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The Official Magazine of the United States 8. USSVI Regions and Districts
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21. Groton Holland Weekend -- Scrambled, Aye!
National Editor 24. 2019 USSVI Convention in Austin.
27. The First True Submarine? -- Asbestosis?
28. Tullibee Memorial Bench
30. Boat Sponsorship Program
32. Eternal Patrol
34. NOVA & Tri-City Bases visit Walter Reed
35. 2018 National Awards
36. Meet Rudy “Saur” Kraut
39. USSVI New Members
40. Calling All Active Duty Submariners
41. Corvina Memorial
42. Boat Reunions
43. Rogue Captain - Review -- Idiot Sightings
T Michael Bircumshaw 44. Never Forgotten - Our Lost Boats
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American Submariner
OFFICER’S CALL
we became members of USSVI,
simply look after our shipmates,
“Perpetuate the Memory” and
enjoy ourselves while doing so.
will be at the forefront. Unfortu-
None of the above will bear fruit
nately they have been left in the
without proper communication,
background as an afterthought cooperation and a concentrated
for way too long which I feel con-
effort from all levels of leader-
tributes greatly to our continued
ship from the BOD’s down to our
decline of membership. I will be
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asking for and hopefully will have All the Best,
BOD approval to combine these Wayne Standerfer
two committees with a change in
leadership by the time you read
this. This proposed merging was
Wayne Standerfer made after several conversations
National Commander between myself and USS Illinois
2018-2020 Associate Member Kate Ramsay
lwaynes@charter.net who is a member of both com-
972-298-8139 mittees. For the ones that do not
know Kate, her career has con-
Shipmates, sisted of extensive work in both
I would like to thank each of you public relations and long range
that took the time to cast your planning. She made a very im-
vote in this year’s National Elec- pressive presentation covering
tion. Your showing of support in both of these areas at our 2014 National Senior Vice Commander
lieu of the fact we only had one Convention, but unfortunately Jon Jaques 2018-2020
candidate for each position is she and her recommendations JJaques@BellSouth.net
noted and much appreciated. were moved into the background 615-893-7800
Coupling the time frame of an and never acted on. She and I
October 1st deadline to submit both agreed these committees
articles for this American Sub- can work hand-in-hand and be
mariner’s 4th edition to the na- more fully utilized if combined.
tional election (ending 9 days
later on Oct 10th) and the start Running USSVI in a business-
of our annual convention (even like manner – I believe the steps
later on Oct 21st), the inability needed to accomplish this have
of being able to predict the fu- been put in place and the respon-
ture somewhat restricts what sibility of adhering to this mode
would normally be included in of operation in the future will
an incoming National Command- fall mostly on the NSVC, NJVC,
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Manager. The rest of us need to National Junior Vice Commander
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couple of actions I intend to ele- ting back to the basis of who we USNRET82@Carolina.rr.com
vate on the Board of Directors pri- are, why we are here,
ority list during the next two years. Shipmates, we only have to prac- I am extremely honored and
Public Relations and Long tice what was ingrained into all of privileged to be able to serve as
Range Planning Committees - A us while on active duty as Sub- your National Junior Vice Com-
strong emphasis on both of these mariners and resurrected when mander. Words alone cannot
express how I feel about that. I only maintain a small percentage
can only hope that I can meet the of those who take advantage of
expectations of the majority of this offer, we are still gaining.
the membership of our wonderful Good luck on offering this op-
organization. portunity to our active duty ship-
As per our By-Laws I am the mates.
Chairman of the Membership I want to thank you for giving me
Committee. Our membership this opportunity to serve as your
numbers have slowly been go- NJVC. I hope to see many of you
ing down over the last few years at the various functions that I at-
while at the same time the aver- tend during the year.
age age of a member increases.
Steve Bell
Over half of our membership be- John Markiewicz IPNC
longs to the Holland Club. To me jemjax2@att.net
that is good news and bad news. 904-743-2924
The good is that many of us have
lived that long. The bad part of it
is that is shows that we are lack-
ing in having younger people
as members. Membership, or
maybe I should say recruiting,
is a responsibility that each of
us as members have. I am sure
that many of you remember a
few years back when one of the
membership phrases was “20 in
20” That was, as a reminder, for
USSVI to have 20,000 members Ray Wewers
by the year 2020. We are not do- National Secretary 2014-2020 Peter Juhos
ing very well on that. However, 479-967-5541 ns@ussvi.org DCOY 2018-2019
we can still reach that goal. It just
takes some recruiting on your DSV3.SS1@GMail.com
part. Recruiting is just something
that we all have to work on for
the good of USSVI.. ABOUT THE COVER
That was a ride I would love
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to have taken. It was the
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happened off Pearl Harbor
For those bases where we have
in ‘52. The angle was some-
submarine sailors, the recruiting
thing greater than 70 degrees.
efforts to get these people is a
I understand that the stern
golden opportunity. Even if we
dropped below test depth as
they slid back down into the
depths... I’ve ridden out a
couple of Emergency Blows,
Paul Hiser
but nothing like this. Wow!
National Treasurer 2014-2020
215-317-5666 Talk about holding on.
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Chaplain’s Corner seek him. Psalms 100 vs 4,5
4 Enter into his gates with
thanksgiving, and into his
courts with praise: be thankful
FAITH; 11-3: Through faith we un-
unto him, and bless his name.
derstand that the worlds were
It is believed the Apostle Paul 5 For the LORD is good; his mer-
framed by the word of God, so
gives us some insight in Hebrews cy is everlasting; and his truth
that things which are seen were
Chapter 11 about the meaning of endureth to all generations
not made of things which do ap-
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National Senior PRAISE FOR
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1284 votes Write-in 16 votes . . . Something for every reader
Elected: Jon Jaques
“It would be impossible for one
National Junior book to adequately tell the indi-
Vice-Commander Steve Bell vidual stories of the nearly 16,000
1291 votes Write-in 17 votes submariners who battled in the Pa-
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National Treasurer Collectively, they served on
Southeast Region Paul Hiser 263 submarines and made
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Southeast District 2 (SC,GA) Les Altschuler ery, commitment, and dedication.
District Cdr: Wayne Phillips 241 votes Write-in 4 votes Over 44 months, Jake intro-
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(228) 324-4309 ing deeds to quicken the pulse
Central Region Director
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Submariners and ‘Old Salts’
(Northern FL) Elected: Tom Williams
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407-920-9347 Western Region Director tactical and technical depictions.
jmack349@gmail.com Jim Denzien (YHQURPDQWLFVZLOO¿QGDORYH
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District Cdr: Southeast
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District Cdr: George R. Parker Approve Proposed Revision endures in the changed world
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Yes 1181 votes No 156 votes that was World War II.”
Proposal passes JOE DOYLE, a career subma-
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As of October 22 2018 there are
“COWBOY BOOTS AND stories that provide an entertain-
now approximately 137,000 sub-
POOPIE SUITS” ing window into the “Silent Ser-
mariners registered in Decklog,
vice”.
REVIEW all cross-linked with the boats
Fri, Oct 5, 7:28 PM they served aboard. Of this to-
The workings of a modern Ameri- to American Submariner tal, 37,200 are known to be on
can nuclear submarine have al- Michael, eternal patrol. This is by far the
ways been cloaked with mystery, largest and most complete com-
in part because the military mis- Outstanding job on American pilation of USN submarine crew
sions in which these vessels rou- Submariner! records in the world.
tinely participate are highly clas- Greatly appreciate you contact-
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submariners since last report of
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Feb 27th 2015.
day-to-day routine of life aboard Club. Keep charging!
a nuclear-powered submarine. In Thanks Pat,
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paint an accurate portrait of what Shipmates, VI, might want to take a closer
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training sites across the United Mountain Home, AR. slipped me that someone sent them an
States. The story culminates away. The corrected paragraph email using my name and ask-
with a richly detailed account of follows. ing them to go to Walmart and
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gather information, and how they 1925.” email. All USSVI bills are sent to
dealt with the tremendous pres- the National Treasurer for pay-
Damn Gremlins anyway!
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Editor
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from, or the National Treasurer, J Tokarz j.tokarzsbcglobal.net to visit my sons and I stopped at
to verify before you respond or Oct 16, 2018, 5:10 PM EBR-1 and was fortunate enough
send money for any reason. to get an 8 hour tour of INL.
To Ray Wewers
There are a lot of idiots and I was disappointed there was no
American Submariner
crooks out there. memorial to those three men who
Ray died at SL-1. There is a small turn
John Markiewicz IPNC
Hope to see you on the cruise off of US 20 and Fillmore BLVD,
next Sunday. but nothing to tell visitors of what
From: Jack Ensminger PNC happened and how it changed
I see you were an RO. Whenever
To: Michael how we design and operate nu-
I did an ECP, I did it three times -
Michael, one for each of the military men clear reactors.
Just received and read the latest. who died at SL-1. Why is there no memorial to SL-
Well done Shipmate. 1? And if there is an effort to build
Please see below and why it
Having had experience in the ed- never hurts to ask. It may not be a memorial, please tell me how I
LWLQJ ¿HOG , FDQ DSSUHFLDWH ZKDW news-worthy enough for Ameri- can contribute.
you do. You do very well. can Submariner, but a fellow RO Please have a safe Indepen-
Jack will understand it is better late dence Day holiday with your
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ter. (and I’ve got a great team) Many thanks Many thanks Joe Tokarz
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From: J. Tokarz Hq.Doe.Gov
A new submarine techno-thrill-
er movie Hunter Killer pre- To: “The.Secretary@hq.doe. To: j.tokarz@sbcglobal.net
miered on 26 October in the- gov Sent: Wednesday, August 8,
aters nationwide. The movie
Sent: Monday, July 2, 2018 2018 7:39 AM
is based on the novel Firing
9:08 PM Subject: In response to your
Point co-authored by Northern
Virginia Base Vice Command- Subject: Why is there no email
er George Wallace along with SL-1 Memorial at INL Idaho? Mr. Tokarz,
Don Keith. Starring Gerard Secretary Perry,
Secretary of Energy Perry re-
Butler and Gary Oldman, the In 1975, I graduated from the US quested that I respond to your
plot revolves around a Russia- Navy’s Nuclear Power School. July 2, 2008, email inquiring as
US confrontation under the ice. Before we made the trip from to why there is no memorial to
The production enjoyed strong California to Idaho, we watched the three men who lost their lives
Navy support. In addition to being the SL-1 movie - to teach us to on January 3, 1961, at the Sta-
active in USSVI, George is also respect the nuclear prototypes tionary Low-Power Reactor #1
active in other veteran service we would be operating in just a (SL-1).
organizations, currently serving few months. I trained at NRF in
President of the Capitol Chapter Idaho and I became a submarine Your email initiated a discussion
of the Naval Submarine League reactor operator. at Idaho National Laboratory
and President of the Mount Ver- ,1/ about how to inform the
non Chapter of MOAA. Whenever I did an Estimated public with this and other stories
Critical Position calc, I did it three RI &ROG :DU VDFUL¿FHV DQG VXF-
Submitted by: Chuck Martin times. One for each of the three cesses made at the 890-square-
Base Commander, military men who died as a result mile INL Site.
USSVI Northern Virginia of the SL-1 accident in Idaho in
1961.
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I just returned from a trip out West
Your suggestion to erect a memorial on U.S. High-
way 20 at Fillmore Boulevard, near where the SL-1
reactor was once located, was discussed.
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that location, as well as the fact that a memorial
at that location would likely not be seen by many
members of the public, a decision was made to
memorialize the three men at the Experimental
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mark which is only about 8 miles west of SL-1’s
former location on U.S. Highway 20.
EBR-I is open all summer to the public as an inter-
pretive museum. Thousands of people visit EBR-1
each year, and the parking lot is accessible year
round. The east end of the parking lot hosts the
Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) program pro-
totype reactors and a shielded locomotive. ANP
program was a Cold War program aimed at de-
veloping nuclear-powered bombers for the U.S. Air
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national security
A BROTHER OF THE PHIN Submariners like to kid. The jokes can come fast
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Frank and I began our research and writing on ¿UVW LPSUHVVLRQ PLJKW EH WKDW WKHVH JX\V DUH RXW
Poopie Suits and Cowboy Boots in mid 2017, Since to harass you. The truth is, they do enjoy yank-
then I’ve been to nearly a dozen USSVI bases and ing your chain. The practice evolved as a sort of
I’ve managed to eat and chat casually with Sub warped survival skill, honed after many months
Vets, from those in their 30s to several of the living at sea, to boost morale and preserve some de-
legends of World War II. Through our Facebook gree of sanity during those times of great pres-
page on submarine history and by email, I’ve cor- sure and uncertainty. But even today, the humor
responded with dozens of sailors who have shared serves a very important purpose. By disarming you
their submarine stories, photos, and expertise. with a quip or mild insult, they are checking you
0DQ\ RI WKHVH PHQ KDYH YROXQWHHUHG VLJQL¿FDQW out. Can you take a joke, or do you wither under
chunks of time to help correct the technical details the heat? In the end, they won’t waste time with
DQGUH¿QHRXUQDUUDWLYHDERXWWKHH[SORLWVRIWKH6L- someone who doesn’t pass muster. So I take it
lent Service during the Cold War years. While these as a good sign that, during my talks to the USS-
men are different in countless ways—age, ethnic VI audiences, several of the guys will continue to
background, political and religious persuasions, blurt out jokes or witty remarks. Submariners ap-
for starters—their years serving aboard subma- preciate individuals with thick skins.They’re not so
rines shaped their lives profoundly in both obvious NHHQ RQ WKRVH ZKR SDFN XS DQG UXQ DW WKH ¿UVW
and subtle ways. I have noticed several common perceived slight or ridicule. And they really can’t
attributes among them that form the basis of this stand the related notion of political correctness.
essay. Here are some of my thoughts in tribute. 6XEPDULQHUVUHYHUHWKH$PHULFDQÀDJDQGZKDW
Submariners are a proud and elite group. What it really stands for. When our national anthem is
makes these guys tick? Short answer: The irrefut- played at a sporting contest, we civilians may only
able sense that their service aboard submarines see the familiar stars and stripes before us, For
was critically important in the safety and security these men, though, the song hearkens them back
of our country. At the core of their self-identities is to their years aboard the submarines, recalling the
pure patriotism; not the attention-seeking kind as- solemn ritual of raising and lowering of the ensign
VRFLDWHGZLWKEXPSHUVWLFNHUVDQGÀDJODSHOVDQG at Morning and Evening Colors. As the song rolls
other fanfare, but a quiet and more informed ver- on, they think about the close calls that they had
sion. These are the men who decided that it was during their Navy days, and how fortunate they
worth it to put their personal lives aside—for a few DUH WR EH VWDQGLQJ WKHUH VDOXWLQJ WKH ÀDJ DW WKDW
years, or even an entire career—to answer the call moment— posture erect, hand over heart-- and
to volunteer for the force that defends our nation’s intensely appreciating the moment, while silently
defensive interests at sea..About those precious thanking those who were lost at sea while heed-
personal freedoms that the vast majority of us just ing the call. Understandably, then, they don’t ap-
accept as inherent rights. The reason we civilians preciate attempts to politicize this sacred tradition.
can take them for granted is because these guys Submariners are comfortable in their own shoes.
didn’t. While they were putting their families and Pretense is not in their repertoire. They call things
personal ambitions on hold they served for long as they see them, but they don’t need to always
stretches in cramped and unforgiving surround- hear the sound of their own voices to be content. It’s
ings. The missions they accomplished remained not that they don’t like to talk, but at gathering with
largely secretive and therefore unheralded. They their civilian friends and family, they are masters at
accepted the underappreciated anonymity of GHÀHFWLQJWKHWRSLFRIFRQYHUVDWLRQDZD\IURPWKHLU
working in the shadows, even though it deprived years in the Silent Service. But, put two of these
the rest of us the privilege of knowing as much as Sub Vets together in the same room, especially if
cold beer is involved, and you may never hear the and they won’t open up their wallets to just any
end of their lively discussions about the “old days”. cause. This reputation for penny pinching makes
Submariners do not suffer fools gladly. These sense; they didn’t exactly earn a fortune while
are guys who were held to extraordinary stan- serving aboard submarines, and the strong disin-
dards of competency while serving aboard our centives about unnecessary waste that governed
nation’s subs. They practically invented the man- ship duty simply reinforced the notion of “waste
tra, “zero mistakes”. So don’t try to B.S. them. not, want not”. Still, despite their understandably
7KH\¶OO VHH WKURXJK WKH DUWL¿FH LQ D VNLQQ\ PLQ- thrifty tendencies, they make tremendous con-
ute. They appreciate straight shooters. And they tributions to their local towns and cities through
themselves are the prototypical straight shooters. endowed scholarships, fund-raising for worthy
Submariners don’t like to guess. For every ques- causes, and various community awareness proj-
tion or problem, there’s a right answer, and if you ects. I have seen how the USSVI gives them the
work alongside one of them, they would rather vehicle to make these things happen and to con-
keep striving until the proper answer is found. This tinue to make a difference with their neighbors.
sense of precision, inculcated by submarine ser- Submariners like to speak in code. Listening to
vice, also applies to timeliness. Don’t be late for them converse among themselves is both an intrigu-
things. These guys expect punctuality and live by LQJDQGEDIÀLQJDFWLYLW\7KHLUODQJXDJHLVVWHHSHG
WKHUXOH³,I\RX¶UH¿YHPLQXWHVHDUO\\RX¶UHODWH´ in the acronym-laden phrases of Navy-speak, so
Their very DNA seems intertwined with the sci- unless you have a willing translator, you may not the
HQFHRIXQÀLQFKLQJH[DFWLWXGH%XW,JHWLW:KHQ faintest idea of what they are talking about with such
the fate of you and your crewmates on the same enthusiasm. (Coming from the world of medicine, I
VXEPDULQH KLQJHG GDLO\ RQ ÀDZOHVV H[HFXWLRQ RI thought our jargon was bad! Not even close.) With
your assigned duties, well, that mindset had a some practice, though, the code may be cracked.
knack of following you into your post-military life. For example, here is an excerpt from a message
So forgive these men if they seem befuddled when I received yesterday from a veteran submariner:
the rest of the human race doesn’t seem equal- “…HGR was our senior EDO, and he was OINC
ly disciplined. It’s a shame that the same sense of a SRF at one time.” I actually understood him!
of personal responsibility and accountability isn’t Submariners are sentimental about their old
also a given in the civilian world Sloppy work and boats. They swap stories with their fellow veter-
tardiness are major annoyances for these men. ans about their former rides with great affection.
Submariners are a little wary of strangers. I They like to wear vests adorned with badges that
think this has to do with the oath to secrecy that tell the story of their military service. They pay
they all had to sign upon penalty of imprisonment. homage at every USSVI event to those boats on
Since they are forbidden from talking about a sub- HWHUQDO SDWURO DQG WKH\ KROG WKH ÀHHW ERDW JHQ-
stantial part of their personal histories, they can eration of WWII in particularly high esteem be-
seem a little suspicious of those who may try to cause of the tremendous loss of life sustained
draw them out in conversation or otherwise at- E\VXEPDULQHUVGXULQJWKDWJOREDOFRQÀLFWDJDLQVW
tempt to ingratiate themselves. That makes sense tyranny and evil. They thoroughly enjoy one an-
to me. Trust is a precious commodity to them, other’s company, knowing that each of them is
and it is not earned without some time and ef- indelibly linked for life by that youthful decision
fort. Once that hurdle is crossed, though, they to volunteer for submarine service. Finally, while
will bend over backwards to help you. In offering they may recall those years at sea as some of the
their help to me countless times over the course PRVW GLI¿FXOW RI WKHLU OLYHV SUDFWLFDOO\ HYHU\ RQH
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giving spirit in so many ways. You get the feeling I salute these men, the “Brothers of the Phin” as
after working with so many of them that they would they call themselves, proud members of a storied
give you the shirt off their back if you needed it. PLOLWDU\IUDWHUQLW\<RX¶GEHKDUGSUHVVHGWR¿QGD
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US Submarine Veterans Kap(SS)
4 Kid(SS) Week
“No one stands so tall as when they stoop to

help a Child” – Abraham Lincoln
Each year K4K Week is celebrated around Veter-
ans Day (November 11th).
In addition to other K4K visits made during the
year, I encourage USSVI Bases to schedule and
make a K4K visit to Kids as close to Veterans Day From left-Missy Eames, Cindy Petitt, Jack
as they can. Jeffries, Rick Petitt, Steve Bell, Jodie Ballard.
This is done to:
1. Obtain local and national recognition of 8669,¶V This spring, the Carolina Piedmont Base,was
.DS66.LG663URJUDP This in turn will let our proud to make our 26th visit to the Victory Junc-
communities learn about USSVI and why we exist. tion Gang Camp in Randelman NC where we
honor medically challenged children camp-
2. Take advantage of a period when Child Health ers with an Honorary Submariner Kap and cer-
Care Facilities are more likely to welcome visits by WL¿FDWH :H DQQXDOO\ GLVWULEXWH RYHU .DSV
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3. Have Sub Vets interact with Children, their We are honored to be among the very select
families and facility staff at a time when the groups that can visit with campers present.
appreciation for Veterans is at its highest.
Victory Junction is unique in that each group of
4. Bring joy to sick Children and to the Sub Vets campers attending are attended to by a group
who visit them! of volunteer medical staff for their situation.
“We begin by imagining that we are giving to them;
we end by realizing that they have enriched us” There are other camps like this through out the
– Pope John Paul II country and I hope that other bases take advan-
tage of this great program and contact one of these
Thanks for all that you do for sick Children by par-
facilities to bring joy to the children, and Submari-
ticipating in this Life Changing USSVI community
ners as well.
outreach program!
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Sacramento, California (Harold Fisher, Janet Fish-
IN ROSEVILLE er, Barry Wyatt, Tim Spoon, and Les Jamison (my-
self) planned a visit to Kaiser Hospital Children Unit
in Roseville, California back in March of this year.
We had discussed our procedure plans on how to
conduct our visit. We had pink and blue hats for
younger patients, larger hats for older teens, and
even pink and blue beanies for the infants to hand
out. We would present an “Honorary Submariner”
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es of submarines, and pictures of submarines from
old calendars.
As our visitation progressed, we were surprised
that behind each hospital door was a little smile
and in most cases a bundle of energy. These chil-
dren have been through painful treatments but had
a warm smile for these old Submarine Veterans.
We suddenly realized we were receiving healing
therapy to our spirits from these loving children
Gold Country Base Submarine Veterans re- and their families.
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feat the child’s illness. The thanks from the moth-
ers, fathers, grandparents and brothers and sisters
was wonderful but the smiles and conversation
from the child patient was the true reward for us.
We found as we continued our visit, we stood a lit-
tle taller and prouder. Our sore backs, knees, and
feet seemed to be healed for the time. To look at
the pain and treatments these children endured,
our aches and pains were minor in comparison but
they smile at us and with us. We visited 25 to 30
Kids that day and all came away knowing that our
lives were richer and felt these children somehow
became the healers that day.
A bit 0f Submarine art made us feel right at Thanks to all the families and hospital staff that al-
home. Thier way of saying thank you. low us into their world and share the love these
We thank them! children gave to these Old Submarine Veterans.
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vid Pennick were huge hits with the Kids, their parents
and the staff! They are now experienced members of
the Groton Base Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Team and we look
forward to them joining us on future visits!
In addition to the Chiefs, the Groton Base Kap(SS)
4 Kid(SS) Team consisted of Bob & Susan Sharpe,
Paul Dillon, Jim Mosley and John Riley.
Front: Mary, Susan & Jane.

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Infant Knit Caps, Doo Rags, Tattoos, Wristbands,
signed USS Nautilus Submarine Photos and US
Submarine Museum location Maps.
A young boy named Caleb was made an Honorary
Submariner and his parents put the following thank you
post on our Facebook page.
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A few siblings who were not at the hospital were made
Honorary Submariners when their parents informed us
that it will help them keep the peace once the patient
went home.
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MCPON Honors USSVI Northern Virginia Base

Holland Club Inductees
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On May 12, 2018 USSVI Northern Virginia Base that they are: “authentic, courageous, and techni-
inducted CS2 (SS) James Kraut, STSCS (SS) Ed- cally competent.” Be proud of that. The MCPON
mund Mattran, and CTTC (SS) Michael Varone into said it was an honor to speak before such an au-
the Holland Club. The ceremony was followed by gust group of men who had done so much for their
a luncheon in honor of the newest Holland Club country. He thanked us for the honor.” MCPON
members. Present to honor the inductees were gave each of the new Holland Club Members a
MCPON (SG/SW/IW) Steven S. Giordano and Mrs. MCPON challenge coin as a token of appreciation
Giordano; Les Altschuler (USSVI Regional Director for their service.
Northeast) and Mrs. Altschuler, Holland Club mem- The Master of Ceremonies, Howard Chatham
bers, USSVI regular members, and guests. (USSVI Past NOVA Base Commander) then read
MCPON Giordano, honored the three inductees WKH+ROODQG&OXEFHUWL¿FDWHDQGOHWWHUIRUHDFKQHZ
by being the keynote speaker for the ceremony. Holland Club member. USSVI Northern Virginia
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50 years ago, when these three Holland Club a ball cap, challenge coin, membership card, and
honorees were earning their dolphins, he was not D ODUJH FHUWL¿FDWH WKDW LQFOXGHV WKHLU 4XDOL¿FDWLRQ
even born yet. Back then a Navy E-5 earned an Boat and date.
average of $270 per month. MCPON’s remarks fo- &666 -DPHV .UDXW TXDOL¿HG RQERDUG WKH
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Sub School Silver Dolphins Color Guard and
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belted out the Navy Creed – loudly and proudly!
Captain Brian Sittlow, Commander Submarine
Squadron 4, was the keynote speaker and af-
ter his talk he presented the Holland Club pack-
ets to all the new members. Of the 57 eligible
members, a total of 34 were able to be present.
After the ceremony it was back to the Groton Sub-
Vets clubhouse for a luncheon for the new members.
Many thanks to Pat Urella, Bud Atkins, Jeff
Walsh, and the entire committee along with
the many volunteers that helped in planning
and putting on this great weekend of events.
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Holland Club weekend While stationed on the USS Robert E Lee
On June 1-2, 2018 the Groton Base held their Hol- 66%1GXULQJWKH¿UVW³UHWUR¿W´LQ0DUH,VODQG
land Club weekend with a number of activities to DVDQ)7%QRQTXDO¿OOLQJDQRYHUFDSDFLW\0LVVLOH
recognize the newest members of the Holland Club. Fire Control billet my turn for mess cooking came
On Friday all of the new inductees were invited to up. I was subsequently dispatched to the mess hall
the CPO Club on the Sub Base, the Fouled An- used by all the boats currently in the yards. Damn!
chor, for some light refreshments along with some And I thought I had dodged that bullet!
adult beverages. Captain Paul Whitescarver, CO
The chow hall crew was a cross section drawn
of Sub Base New London welcomed everyone
from all the boats including the cooks. One real
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steamer off of a smoke boat took the prize for the
All of the new Holland Club members present wildest, crudest, drunkest, and having almost no
were introduced and shared some information socially redeeming value. Which of course, made
DERXW WKHPVHOYHV DQG WKH ERDW WKH\ TXDOL¿HG him a beacon of guidance for all us wanta’be sub-
on. There was lots of camaraderie, renewing of marine sailors.
old friendships, and beginning of new ones. One We mustered at the chow hall each morning at,
IDFW ZH DOO OHDUQHG ZDV WKDW DOO RI XV TXDOL¿HG LQ I think, four A.M. Invariably shortly after muster, the
submarines before any of our hosts were born! “old salt” would roll in wearing his rumpled western
Later that evening we had the opportunity to head shirt, faded Levis, and “cockroach killer” western
over 40 School Street to attend the Groton Base’s boots. Roaring mightily with an admirable string of
monthly steak dinner which was nothing short of out- obscenities, he would pull his duty cook’s whites
standing. The kitchen crew and staff did a superb job. on over his civvies, grab a cup of coffee, a ciga-
rette, and await the call to breakfast.
Saturday morning we were up early and head-
I drew the somewhat lucky straw of being his as-
ing over to the Nautilus Museum to catch a shut-
sistant at the grill. In this chow hall the grill was
tle bus to bring us on the Base to Dealey Center
for the ceremony. Colors were presented by the NEXT PAGE
pay attention to when and where the smoking lamp
Scrambled Aye! was lit, or not lit.
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Anyway, to get on with it. On the 16th of No-
embedded in the food service line so that each vember I made IC3 and we were pulling into
sailor coming through the line could order his eggs 1DSOHV ,WDO\ P\ ¿UVW WLPH LQ ,WDO\ 7KDW PRUQLQJ
FRRNHGWRKLVVSHFL¿FDWLRQ2XUVPRNHERDWFRRN after breakfast was over I met the Chief Mas-
would stand behind the grill and hook one toe of ter At Arms in a passage way outside of Chief’s
his roach killer’s under the grill’s bottom edge, thus Quarters and he asked me if I had in fact made
reducing the possibility of falling backwards. I think Third Class, to which I proudly replied, “Damn
the heat of the grill must have discouraged him Right Chief.” To which he responded, “You’re a
from falling forward. big sonofabitch. you’ve got Shore Patrol, and 30
My job was to break one, two, or three eggs into minutes to get into dress whites, get a belt, bras-
a series of bowls, thus pre staging them to meet a sard and nite stick from the Gunner’s Mates and
hungry sailor’s request. And without fail, our salty be on the Quarterdeck ready to go ashore. “
old cook would politely ask each sailor in turn, “And ,WZDV$WKXQGUHGKRXUV,ZDV¿WWHGRXW
so how do you want your eggs this mourning, sail- and ready to jump in the 60’ Liberty Boat and re-
or?” Of course the poor guy would say something port for duty on the Beach. There was a standard
like, “Two over easy, please.” Or “Three sunny side gray Navy Pickup waiting for me on the pier. At
up.” Our cooking machine would grab up a bowl WKH63RI¿FHWKH&KLHILQFKDUJHDVNHGPHLI,KDG
holding the required number of eggs, sling them a Navy License, I did, he then handed me a set
on the hot grill, and yell, “Scrambled, Aye!” of keys with a whispered admonition, “Under no
circumstances are you to give those to the Bos’n.”
I soon learned that the cook’s assistant could
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end up running the grill on the mornings his “lead-
where I met the Bos’n. A First Class Boatswains
er” was just too under the weather to take the heat
Mate with 4 red hashmarks. He was turning gray at
from the grill. I also found that the sailors in line
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those mornings never inquired as to the health of
Noses.” He was working on a second or early third
our missing cook, but took great delight in actually
day beard. His whites looked like wrinkled paja-
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mas and his shoes were spit shined to mirrors. He
Over time, I must admit, I became quite an egg
almost smiled while exhaling a lungful of Camel
cook. Lord knows I sure got plenty of practice!
smoke and through the smoke he mumbled that he
Later in life I have found cooking to be a very was hungry and we were going to imbibe a break-
interesting hobby, and I remember fondly those fast. His name was “Smitty”.
days behind the grill in the Vallejo shipyard gal-
He was stationed in Naples at the Naval De-
ley. That’s where I learned it can be fun and quite
tachment on permanent Shore Duty and had been
rewarding producing something people obviously
there for two or three years, he wasn’t quite sure.
enjoy. It proved to become my foil to software de-
just how long he had been there, maybe since ‘55,
velopment. A job it seems where no matter what
maybe not. We walked out of the SP Headquarters
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and took 15 steps and walked into somebodie’s
thing to bitch about. And naturally, they could have
home, without knocking. There were three tables
done it better themselves. To them I just think,
of various description with unmatching chairs, in a
“Scrambled Aye!”
non-descript living room.
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A lady with more grey than not in a tight bun on
page and since I served with Fred, back in the day
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on the Lee Boat, I am assuming that he will allow
full length apron, quickly appeared carriying a full
me this intrusion. I was assigned to mess cooking
coffee cup which she placed on the table we had
in September of ‘57, not on a Boat but rather a
selected, directly between Smitty’s waiting hands.
target, a rather lethal target since it was a “White
Sitting next to him I could see that it looked and
Tanker”, the AO-56 and we carried AvGas and JP5.
smelled a lot like beer. I gave Smitty an questioning
The AvGas served well as the best Lighter Fluid in
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The First True

Submarine?
Mr. Delgado inspects debris on the grave site

of Julius H. Kroehl before exhuming his body
from Amador Cemetery in the Chorrillo neigh-
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PANAMA CITY — The remains of a German-Amer-
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and resurface by itself were exhumed in a Panama- Ron Martini/Rontini
nian cemetery Thursday and will be reburied along-
side U.S. war veterans near the Panama Canal. IF YOU HAVEN’T DONE IT?
-XOLXV .URHKO¶V remains were dug up with
help from the U.S. Embassy, which said au- WHAT ARE YOU
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of the remains and establish a cause of death. WAITING FOR?
Kroehl built his submarine from parts brought If you served any time between 1900 and 2000
from New York to search for pearls off Panama’s and did any time at sea or at certain Military intstal-
3DFL¿FFRDVWGXULQJWKHWKFHQWXU\$GLYHUVWDQGV lations, then you have been exposed to Asbestos.
by the submarine designed by Julius H. Kroehl, Please get at least a High Resolution, no
wrecked off San Telmo Island, Panama. -DPHV contrast needed, Cat Scan of your lungs. Do
'HOJDGR86 (PEDVV\ LQ 3DQDPD YLD $3 it with a Civilian Pulmonologist, not the VA,
Records say he died at age 47 of malaria, DQG DVN WKHP WR VSHFL¿FDOO\ ORRN IRU 3OHXUDO
but some suspect he was killed by decompres- Plaques and Interstitial Scarring in your lungs.
sion sickness — also known as the bends. 2QFH \RX KDYH ¿QDOO\ GRQH WKDW FDOO PH
Kroehl was buried in 1867, and his grave was T Michael Bircumshaw, at 951-775-4549.
only rediscovered in 2005.
Call me to tell me the results and I am hoping
“I have no words to express the sentiment of emo- that your lungs are clean. But, if like me, you have
tion, it’s a lot of emotion and also some sadness,” Pleural Plaques or/and Asbestosis, then I can
maritime archaeologist James Delgado said as he offer you some guidance on what to do about it.
held part of the remains in his hand. Delgado spent It cannot be cured, but it can be compensated for.
a good part of his life studying Kroehl and in 2001 Call me. 'RQ¶WPDNHPHUHSHDWP\VHOIEHFDXVH
discovered the remains of Kroehl’s submarine I will. Please do this for yourself and your family.
at San Telmo Island, in Panama’s Pearl Islands.
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“For me it is closing a chapter in this indescrib-
calls and e-mails from shipmates who have
able story,” said Delgado, senior vice president
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of SEARCH Inc, an archaeology and cultural re-
sources management company. 'LG\RXQRWWKLQN,ZDVVHULRXV"
TULLIBEE MEMORIAL BENCH
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memorial after dedication Brian Repphun, Chris Cassell, Mike Cassell.
Members of USSVI and the USS Tullibee SSN a one-of-a-kind boat with a one-of-a-kind crew”
-597 Association gathered on November 3, DQGWKDWWKHUHLV³QRPRUH¿WWLQJZD\WRSHUSHWX-
2018, at the Cold War Submarine Memorial ate the memory of Tullibee and her crew” than this
in Mr. Pleasant, SC, for installation of a gran- bench at the Cold War Submarine Memorial, which
ite bench and its dedication to USS Tullibee “will be here for our children and grandchildren.”
661 KHU FUHZ DQG WR DOO 6XEPDULQHUV This memorial joins over 40 others at the Cold
The idea was suggested by shipmate Randy Mc- War Submarine Memorial located in the Patri-
Coy and spearheaded by Bill Keel (Razorback ots Point Naval and Maritime Museum Park,
Base) with the help and guidance of Rusty Pick- just north of Charleston. The Cold War Submarine
ett (Charleston Base). Mr. Keel, Commander of Memorial was dedicated in 2002 as “A Tribute to
the USS Tullibee SSN-597 Association, said at 3URIHVVLRQDO([FHOOHQFH'HGLFDWLRQ6DFUL¿FHDQG
the dedication that USS Tullibee SSN-597, “was CONTINUED PAGE 35
SCRAMBLED, AYE! - ETC.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 22 tually shave under their arms and sometimes other
places.” We spent the next several hours making
look and he replied, “ All the protein and calories I the rounds slowly as Smitty pointed out number 69
need for at least a couple hours.” And I understood and number 24 and number 72 plus two or three
why I was the designated keeper of the keys. restaurants that he recomended. The day ran into
I ate a couple of eggs and some fried Italian night and we stopped to eat and drink for thirty min-
bread along some really good ham and Smitty had utes. I ended up on the pier at about 2300 hours
WZR PRUH PRUQLQJ FRIIHHV MXVW OLNH WKH ¿UVW RQH and was told to keep the drunks out of the water,
Smitty seemed to have a running account at the EXWWKDWLVDQRXWKHUVWRU\2YHUDOO,¶P¿JXULQJWKDW,
place and told me not to worry about paying. Smit- had the best single sailor tour available.
W\ZDONHGRXW¿UVWDQG,GURSSHGVRPH/LUHRQWKH I pulled Liberty in Naples another 10 times over
table and watched the old lady smile to show me a the next three years. I always stopped in at Shore
paucity of teeth, both top and bottom. Patrol Headquarters, never did see Smitty. How-
I had exchanged ten dollars for Lire on the ship ever he was right about one thing, number 47 was
and had hundreds of them. clearly the best. Among the 20 or so working girls
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steps, and got in the pickup. Smitty was riding as Miss Loren..
Shotgun Naviguesser. As soon as we shut the
doors he said, “Let me know if you get tired of driv-
ing, I’ll relieve you” I answered him in turn, “I’m still
learning and not likely to get very tired.” He grinned
at me and instriucted me to drive slow, and ignore
the horns. We made a couple of turns and he said,
“That is the “Bluebird Club. It is the enlisted men’s
club here in Naples. It is where we will have the
most trouble, if we have any. We only stop if some-
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minutes or so, depending on coffee stops.”
He continued, “Have you been to Guinea land
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Italy. “I told him that my ship was homeported in
Barcelona. Smitty asked me if I thought we could
use a leading Bos’n. I told him I was pretty sure
that we had all we could stand.
Smitty started up again, “Well, since this is your
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Cat Houses are. Turn right here.” I turned right and
shortly Smitty said, “This is the best one, number
47, and you will get head of the line privileges, over
everybody, civilians and Guinea Navy included.
The Guineas get sex chits every month and since
the Cat Houses belong to the government, it costs
nobody nothing but time and service. Your Yankee
dollar will work better than the Lire everywhere.”
We then drove by the Snake Pit. “This is Of-
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sweethearts down at the Bluebird, but they are bet-
ter looking to make up for it and some of them ac-
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Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Left to Right: Steve Bishop, Penny Wallace, Paul Nelson, and Terry Nelson
from the NOVA Base, and Tom Denton from the Tri-State Base.
In June, 2018, the Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) team from vided comfort to those all-service military families
these two bases visited the children in both the infu- going through challenging medical situations.
sion center and the in-patient wards of Walter Reed. NOVA Base members have made K4K visits to
The USSVI National Artist, and the Tri-State Base three hospitals since July 2010, and give heart felt
Vice-Commander, Tom Denton, attended and thanks to the Child Life Specialists at each of the
personally signed each of the NOVA Base “Dive- facilities for all they do for the children. Our Walter
Dive into Coloring” books and distributed them Reed hostesses have been Debra Casolari and
with colored pencils to the older children. These Louise Boley.
coloring books tell the history of the US submarine
force in artistic and labeled line drawings, as cre-
ated by Tom Denton and the NOVA Base. ³6XEPDULQHUVDUHDVSHFLDO
The younger children received the NOVA Base EURWKHUKRRGHLWKHUDOOFRPHWRWKH
clip art coloring book and crayons. This color- surface or no one does.
ing book was sourced from the internet and the 2QDVXEPDULQHWKHSKUDVHDOOIRURQH
Hampton Roads Base Coloring Book.
and one for all is not just a slogan,
As usual, the Honorary Submariner caps, beanies, EXWGDLO\KRXUO\DQGDW
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the moment, reality.”
lenge coins, and photographs were distributed, as
well as good humor and kind words with the chil- -Vice Admiral Rudolf Gosolov,
dren and their families. The bedside approach pro- Russian Navy-
Bob Kirby – Pacoderm Base
2018 Award Results Richard Mitchell – Central Texas Base
Submitted by: Steve Bell Timothy Spoon – Gold Country Base
Joe Negri Award

Fred Vineyard – Egg Harbor Twp Base
Ben Bastura Award
Edwin “Bud” Atkins Lesley Waters – Mobile Bay Base
Groton Base
Newsletter of the Year
Class One – Bremerton Base – Puget Soundings
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Class Three – Central Texas Base – The Deck Log
Class Four – USS Illinois Base – Green Board
Robert Link Award Overall Newsletter – Bremerton Base – Puget
David Anderson – Minn-St Paul Base Soundings
Robert Andregg – USS Snook Base
Dominick Boncore – Mare Island Base
Steven Christenson – Base 51 TULLIBEE BENCH
James Davis – Tarheel Base CONTINUED FROM PAGE 28
Jerry Emerson – Old North State Base
Paul Hiser – Tarheel Base
Jon Howery – USS Marlin Base
Peter Koester – Marblehed Base
Ciro Lopiccolo – Cowtown Base
Michael Lyster – Naples Base
Jay Mack – Central Florida Base
Thomas McFadden – Tarheel Base
Kenneth Nichols – Nautilus Base
Michael Rainwater – USS Snook Base
Thomas Sasgen – USS Chicago Base National Will” of the crews and support organiza-
Vincent Sievert – Old North State Base tions of boats “maintaining the peace, but ready to
John Stanford – First Coast Base ¿JKWLIQHFHVVDU\WRGHIHQGRXUQDWLRQDQGDOOLHV´
James Wallace – Tarheel Base
Jeffery Walsh – Groton Base
J Barry Wyatt – Gold Country Base
Egg Harbor Township Base
Kings Bay Base
Meritorious Award
Edward Alexander – Tucson Base
Carol Applegate – USS Marlin Base
Alan Brodie – Blueback Base
Kevin Galeaz – Thresher Base
Richard Martin – USS Illinois Base
USS Chicago Base
Golden Anchor Award
Class Two – Carolina Piedmont Base
Class Three – Minneapolis-St. Paul Base
Class Four – Old North State Base Allen Peagler and Daniel Locklear of Lowcountry Me-
morials of Summerville, SC installing Tullibee memorial
Silver Anchor Award bench at the Cold War Submarine Memorial
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Meet Rudy “Saur” Kraut, ¿UHZLWKDWZLQNOHLQKLVH\HDZLGHVPLOHRQKLV
face, and a passion for his service on submarines.
WWII Submarine Sailor The USS Illinois Base immediately took Rudy into
By Kate Ramsay, USSVI Associate Member its heart, not only for his service during WWII, but
to his ties to the local submarine community. Rudy
was on the commissioning crew of the USS Liz-
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in Manitowoc, WI. It was one of the 28 freshwa-
ter boats build and launched in Manitowoc during
WWII between 1944 and 1946.
This young man man came from an Illinois farm-
ing family with hogs, cattle, and milking cows and
grew up with a sense of pride and duty. During Ru-
dy’s junior year in high school, his dad became ill,
requiring both Rudy and his brother to step up and
take over farm duties.
“One day, my brother and I got into an argument,”
Rudy said. That was the day he decided to enlist in
the Navy. He received a deferment from his senior
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cago. The recruiters gave him a choice. He could
either be sent to bootcamp that day, or wait 10 days
and be shipped to Idaho’s Farragut Naval Base.
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WWII, and this sounded like an adventure to Rudy.
After a few more days with his family, young Rudy
Rudy was nicknamed “Saur” by his
headed for Idaho. He tells how the base was locat-
shipmate in 1944. With a last name of
ed next to a lake in the Coeur d’Alene Mountains,
Kraut, it was bound to happen.
and he fondly recalls joining his fellow recruits in
Ask any submarine sailor “What was the high- practicing how to row boats on the lake.
light of your career?” and you inevitably hear
While at bootcamp Rudy and one of his
“The day I earned my Dolphins!” Another moment
friends, “Mr. Schultz,” volunteered for subma-
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rine service and were earmarked for Torpedo
submarine sailors are inducted into the United
School. His friend was sent back to Chicago for Tor-
States Submarine Veterans, Inc. (USSVI) Holland
pedo School, while Rudy was sent to San Diego,
Club, observing the 50th Anniversary of the year
Calif., for his training.
they earned their Dolphins.
After Torpedo School, Rudy was shipped to New
This story is about one of these inductees, Rudy
London, Conn., where he received orders to the
.UDXW7066, nickname “Saur”, of Pecatonica,
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IL, who on July 13, 2018, joined ranks with other fel-
tion in Manitowoc, Wis.
low submarine sailors when he became a Holland
Club member atop the deck of the USS Cobia (SS- Manitowoc wasn’t ready for us yet,” Rudy ex-
245), located in Manitowoc, Wi. It is a tale of a spry plains, “so I was sent to Key West, Fla., aboard
94-year-old World War II submarine sailor, whose the R-4, a WWI submarine, that patrolled
Holland Club award was a mere 23-years over- the Florida Straits and the Yucatan Channel.
due. He earned his Dolphins in 1945 during battle. When space opened up, he was reassigned
Rudy, a long-time member of the former WWII to Newport News, Va., for Gunnery practice.
Submarine Veterans Association, joined USSVI 7KH QHZ FUHZ IRU WKH /L]DUG¿VK ¿QDOO\ JRW WKHLU
and the USS Illinois Base a year ago. He is a spit- call, and they all headed to Manitowoc. Since con-
struction was still underway, the crew was housed cember and early January, but “it was much colder
on cots in a large open warehouse a few blocks in Lake Michigan!”
from the shipyard. Rudy and his shipmates spent The next test for a Manitowoc submarine was to
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riod, learning all the sub’s components from how to the submarine on a barge with a crew aboard. It
¿[YDOYHVWROHDUQLQJHYHU\WKLQJWKH\FRXOGDERXW was transported down Lake Michigan to the Cal-
the diesel engines. Sag Canal in Chicago where it joined the Illinois
“I remember good times in Manitowoc,” he adds. 5LYHU 7KH FUHZ¶V ¿UVW /LEHUW\ 3RUW RQ WKH ,OOLQRLV
“All the sailors used to congregate in one of the ho- River was in Peoria, Ill. From there the sub fol-
tels. There were a lot of girls there. Too, the fact I lowed the Illinois river south to the Mississippi Riv-
was only 180 miles from my home in Pecatonica, I HUZKHUHLWZDV¿QDOO\VHQWWRVHDWKURXJKWKH*XOI
could hitchhike back and forth on many weekends, of Mexico.
this made it special.” He found the best method to Rudy was assigned to travel with the boat for this
ÀDJGRZQDULGHDWWKDWWLPHZDVWRZDYHKLV1DY\ historic leg of the journey. However, a shipmate of
pea coat. his was going through a divorce, and wanted out
2Q 'HF WKH 866 /L]DUG¿VK ZDV FRP- of town fast, Rudy explains. There was a “pass
missioned, with Rudy and the entire crew on the of $20” and a promise of a 9-day leave, resulting
deck for the historic ceremony. in Rudy and the shipmate changing places at the
last minute. Rudy, and other shipmates not on the
barge, were to report to New Orleans in 10 days.
The boat was late a couple of days, which landed
Rudy in New Orleans during Mardi Gras! “Did I
have a good time!” he smiled.
The reality of the voyage ahead for this young sail-
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and farther from the lights of New Orleans. “I didn’t
know if I was going to see these lights again,” he
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The boat arrived in Honolulu in 17 days. And,
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on April 7, 1945. “We went to Saipan to refu-
el,” he said, “and then we headed toward the
Equator. I was the aft lookout one day, when I
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After a stopover in Freemantle, Australia, the Liz-
After the commissioning, the new sub was launched DUG¿VKFRPSOHWHGKHUVWSDWURO
in a traditional Manitowoc “sideways” manner, and
headed onto Lake Michigan for its test dives. The 7KHVHFRQGSDWUROSXWWKH/L]DUG¿VKDQGFUHZWR
sub traveled 60 plus miles across the lake and task while patrolling the straits near Bali. On July 5
back again, over and over again, testing all the ³ZHVSRWWHGDFDPRXÀDJHGVXEPDULQHRQWKH,VOH
diesels. “We never surfaced during these tests, so RI%DOL:H¿UHGDWRUSHGRDQGVXQNLW7KHUHZHUH
no one saw us on the lake,” he said. “I was on the sub chasers, 50-60 landing crafts, and a supply
bow planes during these tests and watched the ship there too,” he describes. “We also sunk the
gauge go down to 221 feet. I hoped I was going sub chaser.”
WRFRPHEDFN´KHUHPHPEHUVDERXWWKLV¿UVWGLYH Rudy describes the Isle of Bali with its roads
It was “so COLD” in the water, he recalls. It was wrapped around and up the hill. The lights up the
also cold on shore in upper Wisconsin lake De- CONTINUED ON PAGE 38
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 37 Rudy has for northern Wisconsin, and particularly
winding road to the top of the island, lit it up like a the Manitowoc area, to this day. He took his bride
Christmas tree. there on their honeymoon. He packed his family up
and took them on multiple summer trips to north-
“We missed the supply ship,” he added, “but the
ern Wisconsin while the kids were growing up.
torpedo hit the fuel dump on the island, and every-
thing blew up. We immediately dived and got out When Rudy and Caroline celebrated their 50th An-
of the area.” niversary with family – where did they go? – just 12
miles north of Manitowoc to Two Rivers, Wis
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followed the Japanese for four days as it trailed Sadly, his wife passed away January 4, 2013 at
D KRVSLWDO VKLS7KH /L]DUG¿VK ¿UHG RQ WKH -DSD- the age of 91
QHVHVKLSVDQGWKH\UHWXUQHG¿UH:KLOHDQXQVHW- With the help of his daughter, Julie, and son-in-law
tling experience, their patrol was ending in three Terry Carius, Rudy still makes his way to Manito-
days. Before they headed back to the Philippines woc for the Annual Subfest festivities at the Wis-
IRUUHVWWKH/L]DUG¿VKPDQDJHGWRPHHWXSZLWKD consin Maritime Museum, where the USS Cobia
IHOORZVXEDQGWUDQVIHUWKH/L]DUG¿VK¶VUHPDLQLQJ is moored. You can’t take a submarine sailor away
5” shells to them. from a sub too long.
“We were watching a movie in the Philippines,
when word came that the WWII had ended. All of
a sudden the lights turned on and we celebrated,”
he said. “They gave each of us a free can of beer.”
In the rest camp, the sub’s crew was residing in
Quonset huts. With time on their hands for the
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around the island to see other friends.
We hitchhiked up to some locations where there
were machine gun nests. Then we hiked to Ma-
nila, where we saw General MacArthur and his
crew walk by us.” Rudy added. “We then went
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Clarke Field where the plane that took us to Subic
Bay was located.” From R-L, Rudy Kraut was inducted into the
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came back to San Francisco as a unit, and docked 66E\866,OOLQRLV%DVH&RPPDQGHU7RP
between Alcatraz and the city. The Navy had plans Ramsay. Also inducted was Sherman Buetsch,
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it to Italy. So, without a boat, Rudy was transferred 66%1
to the USS Blueback (SS-326) for his last eight Note: Northwest Illinois is fortunate to have three
weeks in the Navy. surviving members of the WWII Submarines Veter-
When discharged, he returned to Illinois, where he ans Association. Surviving with Rudy are 92-year-
got a job with Henney Motors in Freeport, Ill, which young GM2(SS) Archie Holtz, of Machesney Park,
built hearses and ambulances from the late 20’s also a member of the USSVI Illinois Base, and
to mid-50’s. Rudy worked for them for 2-3 years, 98-year-old Jim Moorehead, MM2(SS), of Rochelle.
before moving into the construction business with This trio gets together monthly at a local restaurant
his future father-in-law, Richard Meyer. In 1948, to keep their memories intact..
Rudy married Caroline Meyer. Together they had
SAD NOTE: Rudy departed on Eternal Pa-
two children, a son, Mark and a daughter, Julie.
trol on 11/22/18, Thanksgiving Day
What puts the topping on this tale is the fondness
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866&RUYLQD66 on August 6, 1943, with Commander Roderick S.

Rooney (Class of 1929) in command.
MEMORIAL Clearing New London, Connecticut, on September
18, 1943, she arrived in Pearl Harbor on October
14. Corvina left the relative safety of Pearl Harbor
on November 4, and arrived at Johnson Atoll two
days later.
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ous one. She and nine other submarines had
been ordered to take stations to the northwest of
Tarawa during Operation Galvanic, the American
invasion of the Gilbert Islands. The Corvina, the
U.S.S. Thresher (SS-200) and the U.S.S Apogon
(SS-308), along with two Brisbane–based boats,
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(SS-228), were assigned to the area south of the
Japanese stronghold at Truk Atoll.
After topping off her fuel tanks, Corvina departed
Johnson Atoll for her assigned patrol area. Lieu-
tenant Commander William Kinsella, Executive
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events as follows: “We were south of Truk with
Drum and Corvina when we got an Ultra stating
that a Japanese submarine was coming through
On August 6, 2018, Corvina Base, Reno, NV, the area. We were supposed to rendezvous with
unveiled a new memorial to the Drum and Corvina. Just after sunset we got into
866&RUYLQD66 position where this Japanese submarine was sup-
posed to pop up and sure enough, just at sunset,
:LWKWKHVXSSRUWRIWKH6WDWHRI1HYDGD¶V2I¿FHRI while we were submerged, it surfaced just to the
the Governor, the Department of Veterans Servic- south of us, not more than 5,000 yards away. It
es and the Division of Museums and Culture, the was starting to get dark; we really could not see
memorial was developed to commemorate the of- through the periscope well enough to ascertain
¿FHUVDQGPHQRIWKH&RUYLQDRQHRIWKH86 that it was a Japanese submarine. Remember-
submarines lost during WWII, and all of the WWII ing that Drum and Corvina were in the vicinity
VXEPDULQHUVZKRSDLGWKHVXSUHPHVDFUL¿FHWRGH- we elected not to shoot. As it turned out, we later
fend our Nation. established contact with Drum and determined it
The U.S.S. Corvina (SS-226) was assigned to the was not him. It was Japanese. We never saw Cor-
State of Nevada by the USSVWWII in the 1960’s. vina again, the Jap sub got her.”
Stephen Salzman, Corvina Base Commander Japanese records examined after the war indicat-
and master of ceremonies, recounted the history HGWKDWWKH,-1VXEPDULQH,¿UHGWKUHHWRUSH-
RIWKH866&RUYLQD66D*DWRFODVVÀHHW does at a surfaced American submarine “causing
submarine: a great explosive sound”.
Her keel was laid by Electric Boat Co. of Groton, The Corvina thus became the only American sub-
Connecticut on September 21, 1942: She was marine known to be sunk by a Japanese subma-
launched on May 9, 1943 (sponsored by Mrs. ULQH GXULQJ ::,, 7KH ¿QDO UHVWLQJ SODFH IRU WKH
LaRene P. Christie, wife of Rear Admiral Ralph. Corvina and her crew is at the geographic position
W. Christie, commander of submarine opera- 05° 50’ N, 151° 10’ E.
tions in Fremantle, Australia), and commissioned CONTINUED NEXT PAGE
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and CNO, plus the CIA and
COMSUBPAC and the skipper
of the USS Stout, an AEGIS Ar-
leigh Burke Tin Can (Destroyer),
not to mention the billionaire and
his son, who happens to be the
fellow married to Caroline. There
are also at least three SEALs in
this exciting 277 pager.
My apologies to all agencies and
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Depending on the ending, this
might be a love story, and then
again. Well, read it for yourself.
For me, I enjoyed it. I think you
will too.
T Michael Bircumshaw
&:2(0&066 And what actions could he take if the only weapons he possessed were his two
fists, three Navy SEALs, and the command of a fully-armed Los Angeles Class fast-attack
COB SSBN-620 nuclear submarine?
x “The roller coaster doesn’t end until the very last page!”
x “A spellbinder…you will laugh and you will cry but you will not put the book
down.”
AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM (Books: Roger C. Dunham)

BARNES & NOBLE (Roger C. Dunham in “books”)
Web site: http://rogercdunham.com
tied up inboard of Sealion in
OUR LOST BOATS the same attack. 6 MEN LOST.
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your patrols. Think about the Shipmates that on board. Lost on 2 December
you have lost during your lifetime E\ DQ XQFRQ¿UPHG -DSD-
nese Surface attack in the Ce-
NOVEMBER 866 6 66 38 men on lebes Sea. ALL HANDS LOST.
866 &RUYLQD 66 82 board. Lost on 17 December 1927 JANUARY
men on board. Lost on 16 No- when it was sunk as it surfaced 866 6 66 43 men
vember 1943 during a Japa- and was rammed by USCGC on board. Lost on 20 January
nese submarine attack off Paulding off Provincetown, Mas- 1942 when it was destroyed
Truk. ALL HANDS LOST. sachusetts. ALL HANDS LOST after she ran aground on the
866 6FXOSLQ 66 59 men 866 6HDOLRQ 66 54 men Taka Bakang Reef in Makassar
on board. Lost on 19 Novem- aboard. Scuttled after being fa- Strait, Indonesia, near Makas-
ber 1943 when it was scuttled tally damaged on 10 December sar City. The crew was res-
following a Japanese surface 1941 by aerial bombs during a cued. NO LOSS OF LIFE
craft north of Groluk Island near Japanese air attack at Cavite 866 6 66 46 men
Truk. 42 men were taken pris- Navy Yard, Republic of the Phil- on board. Lost on 24 January
oner but only 21 men survived ippines. One crew member died 1942 in the Gulf of Panama, 14
the war. 38 MEN LOST. as a POW. 4 Sealion sailors miles West of San Jose Light
died in the attack. 1 man lost on when USS PC-460 rammed it.
866$OEDFRUH66 86 men the USS Seadragon (SS-194) 3 men survived. 43 MEN LOST
on board. Lost by possible Japa-
nese Mine on 7 November 1944
between Honshu and Hokkai-
CALLING ALL ACTIVE
do, Japan. ALL HANDS LOST. projects and deeds that will bring
DUTY SUBMARINERS
about the perpetual remem-
866 *URZOHU 66 85 men FROM PAGE 40
brance of those shipmates who
on board. Lost on 8 November
Bases throughout the USA. To KDYHJLYHQWKHVXSUHPHVDFUL¿FH
1944 by a possible Japanese
¿QG D EDVH MXVW JR WR WKH ZHE-
Surface attack in the South What is the cost should I choose
site and click “Find a Base”. I am
China Sea. ALL HANDS LOST. to remain a member? Cur-
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rently annual National dues
866 6FDPS 66 60 men the rest on that portion of our
are $25 per year plus base
aboard. Lost probably on 16 website. When you get a base
dues (Each Base has their in-
November 1944 from progres- you would desire to become
dividual schedule of dues).
sive damage in multiple air a member of, there is plenty of
and sea attacks east of To- contact information there (phone What will you get? Besides the
kyo Bay. ALL HANDS LOST. numbers and e-mail address- camaraderie of being with ship-
es) for you to move forward. mates past and present, you will be
DECEMBER able to go online and read our mag-
866 ) &DUS 66 22 men What is USSVI? United States
azine, the American Submariner
on board. Lost on 17 December Submarine Veterans, Inc. is a
1917 when it was sunk after col- fraternal organization of Subma- So why not try us out for a year?
lision with the USS F-3 (SS-22) riners that help to perpetuate the You have nothing to lose and
off San Clemente, California. 3 memory of our shipmates that possibly get some memorable
men rescued. 19 MEN LOST. gave their lives. It is also an or- moments from our organization.
ganization that provides a way 6WHYH%HOO50&0668615HW
for all Submariners to gather for National Junior
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ment. We also engage in various
9/11/2001 17 years And, life has changed in so many God Bless America, and thank
ago today other ways. For those who did you, Shipmates and your fami-
not return to their loved ones, lies, for your continued commit-
17 years ago today I was resid-
PDNH FRQQHFWLQJ ÀLJKWV GLG QRW ment, service, and dedication
ing and working as a contractor
escape the hell of the World to the United States Submarine
to the Royal Saudi Naval Forc-
Trade Center, Pentagon, or an Veterans, and the Base you call
es at the King Abdul Aziz Naval
HPSW\¿HOGLQ3$ZHRZHDWKHP home.
Base in Al-Jubail, KSA.
a prayer and moment of silence.
Like me, each of us has an ex-
To the men and women who
Pride Runs Deep!
act time/place memory which will
would go into harm’s way to
forever be etched in our souls of
thwart terrorism and an ideol- Peter T. Juhos
the events that would unfold in-
ogy that would prefer we are not 00&666668615HW
side the next 24 hours.
amongst the living we owe them Commander,
On September 11, 2001 at 0846 an equal prayer and debt of grati-
Western Region District 5
(EST) was our current genera- tude for their service and sacri-
United States Submarine
tion Pearl Harbor-equivalent. In ¿FH
Veterans, Inc.
that moment, life changed for
Perhaps it’s time to take pause
everyone at home and abroad,
from the political wrangling EDITOR: NO PICTURE
ashore, at sea, and submerged
across our Nation and simply NEEDED, WE ALL HAVE ONE
wherever their duty called.
be grateful we’re alive to experi- OR MORE IN OUR MIND
In my current industry, the USA ence it all - it’s wonderful beauty,
PATRIOT Act was born of this PDMHVW\DQGDSSUHFLDWH WKHÀDJ
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keep receiving your magazine, you really and does not take shorthand or change ad-
need to change your seasonal address. dresses any more than the COB goes on
There are three ways you can do that. Mess Cooking. Check out the National Off-
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Volume 2018 Fourth Quarter Page 1

SEE PAGE FIVE

OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY LICENSED MERCHANDISE

SEE THE COMPLETE LINE OF

AMERICAN TABLE OF CONTENTS

If you have a SmartPhone then here is an opportu-

Western Region Central Region Northeast Region

and every now and then a reply To: T Michael Bircumshaw

And take a look at

THE 2019 USSVI SUBMARINE CALENDAR

UNITED STATES SUBMARINES

our U.S. submarines—from the commissioning Sunday

nuclear submarines in the ﬂeet. Submariners have 7 New Year

Submariners sank more than 1,392 Japanese ships

HOW TO SPOT we should about their important contributions to

#26 VICTORY JUNCTION

“No one stands so tall as when they stoop to

Front: Mary, Susan & Jane.

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BOAT REUNIONS USS Wahoo SS-565

Rogue Captain, Idiot Sighting

AVAILABLE AT AMAZON.COM (Books: Roger C. Dunham)

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PHONE: _____________________ E-MAIL:___________________

Indian River Colony Club

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