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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

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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. The 65 Boat Memorial in Liberty Station, San Di- USS Razorback ego, America’s largest Submarine Memorial. The staff of Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum 2. The Path of Honor Veterans Memorial in Tem- did an outstanding job as our hosts, and the crew ecula, CA.(PathofHonor.org.) all agreed that its a great venue for a reunion. The Baltimore crew raised $1000 to contribute 3. The Thresher Memorial planned for Arlington to the museum for maintnance and restoration National Cemetary. efforts! Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 7 rewarder of them that diligently seek him. Psalms 100 vs 4,5 Chaplain’s Corner 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful 11-3: Through faith we un- FAITH; unto him, and bless his name. derstand that the worlds were It is believed the Apostle Paul 5 For the LORD is good; his mer- framed by the word of God, so gives us some insight in Hebrews cy is everlasting; and his truth that things which are seen were Chapter 11 about the meaning of endureth to all generations not made of things which do ap- Faith: pear. Nevertheless let every one of +HEUHZV .- 11-6: But without faith it is im- you in particular so love his wife Now faith is the substance of possible to please him: for he even as himself; and the wife see things hoped for, the evidence of that cometh to God must be- that she reverence her husband. things not seen. lieve that he is, and that he is a Ephesians 5:33 *********** The LORD seeth not as man USSVI Committees seeth; for man looketh on the Complete List on WWW.USSVI.ORG outward appearance, but the LORD looketh on the heart. NATIONAL OFFICE BOAT SPONSORSHIP Fred Borgmann Jack Messersmith 1 Samuel 16:7 POB 3870 Silverdale, WA 98383 [email protected] We have three big Holiday’s this 877-542-DIVE 928-227-7753 Quarter. [email protected] BOARD OF INQUIRY Thanksgiving: MEMBERSHIP Chair: Ross Sargent (JA) Not what we say about our bless- Steve Bell NJVC (704) 824-3510 703-629-1119 ings, but how we use them is the [email protected] Members true measure of our thanksgiv- Dutch Holland Herbert Orth WAYS & MEANS ing. WT Purkiser. Jon Jaques NSVC Bill Windle Christmas: [email protected] HISTORIAN 615-893-7800 Peter J Koester 978-500-5085 I heard the bells on Christ- mas Day.Their old familiar car- CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS STOREKEEPER ols play, And wild and sweet Skip Turnbull (Parlimentarian) Barry Commons 925-679-1744 the words repeat. Of peace 217-487-7710 [email protected] on earth, good-will to men. [email protected] HOLLAND CLUB Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. AWARDS Bud Atkins 860-440-3120 New Years: John Stanford 904-502-8586 [email protected] [email protected] “Be at war with your vices, at peace .$3 66 .,' 66 with your neighbors, and let every NATIONAL CONVENTION John Riley 203-668--9131 QHZ\HDU¿QG\RXDEHWWHUPDQ´ Richard (Ozzie) Osentoski [email protected] Benjamin Franklin. 734-671-3439 VETERANS AFFAIRS Bill “Butterbean” Dixon EAGLE SCOUT PROGRAM Co-Chairs: National Chaplain David Farran 318-352-1015 Ron Martini 307-674-9847 919-467-7597 [email protected] [email protected] & VSO John Dudas 928-420-0061 OUR CHAPLAIN NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS Page 8 American Submariner

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Dietrich Western District 4 (WA, OR, [email protected] (412) 486-2635 AK) District Cdr: Jim DeMott [email protected] (360) 895-0547 Central District 4 (TX) [email protected] District Cdr:. Harold (Bill) Scott Northeast District 4 [email protected] (MD, DE, Northern VA) Western District 5 (N. CA, NV) 512-826-8876 District Cdr: Ronny A. Olson District Cdr:: (302) 723-1939 Central District 5 (KY, TN) [email protected] Peter (Pete) T. Juhos District Cdr: Marlin Helms, Jr. (916) 983-7943 (865) 387-5625 Northeast District 5 [email protected] [email protected] (Upstate NY) Western District 6 District Cdr: James Irwin Central District 6 (IN, MI, OH) (518) 383-2481 (Southern CA, NV and HI) District Cdr: Fredrick Kinzel [email protected] District Cdr: (586) 945-8561 0LFKDHO :LOOLH :LOOLDPVRQ [email protected]   ³6XEPDULQHUVDUHDEXQFK [email protected] RILQWHOLJHQWPLV¿WVWKDW Western District 7 somehow seem to get along, (WY, MT, Western SD, NE) understanding each other District Cdr: Ron Martini and work well together.” (307) 678-9847 –Red Hanley [email protected] Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 9 National Senior PRAISE FOR Vice-Commander Jon Jaques SILENT WARRIORS 1284 votes Write-in 16 votes . . . Something for every reader Elected: Jon Jaques “It would be impossible for one National Junior book to adequately tell the indi- Vice-Commander Steve Bell vidual stories of the nearly 16,000 1291 votes Write-in 17 votes submariners who battled in the Pa- Elected: Steve Bell FL¿FWKHDWHUGXULQJ:RUOG:DU,, National Treasurer Collectively, they served on Southeast Region Paul Hiser 263 submarines and made Regional Director: 1292 votes Write-in 15 votes 1,472 war patrols while tak- Kenneth W. Nichols Elected: Paul Hiser LQJ WKDW ¿JKW WR WKH -DSDQHVH   They paid a high price: 52 lost [email protected] National Secretary boats and 3,482 dead submari- Ray Wewers ners.Silent Warriors effectively Southeast District 1 (VA, NC) 1281 votes Write-in 9 votes XVHVWKH¿FWLRQDOH[SORLWVRIRQH District Cdr: Dave Campbell Elected: Ray Wewers (919) 803-1842 such submariner, Jake Lawlor, [email protected] Northeast Region Director to encapsulate their angst, brav- Southeast District 2 (SC,GA) Les Altschuler ery, commitment, and dedication. District Cdr: Wayne Phillips 241 votes Write-in 4 votes Over 44 months, Jake intro- (803) 302-8877 Elected: Les Altschuler waynephillips.SER2DC@ duces us to fascinating charac- yahoo.com Southeast Region Director WHUVERWKUHDODQG¿FWLRQDODQG Ken Nichols chronicles their heroic actions. Southeast District 3 278 votes Write-in 2 votes Silent Warriors has some- (FL Panhandle, AL, MS, LA) thing for every reader. dar- District Cdr: Steven Walmsley Elected: Ken Nichols ing deeds to quicken the pulse (228) 324-4309 Central Region Director of the adventurous with battle [email protected] Tom Williams and campaign details aplenty. 383 votes Write-in 13 votes Southeast District 4 Submariners and ‘Old Salts’ (Northern FL) Elected: Tom Williams District Cdr:Jay Mack can be transported back by the 407-920-9347 Western Region Director tactical and technical depictions. [email protected] Jim Denzien (YHQURPDQWLFVZLOO¿QGDORYH 383 votes Write-in 8 votes story that surfaces among the District Cdr: Southeast Elected: Jim Denzien District 5 (Southern FL chaos of submarine warfare and District Cdr: George R. Parker Approve Proposed Revision endures in the changed world [email protected] to Constitution and Bylaws that emerges from the carnage Yes 1181 votes No 156 votes that was World War II.” Proposal passes JOE DOYLE, a career subma- Congratulations to all riner, 13 years enlisted, 14 years National Election candidates. Thanks to all DQRI¿FHU'XW\VWDWLRQVLQFOXGHG Results PHPEHUVZKRYRWHG six submarines and a variety of Poll closed Voting statistics will be submarine support shore assign- 10/10/2018 at 2359 hrs. available on the USSVI web PHQWVLQ$WODQWLFDQG3DFL¿FWKH- site. Please print a copy for aters. Retired from the Navy in National Commander: 1993. Wayne Standerfer your information. 1293 votes Write-in 21 votes Regards, Tom Conlon, Editor: Please check out the Elected: Wayne Standerfer Election Master 2018 Ad on page 17 Page 10 American Submariner From: Patrick Householder INCOMING (MAIL) and every now and then a reply To: T Michael Bircumshaw As of October 22 2018 there are stories that provide an entertain- “COWBOY BOOTS AND now approximately 137,000 sub- ing window into the “Silent Ser- POOPIE SUITS” mariners registered in Decklog, vice”. REVIEW all cross-linked with the boats Fri, Oct 5, 7:28 PM they served aboard. Of this to- The workings of a modern Ameri- to American Submariner tal, 37,200 are known to be on can nuclear submarine have al- Michael, eternal patrol. This is by far the ways been cloaked with mystery, largest and most complete com- Outstanding job on American in part because the military mis- pilation of USN submarine crew Submariner! sions in which these vessels rou- records in the world. tinely participate are highly clas- Greatly appreciate you contact- This is an increase of 17,000 VL¿HG6WLOOWKHUHLVPXFKWKDWWKH ing me to get photos to you for submariners since last report of public does not know about the the article on Groton Holland Feb 27th 2015. day-to-day routine of life aboard Club. Keep charging! a nuclear-powered submarine. In Thanks Pat, Warm regards, this book, brothers Frank Hood Pat Urello 6HHPVOLNHVRPH0HPEHUVKLS and Charles Hood team up to Chairman, somewhere, in USS- paint an accurate portrait of what Shipmates, VI, might want to take a closer it was really like to serve aboard look at Deck Log. Betcha he a submarine during the height of This is a correction to the article FRXOG¿QGRQHRUPRUH\RXQJ the Cold War between 1969 and in the third Quarter American men with Dolphins, who have 1972. Told from Frank’s perspec- Submariner on the Arizona QHYHUKHDUGDERXW8669," tive, the work traces his journey Memorial. For reasons which could from initial Navy training in col- only be attributed to´3XEOLVKHU¶V lege, through commissioning, Goblins”, the info identifying the TO THE EDITOR: and onto intense preparation ¿QDOFRQWULEXWRUWRWKH0HPRULDO Today I received email from for submarine duty at several ,USSVI Twin Lakes Base in several people that informed training sites across the United Mountain Home, AR. slipped me that someone sent them an States. The story culminates away. The corrected paragraph email using my name and ask- with a richly detailed account of follows. ing them to go to Walmart and Frank’s nearly three years of ser- “This past August 13, 2018 almost forward money to pay a bill, YLFHDVDMXQLRURI¿FHUDERDUGWKH three years later to the day, we for which will be reimbursed. USS Seahorse, one of the Stur- UHFHLYHGWKH¿QDO/RVW%RDW geon-class “fast attacks”. Read- Sponsorship check from Curtis This genius is using my name, ers who have wondered about Grant on behalf of the USSVI however, the email address is how such a modern submarine Twin Lakes Base in Mountain not mine, nor is it any email ad- actually operated, how the crew Home, AR. This was for the dress I have ever used. worked together to navigate Memorial Sponsorship of the Be aware that it is a fraudulent the vessel, avoid dangers, and USS S-51 SS-162 lost on 25 Sep email. All USSVI bills are sent to gather information, and how they 1925.” the National Treasurer for pay- dealt with the tremendous pres- Damn Gremlins anyway! ment and there is no reason that sure of life under the sea will en- Editor joy Frank’s tremendous recall of , RU DQ\ 1DWLRQDO 2I¿FHU ZRXOG his days aboard the Seahorse. ever ask someone to pay a bill or Often funny, other times serious, to send us money. and occasionally wistful, this vol- If there is ever any question, call ume is jammed with enlightening WKH 2I¿FHU LW LV SXUSRUWHG WR EH Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 11 from, or the National Treasurer, J Tokarz j.tokarzsbcglobal.net to visit my sons and I stopped at to verify before you respond or Oct 16, 2018, 5:10 PM EBR-1 and was fortunate enough send money for any reason. To Ray Wewers to get an 8 hour tour of INL. There are a lot of idiots and American Submariner I was disappointed there was no crooks out there. memorial to those three men who Ray John Markiewicz IPNC died at SL-1. There is a small turn Hope to see you on the cruise off of US 20 and Fillmore BLVD, next Sunday. but nothing to tell visitors of what From: Jack Ensminger PNC I see you were an RO. Whenever happened and how it changed To: Michael I did an ECP, I did it three times - how we design and operate nu- Michael, one for each of the military men clear reactors. Just received and read the latest. who died at SL-1. Why is there no memorial to SL- Well done Shipmate. Please see below and why it 1? And if there is an effort to build Having had experience in the ed- never hurts to ask. It may not be a memorial, please tell me how I LWLQJ ¿HOG , FDQ DSSUHFLDWH ZKDW news-worthy enough for Ameri- can contribute. you do. You do very well. can Submariner, but a fellow RO Please have a safe Indepen- Jack will understand it is better late dence Day holiday with your 7KDQNV-DFN,¶OOWU\DQGGREHW- than never. family and friends. ter. (and I’ve got a great team) Many thanks Many thanks Joe Tokarz Michael Joe Tokarz SSBN-642G 76-79 From: NECorrespondence@ Hq.Doe.Gov A new submarine techno-thrill- From: J. Tokarz er movie Hunter Killer pre- To: “[email protected]. To: [email protected] miered on 26 October in the- gov Sent: Wednesday, August 8, aters nationwide. The movie Sent: Monday, July 2, 2018 2018 7:39 AM is based on the novel Firing 9:08 PM Point co-authored by Northern Subject: In response to your Virginia Base Vice Command- Subject: Why is there no email er George Wallace along with SL-1 Memorial at INL Idaho? Mr. Tokarz, Don Keith. Starring Gerard Secretary Perry, Secretary of Energy Perry re- Butler and Gary Oldman, the In 1975, I graduated from the US quested that I respond to your plot revolves around a Russia- Navy’s Nuclear Power School. July 2, 2008, email inquiring as US confrontation under the ice. Before we made the trip from to why there is no memorial to The production enjoyed strong California to Idaho, we watched the three men who lost their lives Navy support. In addition to being the SL-1 movie - to teach us to on January 3, 1961, at the Sta- active in USSVI, George is also respect the nuclear prototypes tionary Low-Power Reactor #1 active in other veteran service we would be operating in just a (SL-1). organizations, currently serving few months. I trained at NRF in President of the Capitol Chapter Idaho and I became a submarine Your email initiated a discussion of the Naval Submarine League reactor operator. at Idaho National Laboratory and President of the Mount Ver- ,1/ about how to inform the non Chapter of MOAA. Whenever I did an Estimated public with this and other stories Critical Position calc, I did it three RI &ROG :DU VDFUL¿FHV DQG VXF- Submitted by: Chuck Martin times. One for each of the three cesses made at the 890-square- Base Commander, military men who died as a result mile INL Site. USSVI Northern Virginia of the SL-1 accident in Idaho in 1961. NEXT PAGE I just returned from a trip out West Page 12 American Submariner Your suggestion to erect a memorial on U.S. High- way 20 at Fillmore Boulevard, near where the SL-1 reactor was once located, was discussed. +RZHYHUEHFDXVHRIWUDI¿FVDIHW\FRQFHUQVZLWK that location, as well as the fact that a memorial at that location would likely not be seen by many members of the public, a decision was made to memorialize the three men at the Experimental %UHHGHU5HDFWRU, (%5, National Historic Land- mark which is only about 8 miles west of SL-1’s former location on U.S. Highway 20. EBR-I is open all summer to the public as an inter- pretive museum. Thousands of people visit EBR-1 each year, and the parking lot is accessible year round. The east end of the parking lot hosts the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program pro- totype reactors and a shielded locomotive. ANP program was a Cold War program aimed at de- veloping nuclear-powered bombers for the U.S. Air )RUFHDVD¿UVWVWULNHGHWHUUHQW$NLRVNEHWZHHQ the prototype reactors tells that story. The kiosk is scheduled for renovation in 2019 and thanks to the discussion prompted by your sugges- tion the redesign will memorialize the SL-1 story, LQFOXGLQJWKHLQÀXHQFHWKH6/DFFLGHQWKDGRQ reactor safety, design and operations. The three military reactor operators who died at SL-1 in the service of our country in 1961 will not be forgotten. Thank you for pointing out the impor- tance of memorializing them and for your service to your country. EDITOR’S NOTE: The SL-1 Reactor was an experimental reactor GHYHORSHGE\WKH86$UP\KRSLQJWRSURYLGH power for remote military outposts. The three on duty operators actually pulled rods manually, standing on top of the Reactor. One of the three was impaled in the roof as a result of the mishap.

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THE 2019 USSVI SUBMARINE CALENDAR

2019 United States Submarine Calendar

UNITED STATES SUBMARINES Submarine Squadrons of the Atlantic Fleet

USS Nautilus become an important (SSN 571), national the firsthistoric nuclear landmark vessel, anchoring was a true a trailblazerpopular East and Coast record-breaker, submarine museum.serving the None Navy of 25 the years Force’s under “firsts,” COMSUBLANT h bef USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) than the truly pioneering initial message sent by this very boat to COMSUBLANT in January of 1955: “UNDERWAY ON NUCLEAR POWER.”

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 owever, has hadore retiringmore impact to dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifi ce be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the COMSUBLANT United States of America and its Constitution. 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. COMSUBLANT also has additional duties as commander of NATO’s Allied Submarine Command and also Commander, Naval Submarine Forces.

Dedicated to all U.S. submariners who manned January 2019 (Five Submarines and 318 men lost)

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13 14 SCORPION (SS-278) 1944 always performed a vital service to our nation. U.S. 15 16 ARGONAUT (SS-166) 1943 17 18 19 Submariners sank more than 1,392 Japanese ships 20 21 SWORDFISH (SS-193) 1945

22 23 24 during WWII, landed raiding parties during the Korean S-36 (SS-141) 1942 27 28 29 30 31 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day 25 26 S-26 (SS-131) 1942 War, monitored the Soviet Navy, and conducted intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions during the Cold War. From the late 50s until 1964 submariners conducted Regulus cruise missile patrols and since 1960 the submariners serving aboard Strategic Ballistic Missile subs have maintained a continuous nuclear deterrent force at sea. Today’s submariners provide covert intelligence Order Now! and tactical missile strikes when needed in support Individual calendars are $10.95+2.75 shipping. Order yours today of the Global War on Terror as well as carrying out by credit card at ussvinationalstorekeeper.com or by sending your 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 provide a vital service to our nation and we salute USSVI National Storekeeper them all! The loss dates for all U.S. submarines sunk 2063 Main St. PMB 293 s Oakley, CA 94561 or destroyed are listed in addition to other historic Email: [email protected] s Tel: (925) 679-1744 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. Page 14 American Submariner

we should about their important contributions to HOW TO SPOT national security A BROTHER OF THE PHIN Submariners like to kid. The jokes can come fast DQGIXULRXVRIWHQULJKWDIWHUWKHLQLWLDO¿UPKDQG- Charles Hood shake, and if you’re not prepared for them, your Frank and I began our research and writing on ¿UVWLPSUHVVLRQPLJKWEHWKDWWKHVHJX\VDUHRXW Poopie Suits and Cowboy Boots in mid 2017, Since to harass you. The truth is, they do enjoy yank- then I’ve been to nearly a dozen USSVI bases and ing your chain. The practice evolved as a sort of I’ve managed to eat and chat casually with Sub warped survival skill, honed after many months Vets, from those in their 30s to several of the living at sea, to boost morale and preserve some de- legends of World War II. Through our Facebook gree of sanity during those times of great pres- page on submarine history and by email, I’ve cor- sure and uncertainty. But even today, the humor responded with dozens of sailors who have shared serves a very important purpose. By disarming you their submarine stories, photos, and expertise. with a quip or mild insult, they are checking you 0DQ\ RI WKHVH PHQ KDYH YROXQWHHUHG VLJQL¿FDQW out. Can you take a joke, or do you wither under chunks of time to help correct the technical details the heat? In the end, they won’t waste time with DQGUH¿QHRXUQDUUDWLYHDERXWWKHH[SORLWVRIWKH6L- someone who doesn’t pass muster. So I take it lent Service during the Cold War years. While these as a good sign that, during my talks to the USS- men are different in countless ways—age, ethnic VI audiences, several of the guys will continue to background, political and religious persuasions, blurt out jokes or witty remarks. Submariners ap- for starters—their years serving aboard subma- preciate individuals with thick skins.They’re not so rines shaped their lives profoundly in both obvious NHHQ RQ WKRVH ZKR SDFN XS DQG UXQ DW WKH ¿UVW and subtle ways. I have noticed several common perceived slight or ridicule. And they really can’t attributes among them that form the basis of this stand the related notion of political correctness. essay. Here are some of my thoughts in tribute. 6XEPDULQHUVUHYHUHWKH$PHULFDQÀDJDQGZKDW Submariners are a proud and elite group. What it really stands for. When our national anthem is makes these guys tick? Short answer: The irrefut- played at a sporting contest, we civilians may only able sense that their service aboard submarines see the familiar stars and stripes before us, For was critically important in the safety and security these men, though, the song hearkens them back of our country. At the core of their self-identities is to their years aboard the submarines, recalling the pure patriotism; not the attention-seeking kind as- solemn ritual of raising and lowering of the ensign VRFLDWHGZLWKEXPSHUVWLFNHUVDQGÀDJODSHOVDQG at Morning and Evening Colors. As the song rolls other fanfare, but a quiet and more informed ver- on, they think about the close calls that they had sion. These are the men who decided that it was during their Navy days, and how fortunate they worth it to put their personal lives aside—for a few DUH WR EH VWDQGLQJ WKHUH VDOXWLQJ WKH ÀDJ DW WKDW years, or even an entire career—to answer the call moment— posture erect, hand over heart-- and to volunteer for the force that defends our nation’s intensely appreciating the moment, while silently defensive interests at sea..About those precious thanking those who were lost at sea while heed- personal freedoms that the vast majority of us just ing the call. Understandably, then, they don’t ap- accept as inherent rights. The reason we civilians preciate attempts to politicize this sacred tradition. can take them for granted is because these guys Submariners are comfortable in their own shoes. didn’t. While they were putting their families and Pretense is not in their repertoire. They call things personal ambitions on hold they served for long as they see them, but they don’t need to always stretches in cramped and unforgiving surround- hear the sound of their own voices to be content. It’s ings. The missions they accomplished remained not that they don’t like to talk, but at gathering with largely secretive and therefore unheralded. They their civilian friends and family, they are masters at accepted the underappreciated anonymity of GHÀHFWLQJWKHWRSLFRIFRQYHUVDWLRQDZD\IURPWKHLU working in the shadows, even though it deprived years in the Silent Service. But, put two of these the rest of us the privilege of knowing as much as Sub Vets together in the same room, especially if Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 15 cold beer is involved, and you may never hear the and they won’t open up their wallets to just any end of their lively discussions about the “old days”. cause. This reputation for penny pinching makes Submariners do not suffer fools gladly. These sense; they didn’t exactly earn a fortune while are guys who were held to extraordinary stan- serving aboard submarines, and the strong disin- dards of competency while serving aboard our centives about unnecessary waste that governed nation’s subs. They practically invented the man- ship duty simply reinforced the notion of “waste tra, “zero mistakes”. So don’t try to B.S. them. not, want not”. Still, despite their understandably 7KH\¶OO VHH WKURXJK WKH DUWL¿FH LQ D VNLQQ\ PLQ- thrifty tendencies, they make tremendous con- ute. They appreciate straight shooters. And they tributions to their local towns and cities through themselves are the prototypical straight shooters. endowed scholarships, fund-raising for worthy Submariners don’t like to guess. For every ques- causes, and various community awareness proj- tion or problem, there’s a right answer, and if you ects. I have seen how the USSVI gives them the work alongside one of them, they would rather vehicle to make these things happen and to con- keep striving until the proper answer is found. This tinue to make a difference with their neighbors. sense of precision, inculcated by submarine ser- Submariners like to speak in code. Listening to vice, also applies to timeliness. Don’t be late for them converse among themselves is both an intrigu- things. These guys expect punctuality and live by LQJDQGEDIÀLQJDFWLYLW\7KHLUODQJXDJHLVVWHHSHG WKHUXOH³,I\RX¶UH¿YHPLQXWHVHDUO\\RX¶UHODWH´ in the acronym-laden phrases of Navy-speak, so Their very DNA seems intertwined with the sci- unless you have a willing translator, you may not the HQFHRIXQÀLQFKLQJH[DFWLWXGH%XW,JHWLW:KHQ faintest idea of what they are talking about with such the fate of you and your crewmates on the same enthusiasm. (Coming from the world of medicine, I VXEPDULQH KLQJHG GDLO\ RQ ÀDZOHVV H[HFXWLRQ RI thought our jargon was bad! Not even close.) With your assigned duties, well, that mindset had a some practice, though, the code may be cracked. knack of following you into your post-military life. For example, here is an excerpt from a message So forgive these men if they seem befuddled when I received yesterday from a veteran submariner: the rest of the human race doesn’t seem equal- “…HGR was our senior EDO, and he was OINC ly disciplined. It’s a shame that the same sense of a SRF at one time.” I actually understood him! of personal responsibility and accountability isn’t Submariners are sentimental about their old also a given in the civilian world Sloppy work and boats. They swap stories with their fellow veter- tardiness are major annoyances for these men. ans about their former rides with great affection. Submariners are a little wary of strangers. I They like to wear vests adorned with badges that think this has to do with the oath to secrecy that tell the story of their military service. They pay they all had to sign upon penalty of imprisonment. homage at every USSVI event to those boats on Since they are forbidden from talking about a sub- HWHUQDO SDWURO DQG WKH\ KROG WKH ÀHHW ERDW JHQ- stantial part of their personal histories, they can eration of WWII in particularly high esteem be- seem a little suspicious of those who may try to cause of the tremendous loss of life sustained draw them out in conversation or otherwise at- E\VXEPDULQHUVGXULQJWKDWJOREDOFRQÀLFWDJDLQVW tempt to ingratiate themselves. That makes sense tyranny and evil. They thoroughly enjoy one an- to me. Trust is a precious commodity to them, other’s company, knowing that each of them is and it is not earned without some time and ef- indelibly linked for life by that youthful decision fort. Once that hurdle is crossed, though, they to volunteer for submarine service. Finally, while will bend over backwards to help you. In offering they may recall those years at sea as some of the their help to me countless times over the course PRVW GLI¿FXOW RI WKHLU OLYHV SUDFWLFDOO\ HYHU\ RQH RIWKHODVWPRQWKVWKH\KDYHH[HPSOL¿HGWKH of them would do it again in a heartbeat if asked. giving spirit in so many ways. You get the feeling I salute these men, the “Brothers of the Phin” as after working with so many of them that they would they call themselves, proud members of a storied give you the shirt off their back if you needed it. PLOLWDU\IUDWHUQLW\

#26 VICTORY JUNCTION US Submarine Veterans Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Week

“No one stands so tall as when they stoop to help a Child” – Abraham Lincoln Each year K4K Week is celebrated around Veter- ans Day (November 11th). In addition to other K4K visits made during the year, I encourage USSVI Bases to schedule and make a K4K visit to Kids as close to Veterans Day From left-Missy Eames, Cindy Petitt, Jack as they can. Jeffries, Rick Petitt, Steve Bell, Jodie Ballard. This is done to: 1. Obtain local and national recognition of 8669,¶V This spring, the Carolina Piedmont Base,was .DS 66 .LG 66 3URJUDP This in turn will let our proud to make our 26th visit to the Victory Junc- communities learn about USSVI and why we exist. tion Gang Camp in Randelman NC where we honor medically challenged children camp- 2. Take advantage of a period when Child Health ers with an Honorary Submariner Kap and cer- Care Facilities are more likely to welcome visits by WL¿FDWH :H DQQXDOO\ GLVWULEXWH RYHU  .DSV Veterans. DQG FHUWL¿FDWHV SHU \HDU WR WKLV RQH FDPS

3. Have Sub Vets interact with Children, their We are honored to be among the very select families and facility staff at a time when the groups that can visit with campers present. appreciation for Veterans is at its highest. Victory Junction is unique in that each group of 4. Bring joy to sick Children and to the Sub Vets campers attending are attended to by a group who visit them! of volunteer medical staff for their situation. “We begin by imagining that we are giving to them; we end by realizing that they have enriched us” There are other camps like this through out the – Pope John Paul II country and I hope that other bases take advan- tage of this great program and contact one of these Thanks for all that you do for sick Children by par- facilities to bring joy to the children, and Submari- ticipating in this Life Changing USSVI community ners as well. outreach program! Jack Jefferies John -RKQ 5LOH\ 1DWLRQDO &KDLUPDQ  .DS 66   .LG 66 3URJUDP US Submarine Veterans Charitable Foundation Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 17 GOLD COUNTRY BASE K 4 K Five members of USSVI – Gold Country Base – Sacramento, California (Harold Fisher, Janet Fish- IN ROSEVILLE er, Barry Wyatt, Tim Spoon, and Les Jamison (my- self) planned a visit to Kaiser Hospital Children Unit in Roseville, California back in March of this year. We had discussed our procedure plans on how to conduct our visit. We had pink and blue hats for younger patients, larger hats for older teens, and even pink and blue beanies for the infants to hand out. We would present an “Honorary Submariner” FHUWL¿FDWHWRHDFKSDWLHQWDORQJZLWKFRORULQJSDJ- es of submarines, and pictures of submarines from old calendars. As our visitation progressed, we were surprised that behind each hospital door was a little smile and in most cases a bundle of energy. These chil- dren have been through painful treatments but had a warm smile for these old Submarine Veterans. We suddenly realized we were receiving healing therapy to our spirits from these loving children Gold Country Base Submarine Veterans re- and their families. ceive healing therapy from children at Kaiser Hospital - Roseville, California CONTINUED NEXT PAGE Page 18 American Submariner FRPHG LQWR DQ HQWLUH IDPLO\ WKDW ZDV ¿JKWLQJ WR GOLD COUNTRY cure their child’s illness. We got to share our little CONTINUED FROM LAST PAGE part with the determination that family had to de- feat the child’s illness. The thanks from the moth- ers, fathers, grandparents and brothers and sisters was wonderful but the smiles and conversation from the child patient was the true reward for us. We found as we continued our visit, we stood a lit- tle taller and prouder. Our sore backs, knees, and feet seemed to be healed for the time. To look at the pain and treatments these children endured, our aches and pains were minor in comparison but they smile at us and with us. We visited 25 to 30 Kids that day and all came away knowing that our lives were richer and felt these children somehow became the healers that day.

A bit 0f Submarine art made us feel right at Thanks to all the families and hospital staff that al- home. Thier way of saying thank you. low us into their world and share the love these We thank them! children gave to these Old Submarine Veterans. /HV -DPLVRQ .DS 66   .LG 66  &KDLUPDQ Each door we entered we were thrilled to be wel- Gold Country Base Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 19 for the visit. &KLHI3HWW\2I¿FHUV-RQ)UDQFLVDQG'D- vid Pennick were huge hits with the Kids, their parents and the staff! They are now experienced members of the Groton Base Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Team and we look forward to them joining us on future visits! In addition to the Chiefs, the Groton Base Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Team consisted of Bob & Susan Sharpe, Paul Dillon, Jim Mosley and John Riley.

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On May 12, 2018 USSVI Northern Virginia Base that they are: “authentic, courageous, and techni- inducted CS2 (SS) James Kraut, STSCS (SS) Ed- cally competent.” Be proud of that. The MCPON mund Mattran, and CTTC (SS) Michael Varone into said it was an honor to speak before such an au- the Holland Club. The ceremony was followed by gust group of men who had done so much for their a luncheon in honor of the newest Holland Club country. He thanked us for the honor.” MCPON members. Present to honor the inductees were gave each of the new Holland Club Members a MCPON (SG/SW/IW) Steven S. Giordano and Mrs. MCPON challenge coin as a token of appreciation Giordano; Les Altschuler (USSVI Regional Director for their service. Northeast) and Mrs. Altschuler, Holland Club mem- The Master of Ceremonies, Howard Chatham bers, USSVI regular members, and guests. (USSVI Past NOVA Base Commander) then read MCPON Giordano, honored the three inductees WKH+ROODQG&OXEFHUWL¿FDWHDQGOHWWHUIRUHDFKQHZ by being the keynote speaker for the ceremony. Holland Club member. USSVI Northern Virginia The MCPON opened his remarks by saying that 2I¿FHUVSUHVHQWHGWKH+ROODQG&OXEPHPEHUVZLWK 50 years ago, when these three Holland Club a ball cap, challenge coin, membership card, and honorees were earning their dolphins, he was not DODUJHFHUWL¿FDWHWKDWLQFOXGHVWKHLU4XDOL¿FDWLRQ even born yet. Back then a Navy E-5 earned an Boat and date. average of $270 per month. MCPON’s remarks fo- &6 66  -DPHV .UDXW TXDOL¿HG RQERDUG WKH cused on the brotherhood that submariners share 866$OEDFRUH $*66 LQ ZKHQKHVDLGZKHQZHTXDOL¿HGLQVXEPDULQHVLW took “courage, knowledge, and fortitude to quali- 676&6 66 (GPXQG0DWWUDQTXDOL¿HGRQERDUG I\´DQGRQFHZHZHUHTXDOL¿HGZHEHFDPHSDUW 866)ODVKHU 661 LQ of a brotherhood that lasts a lifetime. MC went on &77& 66  0LFKDHO 9DURQH TXDOL¿HG DERDUG to say, the trait that ties all submariners together is 866&$,0$1 66 LQ Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 21 Sub School Silver Dolphins Color Guard and the National Anthem was sung by 676 66  Matthew Northfell one of the instructors at Sub School. Additionally, nearly all of the sailors from %DVLF(QOLVWHG6XE6FKRRO¿OOHGWKHEDOFRQ\DQG belted out the Navy Creed – loudly and proudly! Captain Brian Sittlow, Commander Submarine Squadron 4, was the keynote speaker and af- ter his talk he presented the Holland Club pack- ets to all the new members. Of the 57 eligible members, a total of 34 were able to be present. After the ceremony it was back to the Groton Sub- Vets clubhouse for a luncheon for the new members. Many thanks to Pat Urella, Bud Atkins, Jeff Walsh, and the entire committee along with the many volunteers that helped in planning and putting on this great weekend of events. $O-RQHVDQG-LP,UZLQTXDOL¿HGWRJHWKHURQ WKH75RRVHYHOW66%1EDFNLQµ &DSWDLQ:KLWHVFDUYHUQRWTXLWHWKDWORQJDJR Groton Base Scrambled Aye! Holland Club weekend Fred Williams While stationed on the USS Robert E Lee On June 1-2, 2018 the Groton Base held their Hol- 66%1 GXULQJWKH¿UVW³UHWUR¿W´LQ0DUH,VODQG land Club weekend with a number of activities to DVDQ)7%QRQTXDO¿OOLQJDQRYHUFDSDFLW\0LVVLOH recognize the newest members of the Holland Club. Fire Control billet my turn for mess cooking came On Friday all of the new inductees were invited to up. I was subsequently dispatched to the mess hall the CPO Club on the Sub Base, the Fouled An- used by all the boats currently in the yards. Damn! chor, for some light refreshments along with some And I thought I had dodged that bullet! adult beverages. Captain Paul Whitescarver, CO The chow hall crew was a cross section drawn of Sub Base New London welcomed everyone from all the boats including the cooks. One real as did Sub Base &0'&0 66  5RQDOG &ODUN steamer off of a smoke boat took the prize for the All of the new Holland Club members present wildest, crudest, drunkest, and having almost no were introduced and shared some information socially redeeming value. Which of course, made DERXW WKHPVHOYHV DQG WKH ERDW WKH\ TXDOL¿HG him a beacon of guidance for all us wanta’be sub- on. There was lots of camaraderie, renewing of marine sailors. old friendships, and beginning of new ones. One We mustered at the chow hall each morning at, IDFWZHDOOOHDUQHGZDVWKDWDOORIXVTXDOL¿HGLQ I think, four A.M. Invariably shortly after muster, the submarines before any of our hosts were born! “old salt” would roll in wearing his rumpled western Later that evening we had the opportunity to head shirt, faded Levis, and “cockroach killer” western over 40 School Street to attend the Groton Base’s boots. Roaring mightily with an admirable string of monthly steak dinner which was nothing short of out- obscenities, he would pull his duty cook’s whites standing. The kitchen crew and staff did a superb job. on over his civvies, grab a cup of coffee, a ciga- rette, and await the call to breakfast. Saturday morning we were up early and head- I drew the somewhat lucky straw of being his as- ing over to the Nautilus Museum to catch a shut- sistant at the grill. In this chow hall the grill was tle bus to bring us on the Base to Dealey Center for the ceremony. Colors were presented by the NEXT PAGE Page 22 American Submariner pay attention to when and where the smoking lamp Scrambled Aye! was lit, or not lit. PREVIOUS PAGE Anyway, to get on with it. On the 16th of No- embedded in the food service line so that each vember I made IC3 and we were pulling into sailor coming through the line could order his eggs 1DSOHV ,WDO\ P\ ¿UVW WLPH LQ ,WDO\7KDW PRUQLQJ FRRNHGWRKLVVSHFL¿FDWLRQ2XUVPRNHERDWFRRN after breakfast was over I met the Chief Mas- would stand behind the grill and hook one toe of ter At Arms in a passage way outside of Chief’s his roach killer’s under the grill’s bottom edge, thus Quarters and he asked me if I had in fact made reducing the possibility of falling backwards. I think Third Class, to which I proudly replied, “Damn the heat of the grill must have discouraged him Right Chief.” To which he responded, “You’re a from falling forward. big sonofabitch. you’ve got Shore Patrol, and 30 My job was to break one, two, or three eggs into minutes to get into dress whites, get a belt, bras- a series of bowls, thus pre staging them to meet a sard and nite stick from the Gunner’s Mates and hungry sailor’s request. And without fail, our salty be on the Quarterdeck ready to go ashore. “ old cook would politely ask each sailor in turn, “And ,WZDV$WKXQGUHGKRXUV,ZDV¿WWHGRXW so how do you want your eggs this mourning, sail- and ready to jump in the 60’ Liberty Boat and re- or?” Of course the poor guy would say something port for duty on the Beach. There was a standard like, “Two over easy, please.” Or “Three sunny side gray Navy Pickup waiting for me on the pier. At up.” Our cooking machine would grab up a bowl WKH63RI¿FHWKH&KLHILQFKDUJHDVNHGPHLI,KDG holding the required number of eggs, sling them a Navy License, I did, he then handed me a set on the hot grill, and yell, “Scrambled, Aye!” of keys with a whispered admonition, “Under no circumstances are you to give those to the Bos’n.” I soon learned that the cook’s assistant could , WRRN WKH NH\V DQG UHWXUQHG WR WKH IURQW RI¿FH end up running the grill on the mornings his “lead- where I met the Bos’n. A First Class Boatswains er” was just too under the weather to take the heat Mate with 4 red hashmarks. He was turning gray at from the grill. I also found that the sailors in line WKHWHPSOHVDQGVSRUWLQJRQHRIWKRVHÀDW³%R[HU¶V those mornings never inquired as to the health of Noses.” He was working on a second or early third our missing cook, but took great delight in actually day beard. His whites looked like wrinkled paja- JHWWLQJP\EHVWHIIRUWDWIXO¿OOLQJWKHLUHJJUHTXHVW mas and his shoes were spit shined to mirrors. He Over time, I must admit, I became quite an egg almost smiled while exhaling a lungful of Camel cook. Lord knows I sure got plenty of practice! smoke and through the smoke he mumbled that he Later in life I have found cooking to be a very was hungry and we were going to imbibe a break- interesting hobby, and I remember fondly those fast. His name was “Smitty”. days behind the grill in the Vallejo shipyard gal- He was stationed in Naples at the Naval De- ley. That’s where I learned it can be fun and quite tachment on permanent Shore Duty and had been rewarding producing something people obviously there for two or three years, he wasn’t quite sure. enjoy. It proved to become my foil to software de- just how long he had been there, maybe since ‘55, velopment. A job it seems where no matter what maybe not. We walked out of the SP Headquarters - \RXGRVRPHRQHVRPHZKHUHDOZD\V¿QGVVRPH and took 15 steps and walked into somebodie’s thing to bitch about. And naturally, they could have home, without knocking. There were three tables done it better themselves. To them I just think, of various description with unmatching chairs, in a “Scrambled Aye!” non-descript living room.  0\ DSRORJLHV EXW , KDG WR ¿OO WKH UHVW RI WKLV A lady with more grey than not in a tight bun on page and since I served with Fred, back in the day WRSRIKHUKHDGZHDULQJDÀRZHUHGGUHVVDQGDUHG on the Lee Boat, I am assuming that he will allow full length apron, quickly appeared carriying a full me this intrusion. I was assigned to mess cooking coffee cup which she placed on the table we had in September of ‘57, not on a Boat but rather a selected, directly between Smitty’s waiting hands. target, a rather lethal target since it was a “White Sitting next to him I could see that it looked and Tanker”, the AO-56 and we carried AvGas and JP5. smelled a lot like beer. I gave Smitty an questioning The AvGas served well as the best Lighter Fluid in DQ\5RQVRQÀLSWRS/LJKWHULWZDVDJRRGVKLSWR CONTINUED ON PAGE 29 Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 23 Page 24 American Submariner Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 25 Page 26 American Submariner Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 27 The First True Submarine?

Mr. Delgado inspects debris on the grave site of Julius H. Kroehl before exhuming his body from Amador Cemetery in the Chorrillo neigh- ERUKRRGRI3DQDPD&LW\ $UQXOIR)UDQFR$3  PANAMA CITY — The remains of a German-Amer- LFDQZKRLQYHQWHGWKH¿UVWVXEPDULQHDEOHWRGLYH Submitted by and resurface by itself were exhumed in a Panama- Ron Martini/Rontini nian cemetery Thursday and will be reburied along- side U.S. war veterans near the Panama Canal. IF YOU HAVEN’T DONE IT? -XOLXV .URHKO¶V remains were dug up with help from the U.S. Embassy, which said au- WHAT ARE YOU WKRULWLHV ZLOO DOVR VHHN WR FRQ¿UP WKH LGHQWLW\ of the remains and establish a cause of death. WAITING FOR? Kroehl built his submarine from parts brought If you served any time between 1900 and 2000 from New York to search for pearls off Panama’s and did any time at sea or at certain Military intstal- 3DFL¿FFRDVWGXULQJWKHWKFHQWXU\$GLYHUVWDQGV lations, then you have been exposed to Asbestos. by the submarine designed by Julius H. Kroehl, Please get at least a High Resolution, no wrecked off San Telmo Island, Panama. -DPHV contrast needed, Cat Scan of your lungs. Do 'HOJDGR86 (PEDVV\ LQ 3DQDPD YLD $3  it with a Civilian Pulmonologist, not the VA, Records say he died at age 47 of malaria, DQG DVN WKHP WR VSHFL¿FDOO\ ORRN IRU 3OHXUDO but some suspect he was killed by decompres- Plaques and Interstitial Scarring in your lungs. sion sickness — also known as the bends.   2QFH \RX KDYH ¿QDOO\ GRQH WKDW FDOO PH Kroehl was buried in 1867, and his grave was T Michael Bircumshaw, at 951-775-4549. only rediscovered in 2005. Call me to tell me the results and I am hoping “I have no words to express the sentiment of emo- that your lungs are clean. But, if like me, you have tion, it’s a lot of emotion and also some sadness,” Pleural Plaques or/and Asbestosis, then I can maritime archaeologist James Delgado said as he offer you some guidance on what to do about it. held part of the remains in his hand. Delgado spent It cannot be cured, but it can be compensated for. a good part of his life studying Kroehl and in 2001 Call me. 'RQ¶WPDNHPHUHSHDWP\VHOIEHFDXVH discovered the remains of Kroehl’s submarine I will. Please do this for yourself and your family. at San Telmo Island, in Panama’s Pearl Islands. $VRIWKLVSULQWLQJ,KDYHUHFLHYHGSKRQH “For me it is closing a chapter in this indescrib- calls and e-mails from shipmates who have able story,” said Delgado, senior vice president JRWWHQWKH&76FDQ$OOEXWKDYH$VEHVWRVLV of SEARCH Inc, an archaeology and cultural re- sources management company. 'LG\RXQRWWKLQN,ZDVVHULRXV" Page 28 American Submariner TULLIBEE MEMORIAL BENCH

(/5 3DXO/DPEHUW5XVW\3LFNHWW &KDUOHVWRQ %DVH %LOO.HHO 5D]RUEDFN%DVH 5XWK&ORWKLHU *DU\&ORWKLHU 'HQL]HQVRIWKH'HHS%DVH -RKQ Tullibee shipmate Randy McCoy visiting the )OHLW] 8667ROHGR%DVH 0DUFLD)OHLW]'DQ+LOO memorial after dedication Brian Repphun, Chris Cassell, Mike Cassell. Members of USSVI and the USS Tullibee SSN a one-of-a-kind boat with a one-of-a-kind crew” -597 Association gathered on November 3, DQGWKDWWKHUHLV³QRPRUH¿WWLQJZD\WRSHUSHWX- 2018, at the Cold War Submarine Memorial ate the memory of Tullibee and her crew” than this in Mr. Pleasant, SC, for installation of a gran- bench at the Cold War Submarine Memorial, which ite bench and its dedication to USS Tullibee “will be here for our children and grandchildren.” 661  KHU FUHZ DQG WR DOO 6XEPDULQHUV This memorial joins over 40 others at the Cold The idea was suggested by shipmate Randy Mc- War Submarine Memorial located in the Patri- Coy and spearheaded by Bill Keel (Razorback ots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Park, Base) with the help and guidance of Rusty Pick- just north of Charleston. The Cold War Submarine ett (Charleston Base). Mr. Keel, Commander of Memorial was dedicated in 2002 as “A Tribute to the USS Tullibee SSN-597 Association, said at 3URIHVVLRQDO([FHOOHQFH'HGLFDWLRQ6DFUL¿FHDQG the dedication that USS Tullibee SSN-597, “was CONTINUED PAGE 35 Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 29 SCRAMBLED, AYE! - ETC. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 tually shave under their arms and sometimes other places.” We spent the next several hours making look and he replied, “ All the protein and calories I the rounds slowly as Smitty pointed out number 69 need for at least a couple hours.” And I understood and number 24 and number 72 plus two or three why I was the designated keeper of the keys. restaurants that he recomended. The day ran into I ate a couple of eggs and some fried Italian night and we stopped to eat and drink for thirty min- bread along some really good ham and Smitty had utes. I ended up on the pier at about 2300 hours and was told to keep the drunks out of the water, WZRPRUHPRUQLQJFRIIHHVMXVWOLNHWKH¿UVWRQH Smitty seemed to have a running account at the EXWWKDWLVDQRXWKHUVWRU\2YHUDOO,¶P¿JXULQJWKDW, place and told me not to worry about paying. Smit- had the best single sailor tour available. W\ZDONHGRXW¿UVWDQG,GURSSHGVRPH/LUHRQWKH I pulled Liberty in Naples another 10 times over table and watched the old lady smile to show me a the next three years. I always stopped in at Shore paucity of teeth, both top and bottom. Patrol Headquarters, never did see Smitty. How- I had exchanged ten dollars for Lire on the ship ever he was right about one thing, number 47 was and had hundreds of them. clearly the best. Among the 20 or so working girls LQVLGHZDVDVOLJKWO\ZRUQUHGKHDGQDPHG6R¿D  6PLWW\ DQG ,ZDONHG EDFN WRWKH RI¿FHDOO  DIWHU 6R¿D /RUHQ +RZHYHU QR UHVHPEODQFH WR steps, and got in the pickup. Smitty was riding as Miss Loren.. Shotgun Naviguesser. As soon as we shut the doors he said, “Let me know if you get tired of driv- ing, I’ll relieve you” I answered him in turn, “I’m still learning and not likely to get very tired.” He grinned at me and instriucted me to drive slow, and ignore the horns. We made a couple of turns and he said, “That is the “Bluebird Club. It is the enlisted men’s club here in Naples. It is where we will have the most trouble, if we have any. We only stop if some- RQHÀDJVXVGRZQDQGZHFRPHDURXQGHYHU\ minutes or so, depending on coffee stops.” He continued, “Have you been to Guinea land EHIRUH"´ ,DGPLWWHG WKDW WKLV ZDV P\ ¿UVW WLPH LQ Italy. “I told him that my ship was homeported in Barcelona. Smitty asked me if I thought we could use a leading Bos’n. I told him I was pretty sure that we had all we could stand. Smitty started up again, “Well, since this is your ¿UVWYLVLW\RXUHDOO\QHHGWRNQRZZKHUHWKHOHJDO Cat Houses are. Turn right here.” I turned right and shortly Smitty said, “This is the best one, number 47, and you will get head of the line privileges, over everybody, civilians and Guinea Navy included. The Guineas get sex chits every month and since the Cat Houses belong to the government, it costs nobody nothing but time and service. Your Yankee dollar will work better than the Lire everywhere.” We then drove by the Snake Pit. “This is Of- ¿FHU¶VFRXQWU\WKHODGLHVLQVLGHDUHSULFLHUWKDQWKH sweethearts down at the Bluebird, but they are bet- ter looking to make up for it and some of them ac- Page 30 American Submariner

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BOAT SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM UNSPONSORED BOATS AFTER 12/31/2018 SPONSORSHIPS BASES INDIV BOAT HULL # SINCE SEPT. 2017 53 60 USS COLUMBIA SSN-771 DECOM BOATS HULL # USS CONNECTICUT SSN-22 CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTY SSN-705 USS DELAWARE SSN-791 DALLAS SSN-700 USS GREENEVILLE SSN-772 HOUSTON SSN-713 USS HELENA SSN-725 USS HYMAN G. RICKOVER SSN-795 LA JOLLA SSN-701 USS KENTUCKY BLUE SSBN-737 NORFOLK SSN-714 USS KENTUCKY GOLD SSBN-737 SAN FRANCISCO SSN-711 USS MAINE BLU E SSBN-741 PROVIDENCE SSN-719 USS MONTANA SSN-794 ALBUQERQUE SSN-706 USS NORTH DAKOTA SSN-784 BUFFALO SSN-715 USS VIRGINIA SSN-774 BREMERTON SSN-698 Page 32 American Submariner Lyle Marvin Holm, Shakopee, 014XDOL¿HG8666HD&DW ETERNAL PATROL Eternal Patrol 9/15/2018. Jerry Gene Aldridge, Nixa, MO. Donna Cowan, St. Peters, MO. Robert C. Howard III, Associate member. 4XDOL¿HG8666DOPRQ Walnut Creek, CA. Eternal Patrol 1/1/2018. Eternal Patrol 7/5/2018. 4XDOL¿HG8665D]RUEDFN Leo A. Amero, Naples, FL. George L Crider, Phoenix, AZ. Eternal Patrol 7/7/2018. 4XDOL¿HG866&KLYR 4XDOL¿HG8666HD'HYLO Billy P Hrbacek, Shelton, WA. Eternal Patrol 7/22/2018. Eternal Patrol 8/16/2018. 4XDOL¿HG866&XVN John Alexander Baker, Charles Henry Cushman Jr, Eternal Patrol 7/17/2018. North Stonington, CT. Cape Giraeau, MO. Michael Jacqmin, Trinity, FL. 4XDOL¿HG866&RFKLQR 4XDOL¿HG8666HD'HYLO 4XDOL¿HG8666DP+RXVWRQ Eternal Patrol 7/23/2018. Eternal Patrol 9/12/2018. 1966. Eternal Patrol 8/25/2018. Ocala, FL. Michael D. Barker, Spring Hill, 0DWWKHZ'¶$XULD Charles G Jones, Show Low, AZ. 4XDOL¿HG8667UXPSHW¿VK )/4XDOL¿HG8666DUJR 4XDOL¿HG8663LSHU Eternal Patrol 7/19/2018. Eternal Patrol 8/15/2018. Eternal Patrol 8/11/2018. , Roseville, CA. Rodney D Bellman, -DPHV1'¶2UVR Marvin Neal Jones, Noble, OK. 4XDOL¿HG8665DWRQ 3LWWVIRUG0,4XDOL¿HG 4XDOL¿HG8666LUDJR Eternal Patrol 5/18/2018. USS Alexander Hamilton 1968. Eternal Patrol 7/20/2018. Eternal Patrol 7/16/2018. Philip D Dickman, Canton MI Theodore S Kaszuba, Shelton, Robert K. Bork, Milford, KS. 4XDOL¿HG866%XUU¿VK &74XDOL¿HG8667LOH¿VK 4XDOL¿HG866%DVKDZ Eternal Patrol 12/17/2017 Eternal Patrol 8/15/2018. Eternal Patrol 7/9/2018. James E. Dickensheets, Rome, Wayne E Kirby, Oceanside, CA. Robert A Brouse, Myock, NC. 3$4XDOL¿HG866,UH[ 4XDOL¿HG866%DUEHUR 4XDOL¿HG8666SLNH¿VK Eternal Patrol 9/16/2018. Eternal Patrol 8/20/2018. Eternal Patrol 9/1/2018. Grady G Duffy, Wilsonville, AL. John T Knapp, -RKQ Q %XFKDQDQ 4XDOL¿HG8666HD)R[ 4XDOL¿HG8666HD&DW 6DQ$QWRQLR7;4XDOL¿HG Eternal Patrol 10/6/2018. Eternal Patrol 6/13/2013. USS Cachalot (V-8) 1941. Arthur Raymond Dunn, Jr., Richard B. Knighton, Shelly, Eternal Patrol 7/2/2018. 6OLGHOO/$4XDOL¿HG866&KLYR ,'4XDOL¿HG8666FXOSLQ Michael K Bunce, Thornton, 1970. Eternal Patrol 9/29/2018. Eternal Patrol 8/29/2018. &24XDOL¿HG866'RJ¿VK William H. Earle, Sebring, FL. Lyle Gary LaRonge, Centralia, Eternal Patrol 5/21/2018. 4XDOL¿HG866%DVKDZ :$4XDOL¿HG866&DSLWDLQH Norman J Carkeek, Tacoma, Eternal Patrol 8/22/2018. 1961. Eternal Patrol 8/9/2018. :$4XDOL¿HG866&XVN Hans C Fleischer, Long Branch, James T. Lasher, Meadville, PA. Eternal Patrol 9/2/2018. NJ. Associate member. 4XDOL¿HG866'RJ¿VK Walter Ray Carroll, Gladstone, Eternal Patrol 7/25/2018. Eternal Patrol 9/8/2018. 0,4XDOL¿HG866*XGJHRQ Jack C. Ford, Lacey, WA. Maurice Leroy Laubach, Eternal Patrol 8/31/2018. 4XDOL¿HG8665REHUW(/HH Cookville, TN. Paul Leo Casavant, 1968. Eternal Patrol 9/3/2018. 4XDOL¿HG8666LUDJR &RFRD%HDFK)/4XDOL¿HG Carroll Frederick Gunter Jr., Eternal Patrol 11/9/2017. USS Narwhal (V-5) 1943. Greensboro, NC. Leslie M. Lee, Brinson, GA. Eternal Patrol 8/31/2018. 4XDOL¿HG866%HFXQD 4XDOL¿HG866&RUSRUDO Roger D. Christensen, Eternal Patrol 8/14/2018. Eternal Patrol 1/15/2018. /LQFROQ1(4XDOL¿HG William Lee Heist, Nampa, ID. Robert E. Lee, Kingston, WA. USS James Monroe 1974. 4XDOL¿HG866-RKQ0DUVKDOO 4XDOL¿HG866&XEHUD Eternal Patrol 10/6/2018. 1974. Eternal Patrol 6/19/2018. Eternal Patrol 8/17/2018. Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 33 John T. Leers, Jr., Sacramento, Ronald G. Reek, Mercer Island, John Richard Spear, &$TXDOL¿HG8666HD2ZO :$4XDOL¿HG866:DKRR Mt Pleasant, SC. Eternal Patrol 10/3/2018. Eternal Patrol 8/21/2018. 4XDOL¿HG8660HGUHJDO Eternal Patrol 8/10/2018. Gerald L. Lilse, St. Joseph, MO. Gary L. Reynolds, Rogers, AR. 4XDOL¿HG8667ULJJHU 4XDOL¿HG8663RPRGRQ Robert W Steinmetz, Eternal Patrol 5/29/2018. Eternal Patrol 8/11/2018. Coon Rapids, MN.

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Ronald Park, Beaverton, OR. 4XDOL¿HG866%RQLWD 9  Eternal Patrol 10/7/2018. Wayne L Winans, 4XDOL¿HG866*XDUG¿VK Central Point, OR. Eternal Patrol 7/24/2018. George E Sipes, Vancouver, WA. 4XDOL¿HG8665HPRUD 4XDOL¿HG8664XHHQ¿VK Joseph R Pastell, Ossining, NY. Eternal Patrol 2/5/2018. Eternal Patrol 8/24/2018. 4XDOL¿HG8665RFN Ernest Jerome Zellmer, Eternal Patrol 8/29/2018. George Dave Snow, Atlantic Beach, FL. +ROOLVWRQ0$4XDOL¿HG Cecil L Pratt, Jr, Burton, MI. 4XDOL¿HG866&DYDOOD USS Daniel Webster 1962. Eternal Patrol 8/28/2018. 4XDOL¿HG866%ORZHU Eternal Patrol 8/29/2018. Eternal Patrol 8/5/2018. , Lowell, MI. 9LFWRUµ'¶6RXVHU PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT OF Stanley L Preneta, Stockton,NJ. 4XDOL¿HG866%UHDP SILENT THOUGHT FOR OUR 4XDOL¿HG866%DUEHUR Eternal Patrol 8/28/2018. Eternal Patrol 7/4/2018. DEPARTED BROTHERS Alferd Don Sparks. Robert Price, San Jose, CA. Midwest City, OK. 4XDOL¿HG8666HJXQGR 4XDOL¿HG866-RKQ$GDPV Eternal Patrol 7/2/2018. Eternal Patrol 7/13/2018. Page 34 American Submariner 1RUWKHUQ9LUJLQLD 129$ %DVHDQG7UL6WDWH%DVH9LVLW Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Left to Right: Steve Bishop, Penny Wallace, Paul Nelson, and Terry Nelson from the NOVA Base, and Tom Denton from the Tri-State Base.

In June, 2018, the Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) team from vided comfort to those all-service military families these two bases visited the children in both the infu- going through challenging medical situations. sion center and the in-patient wards of Walter Reed. NOVA Base members have made K4K visits to The USSVI National Artist, and the Tri-State Base three hospitals since July 2010, and give heart felt Vice-Commander, Tom Denton, attended and thanks to the Child Life Specialists at each of the personally signed each of the NOVA Base “Dive- facilities for all they do for the children. Our Walter Dive into Coloring” books and distributed them Reed hostesses have been Debra Casolari and with colored pencils to the older children. These Louise Boley. coloring books tell the history of the US submarine force in artistic and labeled line drawings, as cre- ated by Tom Denton and the NOVA Base. ³6XEPDULQHUVDUHDVSHFLDO The younger children received the NOVA Base EURWKHUKRRGHLWKHUDOOFRPHWRWKH clip art coloring book and crayons. This color- surface or no one does. ing book was sourced from the internet and the 2QDVXEPDULQHWKHSKUDVHDOOIRURQH Hampton Roads Base Coloring Book. and one for all is not just a slogan, As usual, the Honorary Submariner caps, beanies, EXWGDLO\KRXUO\DQGDW GRUDJV +RQRUDU\ 6XEPDULQHU FHUWL¿FDWHV FKDO- the moment, reality.” lenge coins, and photographs were distributed, as well as good humor and kind words with the chil- -Vice Admiral Rudolf Gosolov, dren and their families. The bedside approach pro- Russian Navy- Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 35 Bob Kirby – Pacoderm Base 2018 Award Results Richard Mitchell – Central Texas Base Submitted by: Steve Bell Timothy Spoon – Gold Country Base Fred Vineyard – Egg Harbor Twp Base Joe Negri Award Ben Bastura Award Edwin “Bud” Atkins Lesley Waters – Mobile Bay Base Groton Base Newsletter of the Year Class One – Bremerton Base – Puget Soundings &ODVV7ZR±*ROG&RXQWU\±&OHDU7KH%DIÀHV Class Three – Central Texas Base – The Deck Log Class Four – USS Illinois Base – Green Board Robert Link Award Overall Newsletter – Bremerton Base – Puget David Anderson – Minn-St Paul Base Soundings Robert Andregg – USS Snook Base Dominick Boncore – Mare Island Base Steven Christenson – Base 51 TULLIBEE BENCH James Davis – Tarheel Base CONTINUED FROM PAGE 28 Jerry Emerson – Old North State Base Paul Hiser – Tarheel Base Jon Howery – USS Marlin Base Peter Koester – Marblehed Base Ciro Lopiccolo – Cowtown Base Michael Lyster – Naples Base Jay Mack – Central Florida Base Thomas McFadden – Tarheel Base Kenneth Nichols – Nautilus Base Michael Rainwater – USS Snook Base Thomas Sasgen – USS Chicago Base National Will” of the crews and support organiza- Vincent Sievert – Old North State Base tions of boats “maintaining the peace, but ready to John Stanford – First Coast Base ¿JKWLIQHFHVVDU\WRGHIHQGRXUQDWLRQDQGDOOLHV´ James Wallace – Tarheel Base Jeffery Walsh – Groton Base J Barry Wyatt – Gold Country Base Egg Harbor Township Base Kings Bay Base Meritorious Award Edward Alexander – Tucson Base Carol Applegate – USS Marlin Base Alan Brodie – Blueback Base Kevin Galeaz – Thresher Base Richard Martin – USS Illinois Base USS Chicago Base Golden Anchor Award Class Two – Carolina Piedmont Base Class Three – Minneapolis-St. Paul Base Class Four – Old North State Base Allen Peagler and Daniel Locklear of Lowcountry Me- morials of Summerville, SC installing Tullibee memorial Silver Anchor Award bench at the Cold War Submarine Memorial Edmond Irwin – Topeka Jefferson City Base ZZZFROGZDUVXEPDULQHPHPRULDO  Page 36 American Submariner Meet Rudy “Saur” Kraut, ¿UHZLWKDWZLQNOHLQKLVH\HDZLGHVPLOHRQKLV face, and a passion for his service on submarines. WWII Submarine Sailor The USS Illinois Base immediately took Rudy into By Kate Ramsay, USSVI Associate Member its heart, not only for his service during WWII, but to his ties to the local submarine community. Rudy was on the commissioning crew of the USS Liz- DUG¿VK66WKDWZDVEXLOWDQGFRPPLVVLRQHG in Manitowoc, WI. It was one of the 28 freshwa- ter boats build and launched in Manitowoc during WWII between 1944 and 1946. This young man man came from an Illinois farm- ing family with hogs, cattle, and milking cows and grew up with a sense of pride and duty. During Ru- dy’s junior year in high school, his dad became ill, requiring both Rudy and his brother to step up and take over farm duties. “One day, my brother and I got into an argument,” Rudy said. That was the day he decided to enlist in the Navy. He received a deferment from his senior \HDUDQGKHDGHGWRWKHUHFUXLWPHQWRI¿FHLQ&KL- cago. The recruiters gave him a choice. He could either be sent to bootcamp that day, or wait 10 days and be shipped to Idaho’s Farragut Naval Base. 7KH1DY\KDG¿YHEDVHVLQQRUWKHUQ,GDKRGXULQJ WWII, and this sounded like an adventure to Rudy. After a few more days with his family, young Rudy Rudy was nicknamed “Saur” by his headed for Idaho. He tells how the base was locat- shipmate in 1944. With a last name of ed next to a lake in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains, Kraut, it was bound to happen. and he fondly recalls joining his fellow recruits in Ask any submarine sailor “What was the high- practicing how to row boats on the lake. light of your career?” and you inevitably hear While at bootcamp Rudy and one of his “The day I earned my Dolphins!” Another moment friends, “Mr. Schultz,” volunteered for subma- RI SULGH KDSSHQV  \HDUV ODWHU ZKHQ TXDOL¿HG rine service and were earmarked for Torpedo submarine sailors are inducted into the United School. His friend was sent back to Chicago for Tor- States Submarine Veterans, Inc. (USSVI) Holland pedo School, while Rudy was sent to San Diego, Club, observing the 50th Anniversary of the year Calif., for his training. they earned their Dolphins. After Torpedo School, Rudy was shipped to New This story is about one of these inductees, Rudy London, Conn., where he received orders to the .UDXW70 66 , nickname “Saur”, of Pecatonica, - IL, who on July 13, 2018, joined ranks with other fel- 866/L]DUG¿VK 66 DERDWXQGHUFRQVWUXF tion in Manitowoc, Wis. low submarine sailors when he became a Holland Club member atop the deck of the USS Cobia (SS- Manitowoc wasn’t ready for us yet,” Rudy ex- 245), located in Manitowoc, Wi. It is a tale of a spry plains, “so I was sent to Key West, Fla., aboard 94-year-old World War II submarine sailor, whose the R-4, a WWI submarine, that patrolled Holland Club award was a mere 23-years over- the Florida Straits and the Yucatan Channel. due. He earned his Dolphins in 1945 during battle. When space opened up, he was reassigned Rudy, a long-time member of the former WWII to Newport News, Va., for Gunnery practice. Submarine Veterans Association, joined USSVI 7KH QHZ FUHZ IRU WKH /L]DUG¿VK ¿QDOO\ JRW WKHLU and the USS Illinois Base a year ago. He is a spit- call, and they all headed to Manitowoc. Since con- Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 37 struction was still underway, the crew was housed cember and early January, but “it was much colder on cots in a large open warehouse a few blocks in Lake Michigan!” from the shipyard. Rudy and his shipmates spent The next test for a Manitowoc submarine was to - WLPH RQ WKH ERDW GXULQJ LWV ¿QDO FRQVWUXFWLRQ SH ¿QGLWVZD\WRZDUDQGWKDWZDVGRQHE\ORDGLQJ riod, learning all the sub’s components from how to the submarine on a barge with a crew aboard. It ¿[YDOYHVWROHDUQLQJHYHU\WKLQJWKH\FRXOGDERXW was transported down Lake Michigan to the Cal- the diesel engines. Sag Canal in Chicago where it joined the Illinois “I remember good times in Manitowoc,” he adds. 5LYHU7KH FUHZ¶V ¿UVW /LEHUW\ 3RUW RQ WKH ,OOLQRLV “All the sailors used to congregate in one of the ho- River was in Peoria, Ill. From there the sub fol- tels. There were a lot of girls there. Too, the fact I lowed the Illinois river south to the Mississippi Riv- was only 180 miles from my home in Pecatonica, I HUZKHUHLWZDV¿QDOO\VHQWWRVHDWKURXJKWKH*XOI could hitchhike back and forth on many weekends, of Mexico. this made it special.” He found the best method to Rudy was assigned to travel with the boat for this ÀDJGRZQDULGHDWWKDWWLPHZDVWRZDYHKLV1DY\ historic leg of the journey. However, a shipmate of pea coat. his was going through a divorce, and wanted out 2Q'HFWKH866/L]DUG¿VKZDVFRP- of town fast, Rudy explains. There was a “pass missioned, with Rudy and the entire crew on the of $20” and a promise of a 9-day leave, resulting deck for the historic ceremony. in Rudy and the shipmate changing places at the last minute. Rudy, and other shipmates not on the barge, were to report to New Orleans in 10 days. The boat was late a couple of days, which landed Rudy in New Orleans during Mardi Gras! “Did I have a good time!” he smiled. The reality of the voyage ahead for this young sail- RUKLWKLPKDUGDVWKH866/L]DUG¿VKVDLOHGIDUWKHU and farther from the lights of New Orleans. “I didn’t know if I was going to see these lights again,” he VROHPQO\DGGHG+HZDVRIIWRZDULQWKH3DFL¿F The boat arrived in Honolulu in 17 days. And, OHIW IRU LWV ¿UVW ZDU SDWURO WRZDUG WKH 3KLOLSSLQHV on April 7, 1945. “We went to Saipan to refu- el,” he said, “and then we headed toward the Equator. I was the aft lookout one day, when I 3ODQNRZQHUVRIWKH/L]DUG¿VK 66 OLQHWKH looked up and saw a plane coming out of the ERDW¶V VWHUQ GXULQJ WKH FRPPLVVLRQLQJ FHUH- sun. I yelled, ‘plane out of the Sun,’ and dove PRQ\RQ'HF 3KRWRFRXUWHV\RIWKH below deck before the dive alarms sounded.” :LVFRQVLQ0DULWLPH0XVHXP After a stopover in Freemantle, Australia, the Liz- After the commissioning, the new sub was launched DUG¿VKFRPSOHWHGKHUVWSDWURO in a traditional Manitowoc “sideways” manner, and headed onto Lake Michigan for its test dives. The 7KHVHFRQGSDWUROSXWWKH/L]DUG¿VKDQGFUHZWR sub traveled 60 plus miles across the lake and task while patrolling the straits near Bali. On July 5 back again, over and over again, testing all the ³ZHVSRWWHGDFDPRXÀDJHGVXEPDULQHRQWKH,VOH diesels. “We never surfaced during these tests, so RI%DOL:H¿UHGDWRUSHGRDQGVXQNLW7KHUHZHUH no one saw us on the lake,” he said. “I was on the sub chasers, 50-60 landing crafts, and a supply bow planes during these tests and watched the ship there too,” he describes. “We also sunk the gauge go down to 221 feet. I hoped I was going sub chaser.” WRFRPHEDFN´KHUHPHPEHUVDERXWWKLV¿UVWGLYH Rudy describes the Isle of Bali with its roads It was “so COLD” in the water, he recalls. It was wrapped around and up the hill. The lights up the also cold on shore in upper Wisconsin lake De- CONTINUED ON PAGE 38 Page 38 American Submariner CONTINUED FROM PAGE 37 Rudy has for northern Wisconsin, and particularly winding road to the top of the island, lit it up like a the Manitowoc area, to this day. He took his bride Christmas tree. there on their honeymoon. He packed his family up and took them on multiple summer trips to north- “We missed the supply ship,” he added, “but the ern Wisconsin while the kids were growing up. torpedo hit the fuel dump on the island, and every- thing blew up. We immediately dived and got out When Rudy and Caroline celebrated their 50th An- of the area.” niversary with family – where did they go? – just 12 miles north of Manitowoc to Two Rivers, Wis 7KHH[FLWHPHQWGLGQ¶WHQGWKHUHDVWKH/L]DUG¿VK followed the Japanese for four days as it trailed Sadly, his wife passed away January 4, 2013 at DKRVSLWDOVKLS7KH/L]DUG¿VK¿UHGRQWKH-DSD- the age of 91 QHVHVKLSVDQGWKH\UHWXUQHG¿UH:KLOHDQXQVHW- With the help of his daughter, Julie, and son-in-law tling experience, their patrol was ending in three Terry Carius, Rudy still makes his way to Manito- days. Before they headed back to the Philippines woc for the Annual Subfest festivities at the Wis- IRUUHVWWKH/L]DUG¿VKPDQDJHGWRPHHWXSZLWKD consin Maritime Museum, where the USS Cobia IHOORZVXEDQGWUDQVIHUWKH/L]DUG¿VK¶VUHPDLQLQJ is moored. You can’t take a submarine sailor away 5” shells to them. from a sub too long. “We were watching a movie in the Philippines, when word came that the WWII had ended. All of a sudden the lights turned on and we celebrated,” he said. “They gave each of us a free can of beer.” In the rest camp, the sub’s crew was residing in Quonset huts. With time on their hands for the ¿UVWWLPH5XG\DQGDFRXSOHRIJX\VZHQWKLNLQJ around the island to see other friends. We hitchhiked up to some locations where there were machine gun nests. Then we hiked to Ma- nila, where we saw General MacArthur and his crew walk by us.” Rudy added. “We then went WRWKHDLU¿HOGWRKLWFKDULGHRQDSODQHEDFNWR Clarke Field where the plane that took us to Subic Bay was located.” From R-L, Rudy Kraut was inducted into the :LWKWKHZDURYHUWKH866/L]DUG¿VKDQGLWVWHQGHU Holland Club Topside aboard the USS Cobia came back to San Francisco as a unit, and docked 66 E\866,OOLQRLV%DVH&RPPDQGHU7RP between Alcatraz and the city. The Navy had plans Ramsay. Also inducted was Sherman Buetsch, WRGHFRPPLVVLRQWKH/L]DUG¿VKDQGHYHQWXDOO\VHOO ZKR 4XDOL¿HG DERDUG 866 8O\VVHV 6 *UDQW it to Italy. So, without a boat, Rudy was transferred 66%1  to the USS Blueback (SS-326) for his last eight Note: Northwest Illinois is fortunate to have three weeks in the Navy. surviving members of the WWII Submarines Veter- When discharged, he returned to Illinois, where he ans Association. Surviving with Rudy are 92-year- got a job with Henney Motors in Freeport, Ill, which young GM2(SS) Archie Holtz, of Machesney Park, built hearses and ambulances from the late 20’s also a member of the USSVI Illinois Base, and to mid-50’s. Rudy worked for them for 2-3 years, 98-year-old Jim Moorehead, MM2(SS), of Rochelle. before moving into the construction business with This trio gets together monthly at a local restaurant his future father-in-law, Richard Meyer. In 1948, to keep their memories intact.. Rudy married Caroline Meyer. Together they had two children, a son, Mark and a daughter, Julie. SAD NOTE: Rudy departed on Eternal Pa- What puts the topping on this tale is the fondness trol on 11/22/18, Thanksgiving Day Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 39 Quinn Kaleb 2017 Georgia Schmidt Mark 1970 Grayback USSVI Neider Jr. Robert L 1973 Grayling Rohanna Paul V. 2004 Greeneville NEW MEMBERS Fowler Jay N. 1989 Groton Locke Jeffery K. 1988 Groton $OOSRUW 'DYLG%  *XDUG¿VK- Coolidge Thomas 1981 Gudgeon Last Name First Name Qual Year Qual Boat Raaum Henry A. 1972 Gurnard Silvestri Henry 1970 Abraham Lincoln Barron William 1970 Haddock Daunis Michael L. 1999 Alabama Kosater Joseph M. 1976 Haddock Briggs, Sr Ralph Emory 1986 Alaska Pagett Harry 1986 Haddock Jardine Anthony Alban 1985 Alaska Maly Gerald 1963 Halfbeak DiPaola Michael C. 2000 Albuquerque Hernandez Jonathan 2010 Hartford Sievers Gary L 1967 A Hamilton Curry Toby L. 1998 Hawkbill Warthen Larry G 1970 A Hamilton Hensley Marcus 1994 Hawkbill Parenteau Michael A. 2017 Alexandria Batch Theodore A. 1978 Henry Clay Rock Norman R. 1986 Andrew Jackso Brown Lance M. 1986 Henry Clay arstellar Bret A. 2003 Annapolis Fazekas John R. 1984 Henry Clay Thomas James E. 2016 Annapolis Mefferd Thomas D 1974 Henry L Lowery James 1972 Aspro Stimson Shine Michael 1989 Atlanta Sankey Jeffrey 1984 Henry L Stimson Korn IV Fredrick W. 1998 Augusta Castro Richard 2007 Honolulu Smith William Clyde 1963 Barbero Gutierrez Edward W 1990 Honolulu 6XOOLYDQ 5REHUW'  %DW¿VK St. Moritz Mark 1985 Honolulu Anthony David C. 1963 Baya Sanchez Jeremy 2017 Illinois Magwire Stephen 1972 Ben Franklin Hostek Kirk W. 1974 Jack Zinich John E. 1970 Ben Franklin- Marsh Geoffrey 1985 Jack Kelch Gary M. 1981 Bergall Holec Greg 1982 James K Polk Lomba Kenneth John 1973 Bergall Sterchi William 1971 James Monroe Lewis Robert E 1956 Blenny Ballou William Justin 2012 Jimmy Carter Cleary Richard 1967 Blueback George Ekon A. 2009 Jimmy Carter %LDQFR 6WHSKHQ-  %OXH¿VK Harsma James 1987 John Adams Bixby Trevor 2007 Boise Johnson Randy 1980 John Adams Salazar Edward D. 1996 Buffalo Whelan Michael 1969 John Marshall Kiminecz Robert K 1961 Bugara Chew Joseph G. 2018 John Warner Howell Larry 1962 Charr Saucier Carroll Clay 1983 Kamehameha Arruza James G. 2011 Chicago Pennington Zachary 2013 Kentucky Capell Steven C. 2015 Chicago Slater Aaron Thomas 2005 Kentucky Bloom Steven 1989 Corpus Christi Thompson Rick 1978 L Mendel Rivers McElhose Sean C 2001 Corpus Christi Smith Dave 1973 Lewis and Clark Sanchez Chris T. 1999 Corpus Christi Castaneda Maury 1996 Louisville Briggeman Gary 1974 Clamagore Szeligowski Robert 2008 Maine Lee William A. 1964 Croaker Rickgauder Charles W 1967 Mariano G Vallejo Burns Thomas J 1972 Dace Randall Bryan N. 2002 Maryland 8QGHUNRIÀHU )OR\G   'DFH Storz Garth William 2005 Memphis Duman Christopher A. 2009 Dallas Enzinna Alexandra 2018 Michigan Dueker Dr. Christopher W. 1968 Daniel Boone Punzalan Christiane 2018 Michigan Clark Robert 1972 Daniel Webster Spearman Anothy T. 2018 Michigan David Thomas E. 1972 Daniel Webster Smith Dwayne 1997 Minn-St Paul Moser Frank D. 1983 Daniel Webster Rodriguez Fernando A. 2015 Minnesota &KHVQXWW (GZDUG-  'RJ¿VK Wiggins Michael C. 2017 Minnesota Sidebottom Jerry 1971 Finback Chung Chazzman K. 2018 Mississippi Mauldin Ronald C. 1982 Flynig Fish Northfell Matthew R. 2012 Mississippi Lyle James R 1988 Francis S Key Emig Adam 2015 Missouri Smith Robert E. 1980 Francis S Key Haddock James R. 2017 Montpelier Roberts Allen E 1973 George Bancroft Merchant Jr. Causton W 2017 Montpelier Dickhausen Dale L 1969 Geo C Marshall Keller errence J. 1967 Nautilus Hulin David A. 1980 Geo C Marshall Eygnor Samiel R. 2010 New Hampshire Shrivalle Ralph L 1961 Geo Washington Demarle Tyler K. 2017 New Mexico Page 40 American Submariner Powell Malcolm K. 2017 New Mexico 0F'DGH -DPHV3  6SULQJ¿HOG Stebenne Jeremy T. 2005 Newport News 0LOOHU  5REHUW/  6SULQJ¿HOG Alston Allen Z 2016 North Dakota 2¶%ULHQ 'DYLG-  6ZRUG¿VK Bolchoz John R. 2016 North Dakota Bridges Glenn S. 1975 T Jefferson Costello Michael 1985 Ohio Gonzales Jr. Victor L. 1954 Tigrone Coleman John W. 2010 Olympia Evans Drake A. 1968 Tinosa Fox David 1982 Parche Peel Gilbert 1972 Tinosa Jordan James 1990 Parche Tonkin Russell 1969 Tinosa Stone Jordan 2015 Pasadena Spruitenburg Fredrik H.M. 1967 Tirante Devlin Lawrence E 1974 Patrick Henry Waskiewicz Richard D. 2010 Toledo Miller Ron 1984 Permit Hero Glenn Alan 1965 Torsk Baldwin John T. 1983 Philadelphia Burkhalter III M Tim 1976 Tunny Chance Benjamin 2009 Philadelphia Bellucci Vincent J 1982 Ulysses S Grant Dennison James L. 1998 Philadelphia Weible Thomas A 1989 Ulysses S Grant Kohlhofer III Charles J. 1999 Philadelphia Anderson Andrew C. 2010 Virginia Thayer Christopher E 1995 Philadelphia Girrens Brandon S 2016 Virginia Dennis Ronald W. 1974 Pintado Miner Michael T. 2007 Virginia Perry Douglas G. 1991 Pittsburgh Filomeno Vito V 1985 Will Rogers Rush William J. 2015 Pittsburgh Hammer Michael T. 1992 Will Rogers Sears Timothy W. 1973 Pollack Rudofski Joseph 1993 Woodrow Wilson MacKenzie Bruce C. 1966 Pomfret Anguish Tina E. Associate Bond William T. 1995 Portsmouth Cardinal Poscatelli Kimberly Associate Slagle Brett 1995 Portsmouth Duffy Steven A. Associate Cabrera Esteban R. 2014 Providence Gregory Stephen C. Associate Chard IV Frederick J. 2014 Providence Marcoux Christine M. W. Associate Esquilingarcia Roberto 2014 Providence Parker, Sr Donald Associate Gray Maxwell 2006 Providence Roy Mark J. Associate Wegner Robert 1962 Rasher Saville Dawn M. Associate /LHQNH  'DYLG:LOOLDP  5HG¿Q Sizer Lisa M. Associate :ULJKW  -LPP\   5HG¿VK Strand, Jr. Bill Associate LaFonte John 1954 Requin Van Horn Janice Associate Melody Lee W. 1962 Robert E Lee Wreath Debbie Associate 0HOHQG\ 5LFKDUG/\OH  6DEOH¿VK Meneses Manny 1984 Salt Lake City Dirks Harry Gene 1965 Sam Houston CALLING ALL ACTIVE Iseman Donald Lloyd 1967 Sam Houston Frederick Edward R. 1971 Sam Rayburn DUTY SUBMARINERS Diers Patrick R. 2005 San Francisco The UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VET- Yoos Jonathan E. 2007 San Francisco Blanchard Norman A 1990 San Juan ERANS (USSVI) is inviting all Active Duty Jolley Andrew 2008 San Juan 4XDOL¿HG 6XEPDULQHUV WR MRLQ RXU RUJDQL]D- Norton Wesley 2012 San Juan WLRQ 8669, ZLOO ZDLYH WKH ¿UVW \HDU¶V GXHV IRU Kalfus Aaron M. 2013 Santa Fe DQ\ 6XEPDULQH 4XDOL¿HG DFWLYH GXW\ PHPEHU Aldinger Gary L. 1960 Sarda Should you apply during the last quarter of the Ivory Patrick J. 1970 Sargo Kee Jason P. 2003 Scranton year then you will get the remaining portion of Turner Raymond L 1958 Sea Fox that year plus the entire next year. If you desire Lennox Byron 1964 Sea Poacher to join a base, the base dues are up to the base. Bergbaur Herman 1970 Seadragon Reynolds James R. 1983 Seahorse How do you apply? It is simple. Go to our web- Bradley Robert William 1967 Sealion site, www.ussvi.org, and click on “Join Us”. An Dudder Matthew M. 2007 Seawolf application will appear. You can print the appli- Jackson Daniel E 1977 Shark FDWLRQ RXW DQG PDLO LW WR RXU QDWLRQDO RI¿FH DG- Shewbridge David 1980 Shark dress provided on the home page) or you can Hall Gary H. 1970 Skate Wilkins Allan W. 1960 Skate take it to a local base and they will take care of it. Zuppinger Robert J. 1972 Skate +RZGR,¿QGDORFDOEDVH"7KHUHLVDORFDOEDVH Johnston William R. 1965 Skipjack Sievers Arthur C. 1967 Snook near each Submarine Base, and we have 168 :LOOLDPV %UXFH0  6SDGH¿VK CONTINUED ON PAGE 44 Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 41 on August 6, 1943, with Commander Roderick S. 866&RUYLQD 66  Rooney (Class of 1929) in command. MEMORIAL Clearing New London, Connecticut, on September 18, 1943, she arrived in Pearl Harbor on October 14. Corvina left the relative safety of Pearl Harbor on November 4, and arrived at Johnson Atoll two days later. +HU ¿UVW ZDU SDWURO DVVLJQPHQW ZDV D GDQJHU- ous one. She and nine other submarines had been ordered to take stations to the northwest of Tarawa during Operation Galvanic, the American invasion of the Gilbert Islands. The Corvina, the U.S.S. Thresher (SS-200) and the U.S.S Apogon (SS-308), along with two Brisbane–based boats, WKH866%ODFN¿VK 66 DQGWKH866'UXP (SS-228), were assigned to the area south of the Japanese stronghold at Truk Atoll. After topping off her fuel tanks, Corvina departed Johnson Atoll for her assigned patrol area. Lieu- tenant Commander William Kinsella, Executive 2I¿FHU RI WKH 866 %ODFN¿VK UHFDOOHG WKH NH\ events as follows: “We were south of Truk with Drum and Corvina when we got an Ultra stating that a Japanese submarine was coming through On August 6, 2018, Corvina Base, Reno, NV, the area. We were supposed to rendezvous with unveiled a new memorial to the Drum and Corvina. Just after sunset we got into 866&RUYLQD 66  position where this Japanese submarine was sup- posed to pop up and sure enough, just at sunset, :LWKWKHVXSSRUWRIWKH6WDWHRI1HYDGD¶V2I¿FHRI while we were submerged, it surfaced just to the the Governor, the Department of Veterans Servic- south of us, not more than 5,000 yards away. It es and the Division of Museums and Culture, the was starting to get dark; we really could not see memorial was developed to commemorate the of- through the periscope well enough to ascertain ¿FHUVDQGPHQRIWKH&RUYLQDRQHRIWKH86 that it was a Japanese submarine. Remember- submarines lost during WWII, and all of the WWII ing that Drum and Corvina were in the vicinity VXEPDULQHUVZKRSDLGWKHVXSUHPHVDFUL¿FHWRGH- we elected not to shoot. As it turned out, we later fend our Nation. established contact with Drum and determined it The U.S.S. Corvina (SS-226) was assigned to the was not him. It was Japanese. We never saw Cor- State of Nevada by the USSVWWII in the 1960’s. vina again, the Jap sub got her.” Stephen Salzman, Corvina Base Commander Japanese records examined after the war indicat- and master of ceremonies, recounted the history HGWKDWWKH,-1VXEPDULQH,¿UHGWKUHHWRUSH- RIWKH866&RUYLQD 66 D*DWRFODVVÀHHW does at a surfaced American submarine “causing submarine: a great explosive sound”. Her keel was laid by Electric Boat Co. of Groton, The Corvina thus became the only American sub- Connecticut on September 21, 1942: She was marine known to be sunk by a Japanese subma- launched on May 9, 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. ULQH GXULQJ ::,, 7KH ¿QDO UHVWLQJ SODFH IRU WKH LaRene P. Christie, wife of Rear Admiral Ralph. Corvina and her crew is at the geographic position W. Christie, commander of submarine opera- 05° 50’ N, 151° 10’ E. tions in Fremantle, Australia), and commissioned CONTINUED NEXT PAGE Page 42 American Submariner

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9/11/2001 17 years And, life has changed in so many God Bless America, and thank ago today other ways. For those who did you, Shipmates and your fami- not return to their loved ones, lies, for your continued commit- 17 years ago today I was resid- PDNHFRQQHFWLQJÀLJKWVGLGQRW ment, service, and dedication ing and working as a contractor escape the hell of the World to the United States Submarine to the Royal Saudi Naval Forc- Trade Center, Pentagon, or an Veterans, and the Base you call es at the King Abdul Aziz Naval HPSW\¿HOGLQ3$ZHRZHDWKHP home. Base in Al-Jubail, KSA. a prayer and moment of silence. Like me, each of us has an ex- To the men and women who Pride Runs Deep! act time/place memory which will would go into harm’s way to forever be etched in our souls of thwart terrorism and an ideol- Peter T. Juhos the events that would unfold in- ogy that would prefer we are not 00&6 6666 861 5HW  side the next 24 hours. amongst the living we owe them Commander, On September 11, 2001 at 0846 an equal prayer and debt of grati- Western Region District 5 (EST) was our current genera- tude for their service and sacri- United States Submarine tion Pearl Harbor-equivalent. In ¿FH Veterans, Inc. that moment, life changed for Perhaps it’s time to take pause everyone at home and abroad, from the political wrangling ashore, at sea, and submerged EDITOR: NO PICTURE across our Nation and simply wherever their duty called. NEEDED, WE ALL HAVE ONE be grateful we’re alive to experi- OR MORE IN OUR MIND In my current industry, the USA ence it all - it’s wonderful beauty, PATRIOT Act was born of this PDMHVW\DQGDSSUHFLDWHWKHÀDJ event. RI RXU JUHDW QDWLRQ À\LQJ IUHH Page 46 American Submariner CHANGE OF ADDRESS FORM 3OHDVHSXW\RXUQHZDGGUHVVKHUHFXWLWRXWDQGVHQGLWWRWKH1DWLRQDO2I¿FHDW

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