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UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS INCORPORTATED PALMETTO BASE NEWSLETTER September 2013 2 Lost Boats / Crew Listing 4 Picture of the Month 11 Members 12 Honorary Members 12 CO’s Stateroom 13 XO’S Stateroom 14 Meeting Attendees 15 Minutes 15 Old Business 16 New Business 16 Good of the Order 17 Base Contacts 18 Birthdays 18 Welcome 18 Binnacle List 18 Quote of the Month 18 Word of the Month 18 Holland Club Member in the Spotlight 19 Member Profile of the Month 21 Traditions of the Naval Service 23 Dates in U.S. Naval History 24 Dates in U.S. Submarine History 31 Submarine Memorials 46 Base Flag presentation to Governor Haley 48 Monthly Calendar 49 Submarine Trivia 50 Submarine Veterans Gulf Coast 2013 Annual Christmas Party Flyer 51 Advertising Partners 52 3 USS S-5 (SS-110) Lost on September 1, 1920 when a practice dive went wrong and she sank Lost on: bow-first, with her stern showing above the water. In a dramatic adventure, 9/1/1920 her exhausted crew was rescued during the next few days. Salvage attempts were unsuccessful, S-5 settled to the bottom and was abandoned. US Navy Official Photo NavSource.org Class: SS S Commissioned: 3/6/1920 Launched: 11/10/1919 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 231 , Beam: 22 #Officers: 4, #Enlisted: 34 Fate: She commenced a dive for a submerged test run. Water unexpectedly entered the submarine through the main air induction system pouring into the control room, engine room, torpedo room, and the motor room. S-5 sank, but the entire crew NavSource.org managed to escape. 4 USS Grayling (SS-209) Lost on: Lost on September 9, 1943 with the loss of 76 men near the Tablas Strait. 9/9/1943 Grayling was on her 8th war patrol and sank two ships before being lost. US Navy Official Photo NavSource.org Class: SS 198 Commissioned: 3/1/1941 Launched: 9/4/1940 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Grayling was lost between 9 and 12 September 1943 either in Lingayen Gulf or along the approaches to Manila. 76 men NavSource.org lost. 5 Crew Listing LT D.E. Arnold LT(jg) F.B. Maloy TM1 Ervin M Baker MoMM1 John H. Marks EM2 Amos R. Beavers F3 Merlin O. Mathis LT(jg) J.W. Becker TMC George A. Mulvenna EM1 George Boyne Jr. BK1 Clyde W. Nichols LCDR(CO) R.M. Brinker LT J.T. Nickols Jr. EM2 Jesse M. Burch F2 Henry C. Oeldemann MoMM2 James W. Bush Jr. EM1 Robert G. Oliver MoMM2 Carmine J. Campana GM2 Anthony J. Parrino MoMMC John E. Chockley MoMM1 John T. Pawloski GM1 Ben R. Clark TM1 Merlin J. Quesenberry F2 Curtis D. Clark F1 Albert L. Rainault SM2 Robert A. Corbett ST2 Jose C. Santos LT(XO) H.W. CriswellJr. S2 Alexander S. Sawerbrey SMC Wilbert J. Dallaire EMC Carl E. Schmidt TMC Joseph E. Day EM3 Howard A. Schmidtmeyer MoMM2 Harold E. Dillow TM3 Glendon L Scott COX Fred W. Donaldson TM3 Lloyd E. SebournJr. EM3 Wilson Ellis RM2 Donald P. Sharrock PhM1 David I. Fontaine EM3 William S. Shields MoMM1 Jerry C. Goodnight TM1 John D. Simpkins S1 Carl A. GrimesJr. F2 Robert T. Simpson S1 Theodore J. Gurasko MMC Robert E. Small SC1 Robert E. Harbauer RMC Jack C. Smith FC2 Joseph K. Harper EM1 Homer A. Smoak MoMM1 Clarence H. Hawkins EM2 Don H. Spencer S1 Frank J. Hickcox TM3 Robert F. Stevens TMC Eugene J. Hoffman LT(jg) E.F. Sullivan GM3 Raymond Howard SC3 Winton L. Wallace S1 James L. Howell QM2 John J. Waller TM3 Charles W. Hunt LT(jg) J. Welch S1 Earl Johnson MoMM1 Fred Welsh S1 Woodrow W. Kelley MoMM2 Arlon F. Wetsel MoMM1 James E. Kelly EM1 Henry O. Whitecomb RM3 Donald L. Keplinger TM2 James H. Wilson YN2 Charles R. Kysar F1 Marvin A. Wolf QM3 Leroy E. Loudon RM2 John H. Young CK2 Santiago P. Mabuti Robert L. Zabs 6 USS S-51 (SS-162) Lost on: Lost on September 25, 1925 with the loss of 32 men when it was sunk after 9/25/1925 collision with SS City of Rome off Block Island. US Navy Official Photo NavSource.org Class: SS S Commissioned: 6/24/1922 Launched: 8/20/1921 Builder: Lake Torpedo Boat co Length: 240 , Beam: 22 #Officers: 4, #Enlisted: 34 Fate: S-51 was rammed and sunk off Block Island, N.Y., by the merchant steamer, City NavSource.org of Rome. Only three survivors of the 36 men on board the ill fated submarine were recovered. 7 Crew Listing EN1 Paul Berk Cook G.H. Martin GM Ralph E. Cassidy S1 J.J. McCarthy RM1 W.L. Crawford F3 Oscar J. Milot Lt Rodney H. Dobson S1 Frank L. Mims EN1 Allen C. Earle MMOM R.S. Noble Ens E.W. Egbert Lt(jg) Harlon M. Pino COX Mender D. Elser RM1 J.M. Schofield MMOM1 Rudy Firm EM1 Frank A. Shea Lt(jg) F.D. Foster MMOM1 J.J. Shehan EN1 John L Gibson TM Augustus A. Smith Lt(jg) T.R. Glassnock SM1 Herbert E. Snyder Lt(jg) J.D. Haselden S1 Fred. P. Teschemacher TMC Valentine Hiltbolt F2 Charles C Thomas MMC Franklin P. James TM3 Steven H. Treffitt EMC Walter E. Lawton TM1 Robert H. Willis EN2 Brady Lindsay TM3 Frank C. Wiseman 8 USS Cisco (SS-290) Lost on: Lost on September 28, 1943 on her first war patrol with the loss of 76 men 9/28/1943 in the Sulu Sea west of Mindinao. US Navy Official Photo BC Patch Class: SS 285 Commissioned: 5/10/1943 Launched: 12/24/1942 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 312 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 10 , #Enlisted: 71 Fate: Departed on her 1st war patrol, but never returned. Japanese records tell of sighting a submarine leaking oil in the area where was known to have been on NavSource.org duty. Japanese records state she was sunk by bombs and depth charges.76 men lost. 9 Crew Listing FC2 Donald B. Abrams TM3 David A. LaCasse MoMMC Donald F. Anderson COX Roger J. LaRouche S2 John R. D. Anderson LT Walter H. Louney S1 Edgar E. Argersinger S2 Clarence H. Mairs SC1 Walter M. Baker S2 Julian B. Mazeika LT Howard B. BerryJr. EM1 Frank B. McCarson S1 Lucien R. Besnot TM3 Lyle K. Menear EM2 Frederick M. Briggs SM2 Marion T. Mewbourn F1 Herbert K. Bubp LCDR John D. Miller F2 John E. Buck Sr. RM3 Richard F. Morrissey TM1 Austin O. Buratte SM2 Samuel Nelson RM3 Patrick J. Cannon GM2 Gordon L. Nicoll LCDR(CO) J.W. Coe F1 Chargles F. Noble RT1 William F. Coe ENS C.I. Peterson S2 Lenard R. Cole TM2 Read Pitman TM2 Charles R. Corkery MoMM1 Raymond J. Rausch SC2 Rudolf M. Diery SM1 Adna T. Ritzler EM1 William F. Dohlus Jr. TM2 Marshall Satterwhite MoMMC Joseph Dragich F2 Mario E. Sermini S1 Myrle J. Edwards EM3 Walter W Sweet EM3 James M. Fippen TM2 Lewis E. Teach MoMM1 Richard K. Fisher PhM2 Verner C. Timm F2 Anthony M. Genoozis TMC Henry E. Toebbe S2 George Gondorchin F1 William W. Travis TMC Arthur A. Gurganus GM1 Earl R. Upson MM1 Robert J. Hagedorn F1 Roland H. Vilandre F2 Duane H. Halsten MoMM1 Rocco J. Vitale S1 William J. Handrew EM1 Vincent Waltis F3 Edward N. Hare EM3 George H. Warren EM2 Walter B. Hergold EM3 Howard Wehr LT(jg) G.P. Hoover LCDR(XO) August F. Weinel MoMM1 Michael Intscher MoMM2 Lawrence A. Wetsky F2 Donald W. Johnson SM1 Albert W. Williams F1 William F. Jones Jr. TM2 John W. Winter MoMM2 Alex Keller SC3 Charles Zar TM3 Sterling Kisbaugh MoMM1 Matthew J. Zeis EM2 Joseph Kovacs QM1 Frank W. Zywicki MoMM1 Henry J. Kraus 10 Cisco (SS-290) , underway during her sea trials off the New England coast, 19 June 1943. Source: http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08290.htm 11 Brian Steffen Senior Vice CDR : Tom Paige Junior Vice CDR : Randy Browning Secretary : George “Scram” Kokolis Treasurer : J. P. Watson Chaplain : Bob Miller Chief of the Boat : Jim “Snake” Stark Webmaster : Mark Basnight Storekeeper : Ken Fuhr Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Chair : Don Van Borsch Events Chair : Allen “Buzz” Danielson Fund Raising Chair : Ted R. Schneeberg Committee Chair : Tom O’Brien Ship’s Photographer : Jim Null Newsletter Editor : Randy Browning Bereavement Chair : Randy Browning Milt Berkey John J. Krause James L. Charbonneau Harold R. Lane Tracy R. Charbonneau Charles Mink D. W. Eggleston Bob Molchan Ronald Friend Mark Morgan Julian Galloway David Nates Joseph E. Gawronski John Nesbitt Joseph L. Geiger Larry Peay Glenn E. Harris Tommy Richardson William “Bill” Hicks James P. Scott Stoney Hilton Vince Seay Michael Hoadley Leonard M. Snell John Jeffries John Solis Kenneth Johnson L. E. Spradlin James N. Kirby Jerry Stout Arnold Kirk Thomas N. Thompson Ross Kline Jeffro M. Wagner Judy Cline Charlie MacKenzie Medal of Honor Recipient, Holland Club, Plankowner, Past District Commander, Past Base Commander, Past Senior Vice Commander, Past Junior Vice Commander, Past Secretary, Past Treasurer, Past Chaplain, Palmetto Base Hall of Fame, Palmetto Silver Star Award 12 Good Afternoon Gentlemen, Good morning, hope all is going good with all. Only a couple of things, first after MANY MANY calls and emails Randy and I were able to meet the Governor in the state house and present her with a flag.