January 2021 Volume 22, Issue 01 Lest We Forget — Inside This Issue: Meeting minutes 2 “The USSVI Submariner’s Creed” Lost Boats 3 To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who Undersea Warfare Hist 3 gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while New Tang, Wahoo 4 serving their country. That their dedication, deeds, New SSN hull options 5 and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of Expanding Arctic activity8 motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States of Contact information 9 America and its Constitution. Application form 10 News Brief 1. Next Meeting: Restrictions on group gatherings related to Coronavirus have caused a temporary suspension of our monthly meetings. January 16, 2021 – WATCH E-MAIL FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT. 2. Duty Cook Roster: a. GET READY TO VOLUNTEER WHEN OUR MEETINGS RESUME. 3. January Birthdays: Robert Zorn 5th; Glenn Barts 20th. Happy Birthday Shipmates! 4. During 2020, we introduced a new style to communicate with our members. Our communications now are fully electronic. Kindly keep us posted with an e-mail address that you use and check regularly in order to stay in-touch. 5. Crash Dive has a few openings where you can showcase your skills while serving your shipmates. Can you see yourself as our Chaplain, Community Outreach Chair, Membership Chair, Charitable Giving Chair, or Vice-Commander? Contact Clay Hill to step-up. 6. Give a little something that can mean a lot: A $2.50 contribution gets a cup of coffee-plus a message of encouragement-to a randomly selected, active duty service member. To donate: Go to https://GreenBeansCoffee.com ...then click on "Cup of Joe for a Joe.". Crash Dive Meeting Minutes a) Secretary’s Report December 19, 2020 i) Invoices working with Chris ii) Online meetings. Going well b) Treasurer’s Report 1) Call to Order 1107 i) CD 4,232.17, 1173.69 a) SOUND Klaxon ii) Mem 23,582.51, 5.00 b) All Rise c) Committee Reports c) Let us at this time, with a moment of i) Newsletter – Chris Gaines silent prayer, remember our (1) Newsletter in progress. Nov shipmates who made the supreme ready, Dec to be uploaded sacrifice that we may gather here in soon. peace. We dedicate this meeting to (2) Mailing vs Posting alert to our Shipmates on Eternal Patrol, to website perpetuate their memories in our (3) Newsletter to be emailed lives and to honor our Shipmates on also active duty in the service of the first ii) Membership – Tom Polzin line of defense of our Nation. iii) Community Outreach – d) The following submarines were lost (1) Greg is no longer with Crash during the month of December: Dive USS Capelin (SS-289) 02 December iv) Hospitality – Larry Warnke 1943 ABSENT USS Sea (SS-195) 10 December (1) Bret drove by and Club is Lion 1941 closed “until further notice” USS F- (SS-20) 17 December v) Webmaster – Frank Voznak, Jr. 1/Carp 1917 ABSENT USS S-4 (SS-109) 17 December (1) Please get in touch with 1927 Scott to share knowledge with webpage and online 2) Invocation functions a) Pledge of Allegiance vi) Storekeeper – Herman Mueller 3) Member Introduction – Would each ABSENT member please state your name and vii) Procedures – Chris Gaines the boats you served on for those new discussed in other reports members and guests who don’t know viii) Eagle Scout – Ted Rotzoll us. (1) Slow responses, no pictures 4) Attendance coming in. a) Frank Walter (2) Program is still going. 13 b) Bret Zacher scouts, only 1 court of honor c) Manuel Garmendez ix) Memorial Committee – Frank d) Clayton Hill Voznak, Jr. ABSENT e) Scott Jaklin (1) Frank has gotten in touch f) Glenn Barts with Michelle Woods; g) Ted Rotzoll signage work information to h) Chris Gaines follow.h i) Ed Potts 6) Old (Unfinished) Business 5) Reports: Page 2 Crash Dive Base Rondout - Lake Bluff, IL a) Elections – pending quorum b) Scott tells us about the recruits i) Vice commander stuck at Great Lakes and organizing (1) Manny and Bret express a meeting to boost morale interest in covering position c) Dues, losing some members to 7) Community Outreach Illinois base. a) Vacant d) Bret motions for arrears to be 8) Hospitality forgiven in 2020, 2nd by Manny. a) Vacant Motion carries. 9) Membership e) Bret motions to suspend BASE DUES a) Bret willing to take when ONLY for 2021, 2nd by Ed, motion transitioning to Treasurer carries. Dues for national still to be 10) Chaplain collected. a) Clay will cover function for now f) Great Lakes has 50-60 active 11) Bret raises point of station holding by members. Unable to host meetings, other organization even online at the moment. 13) Good of the Order a) Membership Dues a) Duty Cook – Not applicable i) Invoices for dues b) 786 Club b) Carryover from Oct i) CO treated at Tripler i) How-to PR-Media Guide c) Staff meetings via Zoom? provided by Kate Ramsay to i) Deemed not to be necessary Greg Miller 14) SOUND Klaxon (1) Greg – Donate $500 to a) Next Meeting is January 16, 2021 via Operation Santa, still a Zoom unless otherwise possible thing? 15) Adjourn. 1211 (2) Postponed until next year (3) Toys for Tots – Will we participate this year? Lost Boats (4) Too close to deadline c) Cobia Drydocking USS Scorpion (SS-278) 1/5/44 d) Project for base to support and USS Argonaut (SS-166) 1/10/43 provide purpose USS Swordfish (SS-193) 1/12/45 e) Sub AirBnB, any way to support those efforts? USS S-36 (SS-141) 1/20/42 f) Navy involvement for maintenance USS S-26 (SS-131) 1/24/42 and upkeep, they’ll take the boat away for scrap/reef Undersea Warfare History g) Clay will reach out to museum 12) New Business January 06, 1923 | USS S-19 a) Great Lakes base has been having (SS-124) was recommissioned at difficulty in organizing basic Groton, CT., with LCDR. William functions, Scott is trying our meeting J. Butler in command. S-19 format in hopes of improving other operated off the Northeastern base operations coast of the United States, taking Page 3 Crash Dive Base Rondout - Lake Bluff, IL part in Fleet exercises off SECNAV Names Two Panama. January 06, 1945 | USS Tuna Future Virginia-class (SS-203) began her13th and final Submarines Tang, Wahoo war patrol as she left Saipan, Not Attributed, Navy.mil, November 18 Marianas Island, to take position off the west coast of Borneo. USS Tang (SSN 805) and USS Wahoo (SSN January 08, 1983 | USS City of 806) will carry the names of two storied Corpus Christi (SSN 705) is World War II submarines. commissioned with CDR W.G. "Jerry" Ellis in command at Naval “The success in battle both previous Base Groton, CT. namesakes endured will undoubtedly bring January 09, 1942 | USS Pollack great pride to the future crews of USS Tang (SS 180) sinks the Japanese and USS Wahoo,” said Braithwaite. “Along freighter Teian Maru (ex-Yugoslav with the previously named USS Barb (SSN Tomislav) 40 miles south- 804), these boats will honor the strong southwest of Inubo Saki, Japan. traditions and heritage of the silent service.” January 11, 1945 | USS Spearfish (SS-190) guns sank a This will be the third time that the name sampan. She took 3 Japanese on Tang and Wahoo will be used for U.S. Navy board as prisoners, but one died submarines. several days later. January 14, 1945 | USS Cobia (SS USS Tang (SS-306) was a Balao-class 245) sank the minelayer Yurishima submarine and the first U.S. Navy ship to off the southeast coast of Malay. bear the name Tang, a surgeon fish popular Surfacing to photograph her sinking in the waters of the Pacific Ocean. She was victim, Cobia was driven under by a Japanese bomber. built and launched in 1943, and under the January 15, 1943 | USS Wahoo command of Lt. Cmdr. Richard H. O’Kane, (SS 238) began her 3rd war patrol she was credited with sinking five enemy with her escort, USS Patterson (DD ships during the boat's first war patrol. In 392). her five patrols, Tang is credited with January 16, 1945 | USS Tautog sinking 31 ships, totaling 227,800 tons and (SS-199) sighted a ship heading damaging two for 4,100 tons. Tang received toward her and fired a spread of 3 four battle stars and two Presidential Unit torpedoes, 1 hit blowing off the Citations for her service during WWII, and enemy's bow. Tautog fired another O’Kane received the Medal of Honor for torpedo from a range of 700 yards Tang's final, heroic actions. and Transport No. 15 disintegrated. January 17, 1942 | USS Whale A second USS Tang (SS-563), the first ship in (SS 293) sank the Japanese the Navy's Tang-class of Diesel submarines, transport Heiyo Maru. was commissioned in October 1951. She January 18, 1945 | USS Plunger was among the first post-WWII submarines (SS 179) sank the Japanese Cargo designed under the Greater Underwater Ship Eizon Maru. Propulsion Power Program (GUPPY). She Page 4 Crash Dive Base Rondout - Lake Bluff, IL went on to complete multiple patrols were once named for fish, then later for supporting the Vietnam War, and later cities and states. However, Braithwaite became a training vessel in Groton, supports naming future submarines after Connecticut, before decommissioning in past vessels with historic naval legacies. February 1980. Tang earned four battle stars for service in Vietnamese waters. “Naming Virginia class submarines is a unique opportunity to reclaim submarine USS Wahoo (SS-238) was a Gato-class names that carry inspirational records of submarine and the first U.S.