowoc, WI Norfolk, VA Buffalo, NY John W. Delihanty • Michael Perrett Little Rock, AR [email protected] [email protected] Paul Roggemann • (845) 226-5636 James Simpson • (757) 238-2193 Lynn Lantz • (419) 782-7255 Richard Moore • (804) 815-0730 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN-640) USS Guitarro (SSN-665) [email protected] November 8, 2019 May 3-5, 2019 USS Segundo (SS-398) USS Tigrone (SS-419) USS Volador (SS-490) USS Robert E. Lee (SSBN-601) May 5-9, 2019 May 30-June 2, 2019 September 30-October 2, 2019 Savannah, GA Little Rock, AR April 24-28, 2019 Laughlin, NV Manitowoc, WI Las Vegas, NV Len Exelby • (302) 456-9914 Kevin Laughrun • (970) 581-1302 San Diego, CA Robert Paulsen • (360) 876-8852 John Murray • (757) 573-1695 Andrew Steiner • (928) 234-1932 [email protected] [email protected] Joe White • (405) 410-9206 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] USS Billfish (SSN 676) USS Halfbeak (SS-352) [email protected] USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641) USS Triton (SSN-586) USS Wahoo (SS 565) August 25-28, 2019 September 16-20, 2019 USS Ronquil (SS-396) October 10-14, 2019 May 3-4, 2019 September 20-22, 2019 Pigeon Forge, TN Virginia Beach, VA September 19-22, 2019 Mt. Pleasant, SC Groton, CT San Diego, CA (727) 421-2667 John Martin • (301) 697-2803 Bill Oswald • Cleveland, OH Tim Bivins Mike McCoy • (510) 823-6584 Jim VanVranken • (707) 696-2578 [email protected] [email protected] “Ozzie” Osentoski • (734) 671-3439 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] USS Chivo (SS-341) USS Hammerhead (SSN-663) [email protected] October 20-24, 2019 June 27-July 1, 2019 USS Salmon (SSR-573) Cocoa Beach, FL Waukesha, WI May 13-16, 2019 Peter McVicker • (646) 315-1310 Jeff Tamillo • (262) 613-0402 Branson, MO [email protected] [email protected] Bill (Andy) Anderson • (406) 777-2422 USS Carp (SS 338) USS Hawkbill (SSN-666) [email protected] September 25 -28, 2019 May 12-14, 2019 USS Sam Rayburn (SSBN-635) Rapid City SD 57701 Las Vegas, NV September 26-29, 2019 Merlin “Wolf” Larsen • (605) 645-1000 Paul Rutter III • (814) 574-7352 Groton, CT [email protected] [email protected] Larry Oiler • (207) 651-5875 USS Cusk (SS-348) USS James Madison (SSBN-627) [email protected] September 8-13, 2019 May 15-18, 2019 USS Sargo (SSN-583) Little Rock, AR Rapid City, SD September 25-29, 2019 Willy Wilson • (509) 539-8791 Don Hix • (605) 716-2194 San Diego, CA [email protected] www.ussjamesmadison627.com David Kirsten USS Dace (SSN-607) USS James Monroe (SSBN-622) [email protected] September 19-22, 2019 October 20-25, 2019 USS Scamp (SSN 588) Groton, CT Gulfport, MS May 6-9, 2019 Richard Kananen • (408) 359-5672 Wayne Sieckowski • (360) 362-2064 Fredericksburg, TX [email protected] [email protected] Bill Zychlewicz • (618) 401-3812 USS Darter (SS-576) USS Lafayette (SSBN-616) USS Sculpin (SSN-590) May 16-20, 2019 August13-16, 2019 March 21-24, 2019 North Little Rock, AR Austin, TX Katy, TX James Robinson • (870) 862-4335 Juan Castillo • (616) 282-0522 Jim Conte • (717) 940-4156 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] USS Diablo (SS-479) USS Lewis and Clark (SSBN-644) USS Sea Devil (SSN-664) October 13-16, 2019 October 3-6, 2019 September 12-14, 2019 Virginia Beach, VA North Charleston, SC Charleston, SC Dave Matthes • (617) 721-4128 Tom O’Donnell • (515) 779-1930 Edward Lynd III • (609) 268-8061 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

| | American Submariner 40 41 Second Quarter 2019 ETERNAL PATROL

There is a port of no return, where ships Edward Earl Kilby Melvin Patterson Polen Joseph J. Soutter, Jr. David Tinkle George Wil liam Wien IN MEMORIAM Port Orange, FL Bonham, TX Wimauma, FL Mesquite, TX Jamaica, NY May ride at anchor for a little space Qualified USS Hake 1945 Qualified USS Piper 1960 Qualified USS Redfin 1956 Qualified USS Salmon 1944 Qualified USS Lamprey Ronald H. Broadway Yuma, AZ Eternal Patrol 2/18/2018 Eternal Patrol 1/4/2019 Eternal Patrol 6/1/2018 Eternal Patrol 5/17/2014 Eternal Patrol 1/4/2009 And then, some starless night the cable slips, Associate Member Clarence (n) Williams Ralph X. Klotz John Ponsetti, Jr. Robert Hunter Stahl Emile Euchre Tosso III Passed 3/4/2019 Big Sandy, TN Leaving an eddy at the mooring place... Gamaliel, AR Mount Vernon, IL Zelienople, PA Covington, LA Qualified USS O-8 1944 Qualified USS Mariano G. Vallejo 1976 Qualified USS Pampanito 1945 Paul W. Hartnagel Qualified USS Sea Dog 1951 Qualified USS Charr 1946 West Lebanon, NH Gulls, veer no longer. Sailor rest your oar. Eternal Patrol 1/26/2019 Eternal Patrol 9/10/2018 Eternal Patrol 9/2/2012 Eternal Patrol 2/10/2019 Eternal Patrol 11/2/2018 Associate Member Maury Emerson Wortham Frank Joseph Kuserk Primo G. Quarisa John E. Stawicki Edward Bressier Vaughan Passed 1/15/2019 No tangled wreckage will be washed ashore. Wilmington, DE Champaign, IL Pebble Beach, CA New Holland, PA Reno, NV Sue M. Freeswick Qualified USS Requin 1964 Qualified USS Dogfish 1960 Qualified USS Haddo 1944 Qualified USS Gato 1945 Qualified USS Aspro 1953 Eternal Patrol 2/3/2019 Mandeville, LA Eternal Patrol 1/9/2019 Eternal Patrol 1/19/2019 Associate Member Eternal Patrol 2/9/2019 Eternal Patrol 2/11/2019 Harry Francis Joseph Zier Arthur Tredgar Allwood Peter Galera Bernard L. Stoffel John C. Wagner Passed 12/31/2018 Middletown, IN Millilani, HI Niantic, CT Roland B. Martin John Dutart Reily III Freeport, FL Groton, CT Cortland, NY Greenwell Springs, LA Qualified USS Catfish 1945 Qualified USS Becuna 1963 Qualified USS S-38 1943 Qualified USS Pompon 1944 Qualified USS Tecumseh 1964 Qualified USS Jallao 1966 Qualified USS Chivo 1961 Eternal Patrol 1/10/2019 Eternal Patrol 12/6/2018 Eternal Patrol 1/16/2019 Eternal Patrol 1/22/2018 Eternal Patrol 8/22/2018 Eternal Patrol 1/17/2019 Eternal Patrol 1/16/2019 Vincent Joseph Zolkowski John William Anderson Vincent Russell George Harry Melvin Suomi Lionel Charles Walling Fuquay Varina, NC Marquette, MI Paul John Melher Rufus Wayne Roark Gresham, OR Palm Bay, FL Sequin, TX Qualified USS Trepang 1945 Qualified USS Wahoo 1955 Oakdale, CT Graham, TX Qualified USS S-35 1943 Qualified USS Finback 1943 Qualified USS Tilefish 1947 Eternal Patrol 12/8/2018 Eternal Patrol 10/2/2016 Qualified USS Daniel Webster 1964 Qualified USS Barb 1944 Eternal Patrol 2/11/2019 Eternal Patrol 12/18/2018 Eternal Patrol 7/6/2017 Robert C. Andrews Eternal Patrol 1/19/2019 Eternal Patrol 10/30/2018 Edward Clinton Terney Robert Lloyd Wells Robert Franklin Goodhart Southern Pines, NC James Roger Merz Samuel Raymond Roberts Malott, WA Wellston, OH Pottstown, PA Qualified USS Scorpion 1963 Carterville, IL San Diego, CA Qualified USS Razorback 1962 Qualified USS Capitaine 1947 Eternal Patrol 2/19/2019 Qualified USS Hake 1943 Qualified USS Grampus 1953 Qualified USS Parche 1944 Eternal Patrol 1/16/2019 Eternal Patrol 1/3/2019 Eternal Patrol 3/4/2018 George Thomas Bailey Eternal Patrol 1/30/2018 Eternal Patrol 7/13/2018 Gulf Breeze, FL Nicholas Gudz, Jr. Roy C. Nelson Robert James Roderick Qualified USS Ray 1955 Davenport, FL Eternal Patrol 6/27/2018 Hillsboro, MO Livonia, MI Qualified USS Sablefish 1962 Qualified USS Sablefish 1960 Qualified USS Picuda 1958 Thomas H. Barnes Eternal Patrol 6/10/2018 Rushville, IN Eternal Patrol 2/9/2019 Eternal Patrol 1/25/2019 Qualified USS Narwhal 1970 Herbert P. Harden James Patrick O’Connor Paul Edward Rompel Eternal Patrol 2/16/2019 North Charleston, SC Thousand Oaks, CA Orlando, FL Qualified USS Sam Houston 1964 Cecil F. Beaudette Qualified USS Mingo 1953 Qualified USS Tusk 1966 Clinton TWP, MI Eternal Patrol 2/19/2019 Eternal Patrol 1/28/2017 Eternal Patrol 2/27/2019 Qualified USS Toro 1948 William E. Harris Chester Marts Ogden, Jr. James Norman Sayles Eternal Patrol 1/19/2019 Waynesboro, PA Northfield, NJ Lodi, CA William J. Bellone Qualified USS S-47 1939 Qualified USS R-14 1944 Qualified USS Pompon 1944 Hemet, CA Eternal Patrol 8/23/2018 Eternal Patrol 3/5/2019 Eternal Patrol 6/3/2018 Qualified USS Torsk 1950 William P. Howell Eternal Patrol 8/30/2018 Leonard Henry Olinghouse Robert Conrad Schmitt Lynn, MA Pioche, NV Evansville, IN William H. Bennett Qualified USS Tusk 1953 Qualified USS Halibut 1967 Qualified USS Tiru 1963 Poway, CA Eternal Patrol 7/28/2018 Qualified USS Bergall 1955 Eternal Patrol 1/5/2019 Eternal Patrol 2/2/2019 Eternal Patrol 3/4/2019 Rodney A. Johnson Ray F. Painter William Allen Schofield John Arthur Boe, Jr. Burnside, MN Fort Pierce, FL Sun City Center, FL Huquenot, NY Qualified USS Hardhead 1969 Qualified USS Sealion 1949 Qualified USS Flounder 1944 Qualified USS Balao 1958 Eternal Patrol 2/4/2019 Eternal Patrol 1/13/2019 Eternal Patrol 1/20/2019 Eternal Patrol 10/22/2018 Dennis F. Kelly Herschel Darwin Paradise Robert W. Shearn Lyle Edward Boustead Ball Ground, GA Niantic, CT Hampton Bays, NY Cottage Grove, OR Qualified USS Triton 1961 Qualified USS Chopper 1948 Qualified USS Pompon 1945 Qualified USS Cachelot 1944 Eternal Patrol 2/8/2019 Eternal Patrol 1/4/2019 Eternal Patrol 1/26/2019 Eternal Patrol 2/13/2019 Charles T. Key Clayton M. Peace Ralph Bernard Sistrunk Richard J. Brandt Sarasota, FL Dayton, OH Denham Springs, LA Amityville, NY Qualified USS Chopper 1967 Qualified USS Diablo 1952 Qualified Relief Crew Qualified Relief Crew Eternal Patrol 4/13/2009. Eternal Patrol 1/17/2019 Eternal Patrol 11/16/2018 Eternal Patrol 2/24/2019 Francis Walter Gaca Robert G. Keyes Victor Plitt Samuel Shyrock Small, Jr. White Lake, MI Evening Shade, AR Port Orange, FL Chambersburg, PA Qualified USS Hammerhead 1945 Qualified USS Remora 1959 Qualified USS Entemedor 1960 Qualified USS Blenny 1945 Eternal Patrol 2/9/2019 Eternal Patrol 12/23/2018 Eternal Patrol 12/4/2018 Eternal Patrol 12/1/2014

| | American Submariner 42 43 Second Quarter 2019 Page 35    MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Regular Life Associate CHANGE OF ADDRESS OUR PURPOSE: “To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of ther duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds, and supreme sacrifice be a constant source ፬ឡ of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America 3 WAYS TO DO IT! I don’t want to miss a single issue! and its Constitution” Fill out and mail to My signature affirms that I subscribe to the purpose of the United States Submarine Veterans, V Here’s My New Address: Inc., and agree to abide by the Constitution, all Bylaws, Regulations, and Procedures governing 3870 Name United States Submarine Veterans, Inc., so long as they do not conflict with my military or civil obligations. I will furnish proof ilverdale, WA 98383-3870 of my eligibility for regular membership, including my discharge under honorable conditions and proof of my U.S. Navy (SS) Address designation if requested by the base or national membership chairman. If I am not discharged, the discharge requirement is waived. If I am not USN submarine qualified, I am applying as an associate and my sponsor is indicated below. Call it in to City State ip 877-42-DV  I certify that I was designated qualified in U.S. Navy Submarines aboard ______in ______(yr) hone  I certify that I received a discharge under honorable conditions (if not currently in military service) in ______(yr) Don’t miss out email to Email DO IT TODAY! Name: (print/type) ______Address ______Vtelebytenet City______State _____ Zip Code ______Tel: (_____) ______Signature:______Date: ______E-Mail ______Base/Chapter desired ______Y P Snowbirds. National dues year runs from 1 Jan – 31 Dec. Please indicate your term preference: ______If you want to continue receiving your magazine, you need to change your National Dues: 5-year term: $115 3-year term: $70 1-year term: (Jan-Sept) $25 (Oct-Dec) adds the next year: $30 seasonal address. National Life: 76+ years: $100 66-75 years: $200 56-65 years: $300 46-55 years: $400 up to 45 years: $500 There are three ways you can do that. DUES FOR ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL ARE COMPLIMENTARY FOR THE FIRST YEAR. 1. Go to the USSVI website, www.ussvi.org, and do it yourself. Local base/chapter dues are separate and vary by base. Contact the local base for information. 2. Ask your Base Membership Chairman to get it done for you. 3. Call or e-mail the National Office and ask them nicely to get it done. How did you find USSVI?  Friend  Boat Assoc.  Local Event /News  Internet  Other ______Asking the National Editor will simply get you a referral to this page. He is old and cranky and does not take shorthand or change addresses any Who is your sponsoring USSVI regular member? (Mandatory for Associate Members) ______more than the COB goes on mess cooking. Associate applicant is a  Veteran  Spouse of veteran  other (specify) ______Thank you, Cranky old editor YOUR U.S. NAVY BIOGRAPHICAL DATA Qualified 1962 Date of Birth (MM/DD/YYYY) ____/____/______If other military service, what branch? ______Highest rate/rank attained______Retired Military (Y/N) ______On active duty? (Y/N) ______Year entered military service ______Year left military service ______(active/inactive Reserve time also counts) VETERAN RELATED PROBLEMS?  Check if your Military Service falls within any of these time periods: 12/7/1941-12/31/1946, 6/27/1950-1/31/1955, Contact John Dudas, 8/5/1964-5/7/1975, and 8/2/1990-to date. your USSVI  Check if you have been awarded the Expeditionary Medal. National Veterans Affairs Service Officer NEE EL Submarines and ships served aboard as ship’s company. Use the back of the sheet if you need more space. “I will assist members with claims, issues of what to do, I you hae a membershi dues 1. ______Hull # ______Rank/Rate ______From Yr.______to Yr.______who to contact locally, and any other questions concerning or address roblem gie red your claims submitted to the Veterans Administration.” a call at the National Oice 2. ______Hull # ______Rank/Rate ______From Yr.______to Yr.______at 8-542-48 3. ______Hull # ______Rank/Rate ______From Yr.______to Yr.______A W

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