1 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 SUBMARINE VETERANS INCORPORTATED PALMETTO BASE NEWSLETTER November 2013 2 Lost Boats 4 Picture of the Month 14 Featured World War II Submarine Commanding Officer of the Month 15 CO’s Stateroom 17 XO’S Stateroom 18 Members 19 Honorary Members 19 Meeting Attendees 20 Old Business 21 New Business 21 Good of the Order 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 29 U.S. Submarine History 35 Submarine Memorials 56 Monthly Calendar 62 Submarine Trivia 63 Advertising Partners 64 3 USS Albacore (SS-218) Lost on Nov 7, 1944 with the loss of 86 men when she was sunk off Lost on: northern Hokkaido. Winner of two Presidential Unit Citations, Albacore 11/7/1944 was on her eleventh war patrol and struck a mine while running submerged near a Japanese patrol craft that had detected her. US Navy Official Photo www.bcpatch.com Class: SS 212 Commissioned: 6/1/1942 Launched: 2/17/1942 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 312 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Albacore was assumed to have been lost. According to Japanese records captured after the war, a submarine assumed to be Albacore struck a mine very close to the shore off northeastern NavSource.org Hokkaido on 7 November. 86 men lost. 4 Crew Losses S1 Walter Henry, Jr. Barber F1 Victor Edward Kinon GM2 Kenneth Ripley Baumer MoMM2 Joseph Mike Krizanek ENS Henry Forbes, Jr. Bigelow S2 Arthur Star Kruger PhMC Edward Brown Blackmon LT Walter Emery, Jr. Lang LT William Walter Bower EM3 Jack Allen Little MoMM2 Allan Rose Brannam S1 Kenneth Walter Manful RT1 Herbert Hodge Burch S1 Patrick Kennyless McKenna S1 Nicholas John Cado StM2 Willie Alexander McNeill MoMM3 John Joseph Carano EMC Joseph Norfleet Mercer MoMM1 Charles Lee Carpenter GM2 Leonard David Moss StM2 James Louis Carpenter TM2 Richard Joseph Naudack F1 Pasquale Charles Carracino S1 Encarnacion Nevarez S2 David Stanley Chapman S1 Joseph Hayes Northam FC3 Douglas, Jr. Childress S1 Frank Robert Nystrom TM1 Frederick Herbert, Jr. Childs F1 Robert James O'Brien TM2 Perry Aubrey Collom TMC Elmer Harold Peterson MoMM2 Audrey Cecil Crayton TM2 Charles Francis, Jr. Pieringer TM3 Jack Eugene Cugnin MoMM1 James Teel Porter EM3 John Wilber Culbertson S1 Jerrold Winfred, Jr. Reed EM1 Philip Hugh Davis LT Francis Albert Riley GM3 Ray Ellis Davis LCDR (CO) Hugh Raynor Rimmer MM3 Fred Wallace Day QMC A. B. Roberts TM3 Julius Delfonso S1 James Ernest Rowe TM2 James Leroy DeWitt RMC Philip Shoenthal MoMM1 James Thomas Dunlap SC2 George Maurice Sisk RT3 Carl Hillis Eskew MoMM2 Joe Lewis Spratt LT(jg) John Francis, Jr. Fortier MoMM3 Harold William St. Clair S1 Gordon Harvey, Jr. Fullilove MoMMC Arthur Lemmie Stanton MoMM3 John Wilfred Gant EM1 Robert Joseph Starace EMC John Paul Gennett EM2 John Henry Stephenson SC1 William Henry Gibson Y2 Maurice Crooks Strattan LT(jg) John Frederick Gilkeson MoMM1 Earl Richard Tanner F1 Charles Chester Hall EM3 William George Tesser QM3 James Kenneth Harrell RM3 Paul Raymond Tomich SC1 Robert Daniel Hill LT(jg) Charles Edward, Jr. Traynor F1 Allen Don Hudgins LT (XO) Theodore Taylor Walker TM3 Donald Patrick Hughes EM2 Elmer Weisenfluh TM3 Eugene Edsel Hutchinson EM3 James Donald Welch EM2 Burton Paul Johnson MoMM2 Richard Albert West QM2 Sheridan Patrick Jones MoMM2 Wesley Joseph Willans S1 George Kaplafka F1 Leslie Allan Wilmott S2 Nelson, Jr. Kelley RM2 David Robert Woo SM1 Morris Keith Kincaid 5 USS Growler (SS-215) Lost on Nov 8, 1944 with the loss of 84 men when she was sunk in the Lost on: South China Sea. Winner of two Navy Unit Commendations, Growler was on her 12th war patrol, and was lost while attacking a convoy, probably as a 11/8/1944 result of a depth charge attack or victim of a circular run by one of her own torpedoes. US Navy Photo NavSource.org Class: SS 212 Commissioned: 3/20/1942 Launched: 11/22/1941 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 312 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: The wolfpack, headed by Growler, closed a convoy for attack. The order to commence attacking was the last communication ever received from NavSource.org Growler. She was listed as lost in action against the enemy, cause unknown. 85 men lost. 6 Crew Losses TM1 John Henry Abel EMC Lloyd Bronzia Maness EM2 Howard Warren Archer MoMM2 Wallace Seth Manning S1 Hermas Conrad Baker LT (XO) Richard Keeble, Jr. Mason GM3 Troy Martin Beatty QM3 John Joseph McLaughlin EM1 William Vincent Bergfeld TM2 Louis Robert McMullen S2 Harold Harvey Blackston MoMM2 Curtis Maurice Melancon TM2 William Dawson Booker FC3 Alfred Metzler MoMMC Charles Russell Boone GM3 Dale Clarence Miller RM2 Robert Stuart Bridge F1 Arthur Joseph, Jr. Minkle ENS William Kenneth Carr EM2 William Morrison QM2 Robert Louis, Jr. Chamblin RT2 Bernard Natov MoMM3 LaVerne Charles Clark LT Norman Wilfrid Naylor StM3 Bennie Cleveland F1 Charles Fredrick Nixon F1 Gordon Byxbe Dallman CDR (CO) Thomas Benjamin, Jr. Oakley MoMM1 John Archibald Darby SC1 Louis Richard Orth FC2 Gilbert Pryor Daughtrey RM2 Albert Donald Owen EM1 Ferdinand Edison Dawson S2 Johnnie Padilla F1 Alexander Louis, Jr. Durand S1 Henry Robert, Jr. Parus F1 Roland DeWitt Erikson MoMM3 Raymond Joseph Picard MoMMC Alexander Ferrario TM3 Eugene Wallace Post StM2 Willie Flippens MoMM3 Charles Henry Ratnecht MoMM1 Clarence Edwan, Jr. Fredman MoMMC Edgar Perry Read EM2 Albert Joseph Fryer S1 Henry Edward Rhodes F1 Harry Alexander George RM3 Eugene Wilson Rothenberger CDR (CO) Howard Walter Gilmore YN2 Kurt George Schulz LT(jg) Walter Madden Gregory TM3 Paul, Jr. Sebestyen TM2 Robert Edward Hakanson S1 Clark Oliver Shay TM3 Robert Harris RT2 David Garrett Simmons S1 Harry Frank Heald LT(jg) Walter Donald Smith SC2 Warren Edmund Hedrick TMC Walter Lewis Smith MoMM2 William Christopher, Jr. Hickey QM3 Nicola Luca, Jr. Stevanovich TM2 Ralph Edwin Hope S1 Steven Joseph Stoiner EM3 Albert Michael Jacobs MoMMC James Wesley Stubblefield CEM Euin Melborn Jenes S1 Carl Francis Suba LT(jg) Gordon Ward Jewett MoMM2 Joel A. Tanner LT(jg) Lloyd Stanley Johnson F1 Donald Thomas Thigpen YN3 Harry Anthony Kaczmarek LT Francis Pugh Thomas F3 Wilbert Fletcher Kelley PhM1 Harold Eugene Thompson MoMM1 Donald Joseph Kuba F1 Rena Bernard Tullier RT2 Roy Stuart Laderman EM2 Paul F. Vail RM1 Robert Ephraim, Jr. Lane EM3 Ralph Vecere MM1 Melvin Putman Leveille EM2 Roy Douglas, Jr. Welch S1 Ernest Peter Lorio S1 Richard Louis Weterings S1 Garrett Lynch ENS William Wadsworth Williams TM1 John Hobert Maddox MoMM3 Carl Allen Workman 7 USS Scamp (SS-277) Lost on Nov 9, 1944 with the loss of 83 men near Tokyo Bay. On her 8th Lost on: war patrol, she may have been damaged by a mine and was trailing oil, 11/9/1944 which helped Japanese coast defense vessels locate her and destroy her with depth charges. US Navy Photo BC Patch Class: SS 212 Commissioned: 9/18/1942 Launched: 7/20/1942 Builder: Portsmouth Navy Yard Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: From records available after the war, it appears that Scamp was sighted by Japanese planes and reported depth charged by a coast defense vessel to the NavSource.org South of Tokyo Bay. 83 men lost. 8 Crew Losses RM2 Basil Martinez Abad EM3 John William Howell S1 James Donald Adams EM2 Wreath Ivey TM2 Harry Earl Anderson RT1 Frank Michael Janish F1 Allen Wheeler Barlow QMC Arnold Henry Johnson MoMM2 Irvin Frank Barrios S1 Charlie Abe, Jr. Jones StM2 Odie Bass MoMM3 Edward Reese, Jr. Jones LT Charles Edwin Bath MoMM1 Sol Kushner St2 Pedro Fonantilla Baysa EM3 Charlie Ollen Landes ENS Archie Leonard Blankenship TM1 Charles Norman Langdon EM1 Henry Aaron Bowman RM3 Clifford Warren Lynn RMC Archie Fredrick Brandt RM3 David Andrew Mark EM2 Harold Edward Brazee F1 Jack Thomas Markham MoMM2 William David, Jr. Burns S1 Robert Lee McClunny EM3 Robert Lester Cappel MoMM3 Eugene Orland McKee YN1 Morris A. Cartee RT3 Eldridge Warren McKinney MoMM1 Ramon Lafayette Cary SM1 William Albert McLaughlin TM2 Victor Cerveny EMC John Robert McNeill GM1 William Wayne Chapman TMC Harry Foster Mills MoMM2 Gordon Charles Clague LT(jg) Eugene Sturm Moore S2 Adam Byron Cogan QM2 James Martin Pappas ENS William Wright Collins SC1 Richard William Penrose F1 Gerald Francis Cott PhMC Clifford Martin Priller MoMM3 Robert Starrett Crawford F1 Robert Charles, Jr. Rasmussen S2 Bernard Charles Custer TM3 Eugene Donald Riddle S2 Orlando Joseph Di Nicola S1 Frank Wesley Rodriguez S1 Stuart Samuel Dienno TM3 John Harvey Savage MoMM1 Denver Forrest Duckworth LCDR Walter Levis Shaffer SC1 Adam Dziamba TM2 Joseph Simpson LT(jg) George Herbert, Jr. Eckardt MoMM3 Earl William Smith F1 Donald Eugene Felber S1 Jesse Maury, Jr. Sprouse F1 Jesse Ray Ferguson F1 Earl Zundal Steinbrink MoMM2 Jerome Paul Fojtik TM1 John William Steinmann S1 Chester Francis Glodowski LCDR (XO) Tom Slaughter Sutherland TM3 Robert Nelson Graham RT2 Charles Osborne Swick SC3 Anthony Joseph Graphia MoMMC Paul Richard Thompson S1 Thomas Arnold Hagen MoMM3 Edwin Leroy Tinsley EM1 George Washington Haigler GM3 William Vrancich F2 Robert Charles Hegmann MoMM2 Allen Leslie Ward MoMM2 Robert Joseph Hill EM1 Edward Joseph Waytaszik EM1 Jesse Fisher Hittson MoMMC Maynard Frank Wickham CDR (CO) John Christie Hollingsworth LT Thomas Harold Wilkinson FC3 Neuman Pratt Houchen 9 USS Corvina (SS-226) Lost on: Lost on Nov 16, 1943 with the loss of 82 men when she was sunk just south of Truk.