On Eternal Patrol

Senior Chief Machinist’s Mate () Navy (Retired) May 17, 1945 - February 2, 2014

Sailor rest your oars, we have the watch!!!

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OUR CREED: To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds, and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and its constitution.

UNITED STATES VETERANS INCORPORTATED PALMETTO BASE NEWSLETTER February 2014

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Lost Boats 3

Picture of the Month 14

Featured World War II Submarine Commanding Officer of the Month 15

CO’s Stateroom 18

XO’S Stateroom 19

Members 20

Honorary Members 20

Meeting Minutes 21

Base Contacts 22

Birthdays 22

Welcome 22

Binnacle List 22

Quote of the Month 22

Word of the Month 22

Member Profile of the Month 23

Traditions of the Naval Service 27

Dates in U.S. Naval History 28

U.S. Submarine History 32

Submarine Memorials 51

South East Region Convention 54

Monthly Calendar 56

Submarine Trivia 57

Advertising Partners 58

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USS Barbel (SS-316)

Lost on February 4, 1945 with the loss of 81 officers and men on her 3rd war patrol. Based on Japanese records, she was bombed near the southern Lost on: entrance to the Passage. The day before, she reported she survived 3 attacks.

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Class: SS 285 Commissioned: 4/3/1944 Launched: 11/14/1943 Builder: Electric Boat Co () Length: 312 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 10 , #Enlisted: 71 Fate: Barbel sent a message reporting that she had been attacked three times by enemy aircraft dropping depth charges and would transmit further information on the following night. Barbel was never heard

NavSource.org from again. 81 men lost.

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Crew Listing

S1 William Henry Adams RM2 Mack McKennon EM1 Orville Walter Anderson MoMMC Jack McCallum McKenzie RM3 Fred Charles, Jr. Averill GM3 Fred Nixon Meadows EM2 Allen Fraser Bailey MoMM1 Joseph Duarte, Jr. Medeiros MoMM2 William Frederick Becker SM1 Raymond Charles Meldazis S1 John Edward Bodenrader EMC Clarence Ralph Miller S1 John Witte Bogert MoMM2 Warren Herman Mintken SC1 Ralph Irving Boucher BM2 Charles Ambrose Mitchell TM1 Thomas Ray Boyd TM3 Neal Michael Nasser MoMM1 William Bryan, Jr. Brewer EM3 Paul Michael Oddo MoMM1 Frederick Virgial Brown MoMM3 Samuel Okerblum RM1 Kenneth Dale Brown RT1 James Paul Leeland Olsen EMC Maurice Thurman Burress TM2 Donald James Patterson LT(jg) David William Burton MoMM2 Otto Miles, Jr. Peckins LCDR William Mann Butler TM2 Glenn Abraham Pinson MoMM3 Darrell Kentral Carnahan EM2 Robert James Porach TM3 Duane Valdene Christian S1 Morse, Jr. Porter MoMM2 Ned Charles Cook ENS John Paul Pull MoMM2 William Leonard Creasy LCDR (CO) Conde Le Roy Raguet MoMM3 Kenneth Albert Currier TM3 Franklin Reynolds RM3 Bernard Elton Duesler TM2 George Albert Ricketts S1 Martin Peter Dunn S1 Ernest Lynn Ross PhMC John Ralph Dytche FC2 Julian Rudek QM2 Arthur William, Jr. Eaton F1 Lester Robert Sarkady S1 Thomas John Eck S1 Harold Lee Schroeder EM3 Carl Richard Fielding F1 Charles Ray Smith RMC James Everett Garner MoMM2 Ellis Henry Stevens SC3 William Richard Gauthier GM3 William Grinn Stewart LT(jg) Charles George Glotzbach S1 Robert Lester Swank YNC Leon Hardin Goforth MoMM1 Linwood Edgar, Jr. Thompson LCDR (XO) Claude Layton, Jr. Goodman StM1 Nathaniel Thornton SC2 John Joseph Griffin LT(jg) William Milton Tiffany LT Donald Stires Harris TM3 James Toth EM3 Robert O'Brian Kaiser S1 William Norman Ulrich EM1 John Frederick Kelley QM3 Nicholas Jacob VanRingelesteyn LT Edmund Bixby Kneisel EM3 Fred A., Jr. Wallis MoMMC Franklin Breckenridge, Jr. Kohrs StM1 Arthur Junior Wharton F1 William Wellings Krouse F1 Joseph Gail Wheat TM3 Salvatore Joseph Lange TM1 Ferris Wilks QM1 Thomas William, Jr. Lingel S1 James Frederick Mallan EM2 Richard Orville McKean

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USS Shark I (SS-174)

Lost on February 11, 1942 with the loss of 59 officers and men on her 1st Lost on: war patrol. Shark was the 1st US submarine sunk by enemy surface craft in the Pacific. She was most likely sunk by depth charges.

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Class: SS 172 Commissioned: 1/25/1936 Launched: 5/21/1935 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 298 , Beam: 25 #Officers: 5, #Enlisted: 45 Fate: Shark was reported as presumed lost,

NavSource.org the victim of unknown causes. 59 men lost

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Crew Listing

MM1 Theodore Allen Bellard F2 Loran Robert Markin TMC Walter Raleigh Blanchard EM2 Rex Edgar McElroy RM1 John Alden Bolton EM2 Kenneth Ernest McKinney S1 Thomas Leo Brannan F2 Francis Robert, Jr. Miller MM1 Grady G., Jr. Byus ENS Arthur Patrick Moran LT Earl William Cassidy SM1 Fred Joseph Morris MM2 John Paul Cooley MM2 Warren Hasting Myer F3 Billy Brant Crawford SM2 Ermin Joseph Pechacek EM1 Albert Edward Croft S1 Avery Evander Perkins EM2 William Thomas Dawson MMC Robert Lee Pettit LT Edwin, Jr. Denby ENS Frank Florestine, Jr. Philabert LT (XO) Roscoe Franklin Dillen, Jr. EMC Walter Edward Pilgram OS1 Paulino Ejaype EM1 Bennie John Polidori EM1 Roland Ashby Estes YN2 Karl Lother Sandmann MM2 Ferdinand Alois Evans MM2 Henry Louis Schmitt TM1 Truman Floyd Evans LCDR (CO) Louis, Jr. Shane OS3 Agapito Fabra EMC John Howell Smith TM1 Fred Howell Farrell TM2 Thayne Charles Smith MM1 Albert David Fruit RM3 Thomas Ponchard Spilman MMC Merrill Ray Gilman S1 Robert Houston Stephens SC1 Pedro Gimenez EM1 Herman Frederick Striegler S1 Lawrence Carlton Glass FC1 Richard Ridley Thew F1 James Andrew Iverson S1 Henry Oran Tubre MMC Romie Lloyd Jeffreys SC1 John Alfred Turoczy F2 James Edward Johnston MM2 Roland Henry Warren TM1 Clifford Earl Jones GM1 James Kenneth White PhM2 Jesse Augustus Lester TM3 John Murry Worsham RM2 William Charles Lidgerding SM2 Charles Robert Yanks TM2 Thomas Phillip Loughlin TM2 Harold Reynold Zeorlin MM1 Arnold Raymond Lund

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USS Amberjack (SS-219)

Lost on February 16, 1943 with the loss of 72 officers and men on her 3rd Lost on: war patrol. Off Rabaul, she was attacked by a Japanese patrol plane, attacked by a boat and then depth charged by a subchaser.

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Class: SS 212 Commissioned: 6/19/1942 Launched: 3/6/1942 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 312 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: She reported having been forced down on the 13th by two , and that she had recovered an enemy aviator from the water and taken him prisoner. All further messages to the vessel remained

NavSource.org unanswered. 74 men lost.

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Crew Listing

MoMM1 Mervin Wilcox Allmon MoMM1 Francis Paul Kingston RM3 William Alexander, Jr. Baker MoMM1 Victor Joseph Koreyva MoMM2 Paul Sherman Banister S2 Robert Lawrence Lester MM3 Luther Vaughter Barr EM2 Raymond August Levesque S1 Renato Bartoli ENS James Edward Lewellyn PhMC Arthur Castles Beeman, 4-Feb-43 LT(jg) Henry Shippen, Jr. Lord LT Robert Pershing Blauvelt MoMM2 Joseph Benjamin Lucas, Jr. LCDR (CO) John Archibald Bole, Jr. RM2 Marvin Russell Macy FC1 John Frederick Bolze StM2 Arthur Ray Massey SC2 Harold Joseph Brant S1 Ray McDaniel LCDR (XO) Henry Earl Brossy TM1 Robert Andrew McLean S2 Maurice Joseph Brousseau StM1 Wallace Montague EM1 Wilson Noble Buchan TMC Charles Roy Muir TM3 Diego, Jr. Cacciato TM2 Harold Brengle Ogilvie S2 Leland J. D. Caldwell MoMM1 Cleveland Marion Ouzts, Jr. F1 Elmer Ernest Chaffin EM2 Bruce Frank Pavlin LT John Francis Cheney F1 Henry Pisarski TM1 Benjamin Lee Clark S1 John George Rakyta GM2 James Leonard Coleman RM2 James Albert Ranger MoMM2 William Edwin Coultas TM3 Chester Leo Runkowski S1 Edward Shelton Davis MoMM1 Lewis Robert Ryall EM3 Leroy Conrad Davis SC1 Coy Kennith Sallee F2 James DeGroot ENS Daniel Ryan Seidell ENS Arthur Maxon Demler F1 Paul Peter Smorol QM3 Donald Ducharme S1 Elwood Rudolph Spierer TM2 Alton George Harlen Eastman S1 Chester Andrew Springsteen RT1 Ernest Joseph Everett YN1 Francis Tyler St. John F2 George Henry, Jr. Gillard LT(jg) Richard Gans, Jr. Stern MoMM2 Thaddeus Gosciniak TM2 Henry Alton Taylor MoMM2 John Wesley Hamilton MM3 Irby Hinson Thurman EM2 Lloyd Guy Henderson EM2 William Joseph Tobin EM3 Don Laffaette Hiatt TM2 Paul Bertram Trask F1 William Murray Orlo Hill S2 John Harold Ullstrom MoMM2 Vernon Thompson Jackson EM3 Alonzo George Ward EM2 Homer Ernest James F3 Eldon Leroy Wilson SM3 William Lewis Jeter MoMMC Henry Carl Arthur Winquist SMC Thomas Edward Jewell

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USS Grayback (SS-208)

Lost on February 27, 1944 with the loss of 80 officers and men on her 10th war patrol. She appears to have been caught on the surface in the East Lost on: Sea by a Japanese carrier plane whose bombs made a direct hit. During this patrol she sank 4 ships totaling 21,594 tons and was tied for 11th in the number of ships sunk.

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Class: SS 198 Commissioned: 6/30/1941 Launched: 1/31/1941 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Sunk by Japanese aircraft in . All 80 crewmen lost.

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Crew Listing

MoMM1 Stanley Henry Bangert QM2 Albert Hrudka MoMM2 Harold Xen Barbour SM3 Robert Angelo Irizarry SC1 James Edgar Barnett TM2 August Norbert Jackson TM2 Frederick Richard Bell S1 Lee Francis Jacobs EM3 James Wesley Bennett F1 Francis Robert James MoMM1 Robert Philip Blanan TM1 James Acton Jones QM3 Ralph Bloodsworth EM3 John Patrick King MoMM1 Forrest Lyddle Boyer EMC Harry Theodore Knops EM3 James Lester Brandt MoMM2 Walter Allan Koller RM1 William Jack Brasch S1 Raymond Edward LaRiviere RMC Thaddeus Bukowski MoMM3 Leslie Harold Leaf MoMM2 Wilbur Edward Campbell LT(jg) Robert Orval Littlejohn PhM1 Ross Lillard Capshaw TM3 Douglas Henry Norman Lockyer S2 Robert Emmett Carey CDR (PCO) Raymond Leon Mayo MoMM2 Henry Lawrence Case LT(jg) Franklin Hotchkiss McKelvey RM3 James Nick Chotas TM3 Frederick William Herman Meyer MoMM2 Fred Martin Coburn MoMM2 Louis Joseph Meyers SC3 Lee Roy Cox CDR (CO) John Anderson Moore TM3 Marshall Ray Davidson MoMMC William Gerard Nicholson YN2 Vance Edward Davis EM3 James Thomas Northam COX James Ray Dodson TM2 Thomas Francis O'Meara S1 George Ralph, Jr. Ferry EM1 Raymond Anthony Parks EM3 Clifton Eugene Fieber LT(jg) Melvin Clyde Phillips F2 Carleton Francis Fielding EM3 Alfred, Jr. Pinho SM1 Joseph R., Jr. Forsythe EM3 Wilbur Lee Ralston EM3 Jack Dewey Forward, 13-Nov-43 ENS Vincent Murry Rauber MoMM2 Kenneth Winfield, Jr. Fox St2 Vicente Unpingco Rivera MoMM3 Milton Lawrence Francis LT William Charles, II Roy FC2 Charles Bernard Gavlak S2 George Kane Schellinger MoMM3 Marshall Lee George TM1 Edward Francis Sessler St1 Bernardino Gildo TMC Ralph Theodore Shaw MoMM3 John Henry Gray RM3 Isauro Victor Silveira TM2 Frederick Ansley Hall LT Carthel Hill Smith, Jr., 26-Feb-44 RM1 Alfred Sander Halpert EM3 Sidney Solomon S1 Earl Eugene Halvorson TM3 August Henry Southern S1 Lester Irving Handlowich MoMMC Lee Carroll Stanford RT1 Robert Vernon Hansen LT (XO) Jesse Hamilton Stewart EM1 Theodore Hefler S2 Robert Edward, Jr. Stockman EM1 Richard Beverly Hitch SC1 Stanley Joseph Waliszewski TM2 Frederick Charles, Jr. Holzmann GM1 John Clinton Wyatt F1 William Carson Hooks

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USS Trout (SS-202)

Lost on February 29, 1944 with the loss of 79 officers and men on her 11th war patrol. She was sunk by escorts in the middle of the Basin Lost on: after sinking a passenger-cargoman and damaging another in a . She carried out several notable special missions, including carrying over two tons of bullion out of in February 1942.

US Navy Official Photo

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Class: SS 198 Commissioned: 11/15/1940 Launched: 5/21/1940 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Trout topped off with fuel at Midway and was never heard from again. Japanese records indicate that one of their convoys was attacked by a submarine on 29

February 1944 in the area assigned to NavSource.org Trout. Possibly one of the convoy's escorts sank the Trout.

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Crew Listing

F2 Roy Emerson Abbott MoMM1 James Elton Hoy BK3 Albert Wellington Adams S1 Paul William Hughes GM3 James Benjamin, Jr. Barker EMC Robert Luther Hughes LT(jg) Clarence Victor Beckley TM2 Albert William Johnson RM3 Thomas Walker, Jr. Bennett MoMM2 Robert Wellington, Jr. Kaiser PhMC John Joseph Boland ENS Morris Henry Keltner S1 Robert Vernon Bond QM2 Ralph Kerr FC1 Norbert Arthur Brandt BM2 Elbert King TMC Robert John Brockman MoMM1 Gilmore Johannes Knutson CSC Eugene Brownlow EM3 Roland Kunstman EM3 Kenneth Thomas Callan StM2 Albert Sylvester Lewis LT(jg) Russel Eugene Carrico MoMM1 Joseph Francis Magner LCDR (CO) Albert Hobbs Clark MoMM2 Peter Joseph Massett EM1 Joseph Benedict Clarke MoMM2 Lawrence Leonard Mauer GM2 John Edward Coakley SC3 William Bayne McDuffie EM1 Louis Joseph Copt EM3 Franklin Alexander Million EM2 Frank Jefferson Corey StM1 Calvin Coolidge Millner ENS Elmer Franklin, Jr. Crain TM2 George Dana Mollohan YN3 John Raymond Crowley TM3 Thomas John Murphy MoMM1 Edwin Harvie Cunningham, III LT Lewis Edwin, Jr. Myers RMC Felice Philip, Jr. DeCesare RM2 Kenneth Eugene Nearman MoMMC Francis Joseph Decker ENS Ralph Raymond Perry S2 William Harold Dortch TMC James Woodrow Richardson RM1 Jack Gifford Ehlerding GM3 Ladd Rusk Rowan StM2 John Edward Ewell MoMM2 Jacob Edmond Ruder TM3 Ora Ranza Eye MoMM1 Kenneth Irwin Scott TM3 Stanley Festin TM3 Samuel Ray Sebring MoMM2 Wilson Owen Finney MoMMC Arthur Leroy Smith RM3 Gordon Ingvald Frogner MoMMC William Wilson Stanford TM2 Joseph Nicholas Frontino F2 Lawrence Michael Swentzel MM1 Chester Frank Frost EM3 Harold Frank Taylor TM2 Robert Leroy Garrison MoMM1 Arthur Theodore Teisen LT William Hill Gaylord TM3 Everett Edward Thoits MoMM2 Robert Clarence Gionet S1 Albert Judson Thurman SM1 Alvin Leroy Gonyer RT3 Harold Thomas Tierney YNC Hubert Ralph Gurney EM3 John Thomas Tracy S1 Richard Paul Gwynn SM3 Ernest John Walker EM1 Odell Hall SM2 John Bolek Wilkowski TM1 Albert Montgomery Halterman QM1 William Albert Winter MoMM3 Sherwood Joseph Hanford LT (XO) Harry Eades Woodworth EMC Donald William Harrison

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Holland (AS-3) with seven submarines alongside, circa 1936-1939. These "boats" are, from left to right: Nautilus (SS-168) Narwhal (SS-167) Shark (SS-174) , marked "P3" Dolphin (SS-169) , marked "D1" Porpoise (SS-172) , marked "P1" Pike (SS-173) , marked "P2" Tarpon (SS-175) , marked "P4" .

Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08250.htm

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Featured World War II Submarine Commanding Officer of the Month

Eugene B. Fluckey Rear Admiral Eugene Bennett Fluckey (October 5, 1913 – June 28, 2007), nicknamed "Lucky Fluckey", was a submarine commander who received the Medal of Honor and four Navy Crosses for his service during World War II.

Early Life and Career Fluckey was born in Washington, D.C. on October 5, 1913. He attended Western High School in Washington and Mercersburg Academy in Mercersburg, . He prepared for the Naval Academy at Columbian Preparatory School, Washington. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in 1931, he was graduated and commissioned Ensign in June 1935.

Fluckey's initial assignments were aboard the USS Nevada (BB-36) and in May 1936 was transferred to the USS McCormick (DD-223). In June 1938 he reported for instruction at the Submarine School, New , and upon completion, he served on USS S-42 (SS-153) and in December 1938, he was assigned to and completed five war patrols on USS Bonita (SS-165). Detached from Bonita in , he returned to Annapolis for graduate instruction in naval engineering.

USS Barb (SS-220) In November 1943, he attended the Prospective Commanding Officer's School at the Submarine Base New London, then reported to Commander Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet. After one war patrol as the prospective commanding officer of the USS Barb (SS-220), (her seventh), he assumed command of the submarine on April 27, 1944. Fluckey established himself as one of the greatest submarine skippers, credited with the most tonnage sunk by a U.S. skipper during World War II: 17 ships including a carrier, , and .

In one of the stranger incidents in the war, Fluckey sent a landing party ashore to set demolition charges on a coastal railway line, destroying a 16-car train. [2] This was the sole landing by U.S. military forces on the Japanese home islands during World War II.

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Fluckey ordered that this landing party be composed of crewmen from every division on his submarine and asked for as many former Boy Scouts as possible, knowing they would have the skills to find their way in unfamiliar territory. The selected crewmen were Paul Saunders, William Hatfield, Francis Sever, Lawrence Newland, Edward Klinglesmith, James Richard, John Markuson, and William Walker. Hatfield wired the explosive charge, using a microswitch under the rails to trigger the explosion.

Fluckey was awarded the Navy Cross four times for extraordinary heroism during the eighth, ninth, tenth, and twelfth war patrols of Barb . During his famous eleventh patrol, he continued to revolutionize submarine warfare, inventing the night convoy attack from astern by joining the flank escort line. He attacked two convoys at anchor 26 miles (42 km) inside the 20 fathom (37 m) curve on the China coast, totaling more than 30 ships. With two pursuing, Barb set a then-world speed record for a submarine of 23.5 knots (44 km/h) using 150% overload. For his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, Fluckey received the Medal of Honor. Barb received the Presidential Unit Citation for the eighth through eleventh patrols and the Navy Unit Commendation for the twelfth patrol.

His book, Thunder Below! (1992), depicts the exploits of his beloved Barb . "Though the tally shows more shells, bombs, and depth charges fired at Barb , no one received the Purple Heart and Barb came back alive, eager, and ready to fight again."

Post-war Career In August 1945, Fluckey was ordered to Groton, Connecticut, to fit out the USS Dogfish (SS-350) and to be that submarine's Commanding Officer, upon her completion. After the Dogfish' s launching, however, he was transferred to the Office of the Secretary of the Navy to work directly for James V. Forrestal on plans for the unification of the Armed Forces. From there he went to the War Plans Division. In December 1945 he was selected by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the incoming Chief of Naval Operations, as his personal aide.

On June 9, 1947, he returned to submarines, assuming command of USS Halfbeak (SS-352), the second submarine to be converted to a GUPPY-type high-speed with a snorkel.

In June 1949, he was ordered to the staff of the commander of the Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet to set up the Submarine Naval Reserve Force. A year later, he became the flag secretary to Admiral James Fife, Jr.. From October 1, 1950, until July 1953, he served as the US Naval Attache and Naval Attache for Air to Portugal. The Portuguese government, for his distinguished service, decorated him with the Medalha de Mérito Militar, noting that this was the first time this decoration was awarded to a naval attache of any other nation.

In September 1953, he took command of the USS Sperry (AS-12).

Fluckey commanded Submarine Flotilla Seven (now Submarine Group 7) from October 14, 1955, to January 14, 1956.

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He then returned to the Naval Academy to become the chairman of the Electrical Engineering Department.

His selection for the rank of Rear Admiral was approved by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in July 1960 and in October he reported as Commander, Amphibious Group 4.

In November 1961, he became the president of the Naval Board of Inspection and Survey, Washington, D.C.

He was ComSubPac (Commander Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet), from June 1964 to June 1966.

In July 1966, he became the Director of Naval Intelligence. Two years later, he became Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Portugal.

Admiral Fluckey retired from the Navy in 1972.

He was an honorary companion of the Maryland Commandery of the Military Order of Foreign Wars.

Military Awards Medal of Honor, Navy Cross (with three gold stars ), Navy Distinguished Service Medal (with one gold star ), Presidential Unit Citation, Navy Unit Commendation, American Defense Service Medal with Fleet Clasp, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, , World War II Victory Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.

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Good evening gentlemen,

Good Morning,

Hope all are not freezing, have power and making it. If anyone is in need of help, I would hope that you would reach out and ask. There is lots of help, just ask.

First, I want to thank each and every member during Ken’s illness and ultimate launching on Eternal Patrol. The attendance and support and caring of our departed shipmate for his family and friends was awe-inspiring. For each of you the following:

Brian & Bob,

I know you have heard from the family about how much your participation in Ken's service meant to them. Please let me convey my appreciation to each of you and your base members for being here and taking part in the service. Having both of you and the shipmates who were pallbearers being involved meant very much to me. I also know that the members of Charleston Base were very impressed and appreciative that all of you would drive so far to be here.

I am proud to be a Brother of the 'Phin and to have shipmates such as you! copy to: Charleston Base Board of Directors

J.E. "Nick" Nichols MTCM(SS), USN Ret. USSVI- Charleston Base Chaplain & Webmaster www.ussvicb.org

Our base also benefited from gifts of cash in honor of Ken, totaling $195 so far. Again, I am so impressed and beholding to each member for our conduct for our recent loss.

Our base had only two non-renewals for membership, which in terms of percentages means 96% renewal, outstanding.

Have a great day, stay warm and de-iced, and I’ll see you Tuesday.

Brian Commander Palmetto Base 18

Brothers of the Fin,

This is a sad time for us with Ken departing on Eternal Patrol. It was moving to see all the support that was shone to Ken and his family at the funeral in Charleston. There was well representation of a dozen from our base that made the trip to Charleston to honor Ken along with many from the Charleston Base as well. In total there were around 100 Sub Vets there to pay their last respects for a valued brother of the fin and he will be missed. I ask that you continue to keep Ken and his family in your prayers.

With the start of the New Year, let us see if we can increase all of our participation in:

• Kap(SS) for Kid(SS) and Kamp Kemo • Various parades that we participate in, • Getting the new float ready • More representation at Task Force Marshall Graduations • Honor Flight Return Welcoming • Any other activities that come up other than taking part in our monthly meetings.

Thank you and looking forward to an active 2014.

May your number of surfaces always equal your number of dives.

Here is my contact information: Thomas E. Paige 522 Oxford Court Lexington, SC 29072 (H) 803-808-1801 (C) 803-413-7437 [email protected]

Thank You and Take Care, Thomas E Paige

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Brian Steffen Vice CDR : Tom Paige Jr. Vice CDR : Randy Browning Secretary : George “Scram” Kokolis Treasurer: J. P. Watson Chief of the Boat : Jim “Snake” Stark Chaplain : Bob Miller Bereavement Chair : Randy Browning Committee Chair : Tom O’Brien Events Chair : Allen “Buzz” Danielson Fund Raising Chair : Ted R. Schneeberg Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Chair : Don Van Borsch Newsletter Editor : Randy Browning Ship’s Photographer : Jim Null Storekeeper : Mark Morgan Webmaster : Mark Basnight

Milt Berkey Michael Hoadley Larry Peay James L. Charbonneau John Jeffries Tommy Richardson Tracy R. Charbonneau James N. Kirby James P. Scott D. W. Eggleston Arnold Kirk Leonard M. Snell Ronald Friend Donald Kline John Solis Julian Galloway John J. Krause L. E. Spradlin Joseph E. Gawronski Harold R. Lane Jerry Stout Joseph L. Geiger Charles Mink Thomas N. Thompson Glenn E. Harris Robert Molcan Jeffro M. Wagner William Hicks David Nates Robin White Stoney Hilton John Nesbitt

Judy Cline Charlie MacKenzie

Medal of Honor Recipient, Holland Club, Plankowner, Past District Commander, Past Base Commander, Past Vice Commander, Past Junior Vice Commander, Past Secretary, Past Treasurer, Past Chaplain, Palmetto Base Hall of Fame, Palmetto Award

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Milt Berkey Tom Paige D. W. Eggleston Larry Peay Julian Galloway Brian Steffen Joseph E. Gawronski Savannah Steffen Michael Hoadley Thomas N. Thompson George “Scram” Kokolis Don Van Borsch Bob Miller Jeffro M. Wagner Robert Molcan J. P. Watson Mark Morgan Robin White Jim Null

Due to the winter storm, the base secretary will e-mail meeting minutes separately.

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Commander : Brian Steffen (803) 897-2480 [email protected] Vice CDR : Tom Paige (803) 808-1801 [email protected] Jr. Vice CDR. : Randy Browning (803) 808-7065 [email protected] Secretary : George Kokolis (803) 460-5882 [email protected] Treasurer : J. P. Watson (803) 361-4193 [email protected] COB : Jim Stark (803) 957-7153 [email protected] Chaplain : Bob Miller (803) 603-0538 [email protected] Bereavement : Randy Browning (803) 808-7065 [email protected] Newsletter : Randy Browning (803) 808-7065 [email protected] Storekeeper : Mark Morgan (803) 356-4529 [email protected]

Leonard Snell – February 12th None Jack Jeffries – February 13th Jerry Stout – February 14th Robert Molchan – February 18th Tommy Thompson – February 23rd

Bob Miller Bob Miller’s daughter Evelyn Fuhr Julian Galloway

“Every morning in Africa a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle – when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.” Unknown

Sooth \ sooth \ , noun;

1. truth, reality, or fact. adjective: 1. true or real.

Origin: Sooth derives from the Old English soð meaning "truth, justice; reality." It shares this root with the word soothe , as reflected in soothe 's earliest sense, "to verify."

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/wordoftheday

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MMCS(SS) Kenneth R. Fuhr

Ken enlisted in the Navy in 1963 and retired as a Senior Chief Machinist’s Mate (Submarines) in 1984 with 21 years of service.

Following service on USS Manley (DD-940) Ken reported for submarine duty and qualified in USS Sea Fox (SS 402). Ken also served in USS Ray (SSN 653), USS Woodrow Wilson (SSBN/SSN 624) and served as Chief of the Boat in USS Henry Clay (SSBN 625).

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USS Sea Fox (SS 402)

USS Sea Fox (SS-402), a Balao -class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy named for the sea fox, a large shark, also called the thresher shark, which frequents the coast of Europe and the .

Sea Fox was laid down on 2 November 1943 at the Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine; launched on 28 March 1944, sponsored by Mrs. Robert N. Robertson; and commissioned on 13 June 1944, Roy C. Klinker in command.

First Patrol: October–November 1944 Two months after commissioning, Sea Fox departed New London for and duty in Submarine Division 282 (SubDiv 282). She arrived at on 11 September and, on 4 October, got underway on her first war patrol. On 16 October, she entered her initial patrol area near the , and remained in the Bonin- area through 25 October, hunting enemy shipping and serving on lifeguard duty for B-24 Liberator strikes against .

On 26 October, she conducted her first attack and damaged an enemy freighter; then proceeded on to the Nansei Shoto in the Ryukyus. There, on 8 November, after firing 11 torpedoes in four attacks, she sank an engines-aft cargoman. Of the 11 torpedoes fired, several broached and one circled and passed over Sea Fox' s . On 15 November, the submarine departed her assigned area and arrived at Majuro on 24 November for refit.

Second Patrol: – February 1945 On her second war patrol, 20 December 1944 to 5 February 1945, Sea Fox returned to the Nansei Shoto as a unit of Task Group 17.19, a coordinated attack group composed of her, Blueback (SS-326), and Puffer (SS-268). En route to to top off with fuel, the submarines and their PC escort picked up survivors of a downed Liberator. On 28 December, the submarines departed the Marianas for the Ryukyus; and, on 1 January 1945, Sea Fox reached her patrol area.

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Nine days later, she made her only contact worthy of torpedo fire but, despite two attacks, was unsuccessful. Puffer , to which she reported the contact, later sank the target, Coast Defense Vessel No. 42 . In February 1945, while undergoing refit at , five of her crewmembers were killed in a Japanese ambush.

Third and Fourth Patrols: March – July 1945 Sea Fox' s third war patrol, 8 March to 6 May 1945, saw her in the –Formosa area. She made six contacts but was able to close and attack only one, a convoy of three merchantmen and four escorts. During that action, conducted in heavy fog on the morning of 1 April, she damaged one of the freighters.

That same day, Queenfish (SS-393) sank the "mercy" ship, Awa Maru ; and, on 2 April, Sea Fox was ordered into the area to pick up survivors and wreckage to determine the type of cargo the maru had been carrying. Sea Fox located no survivors but found bales of sheet rubber covering the area where the ship had gone down. She took aboard one of the sheets and continued her patrol.

The next day, one of Sea Fox' s crew was accidentally shot by another crewman. Efforts to transfer the wounded man to a homeward-bound submarine were thwarted by rough seas, and the patient remained aboard for the duration of the patrol.

In mid-April, Sea Fox was off the northwest coast of Formosa where she encountered a shift in Japanese ASW tactics. Patrol planes were numerous at night, precluding recharging. The planes, however, were relatively inactive during daylight hours, and Sea Fox surfaced and recharged accordingly.

On the night of 16 April – 17 April, Sea Fox departed her patrol area. Progress toward Saipan was slowed by a casualty in the bow plane rigging mechanism on 19 April; but, on 26 April, she arrived in the Marianas, and she reached Pearl Harbor on 6 May. Refit took a month, and Sea Fox sailed on 7 June for her last war patrol. Assigned primarily to lifeguard duty during the 53- day patrol, she picked up nine Army aviators near Marcus Island and a tenth in the Nanpō Islands. On 29 July, she completed the patrol at Midway.

1945–1952 The war ended with the completion of refit, and Sea Fox headed toward Pearl Harbor for a two- week visit prior to getting underway for postwar duty with 5 (SubRon 5) in the Philippines. Based at , she operated in the Philippine area into 1946; then, on 12 January, got underway to return to the United States.

Sea Fox arrived in Bay on 2 February. Overhaul followed; and in mid-May, she returned to Pearl Harbor where she rejoined Submarine Division 52 (SubDiv 52). During the remainder of the 1940s, she was deployed three times: to the central Pacific in the summer of 1946, and to the western Pacific in the winter of 1948 and in the fall of 1949. The end of the latter year also brought a brief assignment to SubDiv 13, but January 1950 saw her a unit of SubDiv 12. Six months later, the broke out; and Sea Fox' s training exercises—mine planting, torpedo approaches, gunnery, and ASW—increased. 25

On 2 September 1951, the submarine sailed west. A six-month tour in the western Pacific followed during which she supported the United Nations' effort in by providing services to the ASW training group and by patrolling in the northern Sea of . In March 1952, she returned to the Hawaiian Islands to resume local operations and to prepare for a GUPPY IIA conversion.

1953–1970 Decommissioned on 15 October 1952 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Sea Fox completed conversion the following spring and was recommissioned on 5 June 1953. In August, she returned to Pearl Harbor and resumed operations—training exercises, special operations, and western Pacific deployments—as a unit of SubDiv 71.

Reassigned to SubDiv 33 at on 1 July 1955, she became flagship of the division on 1 August and commenced local operations off the southern coast. A year later, she sailed west for another six-month tour with the 7th Fleet; and, from then until 1969, she continued to rotate between training operations out of San Diego and duty with the 7th Fleet in the western Pacific. From 1964, her tours in WestPac included support of the Allied effort in .

On 21 December 1968, Sea Fox returned to San Diego from her WestPac deployment. Local operations, overhaul, and training exercises followed then she completed her final WestPac tour in the summer of 1970. In November 1970, she was declared unfit for further service. She was decommissioned, her name was struck from the Navy List on 14 December 1970.

Honors and Awards Sea Fox earned four battle stars during World War II and four campaign stars for service during the .

TCG Burakreis (S 335) Sea Fox was sold to on 14 December 1970 at Hunters Point Navy Yard in San Francisco. The Turkish Navy renamed her TCG Burakreis (S 335), after the great Ottoman admiral Burak Reis. She sailed for her new home on 9 April 1971 from San Diego after conducting ASW training. She was commissioned on 8 August 1971.

In 1996, Burakreis was struck from the Turkish Naval rolls.

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Submarines, a mainstay of today's Navy, were under consideration way back in 1776 when David Bushnell built a craft that was perhaps too far ahead of its time. Turtle , as it was called, was submersible, had a screw type propeller, ballast tanks, a depth gauge, self contained propulsion, and torpedo- equipment still found in submarines today. It was designed to sink its target by boring a hole in the hull of an enemy ship and attaching an explosive. However, this craft had difficulty with copper-sheathed hulls. Robert Fulton, famous for developing a steamship, also tested a four-man submarine named Nautilus , which made successful submerged trips but failed to sink any enemy vessels.

The submarine reappeared during the Civil War. One so-called submarine, which was not really submersible at all, was the steam-driven David . It was developed by the Confederate Navy and operated with its stack and hatches above the surface of the water. It was not very successful. The Confederate Navy did, however, pioneer the development of submersibles. The most successful one was named for H.L. Hunley , under whose sponsorship it was built. It was propelled by hand cranks, had a screw type propellor and actually submerged, but it did not have means to store fresh air. This submarine however drowned two crews before it sank itself. Hunley torpedoed the U.S. Navy blockader Housatonic on 17 February 1864 with an explosive device at the end of a 15-foot-pole. When the underwater bomb exploded it sank the Union ship, but also sank Hunley , drowning a third and final crew. Housatonic was the first ship to be sunk by a sub in combat.

In 1900, the U.S. Navy's first combustion-electric powered submarine, USS Holland (SS-1) was commissioned. It was 54-feet long, displaced 74 tons while submerged, and had a screw type propellor. She was driven by a gasoline engine while surfaced and batteries while submerged. Holland 's surface speed was about seven knots, and at full throttle she could make about the same while submerged. A replaced the gasoline engine in 1912, and the diesel engine and the electric battery remained the power source for submarines until nuclear power was introduced as submarine power. On 17 January 1955 the hull SSN 571 (later to be known to the world as USS Nautilus ), the first nuclear powered submarine, put to sea for the first time.

Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq78-1.htm#anchor96513

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February 1 1941 - United States Fleet reorganized, reviving Atlantic and Pacific Fleets 1942 - USS Enterprise and Yorktown make first WW II air strike, Japanese 1955 - Operation Deep Freeze, a research task force, established in Antarctic February 2 1800 - USS Constellation (CAPT Thomas Truxtun) defeats la Vengeance 1862 - USS Hartford , Capt David G. Farragut, departs for Mississippi River campaign February 3 1801 - Senate approves peace treaty with ending undeclared naval war that began 1798 1917 - US severs diplomatic relations with Germany February 4 1779 - John Paul Jones takes command of Bonhomme Richard 1959 - Keel laying of USS Enterprise , first nuclear powered , Newport News, VA February 5 1854 - Dedication of first chapel built on Navy property, Annapolis, MD 1941 - Chief Nurse Marion B. Olds and Nurse Leona Jackson, Navy, arrive on Guam. 1971 - Moonwalk by CAPT Alan B. Shepherd, Jr. USN, Commander of Apollo 14 and CDR Edgar D. Mitchell, USN Lunar Module Pilot. During the 9 day mission, 94 lbs of lunar material was collected and Shepard became the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon. Recovery was by helicopter from USS (LPH-11). February 6 1862 - Union squadron captures Fort Henry, Tennessee River 1922 - World powers sign the providing for limitation of naval armament 1973 - In accordance with the agreement at the Paris Peace Talks, Navy Task Force 78 begins Operation End Sweep, the mine clearance of North Vietnamese waters of mines laid in 1972. February 7 1800 - USS Essex becomes first U.S. Navy vessel to cross the Equator. 1815 - The Board of Naval Commissioners, a group of senior officers, is established to oversee the operation and maintenance of the Navy, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy. 28

1955 - Seventh Fleet ships begin evacuation of Chinese nationalists from Tachen Islands 1965 - In response to a Viet Cong attack on barracks area at Pleiku, , aircraft from carriers, USS , USS Hancock , and USS Ranger attack North Vietnamese area near Donghoi. February 8 1862 - Joint amphibious force capture Roanoke Island, key to Albemarle Sound 1890 - USS Omaha sailors and marines assist Hodogary, Japan in subduing large fire February 9 1799 - USS Constellation (CAPT Truxtun) captures French l'Insurgente 1943 - Organized Japanese resistance on ends February 10 1862 - Union destroy Confederate ships at Elizabeth City, NC 1900 - Appointment of first naval governor of Guam, Commodore Seaton Schroder 1960 - USS Sargo (SSN-583) surfaces at North Pole February 11 1862 - SecNav directs formation of organization to evaluate new inventions and technical development which eventually led to National Academy of Science. 1971 - U.S. and USSR sign a treaty prohibiting the deployment of nuclear weapons on the ocean floor. February 12 1945 - USS Batfish (SS-310) sinks second Japanese submarine within three days 1947 - First launching of guided missile (Loon) from a submarine, USS Cusk February 13 1854 - Admiral Perry anchors off , Japan to receive Emperor's reply to treaty proposal 1913 - Naval Radio Station, Arlington, VA begins operations 1945 - First naval units enter Bay since 1942 1968 - Operation Coronado XI begins in Mekong Delta February 14 1778 - John Paul Jones in Ranger receives first official salute to U.S. Stars and Strips flag by European country, at Quiberon, France. 1813 - Essex becomes first U.S. warship to round Cape Horn and enter the Pacific Ocean 1814 - USS Constitution captures British Lovely Ann and Pictou 1840 - Officers from USS Vincennes make first landing in Antarctica on floating ice February 15 1856 - USS Supply , commanded by LT David Dixon Porter, sails from Smyrna, Syria, bound for Indianola, , with a load of 21 camels intended for experimental use in the American desert west of the Rockies. 1898 - U.S. battleship Maine blows up in Havana Harbor. February 16 1804 - Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, with volunteers from frigate Constitution and schooner Enterprise , enters Tripoli harbor by night in the ketch Intrepid to burn the captured frigate Philadelphia. Decatur's raid succeeds without American losses. 's Lord Nelson calls this "the most daring act of the age." 1815 - USS Constitution captures British Susannah 1967 - Operation River Raider begins in Mekong Delta

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February 17 1864 - Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley sinks USS Housatonic 1942 - First Construction Battalion () arrive Bora Bora 1944 - Carrier aircraft strike Japanese fleet at Truk, sinking ships and destroying aircraft February 18 1846 - General order on Port and Starboard 1944 - Amphibious Force under RADM Hill lands troops on Engebi Island, Eniwetok 1955 - 1st of 14 detonations, Operation Teapot nuclear test February 19 1814 - USS Constitution captures British brig Catherine 1945 - Marines with naval gunfire support land on Iwo Jima; island secured 16 March. February 20 1815 – USS Constitution under Captain Charles Stewart, captures HMC Cyane and sloop-of-war Levant 1962 – Lt. Col. John Glenn, USMC becomes first American to orbit Earth. His flight in Friendship 7 (Mercury 6) consisted of 3 orbits in 88 minutes at a velocity of 17,544 mph with the highest altitude of 162.2 statute miles. Recovery was by USS Noa (DD-841). 1962 - USS Dixie (AD-14) rescues lone crewman aboard a sailing yawl adrift for four days. 1974 - S-3A Viking ASW aircraft (carrier jet) introduced officially, given to VS-41. February 21 1944 - Marines with support of naval bombardment and carrier aircraft secure Eniwetok atoll 1945 - USS Bismark Sea (CVE-95) struck by a off Iwo Jima and sunk in 90 minutes with loss of 318 men. USS Saratoga (CV-3) struck by 5 but survived with loss of 123. Bismark Sea was last carrier lost in combat during World War II. February 22 1865 - RADM Porter's gunboats' bombardment cause surrender of Wilmington, NC . 1870 - After arriving on USS Nipsic , and supported by USS Guard and USS Nyack , the Darien Expedition, commanded by CDR Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr., begins active operations ashore at Caldonia Bay to survery the Isthmus of Darien, Panama, for an interoceanic ship canal. 1909 - Great White Fleet returns from round the world cruise to Hampton Roads, VA 1943 - USS Iowa (BB-61), the lead ship of the last class of American fast , is commissioned. 1974 - LTJG Barbara Ann Allen becomes first Navy designated female aviator February 23 1795 - U.S. Navy Office of Purveyor of Supplies is established. This is the Birthday. 1919 - Launching of Osmond Ingram (DD-255), first Navy ship named for an enlisted man 1944 - Carrier groups under Spruance attack Saipan, and Rota in the Marianas 1945 - Marines and a Navy hospital corpsman raise flag on Mt. Suribachi, Iwo Jima February 24 1813 - USS Hornet , Captain James Lawrence, captures HMS Peacock 1968 - Task Force Clearwater established in I Corps February 25 1861 - Saratoga , member of U.S. African Squadron, captures slaver sloop Express 1933 - Commissioning of USS Ranger , first true aircraft carrier 30

1959 - USS Galveston fires first Talos surface-to-air missile February 26 1811 - Congress authorizes first naval hospital 1913 - Approval of experimental wind tunnel for Navy 1944 - Sue Sophia Dauser, Superintendent of the Navy's Nurse Corps is first woman in Navy to receive rank of Captain. February 27 1942 - Battle of the Sea, Allied Naval Force attacks Japanese invasion convoy 1973 - First airborne mine sweep in a live minefield took place in the Haiphong, Vietnam ship channel by helicopters from Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron Twelve on board USS New Orleans . February 28 1844 - Explosion of Peacemaker, experimental 14 inch gun, on board USS Princeton. 1893 - Launching of USS Indiana (BB-1), first true battleship in U.S. Navy. 1959 - USS Strong rescues 13 Arab fishermen from when their fishing boats floundered in a storm. 1980 - Blue crew of USS Francis Scott Key (SSBN-657) launches 4 Trident I (C-4) missiles in first C-4 Operational Test. February 29 1944 - PB4Y-1s from squadrons VB-108, VB-109, and VD-3, conduct a low-level bombing raid on Japanese positions on Wake Island. 1968 - Four North Vietnamese trawlers attempting to simultaneously infiltrate supplies into South Vietnam were detected. Three of the trawlers were sunk in battle on the following day and one survived by turning back.

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February 1 1902 - PCU PLUNGER (later A-1) (SS-2) launched at Crescent Shipyards, Elizabethport, NJ; sponsored by Miss Ernestine Wardwell of Baltimore, MD. 1918 - USS K-6 (SS-37) was towed to port by USS Kingfisher after the operating rod for her stern planes failed. 1941 - PCU TRIGGER (SS-237) keel laid as TRIGGER at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 1964 - PCU CASIMIR PULASKI (SSBN-633) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1973 - Ex-RONCADOR (IXSS-301) sold for scrapping. Ex-SABALO (SS-302) disposed of in support of Fleet training exercise (sunk as a target) in SubSinkEx Project Thurber off San Diego, CA. Ex-BERGALL (SS-320) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), transferred (cash sale) to Turkey. 1974 - Ex-TIRANTE (SS-420) sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping. TIRANTE received two battle stars and a Presidential Unit Citation for her World War II service. Ex-QUILLBACK (SS-424) sold by Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS) for scrapping. Ex-HARDER (SS-568) disposed of through the Security Assistance Program (SAP), sold to . Renamed INS Romeo Romei (S-516). 1975 - PCU L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) commissioned USS L. MENDEL RIVERS (SSN-686) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1982 - Admiral Hyman Rickover stepped down from his post as director of the Navy Nuclear Propulsion Directorate. He was relieved by Admiral McKee. Admiral Rickover oversaw profound changes in not only the submarine force but also the entire Navy. 2005 - the fleet ballistic missile submarine USS GEORGIA (SSBN-729) passed downtown Norfolk, VA, as she headed to in Portsmouth, VA. GEORGIA was the fourth Ohio-class submarine to undergo conversion from a ballistic missile submarine to a guided missile submarine. Guided missile submarines carry an impressive payload, including up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles or 66 Special Operations Forces. GEORGIA

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joined USS (SSGN-728) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard for the conversion. USS HAMPTON (SSN-767) and USS ALBANY (SSN-753) won the 2004 Battle Efficiency (Battle "E") Award for Submarine Squadrons 8 and 6 (Norfolk, VA), respectively, in January, 2005. HAMPTON also earned the Squadron 8 Tactical "T," the Medical "M," the Engineering "E" and the Safety Award. Having a busy year in 2004, HAMPTON completed many tasks under strenuous deadlines, including a short-notice deployment to the North Atlantic and regions. HAMPTON also met many other emergent tasks, including support for the USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) Strike Group Composite Training Unit Exercise, participation in NATO anti-submarine exercises and joint Arctic exercises with the 's . Winning the Communications "C" and the Damage Control "DC" for Squadron 6, ALBANY started the year with a six-month deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. During this deployment, the boat participated in several exercises, including Summer Pulse '04. Both HAMPTON and ALBANY were nominated by their squadrons for the Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy, which is given yearly to the ship or aircraft squadron that makes the greatest improvements in battle efficiency. February 2 1909 - PCU SEAL (later G-1) (SS-19½) keel laid as SEAL at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1910 - PCU SNAPPER (later C-5) (SS-16) commissioned USS SNAPPER at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; Ensign C. W. Nimitz commanding. 1942 - PCU JACK (SS-259) keel laid as JACK at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1959 - USS POMPON (SS-267) decommissioned at Charleston, SC. 1966 - USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (SSBN-598), after long deployment on many submerged patrols, completed her initial overhaul and was refitted to carry the 2,500 mile range Polaris A-3 missile. 2004 - USS MICHIGAN (SSBN-727) entered the Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, WA to begin an engineered refueling overhaul and conversion to a guided missile submarine (SSGN). MICHIGAN is one of four Ohio-class Trident submarines previously scheduled for inactivation during Fiscal Years 2003 and 2004 that are being converted to guided missile submarines (SSGN) over a five-year period ending in 2008. The primary missions of the SSGN will be land attack and Special Operations Forces (SOF) insertion and support. Secondary missions will be the traditional attack submarine missions of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), battle space preparation, and sea control. These ships will be armed with up to 154 Tomahawk® or Tactical Tomahawk® land attack missiles. Each SSGN will be able to conduct a variety of peacetime, conventional deterrent, and combat operations all within the same deployment. USS OHIO (SSBN-726) entered the conversion yard on 15 November 2002. February 3 1942 - USS TROUT (SS-202) rendezvoused with a torpedo boat off Corregidor and was escorted to South Dock. She unloaded 3,500 rounds of ammunition; refueled; loaded two torpedoes, and requested additional ballast. Since neither sandbags nor sacks of concrete were available, she was given 20 tons of gold bars and silver pesos to be evacuated from the Philippines. She also loaded securities, mail, and State Department dispatches before submerging shortly before daybreak to wait at the bottom of Manila Bay until the return of darkness. That evening, TROUT loaded more mail and securities before she was escorted through the mine fields out to open water. 33

1944 - PCU ENTEMEDOR (SS-340) keel laid as ENTEMEDOR at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1958 - PCU SCULPIN (SSN-590) keel laid as SCULPIN at Ingalls Shipbuilding Company, Pascagoula, MS. 1961 - PCU THOMAS JEFFERSON (SSBN-618) keel laid as THOMAS JEFFERSON at Newport New Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1989 - USS OHIO (SSBN-726) suffered an onboard fire while submerged. 1992 - Ex-SAM HOUSTON (SSBN/SSN-609) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2005 - the Seawolf-class nuclear-powered attack submarine PCU (SSN-23) was underway during sea trials off Groton, CT. Built by General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, CT, the Seawolf-class is the fastest, quietest, most heavily armed submarine in the world. JIMMY CARTER is the third and final submarine of that class. A unique feature of JIMMY CARTER is a 100-foot hull extension called the Multi-Mission Platform, which provides enhanced payload capabilities, enabling the submarine to accommodate the advanced technology required to develop and test a new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles. JIMMY CARTER was delivered to the U.S. Navy on December 22, 2004 and was due to be commissioned on February 19, 2005. February 4 1943 - PCU BALAO (SS-285) commissioned USS BALAO (SS-285) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lieutenant Commander R. H. Crane commanding. 1944 - the was authorized by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is awarded to members of all branches of military service and may be awarded either for combat heroism or for meritorious service against enemies of the United States. 1945 - USS BARBEL (SS-316) commanded by Lt. Cmdr. C.L. Raguet, departed Fremantle for her fourth war patrol on January 5, 1945. She proceeded to Exmouth Gulf, conducting training exercises en route. Having topped off with fuel, she left Exmouth Gulf on January 8th, and proceeded via Lombok Strait, , and Karimata Strait to patrol an area in the South China Sea. At dark on February 16th she was to leave her area and commence her return to Fremantle. On January 13th, BARBEL was directed to join USS BLUEGILL (SS- 242) and USS BREAM (SS-243) in covering the western approaches to . On 27 January she was ordered to form a wolf pack with USS PERCH (SS-313) and USS GABILAN (SS-252) to cover the western approaches to Balabac and southern entrance to Palawan Passage. On February 3, 1945, BARBEL sent a message to USS TUNA (SS-203), USS BLACKFIN (SS-322) and GABILAN reporting numerous aircraft contacts daily. BARBEL had been attacked by aircraft three times with depth charges, and would transmit a message “tomorrow night” giving information. This was the last contact with BARBEL. TUNA reported on February 6, 1945, that she had been unable to contact BARBEL for 48 hours, and that she had ordered her to rendezvous on February 7th. The rendezvous was not accomplished and TUNA reported her search unsuccessful on February 7th, 1945. Japanese records indicate that on February 4th, 1945 a plane attacked a submarine scoring a hit near the bridge with one of two bombs dropped. It appears almost certain that this attack sank BARBEL. BARBEL sank 10 ships for 55,200 tons and damaged two ships for 14,000 tons during her three completed patrols. Her first was made in the Nansei Shoto chain. She sank three medium freighters, a large freighter of 19,600 tons, and a large . In the same area on her second patrol, BARBEL sank a freighter and 34

two escort vessels. She also damaged another freighter and a tanker. During her third patrol, conducted in the South China Sea, BARBEL sank two medium freighters. Eighty- one men were lost with BARBEL that day. She was the forty-sixth U.S. submarine loss of World War II. BARBEL received three battle stars for her World War II service. PCU CHOPPER (SS-342) launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. G. S. Beebe. 1967 - USS CLAMAGORE (SS-343) collided with the catamaran Mango outside of San Juan Harbor, . 1970 - PCU FINBACK (SSN-670) commissioned USS FINBACK (SSN-670) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1971 - PCU HAWKBILL (SSN-666) commissioned USS HAWKBILL (SSN-666) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1991 - the Pentagon earmarked $2.8 billion for a SEAWOLF nuclear powered attack submarine in their fiscal year 1992 budget. 2005 - the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS CHICAGO (SSN-721) arrived at Navy Base Kitsap, Bangor, WA, for a scheduled availability period conducted by the Bangor Intermediate Maintenance Facility and the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. February 5 1920 - PCU S-7 (SS-112) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Henry L. Wyman. 1941 - PCU FINBACK (SS-230) keel laid as FINBACK at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 1943 - PCU BREAM (SS-243) keel laid as BREAM at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1944 - PCU PIRANHA (SS-389) commissioned USS PIRANHA (SS-389) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Comdr. Harold E. Ruble commanding. PCU SEGUNDO (SS-398) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. John L. Sullivan. 1946 - PCU CUSK (SS-348) commissioned USS CUSK (SS-348) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Commander P. E. Summers commanding. 1954 - USS BARB (SS-220) decommissioned for GUPPY conversion. February 6 1915 - PCU G-2 (ex-TUNA) (SS-27) commissioned USS G-2 at New York Navy Yard, New York, NY; Lt. (j.g.) R. C. Needham commanding. 1945 - USS S-37 (SS-142) decommissioned. PCU RUNNER (SS-476) commissioned USS RUNNER (SS-476) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Comdr. R. H. Bass commanding. 1946 - USS THRESHER (SS-200) recommissioned for use as a target in Operation Crossroads, the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. She remained at her berth while her reduced complement prepared the ship for a voyage to the Pacific. However, during the refurbishing it was decided that the ship had deteriorated beyond economical repair and work was stopped. 1962 - PCU DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) keel laid as DANIEL BOONE at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1987 - DSV-1 (Trieste II) donated as a Museum and Memorial to Naval Undersea Museum, Keyport, WA. 2001 - USS CHEYENNE (SSN-773) made a short port visit to , Guam, while on a regularly scheduled deployment. 35

2006 - USS DALLAS (SSN-700) got underway in support of a Special Warfare Training exercise. DALLAS carried a Dry Deck Shelter (DDS)-equipped submarine attached to her aft escape trunk. DDS is the primary supporting craft for the SEAL Delivery Vehicle (SDV). February 7 1921 - PCU S-11 (SS-116) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Miss Anna Eleanor Roosevelt. 1939 - PCU SARGO (SS-188) commissioned USS SARGO (SS-188) at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lt. E. E. Yeomans commanding. 1943 - USS GROWLER (SS-215) stealthily approached a gunboat for a night surface attack. When the small fast ship suddenly turned to ram, Commander Howard W. Gilmore then took the only move he could to save his ship; he brought GROWLER around with left full rudder and rammed the enemy amidships at 17 knots. Machine gun fire raked the bridge at point blank range. Ensign W. W. William and F3 W. F. Kelley were killed. The courageous sub seemed lost. Comdr. Gilmore cleared the bridge except for himself. Desperately wounded, he realized that he could not get below in time if his ship were to be saved. "Take her down" he ordered; and, as he floated in the sea, he wrote another stirring tale of inspirational naval history. For his heroic sacrifice to ship and crew, Comdr. Gilmore was awarded the Medal of Honor, one of six submariners to receive this medal of valor. 1944 - PCU SEA OWL (SS-405) keel laid as SEA OWL at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - PCU CARBONERO (SS-337) commissioned USS CARBONERO (SS-337) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Commander C. L. Murphy commanding. 1972 - USS WAHOO (SS-565) sustained damage to her starboard shaft when she collided with Queens Pier in after being carried by a tidal current. 2003 - USS FLORIDA (SSBN-728) will be a formidable weapon. During the nation’s war on terrorism, Navy SEALs (Sea, Air and Land) have been the force of choice for a variety of missions, from direct action in the mountains of Afghanistan to boarding ships in the Arabian Gulf. As the Navy shaped itself to support future conflicts, it did so realizing special warfare will continue to play an increasingly greater role. With that idea in mind, the Navy was converting four ballistic-missile submarines to guided-missile submarines (SSGNs). In addition to their ability to launch conventional weapons, the SSGNs also provide Navy Special Operations Forces (SOF) the ability to conduct clandestine missions for extended periods of time. The SSGN conversion program was designed using the Navy SEAL motto “to equip the man, not man the equipment.” And while the SSGN is bigger than the usual “tool” in the SEAL toolbox, it provides a bigger than usual payoff for the Navy’s elite warriors. Navy SOF have operated from submarines since World War II. However, because of the limited space aboard the smaller fast-attack submarines, SEALs found themselves sleeping and working wherever they could find an empty spot. Because skills degrade quickly in such a confined environment, SEAL on-station time aboard current Navy submarines was also limited. But, with special operations support as a primary role of the SSGNs, all that is changed. SSGNs can support 60-plus SEALs – more than double the amount a fast-attack submarine can support. The SSGN is configured to support either the Advanced SEAL Delivery System or the SEAL Delivery Vehicle, which can clandestinely insert SEALs into different areas. In addition, the SSGN features improved communications capability and the ability to launch and recover unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) that can be used to resupply SEALs operating in 36

the area. In order to support SEALs for a sustained period of time, the SSGNs are also equipped with additional exercise and cardiovascular equipment and a virtual reality laser weapons range to allow SEALs to maintain their targeting skills and distance vision in the tight confines of the submarine. Giant Shadow gave NSWG-4 SEALs an opportunity to learn about the capabilities the SSGN would provide them. As part of the experiment scenario, SEALs launched from the deck of FLORIDA using inflatable rafts and “infiltrated” a remote island to gather intelligence on a suspected chemical weapons facility. The SEALs also planted ground sensors, used a UUV to send soil samples back for testing and reported their findings from the island in real-time via an unmanned aerial vehicle overhead. Naval Special Warfare is already postured for a consistent presence around the world. The SSGN gives these global warriors another tool to maintain that presence, anywhere, anytime. 2005 - USS OLYMPIA (SSN-717) departed for a six-month Western Pacific deployment from her homeport of Pearl Harbor, HI. The nuclear-powered attack submarine joined the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Strike Group heading into the Western Pacific. OLYMPIA was christened and commissioned on 17 November 1984. In February of 1986, OLYMPIA set sail for her new homeport in Pearl Harbor, HI. 2006 - USS OHIO (SSGN-726), the first of four Ohio class Trident missile submarines being converted to carry guided missiles and Special Operations Forces (SOF), rejoined the fleet in a Return to Service ceremony at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, WA. In December 2005, she completed conversion to a guided missile submarine capable of carrying over 150 Tomahawk cruise missiles and over 60 SOF members for extended periods. This conversion is a major step forward in the U.S. Navy’s ability to fight the Global War on Terrorism. Annie Glenn, the ship’s sponsor, presented the crew with a ship’s patch worn by Sen. John Glenn on his return to space in 1998. The patch was autographed by all seven astronauts aboard the shuttle and will now be displayed in the wardroom. February 8 1911 - PCU SEAL (later G-1) (SS-19½) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, VA; sponsored by Miss Margaret V. Lake, daughter of the submarine pioneer. 1942 - USS S-37 (SS-142) sighted a destroyer in the evening, which was thought to be an advance guard unit for enemy forces en route to Makassar City. At 1800 the destroyer, allowed to pass unmolested, disappeared to the northwest. Thirteen minutes later, the mast and upper works of three destroyers in column were sighted: distance 5 miles, estimated speed --15 knots. A half-hour's wait brought no transports or cargomen into view, and S-37 went after the destroyer formation. Moving on the surface, she closed the destroyers, all four in column, distance 8,000 yards. All torpedoes were readied and at 1946 she commenced her approach. A minute later, she sighted another closer formation of four destroyers, distance 4,000 yards, plus the dim outlines of three large ships resembling transports: distance three miles, on a northerly course. At 1951, S-37 changed course to go after the transports. By 2010, however, the destroyers to the submarine's starboard had increased speed to maintain cover for the transports as the formation turned and crossed ahead of the submarine at 4,000 yards. By 2030, S-37, unable to gain an unimpaired shot at the transports, shifted to attack the destroyers. Between 2036 and 2040, she fired one torpedo at each destroyer. Thirty seconds after firing the third torpedo, she observed a hit between the stacks of the third destroyer, 37

and, as black smoke rose, the destroyer buckled in the middle and the mid-ship portion rose approximately 20 feet above the bow and stern. Natsushio was going down and S- 37 became the oldest U.S. submarine to sink an enemy warship. 1944 - USS TROUT (SS-202) stood out of Pearl Harbor, HI, departing on her eleventh and last war patrol. TROUT topped off with fuel at Midway on the 16th and headed via a great circle route toward the East China Sea. She was never heard from again. PCU AMBERJACK (SS-522) keel laid as AMBERJACK at Navy Yard, Boston, MA. PCU GRAMPUS (SS-523) keel laid as GRAMPUS at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA. PCU PICKEREL (SS-524) keel laid as PICKEREL at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA. PCU GRENADIER (SS-525) keel laid as GRENADIER at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA. 1965 - PCU PUFFER (SSN-652) keel laid as PUFFER at Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation, Pascagoula, MS. February 9 1918 - PCU O-16 (SS-77) launched at California Shipbuilding Company, Long Beach, CA; sponsored by Mrs. I. H. Mayfield. 1946 - USS HAMMERHEAD (SS-364) decommissioned at Mare Island, CA, and laid up at the Mare Island Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. 1961 - PCU SHARK (SSN-591) commissioned USS SHARK (SSN-591) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA; Lt. Comdr. John F. Fagan, Jr. commanding. 1970 - PCU BATFISH (SSN-681) keel laid as BATFISH at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1973 - PCU CAVALLA (SSN-684) commissioned USS CAVALLA (SSN-684) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2001 - USS GREENEVILLE (SSN-772) struck and sunk Ehime Maru , a Japanese fishing vessel, about ten miles off Diamond Head, Oahu during an emergency surface exercise. Nine people onboard Ehime Maru were killed. CDR Scott Waddle was stripped of his command and reprimanded but allowed to retire in October, 2001 with his full pension. 2006 - family and friends gathered on pier S-9 to welcome more than 130 crew members of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS SANTA FE (SSN-763) back to Pearl Harbor, HI after a six-month deployment conducting operations in support of the Seventh Fleet. While on deployment, SANTA FE participated in Malabar 2005, a joint maritime exercise with the . The submarine was also called off station to participate in two CNO-directed missions in U.S. 7th Fleet. During their deployment, SANTA FE was the first submarine to cross Andaman Sea submerged. The crew made port visits to a variety of countries, including India and . February 10 1910 - USS ADDER (later A-2) (SS-3) second commissioning after transport to the Philippine Islands. She was assigned to duty with the 1st Submarine Division, Asiatic Torpedo Fleet. USS MOCCASIN (later A-4) (SS-5) recommissioned in the Philippines. She was assigned to the First Submarine Division, Asiatic Torpedo Fleet, basing on the Manila area. 1941 - PCU GROWLER (SS-215) keel laid as GROWLER at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1945 - USS BATFISH (SS-310), under the command of Comdr. Fyfe, sunk the Japanese submarine RO-55 at 18°56'N, 121°34'E. On the 11th she sunk RO-112 at 18°53'N, 121°50'E. Then on the 13th BATFISH got another, RO-113 at 19°10'N, 121°25'E. Three submarines sunk in four days!!! 38

1951 - PCU GRENADIER (SS-525) christened and commissioned USS GRENADIER (SS-525) at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA; sponsored by Mrs. John A. Fitzgerald, wife of the first USS GRENADIER (SS-210)'s last skipper; Comdr. Henry G. Reaves commanding. She was completed as a GUPPY type submarine. 1994 - Ex-BLUEBACK (SS-581) donated as a Museum and Memorial to Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, OR. 2006 - the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS LOUISVILLE (SSN-724) passed the USS Arizona Memorial as she entered Pearl Harbor, HI. LOUISVILLE was returning to her homeport after completing routine training. Capt. Michael McLaughlin, Commander Submarine Squadron Eleven, presented the Meritorious Unit Commendation to USS HELENA (SSN-725) at San Diego, CA. The citation was awarded for “meritorious service while conducting operations as a ship of the United States Seventh Fleet”. While serving in the Seventh Fleet, HELENA conducted two operations vital to national security and participated in several multi-national exercises. At the time of the award presentation, HELENA was in the floating drydock Arco (ARDM- 5) for scheduled maintenance. February 11 1915 - PCU L-2 (SS-41) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Mrs. Russel Gray. 1921 - PCU S-14 (SS-119) commissioned USS S-14 (SS-119) at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; Lt. Comdr. Charles A. Lockwood, Jr. commanding. 1942 - USS SHARK (SS-174) and LCDR L. Shane, Jr. set sail from Pearl Harbor on 3 December 1940 to join the Asiatic Fleet based at Manila, Philippine Islands, where she engaged in fleet tactics and exercises until the Japanese . Departing Manila on 9 December 1941, the submarine was at sea during the Japanese bombing raids on Manila the next day. For the next week, SHARK patrolled Tayabas Bay until ordered back to Manila on the 19th to embark Admiral Thomas C. Hart, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic Fleet, for transportation to Soerabaja, Java. On 6 January 1942, she was barely missed by a torpedo from a Japanese submarine. A few days later, she was ordered to Ambon Island, where an enemy invasion was expected. On 27 January, she was directed to join the submarines patrolling in Molucca Passage, then to cover the passage east of Lifamatola and Bangka Strait. On 2 February, SHARK reported to her base at Soerabaja that she had been depth-charged ten miles off Tifore Island and had failed to sink a Japanese ship during a torpedo attack. Five days later, she reported chasing an empty headed northwest. No further messages were received from SHARK. On 8 February, she was told to proceed to Makassar Strait and later was told to report information. Nothing was heard and SHARK was reported as presumed lost, the victim of unknown causes. Fifty-nine men were lost with SHARK that day. She was the fourth U.S. submarine loss of World War II. SHARK (SS-174) received one battle star for World War II service. 1984 - PCU GEORGIA (SSBN-729) commissioned USS GEORGIA (SSBN-729) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1989 - PCU PASADENA (SSN-752) commissioned USS PASADENA (SSN-752) at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2004 - following a successful six-month Western Pacific deployment, USS PORTSMOUTH (SSN- 707) returned home to San Diego, CA. Upon her return, PORTSMOUTH was awarded the 39

2003 Commander, Tactical White 'T,' Communications Green 'C' and the Damage Control Red 'DC.' The Tactical White 'T,' Communications Green 'C,' and the Damage Control Red 'DC' are annual awards presented to the submarine that exhibits the highest state of readiness in each department and mission area within the squadron. While on deployment, PORTSMOUTH conducted operations throughout the Western Pacific. The submarine steamed nearly 36,000 nautical miles and successfully accomplished three missions of great significance to national security for which she was awarded the Navy Expeditionary Medal (two awards). She also participated in various exercises with U.S. assets and allied countries, and enjoyed port visits in Guam; Sasebo and Yokosuka, Japan; Chinhae, ; ; and Oahu, HI. PORTSMOUTH, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, has a crew of 132 Sailors. The submarine celebrated her 20th birthday while on deployment. The boat was commissioned in Portsmouth, N.H., October 1, 1983. 2005 - the fast-attack submarine USS SCRANTON (SSN-756) demonstrated that submarines are an integral part of the Navy's strike and battle group framework during her participation in the Multi-Battle Group Inport Exercise (MBGIE), February 7-11. This was the first time joint (Army and Air Force) and coalition forces used the Navy's Continuous Training Environment infrastructure and Joint Forces Command’s Joint Training and Experimentation Network for training, and SCRANTON was a key element of the exercise's success. February 12 1918 - PCU O-15 (SS-76) launched at California Shipbuilding Company, Long Beach, CA; sponsored by Mrs. J. J. Murphy. 1942 - PCU GROUPER (SS-214) commissioned USS GROUPER (SS-214) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lt. Comdr. C. E. Duke commanding. 1943 - PCU MINGO (SS-261) commissioned USS MINGO (SS-261) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lt. Cmdr. Ralph C. Lynch, Jr. commanding. 1944 - PCU PLAICE (SS-390) commissioned USS PLAICE (SS-390) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Comdr. Clyde B. Stevens commanding. 1945 - PCU LANCETFISH (SS-296) commissioned USS LANCETFISH (SS-296) at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA; Comdr. Ellis B. Orr commanding. 1969 - Ex-DENTUDA (SS-335) struck from the . 1996 - Ex-JOHN ADAMS (SSBN-620) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. February 13 1919 - USS L-8 (SS-48) arrived San Pedro, CA, to join the submarine flotilla on the West Coast. PCU S-34 (SS-139) launched at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, CA; sponsored by Miss Florence Hellman. 1960 - USS SKATE (SSN-578) suffered "very minor" damage after colliding with a concrete pier at Electric Boatyard, Groton, CT. 1961 - PCU THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600) commissioned USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN-600) at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA; Comdr. William E. Sims (BLUE) and Comdr. Oliver H. Perry, Jr. (GOLD) commanding. February 14 1910 - USS OCTOPUS (later-C-1) (SS-9) decommissioned at Charleston, SC. 1912 - PCU E-1 (ex-SKIPJACK) (SS-24) commissioned USS E-1 at Fore River Shipbuilding 40

Company, Quincy, MA; Lieutenant Chester W. Nimitz commanding. PCU E-2 (ex-STURGEON) (SS-25) commissioned USS E-2 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; Ensign C. N. Hinkamp commanding. 1917 - PCU O-7 (SS-68) keel laid as O-7 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1920 - PCU S-13 (SS-118) keel laid as S-13 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1940 - PCU GRAMPUS (SS-207) keel laid as GRAMPUS at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1942 - PCU WAHOO (SS-238) launched at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; sponsored by Mrs. William C. Barker, Jr. 1944 - PCU SHARK (SS-314) commissioned USS SHARK (SS-314) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Comdr. E. N. Blakely commanding. 1945 - PCU CONGER (SS-477) commissioned USS CONGER (SS-477) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lieutenant Commander H. D. Sipple commanding. 1946 - USS DENTUDA (SS-335) arrived at Pearl Harbor and reported for duty with Commander, Joint Task Force 1. February 15 1917 - PCU O-9 (SS-70) keel laid as O-9 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1919 - PCU S-2 (SS-106) launched at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Philip B. Brill. 1943 - PCU TULLIBEE (SS-284) commissioned USS TULLIBEE (SS-284) at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA; Comdr. Charles F. Brindupke commanding. 1955 - PCU GROWLER (SSG-577) keel laid as GROWLER at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME. 2005 - the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS NEWPORT NEWS (SSN-750) arrived at , VA. NEWPORT NEWS recently returned following a six-month deployment to the North Atlantic and Central Command Theater of Operations where she conducted joint operations with Allies and provided direct support to the Global War on Terrorism. 2006 - the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS ASHEVILLE (SSN-758) got underway in preparation for conducting high-speed surface drills off the coast of Southern California. ASHEVILLE, assigned to Submarine Squadron Eleven, is home ported in , CA. February 16 1918 - PCU M-1 (SS-47) commissioned USS M-1 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; Lt. Cmdr. M. R. Pierce commanding. 1925 - PCU S-44 (SS-155) commissioned USS S-44 (SS-155) at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA; Lt. A. H. Bateman commanding. 1942 - PCU PUFFER (SS-268) keel laid as PUFFER at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co, Manitowoc, WI. 1943 - USS AMBERJACK (SS-219) was lost off Rabaul in the S.W. Pacific. On 8 February, AMBERJACK was ordered to move to the West Side of Ganongga Island and on the 10th, she was directed to keep south of Latitude 7°30‘S and to cover the traffic routes from Rabaul and Buka to Shortland Basin. On 13 February AMBERJACK was assigned the entire Rabaul - Buka-Shortland Sea area, and told to hunt for traffic. The last radio transmission received from AMBERJACK was made on 14 February 1943. She related having been forced down the night before by two destroyers, and that she had recovered from the water and taken prisoner an enemy aviator on 13 February. She was ordered north of Latitude 6°30‘S, and told to keep hunting for Rabaul traffic. Any further discussion about 41

her demise is pure conjecture. Seventy-three men were lost with AMBERJACK that day. She was the tenth U.S. submarine loss of World War II. 1944 - PCU BERGALL (SS-320) launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. J. A. Elkins. 1958 - USS GUAVINA (AOSS-362), Submarine Oiler, ran aground in high winds and foul weather after dragging her anchor at San Salvador, El Salvador. 1973 - the Secretary of the Navy announced Bangor, Washington as the initial base for Trident submarine operations. Ex-X-1 (SSX-1) stricken, to be disposed of by Navy sale. 1975 - USS SWORDFISH (SSN-579) ran aground near Lanai, HI, while conducting post-overhaul trials. The submarine surfaced safely and returned to Pearl Harbor for inspection and repair. The Navy said the submarine damaged sensor devices mounted on her hull, but there were no breaks in the hull. The Honolulu Star-Bulletin , however, received reports that a torpedo room flooded. The Navy denies this. 1996 - PCU GREENEVILLE (SSN-772) commissioned USS GREENEVILLE (SSN-772) at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1994 - Rear Admiral Richard Hetherington O'Kane died of pneumonia at a nursing home in Petaluma, California. He was 83. He retired in 1957, and won the Medal of Honor for valor as commander of USS TANG (SS-306) in the South Pacific. TANG sank a Japanese ship every 11 days on five patrols and rescued scores of U.S. fliers who had been shot down in raids on Japanese ships and bases. During one patrol in Formosa Strait on October 24-25, 1944, TANG sank 110,000 tons of Japanese shipping, including a destroyer. The submarine then fell victim to her 24th and last torpedo when it malfunctioned, circled back and hit TANG, killing all but 9 of her 87 man crew. USS ARGONAUT (SS-168) was sunk four months after O'Kane left to become executive officer of USS WAHOO (SS-238). That vessel, too, was sunk after O'Kane left to command his own submarine, TANG. TANG sank 33 ships total - more than any other American submarine - before O'Kane's luck ran out. The commander and other survivors were taken prisoner and spent the last ten months of the war in a prison near Tokyo, where they were subjected to beatings and a starvation diet. He weighed only 88 pounds when he was released from the Japanese prison camp. Citation : For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as commanding officer of the U.S.S. TANG operating against 2 enemy Japanese convoys on 23 and 24 , during her fifth and last war patrol. Boldly maneuvering on the surface into the midst of a heavily escorted convoy, Commander O'Kane stood in the fusillade of bullets and shells from all directions to launch smashing hits on 3 tankers, coolly swung his ship to fire at a freighter and, in a split-second decision, shot out of the path of an onrushing transport, missing it by inches. Boxed in by blazing tankers, a freighter, transport, and several destroyers, he blasted 2 of the tagets with his remaining torpedoes and, with pyrotechnics bursting on all sides, cleared the area. Twenty-four hours later, he again made contact with a heavily escorted convoy steaming to support the Leyte campaign with reinforcements and supplies and with crated planes piled high on each unit. In defiance of the enemy's relentless fire, he closed the concentration of ship and in quick succession sent 2 torpedoes each into the first and second transports and an adjacent tanker, finding his mark with each torpedo in a series of violent explosions at less than 1,000-yard range. With ships bearing down 42

from all sides, he charged the enemy at high speed, exploding the tanker in a burst of flame, smashing the transport dead in the water, and blasting the destroyer with a mighty roar which rocked TANG from stem to stern. Expending his last 2 torpedoes into the remnants of a once powerful convoy before his own ship went down, Comdr. O'Kane, aided by his gallant command, achieved an illustrious record of heroism in combat, enhancing the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. After the war, he was promoted to Captain and commanded the Submarine School in New London, CT, before retiring as a Rear Admiral and settling in California. In retirement, he wrote two books about his war experiences: "Clear the Bridge" in 1977 and "Wahoo" in 1987. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1934. He is survived by wife, Ernestine, whom he married in 1936 and who lives in Petaluma. February 2, 1911-February 16, 1994. O'Kane did not talk much about the war, including the 10 months he spent in Japanese prison camps, she said. "The hardest thing for him the rest of his life was that he came home and his men didn't,'' Mrs. O'Kane said. Mrs. O'Kane said she considered her husband a homebody, the father of her children, a man who knew how to cook. She said he did not have much interest in the medals and honors that befell him after the war. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Section 59, Grave 874. 2006 - the Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS ANNAPOLIS (SSN-760) made a routine port visit to Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. ANNAPOLIS was assigned to Commander Submarine Group Two, homeported in Groton, CT. ANNAPOLIS was on a regularly scheduled deployment in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Chief of Staff for Submarine Force U.S. Atlantic Fleet (SUBLANT), Capt. John Daugherty, visited the fast-attack submarine USS MONTPELIER (SSN-765) at Norfolk, VA to observe the successful testing of the AN/BYG-1 Combat Control Systems. MONTPELIER performed in-port tests for the new fire control and system. At-sea testing with Tactical Tomahawk final up evaluation is scheduled for March. MONTPELIER is one of four submarines in the fleet that have received the AN/BYG-1 modernization. USS BOISE (SSN-764) completed the first operational test launch of a Blk. IV Tactical Tomahawk missile using the AN/BYG-1. Both USS HAMPTON (SSN-767) and USS CONNECTICUT (SSN- 21) have also received this modernization. February 17 1864 - the Confederate submarine CSS H. L. Hunley was the first submersible to sink an enemy ship in combat; she rammed her spar torpedo with 90 pounds (41 kg) of explosive powder into the hull of the Union sloop-of-war USS Housatonic off Charleston, SC; Hunley was also sunk in the engagement. 1915 - PCU L-10 (SS-50) keel laid as L-10 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. PCU L-11 (SS-51) keel laid as L-11 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1918 - PCU L-5 (SS-44) commissioned USS L-5 at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; Lt. J. M. Deem commanding. 1942 - PCU ALBACORE (SS-218) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Elwin F. Cutts, the wife of Capt. Cutts. 1956 - Ex-PIKE (SS-173) placed out of service and simultaneously struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 1964 - USS SEA DEVIL (SS-400) third and final decommissioning. 1968 - PCU BERGALL (SSN-667) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics 43

Corporation, Groton, CT. 1995 - Ex-POLLACK (SSN-603) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. February 18 1953 - USS BASHAW (SS-241) redesignated Hunter-Killer Submarine (SSK-241). USS CAVALLA (SS-244) redesignated Hunter-Killer Submarine (SSK-244). 1994 - USS DANIEL BOONE (SSBN-629) decommissioned and struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 2003 - USS MONTPELIER (SSN-765) was visited by Acting Secretary of the Navy, The Honorable H.T. Johnson at Naval Support Activity, Bahrain. Johnson was making his first trip to the Central Command Area of Responsibility since being appointed as Acting Secretary of the Navy by President George W. Bush. As secretary of the Navy, Johnson is responsible for, and has the authority to, conduct all affairs of the Department of the Navy including recruiting, organizing, supplying, equipment, training, mobilizing and demobilizing. 2005 - former President Jimmy Carter toured the U.S. Navy submarine named after him, PCU JIMMY CARTER (SSN-23), at Naval Submarine Base New London. The Nobel Peace Prize winner and former submarine officer said having the world’s most advanced fast-attack submarine named in his honor ranked among the highest tributes in his storied life. “I don’t think I’ve ever had one that was more emotionally gratifying to me than to have this named after me,” he said. The President, ship’s sponsor , and members of their family, met with the crew and dined in the wardroom aboard JIMMY CARTER. The former commander in chief presided over a reenlistment ceremony and pinned newly earned "dolphins," a designation of qualification in submarines, on a ship’s officer. The crew eagerly awaited the former President’s visit just before the Navy commissioned the Seawolf-class vessel February 19. Carter has made it a habit to write personal letters to each crewman when the sailor has reached a professional or personal milestone, such as advancement in rate or the birth of a child. Submariners share a bond of mutual dependence that draws them together, the former President explained. “We feel emotionally and physically attached to this ship,” the former President said. Vice Adm. Munns presented the commissioning pennant for the Seawolf-class nuclear- powered attack submarine USS JIMMY CARTER (SSN-23) to former first lady Rosalynn Carter at the Commanding Officer's Reception at Naval Submarine Base Groton, CT to celebrate JIMMY CARTER's commissioning on February 19, 2005. February 19 1944 - PCU POMFRET (SS-391) commissioned USS POMFRET (SS-391) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Comdr. Frank C. Acker commanding. 1946 - PCU HALFBEAK (SS-352) launched at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. William Craig. 1954 - USS SEA DEVIL (SS-400) second decommissioning at San Francisco, CA. 1969 - USS CHOPPER (SS-342) experienced a depth and angle excursion after suffering a control casualty off on a routine training mission. Two were injured and there was minor damage to the submarine. 1972 - PCU CAVALLA (SSN-684) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 1977 - PCU CINCINNATI (SSN-693) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 44

2005 - the Navy commissioned its newest nuclear-powered attack submarine PCU JIMMY CARTER (SSN-23) during an 11 a.m. EST ceremony at Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, CT. The attack submarine JIMMY CARTER honors the 39th president of the United States. President Carter is the only U.S. president to have qualified in submarines. He has distinguished himself by a lifetime of public service, and has long ties to the Navy and the submarine force. Carter graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1946, served as a commissioned officer aboard submarines, and served as commander-in-chief from 1977 to 1981. Carter's statesmanship, philanthropy and sense of humanity earned him the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002. Retired Adm. Stansfield Turner, a classmate of the president who served in the Carter administration as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, delivered the ceremony's principal address. Rosalynn Carter was the sponsor for the ship named for her husband, with daughter Amy serving as matron of honor. In a time-honored Navy tradition, Rosalynn Carter will give the first order to "man our ship and bring her to life!" JIMMY CARTER is the third and final submarine of the Seawolf class. As the most advanced submarine in the class, JIMMY CARTER has built-in flexibility and an array of new warfighting features that will enable her to prevail in any scenario, against any threat – from beneath Arctic ice to shallow water. Differentiating JIMMY CARTER from all other undersea vessels is her multimission platform (MMP), which includes a 100-foot hull extension to enhance payload capability. The MMP enables JIMMY CARTER to accommodate the advanced technology required to develop and test a new generation of weapons, sensors and undersea vehicles for naval special warfare, tactical surveillance and mine-warfare operations. Capt. Robert D. Kelso, a native of Fayetteville, Tenn., served as JIMMY CARTER’s first commanding officer, leading a crew of approximately 130 officers and sailors. Built by General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, CT, the 12,130-ton JIMMY CARTER is 453 feet in length, has a beam of 40 feet, and can operate at speeds exceeding 25 knots when submerged. February 20 1912 - PCU K-1 (ex-HADDOCK) (SS-32) keel laid as K-1 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. PCU K-2 (ex-CACHALOT) (SS-33) keel laid as K-2 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1923 - USS K-5 (SS-36) decommissioned at Hampton Roads (Submarine Base), VA. 1944 - PCU ICEFISH (SS-367) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI; sponsored by Mrs. Stanley P. Mosely, wife of Captain Mosely. 1945 - Ex-S-37 (SS-142) sunk as a target off Imperial Beach, CA. S-37 earned five battle stars for her World War II service. Ex-S-38 (SS-143) sunk off San Diego, CA as an aerial bombing target. S-38 was awarded three battle stars for her service in World War II. 1962 - USS BALAO (SS-285) was snagged by the towline of the ocean tug Torrent IV while cruising 110 feet below the surface off the Florida coast. The accident damaged one of BALAO's masthead lights, punched two small holes in the superstructure supporting the , broke one radar antenna and damaged another. Neither the tug nor the barge under tow were damaged. 1962 - PCU HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) commissioned USS HENRY CLAY (SSBN-625) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA; Comdr. J. C. Lewis (GOLD) and Comdr. T. A. Bryce (BLUE) commanding. 45

1969 - PCU ASPRO (SSN-648) commissioned USS ASPRO (SSN-648) at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula, MS; Comdr. Roy R. Wight commanding. February 21 1917 - PCU N-3 (SS-55) launched at Construction and Drydock Company, Seattle, WA; sponsored by Miss Bertha Coontz. 1918 - PCU O-10 (SS-71) launched at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Mrs. John E. Bailey. 1921 - PCU S-9 (SS-114) commissioned USS S-9 (SS-114) at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; Lt. Comdr. Thomas Shine commanding. PCU S-41 (SS-146) launched at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, CA; sponsored by Mrs. John F. Conners. 1923 - PCU S-32 (SS-137) commissioned USS S-32 (SS-136) at Union Iron Works, San Francisco, CA; Lt. Edward E. Hazlett, Jr. commanding. 1942 - PCU LAPON (SS-260) keel laid as LAPON at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. PCU TINOSA (SS-283) keel laid as TINOSA at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA. 1943 - PCU BLUEFISH (SS-222) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. Robert Y. Menzie. 1944 - PCU CHIVO (SS-341) keel laid as CHIVO at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. PCU SEA CAT (SS-399) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. E. L. Cochrane. 1953 - USS ICEFISH (SS-367) third and final decommisssioning; transferred (loaned) under terms of the Military Defense Assistance Program to The Netherlands, renamed Walrus (S-802). 1955 - USS POMODON (SS-486) was damaged by an explosion and fire caused by excess hydrogen formation during battery charging in the San Francisco Naval Yard, CA. Five crewmen died along with three firemen from the Navy Yard. 1956 - PCU SARGO (SSN-583) keel laid as SARGO at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 1976 - PCU OMAHA (SSN-692) launched at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. PCU JACKSONVILLE (SSN-699) keel laid as JACKSONVILLE at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2001 - USS GREENEVILLE (SSN-772) sat atop blocks in #1 at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, HI. GREENEVILLE was dry-docked to examine damage and perform necessary repairs following a tragic February 9th collision at sea with the Japanese fishing vessel Ehime Maru approximately nine miles off the coast from Diamond Head, HI. The Japanese ship sank in 2,000 feet of water and nine persons remain missing and presumed dead. 2003 - USS SAN JUAN (SSN-751) arrived at Souda Bay, Crete, Greece. SAN JUAN was home- based in Groton, CT. 2006 - both crews of USS PENNSYLVANIA (SSBN-735) combined their efforts to win the TRIDENT Submarine Outstanding Performance Award for 2005, presented at Bangor, WA. February 22 1943 - PCU CREVALLE (SS-291) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. C. W. Fisher. 1944 - PCU LAMPREY (SS-372) keel laid as LAMPREY at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company, Manitowoc, WI. 1963 - PCU WOODROW WILSON (SSBN-624) launched at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, 46

CA; sponsored by Miss Eleanor A. Sayre, the granddaughter of President Wilson. 1992 - PCU HARTFORD (SSN-768) keel laid as HARTFORD at the Electric Boat Division, General Dynamics Corporation, Groton, CT. 2003 - Columbian submarine ARC Tayrona (SS 29), the U.S. special mission surveillance ship USNS Able (T-AGOS 20), the U.S fast attack submarine USS SPRINGFIELD (SSN-761), and the U.S. Coast Guard famous class cutter USCGC Spencer (WMEC-905) lined up in formation during the multi-national exercise UNITAS 44-03. UNITAS is the premier naval exercise conducted in the Americas designed to build lasting friendships while increasing the capability of U.S. naval forces to operate as a multinational coalition. February 23 1921 - PCU S-46 (SS-157) keel laid as S-46 at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, MA. 1944 - PCU SEA POACHER (SS-406) keel laid as SEA POACHER at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - Ex-S-37 (SS-142) struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 1950 - PCU K-2 (BASS) (SS-551) keel laid as K-2 at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, CA. 2004 - USS LA JOLLA (SSN-701) departed for a scheduled western Pacific deployment. The submarine was equipped with the Special Operations capable Dry Deck Shelter (DDS) which can allow special operation forces including Navy SEALs (Sea, Air, Land) to deploy undetected from the sub. 2005 - USS NEBRASKA (SSBN-739) was underway in the out of Kings Bay, GA. February 24 1913 - Ex-A-1 (ex-PLUNGER) (SS-2) struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 1915 - PCU L-8 (SS-48) keel laid as L-8 at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1943 - PCU BURRFISH (SS-312) keel laid as BURRFISH at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME. 1945 - PCU HOE (SS-258) collided while submerged with USS FLOUNDER (SS-251) off the coast of Indochina in one of the most unusual accidents of the war. While steaming at a depth of 60 feet HOE struck an object and broached, sustaining only light damage. Subsequent analysis proved that she had actually collided with FLOUNDER, one of the only submerged collisions on record. Ending her last patrol at Pearl Harbor, HOE returned to the United States for repairs. FLOUNDER sustained only a slight leak which was quickly brought under control. 1949 - PCU TRIGGER (SS-564) keel laid as TRIGGER at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1958 - PCU SHARK (SSN-591) keel laid as SHARK at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1962 - PCU THOMAS JEFFERSON (SSBN-618) launched at Newport New Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA; sponsored by Mrs. Robert S. McNamara. 1964 - Rota, became the second Polaris Advanced Base (Holy Loch, was first) as USS Proteus (AS-19) arrived as the tender to Squadron 16. 1989 - USS BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (SSBN-640) suffered an onboard fire while submerged in Atlantic Ocean. 1995 - PCU TOLEDO (SSN-769) commissioned USS TOLEDO (SSN-769) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 2006 - PCU PASADENA (SSN-752) participated in an Undersea Warfare Exercise (USWEX) with the USS Peleliu (LHA 5) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3 near Hawaii, February 21 to 24. USWEX is an exercise that assesses anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities of a 47

carrier or expeditionary strike group, including the command and control of air, surface, subsurface and theater assets. The Peleliu ESG's exercise was planned by the Pearl Harbor-based Commander Antisubmarine Warfare Force Pacific, or CTF 12. February 25 1935 - PCU PERCH (SS-176) keel laid as PERCH at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1943 - PCU SEALION (SS-315) keel laid as SEALION, at Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT. 1945 - PCU CLAMAGORE (SS-343) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Miss M. J. Jacobs. 1947 - Ex-APOGON (SS-308) struck from the Naval Vessel Register. Ex-PILOTFISH (SS-386) struck from the Naval Vessel Register. 1956 - PCU SALMON (SS-573) launched at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Albert M. Bontier, widow of the late Comdr. A. M. Bontier who was lost when submarine USS SEAWOLF (SS-197) was sunk during a war patrol in the South Pacific early in October 1944. 1966 - PCU QUEENFISH (SSN-651) launched at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA; sponsored by Hon. Julia Butler Hansen, Congresswoman from the State of Washington. 1982 - USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN-601) began the final POLARIS (A-3) offload at the Strategic Weapons Facility Pacific. 1992 - Ex-LAFAYETTE (SSBN-616) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. February 26 1921 - PCU S-48 (SS-159) launched at Lake Torpedo Boat Company, Bridgeport, CT; sponsored by Mrs. James O. Germaine. 1942 - USS S-38 (SS-143) executed the first U.S. submarine shore bombardment when she fired on a Japanese radio station at Sangkapura on the island of Bawean off Java. 1962 - Rear Admiral Ignatius J. "Pete" Galantin relieved Vice Admiral William F. "Red" Raborn, Jr., as Director, Special Projects. Under Raborn's direction, the Submarine Ballistic Missile Program became a reality and would become the strongest leg of the Nuclear Deterrence Triad. 1965 - USS SCABBARDFISH (SS-397) decommissioned and transferred (loaned) to Greece. 1966 - PCU STURGEON (SSN-637) launched at General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy, MA; sponsored by Mrs. Everett M. Dirksen. February 27 1917 - PCU O-8 (SS-69) keel laid as O-8 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. PCU O-10 (SS-71) keel laid as O-10 at Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, MA. 1919 - PCU S 35 (SS-140) launched at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, CA; sponsored by Miss Louise C. Bailey. 1944 - USS GRAYBACK (SS-208)'s tenth patrol, her most successful in terms of tonnage sunk, was also to be her last. She sailed from Pearl Harbor 28 January 1944, for the East China Sea. On 24 February GRAYBACK radioed that she had sunk two cargo ships 19 February and had damaged two others. On 25 February she transmitted her second and final report. That morning she had sunk tanker Toshin Maru and severely damaged another. With only two torpedoes remaining, she was ordered home from patrol. Due to reach Midway on 7 March, GRAYBACK did not arrive. ComSubPac reluctantly listed her as missing and presumed lost with all hands. From captured Japanese records the gallant 48

submarine's last few days can be pieced together. Heading home through the East China Sea, GRAYBACK used her last two torpedoes to sink the freighter Ceylon Maru . That same day, a Japanese carrier-based plane spotted a submarine on the surface in the East China Sea and attacked. According to Japanese reports the submarine "exploded and sank immediately" but antisubmarine craft were called in to depth-charge the area, clearly marked by a trail of air bubbles, until at last a heavy oil slick swelled to the surface. GRAYBACK had ended her last patrol, one which cost the enemy some 21,594 tons of shipping. The fighting submarine's career, so tragically ended, had been an illustrious one. GRAYBACK ranked 20th among all submarines in total tonnage sunk with 63,835 tons and 24th in number of ships sunk with 14. Submarine and crew had received two Navy Unit Commendations for their 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th war patrols. Eighty men were lost with GRAYBACK that day. She was the twenty-seventh U.S. submarine loss of World War II. GRAYBACK received eight battle stars for World War II service. PCU BESUGO (SS-321) launched at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; sponsored by Mrs. P. J. Homer. 2004 - The Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy, toured the Los Angles-class attack submarine USS CHARLOTTE (SSN-766) pierside Naval Submarine Base Pearl Harbor, HI. The Secretary arrived in Hawaii following a trip to the Asia-Pacific region that included visits to Japan, Singapore and Guam. February 28 1943 - PCU RAY (SS-271) launched at Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co, Manitowoc, WI; sponsored by Mrs. S. C. Loomis. 1944 - PCU SEA DEVIL (SS-400) launched at Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, ME; sponsored by Mrs. Sherman K. Kennedy. 1945 - PCU CARP (SS-338) commissioned USS CARP (SS-338) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lieutenant Commander J. L. Hunnicutt, USNR, commanding. 1960 - in late February in the Atlantic USS TRITON (SSRN-586) suffered a leak in a main condenser circulating water pump, necessitating the shutdown of the port reactor for five hours to effect repairs. This was shortly after departure for a submerged global circumnavigation. 1982 - USS ROBERT E. LEE (SSBN-601)'s A3 missiles were off loaded, officially ending the U.S. Navy's Polaris program after 21 years. 1992 - PCU GREENEVILLE (SSN-772) keel laid as GREENEVILLE at Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Newport News, VA. 1994 - Ex-ALEXANDER HAMILTON (SSBN-617) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. Ex-GEORGE C. MARSHALL (SSBN-654) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. 2003 - Ex-KAMEHAMEHA (SSBN/SSN-642) disposition complete by Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program (NPSSRP) at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA. February 29 1944 - USS TROUT (SS-202) left Pearl Harbor, HI on February 8, 1944 en route to her eleventh patrol, topped off with fuel at Midway and left 16 February, never to be heard from again. She was to patrol the China coast. TROUT was scheduled to leave her area not later than sunset March 27, 1944 and was expected at Midway about April 7th; overdue, 49

she was reported presumed lost April 17. From the Japanese since the war, the following facts have been gleaned: On February 29, 1944 SAKITO MARU was sunk and another ship badly damaged. The destroyer Asashimo , presumably an escort in the convoy of Sakito Maru , detected a submarine and dropped 19 depth charges. Oil and debris came to the surface and the destroyer dropped a final depth charge on that spot. Since TROUT was the only U.S. submarine which could have attacked at this time in this position but did not report the action, it is assumed she was lost during or shortly after this attack. Eighty-one men were lost with TROUT that day. She was the twenty-eighth U.S. submarine loss of World War II. TROUT received 11 battle stars for World War II service and the Presidential Unit Citation for her second, third, and fifth patrols. PCU CAVALLA (SS-244) commissioned USS CAVALLA (SS-244) at the Electric Boat Company, Groton, CT; Lieutenant Commander H. J. Kossler commanding. 1992 - PCU JEFFERSON CITY (SSN-759) commissioned USS JEFFERSON CITY (SSN-759) at Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Newport News, VA.

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Walter Amburn Benson Seanman First Class (SS) Millerburg Cemetery Charlotte, MI Phone: 520-329-7068 E-mail: [email protected] http://www.decklog.com/SSN-589.asp

Mcclintock/Claggett/Darter SS-277/Dace SS-247Memorial 300 Lake Shore Boulevard Marquette, MI http://mqtmaritimemuseum.com/SilentServiceMemorial.html

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USS Silversides Submarine Museum Great Lakes Naval Memorial and Museum 1346 Bluff Street Muskegon, MI Phone: (231) 755-1230 E-mail: [email protected] www.silversidesmuseum.org

USS Escolar (SS-294) WWII Memorial East Park 105 Bridge St. Charlevoix, MI http://ussvi.net/mem/state-mi.htm

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