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Two US Navy's Submarines Now available to the public by subscription. See Page 63 Volume 2018 2nd Quarter American $6.00 Submariner Special Election Issue USS Thresher (SSN-593) America’s two nuclear boats on Eternal Patrol USS Scorpion (SSN-589) More information on page 20 Download your American Submariner Electronically - Same great magazine, available earlier. Send an E-mail to [email protected] requesting the change. ISBN List 978-0-9896015-0-4 American Submariner Page 2 - American Submariner Volume 2018 - Issue 2 Page 3 Table of Contents Page Number Article 3 Table of Contents, Deadlines for Submission 4 USSVI National Officers 6 Selected USSVI . Contacts and Committees AMERICAN 6 Veterans Affairs Service Officer 6 Message from the Chaplain SUBMARINER 7 District and Base News This Official Magazine of the United 7 (change of pace) John and Jim States Submarine Veterans Inc. is 8 USSVI Regions and Districts published quarterly by USSVI. 9 Why is a Ship Called a She? United States Submarine Veterans Inc. 9 Then and Now is a non-profit 501 (C) (19) corporation 10 More Base News in the State of Connecticut. 11 Does Anybody Know . 11 “How I See It” Message from the Editor National Editor 12 2017 Awards Selections Chuck Emmett 13 “A Guardian Angel with Dolphins” 7011 W. Risner Rd. 14 Letters to the Editor Glendale, AZ 85308 18 Shipmate Honored Posthumously . (623) 455-8999 20 Scorpion and Thresher - (Our “Nuclears” on EP) [email protected] 22 Change of Command Assistant Editor 23 . Our Brother 24 A Boat Sailor . 100-Year Life Bob Farris (315) 529-9756 26 Election 2018: Bios [email protected] 41 2018 OFFICIAL BALLOT 43 …Presence of a Higher Power Assoc. Editor - Distribution 44 Boat Reunions Neal Britner 47 Kap(SS)-4-Kid(SS) (315) 409-8476 48 Submarines on Eternal Patrol [email protected] 49 Heritage: F-class Boats 51 Shipmates on Eternal Patrol Boat Sponsorship Program 52 Boat Sponsorship Program (BSP) Vic Van Horn 56 New USSVI Members (708) 609-9840 60 “Yellow Submarine” [email protected] 61 USSVI Application Review Associates 62 American Submarine Ad Schedule 63 (Magazine “Help” Page) Bill Andrea Dick Kanning Joan Miner Deadlines for Magazine Submission Wayne Clark Deadlines have changed to even out the time John Stanford Staff Artist between issues and to ensure each issue is released Tom Denton firmly within its quarter. [email protected] (301) 845-0049 (2018) The American Submariner is not st responsible for the claims of the 1 Quarter 2018 Issue – Friday, January 5 Advertisers; however the primary focus nd of this publication is for the benefit and 2 Quarter 2018 Issue – Thursday, April 5 service to USSVI members. Issues rd concerning Advertisers may be sent to the 3 Quarter 2018 Issue – Thursday, July 5 Editorial Staff for mediation. th NOTE 4 Quarter 2018 Issue – Friday, October 5 The direct phone numbers for the Articles received after the deadlines may be considered for American Submariner Editor publishing in the next scheduled edition of the magazine. All articles are are published at the sole discretion of the National Editor. (623) 455-8999 Mobile (623) 478-2653 AMERICAN SUBMARINER COPYRIGHT 2018 The American Submariner and all material therein is copyrighted under Printed Quarterly by: the laws of the United States of America and any reproduction in any form, Buzz Printing analog or digital, without the written permission of the Editor is forbidden by law. 1850 Empire Central All permitted reproduction requires acknowledgment of source, author and the Dallas, TX 75235 American Submariner. Page 4 - American Submariner Volume 2018 - Issue 2 Page 5 USSVI National Officers USSVI National George L. Street. The fourth Medal of Honor recipient in Parliamentarian National Commander attendance was VADM (Ret) Lawson R. Ramage, however, National Sr. Vice CDR he did not sign the poster for some unknown reason. There Skip Turnbull and Captain (Ret) John Markiewicz Wayne Standerfer were only 150 of these signed posters distributed. The (217) 487-7710 [email protected] Charitable Foundation Board has voted to auction the poster [email protected] [email protected] off sometime in the future, probably on-line, with the proceeds (904) 743-2924 (972) 298-8139 to go to the USSV – Charitable Foundation Scholarship Fund. ONON THETHE ORDERORDER Hope to see you all at our 2018 National Convention Cruise out of Fort Lauderdale this October. OFOF THINGSTHINGS National Jr. Vice CDR National Secretary Shipmates, National Sr. Vice COMDR. Bill Andrea Ray Wewers This election year members will be asked to approve the new combined Constitution and Bylaws. [email protected] [email protected] - Wayne Standerfer (561) 790-1287 (479) 967-5541 On March 16, 2018 prior to the Annual Mid-Term National Board This new document is the product of two years of diligent Meeting, a financial Review of USSVI 2017 financial records work by your Constitution and Bylaws Committee in was completed by the National Audit Committee in Orlando, FL. cooperation with the Board of Directors. This endeavor was brought about by several factors; Robert’s Rules of Order, National Treasurer Immediate Past Nat. CDR The committee consisted of Regional Directors Steve Bell, Les ,RONR(11th ed.)p 14 ll.6-9, The State of Connecticut and Altschuler, David Farran, Assistant WR Director Jim Denzien, the IRS. Paul Hiser Al Singleman DCOY Tom Williams and ESD4 Commander Ken Nichols. [email protected] The new CBL eliminates a lot of redundancy and wordiness [email protected] I and NT Paul Hiser were in attendance as Chairman and that existed before in the two separate documents. It also (215) 317-5666 (518) 355-2119 advisor respectively. updates much outdated language and gender specific National Treasurer Paul Hiser’s record keeping abilities, wording as was in the Auxiliary article. It incorporates all attention to detail and the organized manner in the way previous amendments and revisions. he supplied the necessary documentation, enabled the Do to the cost, the 38-page document will not be printed in 2nd Quarter - Notes committee to complete their task quicker and more smoothly the magazine. It will be available for viewing on the USSVI from National Officers than any previous review with which I have been involved. web site. This section is special . messages directly from our National Officers The committee found only one item that needed corrective Hope to see you all at the ABM on the cruise. are posted here. Not every Officer will have input every issue but if they action. This consisted of supporting documents (receipts) for an RR (Requested Reimbursement) that for some reason Green Board, do have something to share, it will be here. were lost during an e-mail transfer. The documents were Skip Turnbull what it was like riding submarines in the 60s, 70s and 80s. easily found and supplied to the committee for their approval. Chair, Constitution and Bylaws Committee The 2018 Convention/Cruise is open for registration and ParliamentarianAligenisqui sa experio quiae sus. National Commander It is an enjoyable read and best of all, the proceeds promises to be a memorable and enjoyable activity for our - John Markiewicz are all being donated to our United States Submarine membership. This is only the second time in 54 years an ocean Veterans Charitable Foundation Scholarship Fund. The As I sat down to write this column for the second quarter issue cruise has been used to conduct a USSVI National Convention, book has only been out for a few weeks and over 400 of the American Submariner Magazine I received notice that I so don’t hold back in making plans to attend. It could possibly USSVI copies have already been sold. I encourage you all to had Certified Mail to be picked up at the Post Office. This mail be the last time this will take place in some of our lifetimes. talk this book up to your families, friends, relatives, co- Purpose turned out to be a letter from Frank Hood along with a check for workers, and everybody else that you may know, or think Use this link to register - http://ussviconvention.org/2018/ four thousand ($4,000) dollars which he forwarded as a donation Our purpose is, “To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who might enjoy reading about submarines and submariners. to the USSVI -Charitable Foundation Scholarship Fund and Regards, gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice be a which were the first quarter proceeds from the sale of his book. On a similar subject, I want to thank John Andersen for Wayne Standerfer constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. his recent donation to the USSV - Charitable Foundation I read Frank Hood’s book “POOPIE SUITS AND COWBOY Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of America and of a framed poster from the “UP PERISCOPE SEMINAR” NSVC its Constitution.” BOOTS” few weeks ago. It is available for purchase through held some years back that was attended by more than 400 blurb.com in print form or Amazon as an audio book. “In addition to perpetuating the memory of departed shipmates, submariners and historians and was hosted by the Admiral we shall provide a way for all Submariners to gather for the mutual I enjoyed the many memories it brought back of my days of Nimitz Foundation, the U.S. Naval Institute and the Admiral benefit and enjoyment. Our common heritage as Submariners shall be strengthened by camaraderie. We support a strong U.S. riding the boats out of Groton, Charleston and Holy Loch, Nimitz Historical Park. The keynote speaker was RADM Submarine Force.
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