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UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS INCORPORTATED PALMETTO BASE NEWSLETTER August 2013 1 Lost Boats / Crew Listing 3 Picture of the Month 14 Members 15 Honorary Members 15 CO’s Stateroom 16 XO’S Stateroom 17 Meeting Attendees 18 Minutes 18 Old Business 18 New Business 19 Good of the Order 20 Base Contacts 21 Birthdays 21 Welcome 21 Binnacle List 21 Quote of the Month 21 Word of the Month 21 Member Profile of the Month 22 Traditions of the Naval Service 25 Dates in U.S. Naval History 26 Dates in U.S. Submarine History 32 Submarine Memorials 47 Monthly Calendar 51 Submarine Trivia 52 Submarine Veterans Gulf Coast 2013 Annual Christmas Party Flyer 53 Advertising Partners 54 2 USS Bullhead (SS-332) Lost on: Lost on August 6, 1945 with the loss of 84 crew members in the Lombok Strait while on her 3rd war patrol when sunk by a depth charge dropped by 8/6/1945 a Japanese Army p lane. Bullhead was the last submarine lost during WWII. NavSource.org US Navy Official Photo Class: SS 285 Commissioned: 12/4/1944 Launched: 7/16/1944 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 312 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 10 , #Enlisted: 71 Fate: U. S. and British submarines operating in the vicinity were unable to NavSource.org contact Bullhead and it was presumed that she was sunk during Japanese antisubmarine attacks. 84 men lost. Bullhead was the last boat lost in WWII. 3 Crew Listing QM2 Alfred Aiple Jr. SM1 Percy Johnson Jr. YN2 Harold A Anderson EMC Joseph W Jones S1 Robert H Barringer RT3 Richard A Keister MoMM1 George L Bell EM3 Jacob J Kopf S1 James D Benner ENS W.A Kulczycki MoMM2 Walter E Bertram MoMM2 Roy K Marin RT2 Harold R Bridgstock TM3 Jack P Markham MoMM2 Ralph M Brume MoMM3 Harry A McDermott TM2 Kadzmir J Buczek TM3 George P Morgan TMC Richard B Burns TM2 Oscar V Nassas MoMM1 Ray W Church F1 Paul W Olson EM3 James F Collings S1 Paul F Overbeek MoMM3 Howard E Crandall F1 Richard W Palmer MoMM3 Elmer M Dahl GM1 William J Parks F1 Glen M Davidson LTjg Joseph J Parpal MoMM2 Jerry K Davidson TM3 Robert M Pattengale EM2 Charles J Day SO2 Robert S Patterson SC1 Charles W Dougherty EM1 William M Peart QMC Edward M Engebretsen MoMM1 Robert J Perry RM3 James R Fahey LT(XO) Keith R Phillips F1 Ralph G Foster SC3 Carl W Piatt QM3 Kenneth E Foust MoMMC Richard A Pinder RM2 Fred C Fritz TM3 William J Ralston Jr. EM3 Charles W Gay EM3 Robert J Ritchie RM3 Joseph P Gilheany Jr. EM1 John A Roberts LTjg Paul A Gossett S1 Jesse Sandoval S1 Clyde M Graves F1 Lee A Schlegel EM3 William F Greaves F1 Orville G.H Schmidt SM2 Hubert B Hackett TM1 William F Short LT E.D HackmaJr. SC3 Bert Shuey Jr. GM2 John L Hancock FC2 Dale M Siefken QM3 John J Harris LTjg Jack Simms BM2 William P Hawkins PhM1 Edward M Smida MoMM2 George V Heaton RMC Carl J Smith MoMMC Thomas P Helferich EMC William M Smith LTjg Donald O Hendrikson RT2 Frank T Stifter LCDR(CO) Edward R Holt Jr. LTjg Raymond W Strassle S1 LaVerne W Huisman S1 Charles H Taylor TM2 William Ireland MoMM3 Melvin Tobias EM2 Lester L Jenkins MoMMC Andrew T Watson EM3 James R Jensen S1 Lyle L Webb QM2 Fred J Jewell MoMM3 Elmer J Wiersman 4 USS Flier (SS-250) Lost on August 13, 1944, with the loss of 80 crew members while on her 2nd war patrol. Flier was transiting on the surface when she was rocked by Lost on: a massive explosion (probably a mine) and sank within less than a minute. 8/13/1944 13 survivors, some injured, made it into the water and swam to shore. 8 survived and 6 days later friendly natives guided them to a Coast Watcher and they were evacuated by the USS Redfin. US Navy Official Photo BC Patch Class: SS 212 Commissioned: 10/18/1943 Launched: 7/11/1943 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 307 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Flier was sunk by a mine in the South China Sea 12 Aug 1944. 78 men lost. 8 men survived, swimming to shore. Numerous others made it NavSource.org out of the boat, but drowned. 5 Crew Listing MoMm2 A.J Abrahamson MoMM2 Harry S Holtyn TM2 Victor J Anderson MoMMC Edgar W Hudson ENS Herbert A Baehr TM3 Sol Kantor MoMM2 George J Banchero MoMM3 Oliver W Kisamore CK3 Clyde Banks RMC Walter J Klock RM2 Paul F Barron LT Paul Knapp S1 William H Bivens EM1 Joseph W Kucinski EM3 Thomas L Bohn TM2 George R Laderbush MoMM1 Ervin A Borlick TM3 Richard A Lambert MoMMC William J Brooks MoMM1 James Leroy F1 Elton S Brubaker TM1 Boyd O Lindeman MoMM1 Edwin Canady F2 Gerald F Madeo LT John E Casey ENS P.S Mayer S1 Christian J Christensen S1 Edward H McCoy S1 Charles W Clawson MoMM3 Vernon C McLane TM2 Roland J Cosgrove ENS Herbert a Miner S1 Charles L Courtright S1 Vernon L Moench EM1 William F Cowhey F1 Victor J Murawski EM3 John W Cowie EM1 Harvey L Myers MoMM2 Robert A Cushman TM3 Joseph G Nicholson MoMM3 Waite H Daggy RM2 David H Nordhof MoMM1 Peter A Daros EM1 Charles W Parker TM2 Thomas A Donovan S2 Chester Payne YN2 Walter E Dorriscott MoMM3 George W Phillips Jr. QM2 Earle W Dressell EMC Mason Poole YN2 James E Elder GMC Charles D Pope EM3 Harry G Ericson S1 Kit J Pourciau EM3 Frank W Falowski LTjg W.L Reynolds MoMM1 Fred E Fender MoMM1 Michael N Ricciardelli RM3 Bernard V Fite SM1 Robert C Rose S1 Walter D Freeman F1 Donald N See PhM1 Peter A Gaideczka SC3 Alvin L Skow GM3 Joseph J Galinac MoMMC James E Snyder TM1 Clyde A Gerber EM1 Jerrold C Taylor BK3 Melvin G Getchell SM1 John C Turner MoMM2 Joseph W Grimshaw MoMM2 Paul A Vest TMC Kenneth L Gwinn RT2 James F Vogt BM2 Gale W Hardy TM1 Lucius P Wall S1 Eugene W Heller SC1 James E Westmoreland 6 USS S-39 (SS-144) Lost on: Lost on August 14, 1942 after grounding on a reef south while on her 3rd war patrol. The entire crew was able to get off and rescued by the HMAS 8/14/1942 Katoomba. US Navy Official Photo NavSource.org Class: SS S Commissioned: 9/14/1923 Launched: 7/2/1919 Builder: Bethlehem Steel Co Length: 219 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 4, #Enlisted: 34 Fate: S-39 grounded on submerged rocks off Rossel Island and took on a 35° list to NavSource.org port. The crew was rescued. The S-39 was abandonded and left to "break up" on the rocks. 7 USS Harder (SS-257) Lost on August 24, 1944 with the loss of 84 crew members from a depth Lost on: charge attack by a minesweeper near Bataan while on her 6th war patrol. Harder had won a Presidential Unit Citation for her first 5 war patrols and 8/24/1944 CDR Dealey was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously. Harder is tied for 9th in the number of enemy ships sunk. US Navy Official Photo NavSource.org Class: SS 212 Commissioned: 12/2/1942 Launched: 8/19/1942 Builder: Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics) Length: 312 , Beam: 27 #Officers: 6, #Enlisted: 54 Fate: Sunk by Japanese destroyer 24 Aug 1944. 79 men lost. CDR. Dealey, "a submariner's submariner," was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. NavSource.org Harder received six battle stars for World War II service. 8 Crew Listing MoMM2 Charles R Altherr LT(XO) Samuel M Logan MoMM2 Robert O Baber MoMMC John P Lonas SC3 Walter F Beutelspacher TM3 Harvey A Lynn Jr. MoMM3 Robert A Blum EM1 Frank P Majuri GM3 Sumter Bourg EM2 Ralph E Manning SM1 Wayne A Brostrom EM2 Frank B McGrevy LTjg Thomas W Buckner BK3 Gordon K McWilliams RM2 Calvin A Bull RM2 Benjamin R Medley MoMM1 Vivian J Cash TMC Chester Miller F1 Roland R Chenard EM3 Robert R Mills RT2 Wilbur L Clark MoMM2 Charles A Moffett Jr. MoMM1 John C Conley SM2 Otto J Moore S1 Harold F Crask CK2 Robert Moore SM2 James E Cromwell EM2 Arthur B Morgan MoMM2 Donald B Dahlheimer S1 Roy B Moss TM1 Vincent L Dallessandro TM2 Myles H Murray CDR(CO) Samuel D Dealey S1 Thomas D Ogilvie F1 Edwin W DeVoe MoMM2 Larry A Opisso RM1 William V Diamond S1 Elroy R Peck FC2 James M Edgar S1 Richard S Pick Machinist Carl E Finney S1 Ralph E Pratt MoMM3 George R Fisher Jr. EM2 Robert P Przybilla TM3 Robert L Gifford S1 Marvin M Rogers MoMM2 Joseph L Glueckert TM3 Max M Rogers YN1 Daniel J Gully ENS Robert B Roosevelt ENS Walter O Haloupek ENS Philip T Sampson Radar Electronics Hiram D Hatfield MoMM2 Francis X Scheibelhut TM1 Earl V Hood MoMM3 Melvin Schwartz MoMMC Vard W Hutcherson RM3 Donald J Simon LTjg Daniel R James LTjg Vernard L Sloggett MoMM3 Roy E Jones TM2 Austin Smith GM1 Freeman Paquet Jr.