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21904-Americansubmarine-Q4 AS 12.6.2018 Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 1 Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter $6.00 SEE PAGE FIVE Our purpose is, “To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country. 7KDWWKHLUGHGLFDWLRQGHHGVDQGVXSUHPHVDFUL¿FHEHDFRQVWDQWVRXUFHRIPRWLYDWLRQWRZDUGJUHDWHUDFFRPSOLVKPHQWV Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and its Constitution.” Today is a great day to download your American Submariner from www.USSVI.org. Opt out of paper, save a tree. Send an E-Mail to [email protected] ISBN List# 978-0-9896015-0-4 American Submariner Page 2 American Submariner BOLDMILITARYJEWELRY.COM OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY LICENSED MERCHANDISE NO PRINTED CATALOGS SEE THE COMPLETE LINE OF WATCHES, CUFFLINKS, PENDANTS AND RINGS ON LINE TOLL FREE:877.703.9370 DIRECT: 973.941.9943 BOLDMILITARYJEWELRY.COM Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS AMERICAN 2I¿FHU¶V&DOO SUBMARINER 6. USS Baltimore Reunion -- Unlimited Apps &KDSODLQ¶V&RUQHU8669,&RPPLWWHHV The Official Magazine of the United States 8. USSVI Regions and Districts Submarine Veterans Inc. is published quarterly 9. National Election Results -- Silent Warriors by USSVI. United States Submarine Veterans ,QFRPLQJ 0DLO ,QFLVDQRQSUR¿W & FRUSRUDWLRQLQ 12. Attention Storekeepers! the State of Connecticut. 13. 2019 USSVI Calendars Printing and Mailing: 14. How to spot a Brother of the Phin BuzzPrint – Dallas, Texas .DS 66 .LG 66 20. MCPON visits NOVA YJREOH#EX]SULQWFRP 21. Groton Holland Weekend -- Scrambled, Aye! National Editor 24. 2019 USSVI Convention in Austin. 27. The First True Submarine? -- Asbestosis? 28. Tullibee Memorial Bench 30. Boat Sponsorship Program 32. Eternal Patrol 34. NOVA & Tri-City Bases visit Walter Reed 35. 2018 National Awards 36. Meet Rudy “Saur” Kraut 39. USSVI New Members 40. Calling All Active Duty Submariners 41. Corvina Memorial 42. Boat Reunions 43. Rogue Captain - Review -- Idiot Sightings T Michael Bircumshaw 44. Never Forgotten - Our Lost Boats POB 892616 45. 9/11/2001 17 years ago today Temecula, CA. 92589-2616 46. Change of Address - Do it! [email protected] 951-775-4549 Call for FAX 951-239-0522 AMERICAN Treasurer SUBMARNER 3DXO+LVHU DEADLINES [email protected] First Quarter 1 January Distribution Second Quarter 1 April 1HDO%ULWQHU Third Quarter 1 July [email protected] Fourth Quarter 1 October Boat Sponsorship Chair The American Submariner is not responsible for Jack Messersmith 928-227-7753 the claims of the Advertisers; however the primary [email protected] IRFXVRIWKLVSXEOLFDWLRQLVIRUWKHEHQH¿WDQGVHUYLFH to USSVI members. Issues concerning Advertisers Proof Team may be sent to the Editorial Staff for mediation. Bill Andrea Dick Kanning Joan Miner Neal Britner John Stanford THE AMERICAN SUBMARINER IS COPYRIGHTED under the laws of the United States of America. Staff Artist Any reproduction in any form without the written consent of 7RP'HQWRQ the Editor is forbidden by law. All authorized reproduction JFP¿VK#YHUL]RQFRP requires acknowledgement of source, Author, and the American Submariner Page 4 American Submariner we became members of USSVI, simply look after our shipmates, OFFICER’S CALL “Perpetuate the Memory” and enjoy ourselves while doing so. will be at the forefront. Unfortu- None of the above will bear fruit nately they have been left in the without proper communication, background as an afterthought cooperation and a concentrated for way too long which I feel con- effort from all levels of leader- tributes greatly to our continued ship from the BOD’s down to our decline of membership. I will be %DVH2I¿FHUV asking for and hopefully will have All the Best, BOD approval to combine these Wayne Standerfer two committees with a change in leadership by the time you read this. This proposed merging was Wayne Standerfer made after several conversations National Commander between myself and USS Illinois 2018-2020 Associate Member Kate Ramsay [email protected] who is a member of both com- 972-298-8139 mittees. For the ones that do not know Kate, her career has con- Shipmates, sisted of extensive work in both I would like to thank each of you public relations and long range that took the time to cast your planning. She made a very im- vote in this year’s National Elec- pressive presentation covering tion. Your showing of support in both of these areas at our 2014 National Senior Vice Commander lieu of the fact we only had one Convention, but unfortunately Jon Jaques 2018-2020 candidate for each position is she and her recommendations [email protected] noted and much appreciated. were moved into the background 615-893-7800 Coupling the time frame of an and never acted on. She and I October 1st deadline to submit both agreed these committees articles for this American Sub- can work hand-in-hand and be mariner’s 4th edition to the na- more fully utilized if combined. tional election (ending 9 days later on Oct 10th) and the start Running USSVI in a business- of our annual convention (even like manner – I believe the steps later on Oct 21st), the inability needed to accomplish this have of being able to predict the fu- been put in place and the respon- ture somewhat restricts what sibility of adhering to this mode would normally be included in of operation in the future will an incoming National Command- fall mostly on the NSVC, NJVC, HUV ¿UVW $6 0DJD]LQH DUWLFOH 7UHDVXUHU DQG 1DWLRQDO 2I¿FH Manager. The rest of us need to National Junior Vice Commander Steve Bell 2018-2020 ,QVWHDG,ZLOOJLYHDEULH¿QJRQD fall back and concentrate on get- ting back to the basis of who we couple of actions I intend to ele- [email protected] vate on the Board of Directors pri- are, why we are here, ority list during the next two years. Shipmates, we only have to prac- I am extremely honored and Public Relations and Long tice what was ingrained into all of privileged to be able to serve as Range Planning Committees - A us while on active duty as Sub- your National Junior Vice Com- strong emphasis on both of these mariners and resurrected when mander. Words alone cannot Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 5 express how I feel about that. I only maintain a small percentage can only hope that I can meet the of those who take advantage of expectations of the majority of this offer, we are still gaining. the membership of our wonderful Good luck on offering this op- organization. portunity to our active duty ship- As per our By-Laws I am the mates. Chairman of the Membership I want to thank you for giving me Committee. Our membership this opportunity to serve as your numbers have slowly been go- NJVC. I hope to see many of you ing down over the last few years at the various functions that I at- while at the same time the aver- tend during the year. age age of a member increases. Steve Bell Over half of our membership be- John Markiewicz IPNC longs to the Holland Club. To me [email protected] that is good news and bad news. 904-743-2924 The good is that many of us have lived that long. The bad part of it is that is shows that we are lack- ing in having younger people as members. Membership, or maybe I should say recruiting, is a responsibility that each of us as members have. I am sure that many of you remember a few years back when one of the membership phrases was “20 in 20” That was, as a reminder, for USSVI to have 20,000 members Ray Wewers by the year 2020. We are not do- National Secretary 2014-2020 Peter Juhos ing very well on that. However, 479-967-5541 [email protected] DCOY 2018-2019 we can still reach that goal. It just takes some recruiting on your [email protected] part. Recruiting is just something that we all have to work on for the good of USSVI.. ABOUT THE COVER That was a ride I would love We still have the waiver of the to have taken. It was the ¿UVW\HDU¶VPHPEHUVKLSGXHVIRU USS Pickerel (SS-524) and DQ\ DFWLYH GXW\ TXDOL¿HG VDLORU happened off Pearl Harbor For those bases where we have in ‘52. The angle was some- submarine sailors, the recruiting thing greater than 70 degrees. efforts to get these people is a I understand that the stern golden opportunity. Even if we dropped below test depth as they slid back down into the depths... I’ve ridden out a couple of Emergency Blows, Paul Hiser but nothing like this. Wow! National Treasurer 2014-2020 215-317-5666 Talk about holding on. [email protected] EDITOR Page 6 American Submariner WWW.APPSLIMITLESS.COM If you have a SmartPhone then here is an opportu- nity to shop in a lot of new stores and a whole bunch of old favorites. All of ITunes are available to you and most of the games are free to download. If An- droid is your style then you are invited to check out the Google Play Store and download our brand new game, “Animal Rampage” , where there are no “Ani- mals” and there is no “Rampage”. That is explained on the “Blog” on the site titled, “Where’s the Ram- page?” And the “Animals?” I’ve been told that more than one of our adver- USS BALTIMORE SSN-704 REUNION tusers can be found on ITunes, including 50% of the income generated by the site is do- Here is a photo of our USS BALTIMORE SSN nated to three causes that may interest you:. 704 reunion crew, held June 29-July 1 at the 1.
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