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2016 Stimson Reunion News! COMMISSIONING + 50 YEAR REUNION

(C+50R)

40 days until the Stimson Commissioning + 50

Years Reunion (C+50R) in Charleston SC.

The official reunion days are Thur., Oct. 13th

through Sat., Oct. 15th (checkout on Sun., Oct. 16th).

The hospitality room will be opening Wed. evening,

Oct. 12th for early arrivals.

LAST CALL FOR HOTEL

RESERVATIONS & REUNION

REGISTRATIONS!!!

Two important deadlines to remember:

Hotel Reservations cutoff is Sept. 13th.

Reunion Registration cutoff is Sept. 27th.

It‘s time to get serious. If you have reserved a hotel

room please send in your registration. If you‘ve

registered for the reunion, you only have until Sept.

13th to reserve a room at the Marriott.

As of this newsletter we have 141 registered for

the reunion. In the last several newsletters you have

been inundated with information about the reunion.

Much of that information is condensed in this

newsletter but can be found on the past ones on the

website.

HOTEL INFORMATION

1. No guarantee of obtaining a hotel room for the

reunion price if you don‘t make your reservation prior

to the cutoff date. Please call me if you have any issue

making a reservation before September 13th.

2. Make reservations at the hotel by going to http://

www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/ or by

calling directly to the hotel at 843-747-1900 Monday

through Friday during normal business hours. State

this is the USS Henry L. Stimson group.

3. Hotel rates per night will be $129.00 plus 13.5% tax

for a total of $146.42 and is good three days before

and after (October 10th-18th inclusive).

4. The Marriott is not pet-friendly. Pet-friendly hotel is

available at the following hotel ~5 minutes from the

Reunion location.

Residence Inn Charleston Airport

5035 International Boulevard

North Charleston, SC 29418

1- 843-300-3100

5. Camper parking locations are on the reunion page.

The Marriott allows setup in their parking lot if you are

self-contained. They do not have a dump site.

REUNION REGISTRATION

1. The registration form is on our website at C+50

Reunion Page. Print, complete and mail with a check

(make payable to USS Henry L. Stimson Reunion) to

the following address:

VOL. 2016 NUMBER 8 AUGUST 2016

U S S H E N R Y L . S T I M S O N A S S O C I A T I O N S S B N 6 5 5 N E W S L E T T E R

A s s o c i a t i o n O f f i c e r s & B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s 2 0 1 3 — 2 0 1 6

PRESIDENT Ray [Rita] Kreul

VICE PRESIDENT Tom [Marie] Krauser

SECRETARY Nick [Linda] Nichols

TREASURER Ken [Diane] Meigs

OUTGOING PRESIDENT Chuck [Joyce] Hladik

HISTORIAN / CUSTODIAN Loree [Carolyn] Riggs

WEBMASTER / NEWSLETTER Nick [Linda] Nichols

CHAPLAIN J.B. Helms

STOREKEEPER / SHIPS STORE VACANT

O t h e r P o s i t i o n s 2 0 1 3 — 2 0 1 6

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SSBN 655 Association Reunion

% Nick Nichols

102 Greenhurst Ave

Summerville, SC 29485-8821

2. Check out who is attending the reunion at http://

ssbn655.org/reunions/2016_Reunion9/index.html

3. There will be two organized tours on Friday - the

H.L. Hunley in the morning and Charleston Harbor

Tour in the afternoon.

POR: PLAN OF THE REUNION (subject to change)

Wed., Oct. 12

1600: Hospitality Room (HR) opens for early

arrivals

Thu., Oct 13: Report for Duty

0800: HR opens

0800-1600: Free day in HR or around town

1000: Golf Outing at The Links of Stono Ferry

1600: Muster in HR. Men leave hotel for Charleston

Base SUBVET meeting in Goose Creek. Ladies

spend the evening in HR or at Tangier Outlet

shopping/eating

~2030: All muster in HR to continue the evening

Fri., Oct 14: Liberty Day

Spend the day enjoying Charleston on your

own, as a group or on the scheduled tours

0800: HR Opens

0830: departure for HL Hunley Tour

1230: departure for Charleston Harbor Tour (w/

boxed lunch)

1800: Welcome Aboard Buffet in HR

1900: Program & Entertainment

Sat., Oct 15: Scheduled Day

0800: HR Opens

0900: HR Closes for morning

1000: Stimson Bench Dedication Service and

Stimson Shipmates Eternal Patrol Memorial

Service @ Cold War Memorial w/Group Picture

~1200: HR Reopens

1400: Association Business Meeting in HR

1700: HR Closes for Banquet

1700: Happy Hour w/cash bar

1800: Banquet Dinner

1855 (6:55pm): Reunion Program

2015: Entertainment

2200: HR Reopens

Sun., Oct 16: Safe travel home until next reunion

0800: HR Open for coffee/farewells

0900: Reunion cleanup begins

RAFFLES & DOOR PRIZES

There will be three (3) raffles that you‘ll want to

spend your money on at this reunion. One will be the

standard 50/50 raffle. In the next newsletter I will tell

you the other two items being raffled and give a

description of each ...maybe even pictures to get the

juices flowing.

Gordon Long has been hard at work finding door

prizes and there will be plenty. He is still looking for

door prizes from within our Association. If you are

coming to the reunion and want to bring a door prize to

donate, contact Gordon. If you aren‘t able to attend but

would like to send a door prize to donate, contact

Gordon. [email protected].

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USS HENRY L. STIMSON

50th REUNION GOLF

OUTING

The golf outing will be held

at The Links at Stono Ferry on

Thursday, Oct. 13th with a

1000 shot gun start and a

boxed lunch. Cost per individual is $60. First come first

in. Rental clubs are available at additional charge. Get

your handicap and clubs ready for a great day with

your shipmates. Send reservations to David Huckeba

via email to [email protected] or call at

770.640.5425.

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MARRIOTT REWARDS PROGRAM

Link to join: https://www.marriott.com/rewards/

createAccount/createAccountPage1.mi?

segmentId=elite.nonrewards

1. You are encouraged to register for a free Marriott

Rewards Number. The link above contains the details.

2. The reunion reduced rate is the best available rate

so there will be no further deduction on the price for

this stay. However, by being a Marriott Reward

member, you will receive points for staying during this

reunion and when you use a Marriott property in the

future. Upon arrival at the Marriott, be sure you provide

the Marriott Reward number.

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From the Association President Ray Kreul

Just a short note that time is getting short to get

your reunion reservations in for both the hotel and the

reunion events. We only celebrate 50 years once and

we would like to meet as many shipmates as possible

who rode the Henry L Stimson protecting our nation

during the cold war era. So remember October is

coming up soon and we will see you all there. Ray

Association Officer Elections:

All present members stated their desire to stay on

and serve another term, so the slate of officers for

nomination will be as follows:

President: Raymond Kreul

Vice President: Tom Krauser

Secretary: J.E. ‗Nick‘ Nichols

Treasurer: Ken Meigs

Reunion Locations & dates

Questions have been asked concerning why do we

hold reunions on the East Coast and when will the

next reunion be scheduled? I have recommended to

the board that we go back to once established Two-

year cycle, holding the next reunion in 2018. We need

a shipmate who is willing to step up and chair the next

reunion and select his location. Article V of our bylaws

discusses our reunions and that we have an

established reunion start up fund to aid the local

reunion committee with startup costs. In addition we

have a vast amount of knowledge from previous

reunion chairmen who will be happy to give advice and

direction. The next chairperson is free to select his

own team members and may also appoint a co-

chairman and team members from other locations to

support him.

So shipmates think it over, bring your ideas to the

reunion. You select the next port of call.

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From the Association Storekeeper: Rita Kreul

ATTENTION All Stimson Shipmates—

Online Ships Store is now CLOSED

I will be selling the remaining hats, golf shirts,

coins, patches and key chains at the reunion. Please

bring your money and help us clear out our remaining

stock so the next storekeeper can start fresh.

I am pleased to announce that a volunteer has

stepped forward and will be appointed by the Board at

the Association Meeting at the Reunion in October.

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From the Association Historian/Memorabilia

Custodian: Loree Riggs

At the October Reunion Association Meeting, I will

turn over the Historian/Memorabilia Custodian position

to another Stimson shipmate who will be appointed by

the Board. I want to thank all those shipmates over the

years who have contributed to our outstanding

collection of photos, film clips, and memorabilia. I have

really enjoyed learning more about 655 than, probably,

any other shipmate. Your collection will be in good

hands and available for your viewing at many more

reunions to come. See you in Charleston, Loree Riggs,

MM2(SS), Gold 66-69

Please check the pictures at the end of this

newsletter. All of the pictures have some names listed

but there are a lot of blanks. We‘re hoping that our

shipmates can help complete the missing names for

our historical archives. When naming the pictures if

you know when they were made… year, patrol,

etc...that would help. Send the info to Nick Nichols,

Webmaster, ([email protected])

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MM3(SS) Lonnie Grail B 69-71

Departed on Eternal Patrol August 15, 2016

[reported by MM3(SS) Bill Logothety G/B 70-75]

During the last couple of months I have received

emails indicating that two of our shipmates are now on

Eternal Patrol. We have tried but we cannot find

anything to substantiate this information. If any of you

have any information about the following shipmates

please send it to me at [email protected]

as soon as possible.

HM2(SS) George D. Hinds, B 76-78

(possibly lost at sea)

RMC (SS) Larry L. Crawford, G 76-??

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BINNACLE LIST

(if you would like to be placed on our Association

Binnacle List please send an email to

[email protected])

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Alan Reed, ET2(SS) G 68-71

8.28.16 Alan would like to thank everyone for their

prayers. The first couple of days home from the

hospital were not good, but now things are very much

better. He has been great at eating what he is

supposed to and is ready to start cardiac rehab.

Hoping to hear dates for that soon, but may need to

recover more. Linda

8.24.16 To the Stimson Association, This is Linda

Reed, Alan Reed‘s wife. We were planning to attend

the reunion, in fact, very much looking forward to it. I

just cancelled our room reservation. Alan had a

massive heart attack last Thursday and was not

expected to survive the first 24 hours. Thank God, he

had a great cardiologist and did survive. He had 4

stints put in a 100% blockage and Monday, had 2

stints put in a 90% blockage. He will have cardiac

rehab and is not allowed to do any traveling. In fact, as

you can imagine lots of meds, lots of restrictions and a

crappy diet. We hope the reunion is a big success and

we will be thinking about all of you at that time.

Sincerely, Linda Reed

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Carolyn Linhart, wife of Chuck, QM1(SS) G 68-74

5.15.16 Carolyn has actually gained some weight and

is up to 88 lbs. Keep the prayers going. I‘m convinced

that is the only thing keeping her with me.

4.25.16 Hospice has stepped in to help her to try to get

back on her feet. We have a lot of people we would

like to thank in person for their prayers and generous

nature in helping us out. This tube feeding is not cheap

and all help is really appreciated.

2.9.16 My Submarine family: I don‘t know how to thank

you for all you help in the past, but I‘m coming to the

altar one more time to pray for more help. Medicare is

not paying for any of the feed tube needs, so it‘s all out

of pocket. Please read the whole story on the link and

if you can find it in your budget to help, I will be forever

grateful. Go to this link to better understand Carolyn‘s

situation and to assist if possible:

gofundme.com/5wb3wtpuw

8.2.15 Since 2010 Carolyn‘s health has been steadily

deteriorating. This has caused them severe financial

difficulties. Chuck has started a GoFundMe page in

hopes to pay for the required medical procedures

Carolyn has had to have.

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Larry Hall, STS3(SS) B 65-69:

6.10.15 Still awaiting a kidney and can‘t travel to the

reunions. They say that my kidney failure was caused

by high blood pressure and diabetes though I'm not

sure about that. In 2009 I had prostate cancer and had

48 radiation treatments. In 2010 my kidneys failed.

Since my diabetes is well under control and my blood

pressure hasn't been high for 20 years, it seems a bit

coincidental.

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WELCOME ABOARD & FOUND SHIPMATES!!

(Shipmate has contacted us to be added or have info

updated on our Sailing List. Please check the online

Sailing List to access the shipmates email address.)

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ET1(SS) John K. Gnad G 69-71

YN2(SS) Timothy M. Fortune B 83-86

MM2(SS) Steve Kunik B 74-80

PN2(SS) Toribio 'Buddy' Gomez G 84-85

FTC(SS) Michael Wyckoff ? ??-??

STS3(SS) Robert Zublionis ? 91-92

IC2(SS) Brian Leonard B 77-80

Many of you are on FaceBook. I have taken the time

to look at some names of shipmates who post or reply

on a regular basis to the pictures postings. If you see

any of these shipmates please send them a personal

invite to contact [email protected] so they

can have their name place on our Sailing List and

become a member of the Stimson Association.

These shipmates do not appear on our Sailing List:

Richard Adams Kirby Bickford

Christian Brewer Owen M Duke

Robert Duvall Randy Dyson

Thomas Fulginiti Robert Christopher Hayes

Dan Jaicks Paul Jansen

Bill Lambert Andy Larrivee

Bob Luna Vince McGinnis

Dan Montoya Christopher Mullen

Robert Robinette Glen Roser

Les Schott Chuck Shepherd

Roy Tolbert Jr. Byron Trop

Ray Varkalis Rick Waligora

John Yarbro

These are on our sailing list but we don‘t have a valid

email address for them to receive our newsletter and

other information:

Joseph Cardin Charles Dozier

Anthony Wayne Johnson Sr

Mervin Miller Peter T Wimmer

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LOOKING FOR SHIPMATE

Carl Callender [ [email protected] ] is looking for

info on another RM who was on the STIMSON with

me ... RMCS(SS) Larry Crawford. His name doesn't

appear. He was on board the Gold crew approx 76-78.

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Kimberly Blum-Hogle

[ [email protected] ], daughter of

YNCS(SS) Bert Blum B 87-89, is looking for STSC

(SS) Jack E. Craig from the blue crew.

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QM1(SS) Chuck Linhart, QM1(SS) G 68-74

[ [email protected] ] I would like to get in

contact with ET1(SS) William ‗Bill‘ Warren.

STS3(SS) Robert ‘Bob’ P. Featheran, Jr. (G 81)

[ [email protected] ] I would like to get in

contact with STS2 Robert P. Cooley.

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EM1(SS) Paul Murray (G 65-69)

[ [email protected] ] I am looking for former

shipmates Ken Luken IC2(SS) 65-68? and Joe Carter

MM1(SS) 65-68.

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QM2(SS) Robert Frizzola (G 82-86)

[ [email protected] ] I was on from 82-86 Gold.

I‘m looking for a few shipmates and maybe you can

help. MM1/SS Mike Alegretto and MM2/SS Willy

Wilson, both Gold crew.

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YNC(SS) James Maddox (B 83-86)

[ [email protected] ] is looking for YN2(SS) Mark

Jackson (B). Also what has happened to MMCM(SS)

Golightly.

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STS3(SS) Steve Searight (B 70-71)

[ [email protected] ] is looking for STS3 Eugene

Manning who served during the same period as me.

As I recall, he was from New York (Brooklyn).

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MM2(SS) Joe Civiletti (G 79-81)

[ [email protected] ] Does anyone

remember/ know what happened to an MMCS/SS

Golightly (A-Div Gold crew in 1979 when I came on

board).

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GREAT LINKS TO SPEND TIME WITH

(all links from “The Draft” will be on the website)

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655 Association Website

www.ssbn655.org

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SSBN655 Photos from 1970 Patrols

Vinnie Ryan‘s Photos from 1970 including officers,

crew, liberty in Scotland, Holy Loch, Rota Spain

Subbase

https://www.youtube.com/watch?

v=hb8zzLRWVwM&feature=youtu.be

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Unclassified WWII Nuclear Weapons Handling

Pictures

An illustrated guide to the Atomic Bombs by Ryan

Crierie; a large number of these photos were

assembled from the RG-77-BT collection in the Still

Photo collection of the National Archives II building in

College Park, MD.

http://www.alternatewars.com/Bomb_Loading/

Bomb_Guide.htm

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Sailor Seeks Leniency in Submarine Photos Case

A Navy sailor facing the possibility of years in prison

for taking a handful of classified photos inside a

nuclear submarine is making a bid for leniency

http://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-

radar/2016/08/sailor-seeks-leniency-in-submarine-

photos-case-by-citing-clinton-226995

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North Korea Fires Submarine Launched Ballistic

Missile Toward Japan

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/north-korea

-fires-submarine-launched-ballistic-missile-toward-

japan/ar-BBvYrim?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

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Our shipmate, Loree Riggs, is on the

Commissioning Committee from the

State of Illinois. He has the great honor

of attending the commissioning ceremony

on October 29th.

Virginia-class Attack Boat Illinois Completes Alpha

Trials

Sam LaGrone, USNI, August 1

The latest Virginia-class nuclear attack boat has

completed its first set of trials during its first open

ocean voyage, builder General Dynamics Electric Boat

announced on Monday.

The $2.5 billion Illinois (SSN-786) is the 13th ship in

the Virginia-class and the third in the Block III

configuration of the attack submarine.

The submarine‘s ―alpha sea trials included a range

of submarine and propulsion-plant operations,

submerging for the first time and high-speed runs on

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and below the surface to demonstrate that the ship‘s

propulsion plant is fully mission-capable,‖ read the

statement from EB.

―The sea trials were directed by U.S. Navy Adm.

James F. Caldwell Jr., director – Naval Nuclear

Propulsion. Also participating in the sea trials were

Capt. Jeffrey Heydon, supervisor of shipbuilding in

Groton, and Jeffrey S. Geiger, president of Electric

Boat.‖

The previous ship in the class – USS John Warner

(SSN-785) – was commissioned last year and

delivered three months early.

The 7,800-ton Virginia-class is arguably the Navy‘s

most successful shipbuilding program with ship

deliveries coming in ahead of schedule. The Block III

configuration of the ship was redesigned to

accommodate a new water-backed Large Aperture

Bow (LAB) sonar array and the addition of two Multiple

All Up Round Canisters that can each hold six

Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (TLAM).

Illinois is set to commission in October.

The following is the Aug. 1 release from General

Dynamics Electric Boat.

Submarine Illinois Completes First Voyage

GROTON, Conn. – The nation‘s newest and most

advanced nuclear-powered attack submarine, Illinois

(SSN-786), returned to the General Dynamics Electric

Boat shipyard Sunday following the successful

completion of alpha sea trials, its first voyage in open

seas. Illinois is the 13th ship of the Virginia Class, the

most capable class of attack submarines ever built.

Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General

Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

Illinois‘ alpha sea trials included a range of

submarine and propulsion-plant operations,

submerging for the first time and high-speed runs on

and below the surface to demonstrate that the ship‘s

propulsion plant is fully mission-capable.

The sea trials were directed by U.S. Navy Adm.

James F. Caldwell Jr., director – Naval Nuclear

Propulsion. Also participating in the sea trials were

Capt. Jeffrey Heydon, supervisor of shipbuilding in

Groton, and Jeffrey S. Geiger, president of Electric

Boat. Illinois is commanded by Cmdr. Jesse Porter.

―The crew and shipbuilders worked together

seamlessly to take this submarine to sea and put it

through its paces,‖ said Geiger. ―It was a superb effort

by everyone involved, and reflects the commitment of

the Navy and industry team to sustain the success of

the Virginia-class submarine program. I deeply

appreciate the contributions made by the Navy

personnel, shipbuilders and suppliers who made it

happen.‖

Electric Boat and its construction teammate,

Newport News Shipbuilding, already have delivered 12

Virginia-class submarines to the Navy: USS Virginia

(SSN-774), USS Texas (SSN-775), USS Hawaii (SSN-

776), USS North Carolina (SSN-777), USS New

Hampshire (SSN-778), USS New Mexico (SSN-779),

USS Missouri (SSN-780), USS California (SSN-781),

USS Mississippi (SSN-782), USS Minnesota (SSN-

783), USS North Dakota (SSN-784) and USS John

Warner (SSN-785). Fifteen more submarines of the

class are under contract.

Virginia-class submarines displace 7,835 tons, with

a hull length of 377 feet and a diameter of 34 feet.

They are capable of speeds in excess of 25 knots and

can dive to a depth greater than 800 feet, while

carrying Mark 48 advanced capability torpedoes and

Tomahawk land-attack missiles.

General Dynamics Electric Boat has established

standards of excellence in the design, construction

and lifecycle support of U.S. Navy submarines. In its

position as an industry leader, Electric Boat remains

committed to advancing its technical strengths, while

providing the business expertise to effectively manage

the challenges of nuclear-submarine production. The

company‘s three primary locations are in Groton and

New London, Conn.; and Quonset Point, R.I. Its

current workforce is approximately 14,500 employees.

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Why are submarines an unpopular choice for US

Naval Academy graduates?

By Russell Canty, Engineer, Military Officer

Written Dec 6, 2011

First, consider that the target demographic within

those aspiring to Naval service are the more

academically gifted. These people in engineering,

math, or science related majors in college are typically

drawn towards either submarines or airplanes due to

their strong academic background. So the "choice"

every midshipman in this demographic gets to make is

be a "pilot" or a "submariner".

Glamour:

Let‘s face it, pilots get all the glory. This may be

warranted as well. It is naturally much more exciting

and glamorous to be a fly-boy. Tell somebody that you

are a "pilot" and you get a much different reaction than

if you said you are a "submariner". Civilians typically

know what a pilot does, but have very little concept

what a submarine officer does (I have yet to meet a

single civilian that understands what a submarine

officer does before I explain it to them).

Work hours:

Submarine officers typically work between 100-130

hour work weeks while in port. Integrated into this time

are "duty days", or days where your workday

continues into the night and into the next day, and

when this "duty day" ends and you are relieved after

24 hours, you still have a full 14-18 work day ahead of

you with little to no sleep from your duty night. Heaped

on top of this are the requirements for maintaining

qualifications and training as a nuclear operator, wildly

erratic schedule, and the multiple collateral duties that

submarine officers are required to fulfill, can lead to

very poor working conditions overall, and it is the

submarine officers job to endure this work

environment, put a smile on his face, and convince

those around him to "keep on truckin' cause the job

has gotta get done." Oh, and those duty days? They

happen once every 3 days, and one of them always

falls on one of the weekend days so you never have a

weekend to yourself.

Compare this with the other communities (surface)

where the duty rotation can be as good as 7 section

(duty once a week), significantly less work hours (less

if no nuclear training to maintain, and even less on a

larger ship with more officer to share the many

responsibilities with). Or pilots, who just do training

when not underway. This makes being a submarine

officer a hard sell.

Underway the work day is spastic at best, one day

you might work 34 straight hours and you can then

grab 2 hours of sleep before waking up to do it all over

again. Sleep deprivation is the norm, and you are

asked to perform at a very high level on this very low

amount of sleep. Also, underway on a submarine is

drastically different than on any other vessel, as you

are cut off from the outside world for what can be

several months at a time. Cut off means you don't get

to talk to loved ones and they don't get to talk to you.

Very little news filters in from the outside world either.

Imagine, if you will, locking yourself in your house with

100 friends you love to hate, with no TVs, radios,

telephones...nothing. The isolation is what usually

affects people most dramatically when underway.

Contrast this with pilots who are mandated 8 hours

a sleep before flying a mission, who have significantly

fewer collateral duties to fulfill, and are almost in no

way affiliated with the day to day operations of the

ships they're on. Also consider that these ships have

satellite internet, and as such pilots and surface

officers have email, Facebook, internet...you name it.

The Stakes:

You take a little steel tube, pack a nuclear reactor

and high power steam propulsion plant with high

pressure and temperature steam. You also use the

steam power plant to produce high voltage un-

grounded electricity which you route throughout the

boat in exposed cable bundles. You pack in 24

intercontinental ballistic missiles and the rockets that

propel them out of the submarine (just 1 stage of 1 of

these rockets is enough to liquefy the submarine

internals) that can each potentially be armed with up to

8 ballistic nuclear re-entry bodies that each by

themselves can potentially be 20 times as powerful as

those dropped on Japan in WW2. You route high

pressure air and hydraulics throughout this tube to

operate all this large machinery required to move the

tube around. You pack in up to 40 ADCAP Mk 48

torpedoes who have an auto-catalytic fuel that could

utterly destroy your tube (see Russian submarine

Kursk) and pack it full of high explosives. You pack all

of these extremely dangerous things into that small

metal tube, climb inside it with 120 people you love to

hate (the feeling is mutual too), seal it up, drive it out

thousands of miles into the middle of the ocean, and

sink it.

If a fire burns for longer than 15 seconds without an

extinguisher on it, it begins to grow rapidly and in as

little as 2 minutes can render the entire space

untenable. The loss of any 1 space on a submarine is

likely a loss of the ship. There are a lot of things on a

submarine that want to burn or start a fire. And a lot of

things on a submarine like to explode when exposed

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to high heat. As such, every single person on a

submarine has to know how to combat a fire by

himself and call for assistance. On no other platform in

the military is the success and survival of the whole

ship dependent on the individual performance of each

sailor as it is on a submarine.

This is all backdrop to some of the nation's most

vital clandestine operations (just 1 of the large number

of missions a submarine can perform) which you never

read about due to the nature of the missions. The

stakes are high, and there is no room for error. It is a

lot of stress. It is also a lot of pride.

Conclusion:

So you have to ask, why would anybody do this

job?

Other than Seals, no other community asks more of

its men and women than the submarine service. And

as such, being a submariner is a certain badge of

honor that is respected by the other communities and

services. It is an arduous, thankless, and dangerous

job. To offset these drawbacks, submarine officers are

the highest paid operators in the military. Period.

But it‘s not the pay that brings new people into our

community, nor is it some evil sadistic urge for self-

flagellation. It is far and away the people. The shared

responsibility for each other and the shared

experience forges an extremely tight bond between

the crew of a submarine, one that can only be rivaled

by marine/army combat units, and even then it is still a

different type of bond as each man is just as important

as the one next to him. It is less steeped in the rigid

structure of the rest of the military, and lines of rank

are blurred more in submarines than anywhere

else. This appeals to certain types of people and not to

others.

So when you ask a submariner what it is he misses

about submarining once he's gone, he will always

respond "I miss the people."

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USS Batfish Bell Gets Proper Display In Muskogee

Mark Hughes, Associated Press, August 8, 2016

MUSKOGEE, Okla. – Muskogee‘s War Memorial Park

can now properly display the bell of America‘s most

famous World War II submarine - the USS Batfish.

In November 2015, sailors from Central Naval

Center for Navy Aviation Technical Training

detachment visited Muskogee‘s War Memorial Park

and saw the sub‘s bell sitting atop a wooden box.

―It touched our hearts,‖ said Master Chief Petty

Officer Larry Kutnock, who was in charge.

The unit is stationed at Tinker Air Force Base in

Oklahoma City, according to The Muskogee Phoenix.

Cmdr. Keith Campbell and Brent Trout, the director of Muskogee’s

War Memorial Park, welcome the newest addition to its museum –

an oak stand that holds the bell belonging to the World War II

submarine USS Batfish. Sailors from Campbell’s unit, Central

Naval Center for Navy Aviation Technical Training detachment,

spent around 100 hours of their free time making the stand.

―It was sitting on a box and wasn‘t properly

displayed, and we wanted to give honor and respect to

those who had served (aboard the USS Batfish),‖

Kutnock said.

So they decided to take action and delivered their

work of art to the museum.

Why make such a big deal out of a bell? Before a

submarine is initially launched into service, its bell is

left behind in case the sub doesn‘t return. If it doesn‘t

return, then the bell is tolled in the sub‘s honor.

Chief Petty Officer Scott Dansby had never made a

bell stand before, much less one for a bell that weighs

around 100 pounds. He researched various designs

and finally found one that everybody agreed to.

―It was an all hands effort,‖ Dansby said. ―There

were 10 to 11 of us cutting, sanding and staining.‖

On their own time, the crew spent about 100 ―man

hours‖ in Dansby‘s garage perfecting their work of art.

The original Batfish bell had been lost for decades,

said Brent Trout, director of War Memorial Park. A

sailor had taken the bell home and left it in a garage,

where it was discovered after 28 years.

The bell was presented at the USS Batfish reunion

in 2010.

―A bunch of grown men weeped tears of joy,‖ Trout

said.

A naval tradition is that a bottle of whisky is

purchased by the sub‘s crew and is kept until only one

crew member remains. At this time, the bottle is

opened, and the survivor toasts the memory of his

shipmates.

At the last Batfish reunion, there were only three

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remaining original crew members, Trout said. The

decision was made to break tradition to share the toast

with the remaining crew, thereby leaving no bottle for

the last survivor.

Fortunately, the training detachment‘s Petty Officer

1st Class Daniel Blandford was from Marion County,

Kentucky, where Maker‘s Mark whisky is produced. He

told company officials about the USS Batfish and the

tradition behind the bottle of whisky.

―They were more than happy to help out,‖ Blandford

said. But it wasn‘t the whisky Blandford was after - it

was a one-of-a-kind label. Several versions of the label

were provided to Blandford by the company, and he

finally decided on one.

You can only find the label on this bottle of Maker‘s

Mark whisky at War Memorial Park. It reads, ―Maker‘s

Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky, Handmade,

The Last Sailor on Watch of the USS Batfish.‖

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Navy FITREP 2016

The new military Paradigm

I have lost confidence in Captain Smith's ability to

command and relieved him of his duties this morning.

My lack of confidence stems from:

1. His lack of enthusiasm at a recent Gay Pride

ceremony.

2. His failure to blame recent severe weather at his

installation on global weather change. Instead, his

focus was on the emergency response to keep the

facility mission capable.

3. His regular attendance at Christian religious

services at the installation Chapel with his wife and

two children. His continual display of a traditional

family in conservative attire is offensive to many

nontraditional families.

4. CAPT Smith's wife does not work and volunteers for

various traditional charities. There were perceptions

that her welcome of male spouses to the Officer's

Spouse's Club were not sufficiently sincere and

constituted micro aggression.

5. CAPT Smith keeps four personal weapons at the

installation armory. One is an AR-15. He regularly

checks out his 9mm pistol to shoot at an off base

range during off duty hours. CAPT Smith is well known

at this civilian range which is frequented by retired and

former military gun fanatics.

6. CAPT Smith's children intimidate other less

privileged children by being honor students and

athletes. Both have expressed interest in attending

reactionary, conservative schools like BYU, Liberty

University, Hilldale College, Texas A&M University,

and Gonzaga. Both the son and daughter participated

in Scouting and the son was an Eagle Scout.

7. CAPT Smith drives a Ford 150 pick up truck. He has

no bumper stickers that support any POTUS initiatives

to make the military a more inclusive environment for

those previously oppressed and marginalized. His wife

drives a Chevy Suburban which also has no bumper

stickers. Neither vehicle is supportive of DoD alternate

fuel objectives.

8. CAPT Smith plays golf on Sunday afternoons. This

caused him to miss the Transgender Bake Sale. His

participation in a game associated with privilege,

racism, and sexism has been noted by many in the

command.

9. CAPT Smith participated in the installation HQ

Physical Fitness Test where his superb level of fitness

intimidated other members of his command. Some

female participants felt that his efforts were designed

to humiliate them. While he did cheer on finishers, he

did not jog to the finish line with late finishers and had

already departed for his office before the last runners

completed the run.

10. CAPT Smith has failed to champion female and

minority team members when they achieve significant

breakthroughs. For example the Pediatrics Dept at the

installation hospital is headed by a contracted female

(Pakistani) Muslim, Doctor. CAPT Smith failed to

champion this effort, nor was it featured in the Base

Newspaper. The Installation Master At Arms recently

promoted a gay man to Chief. He is the first gay

Master at Arms to be promoted to Chief at this

installation. This achievement was not recognized.

During CAPT Smith's time in command a female

civilian employee became the Deputy at the base

wastewater facility. She is the first woman to hold this

position which CAPT Jones, despite effusive praise,

failed to mention at her promotion ceremony.

11. CAPT Smith has failed to publicly speak out in

support of women in combat.

12. CAPT Smith has a hunting trophy in his office (Elk

Antlers). Members of his command find this insulting

and a micro-aggression. They are therefore very

uncomfortable in his office.

13. CAPT Smith has breakfast in the Dining Facility

weekly. It has been noted that he has eggs, bacon,

ham, a doughnut, and black coffee. His choices are

not a good nutritional example to the sailors.

14. Members of CAPT Smith's command who wish to

have a same sex marriage must travel out of State (55

miles) to do so. He has never welcomed them back

with a public acknowledgement of their commitment to

each other, nor has he taken advantage of that

opportunity to condemn local state laws.

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CAPT Smith's gross failures to champion issues

that are important to the POTUS, SECDEF and

SECNAV make him unsuitable to command. I have

lost all

confidence in his ability to command.

Admiral Brucie Jones, Commanding

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Milestones for Enlisted Women on Submarines

Photo By Chief Petty Officer Kenneth Takada

By Chief Petty Officer Kenneth Takada, Commander,

Submarine Group Nine Public Affairs

PUGET SOUND, Wash. (NNS) -- One of the first

enlisted women to serve aboard a Navy submarine

earned her submarine qualification, or "dolphins," on

August 2nd and is preparing to deploy aboard USS

Michigan (SSGN 727).

Chief Culinary Specialist Dominique Saavedra, a

native of Los Angeles, became the first female enlisted

Sailor to earn her silver dolphins in a pinning

ceremony held at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard on

Tuesday.

Though assigned to Michigan, Saavedra embarked

aboard USS Ohio (SSGN 726), which is currently

deployed, to earn her basic, advanced, and underway

watch qualifications.

"I couldn't be more proud to wear the 'dolphins,'"

said Saavedra. "To have earned the respect of my

fellow submariners is more rewarding than expected. I

am honored to serve as a qualified member in such a

prestigious community."

The Ohio-class guided-missile submarine is

currently conducting a major maintenance period at

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate

Maintenance Facility. The submarine completed its

time in dry dock and is wrapping up the maintenance

period later this summer. This will bring the ship one

step closer to setting sail for the first time with female

submariners. Work accomplished during the

maintenance period will include the modification of

living quarters for female chief petty officers and

enlisted crew members.

"Chief Saavedra's accomplishment reinforces the

fact that there are very capable women who have the

talent and desire to succeed in the submarine force,"

said Capt. Joe Turk, commanding officer of USS

Michigan. "Drawing from talented individuals like Chief

Saavedra helps us maintain the world's best

submarine force."

In June 2012, the first female supply officer earned

her submarine qualification and the first three

unrestricted line officers earned their gold dolphins the

following December. Structural changes to the

submarine weren't necessary at the time. Because

officers bunk in three-man staterooms, the new female

officers' living space was already separated from the

common areas of the ship.

Since the first selections were made in 2015,

female enlisted Sailors have attended the Basic

Enlisted Submarine School at Naval Submarine Base

New London in Groton, Connecticut. Many of those

selected had to cross-rate, which also included

retraining in their new rating.

Thirty-eight Sailors were selected in the second

cycle announced in May 2016 and have entered the

training pipeline; they will be assigned to USS Florida

(SSGN 728), based out of Kings Bay, Georgia.

"This is a very exciting time for the submarine force

and the Navy," said Rear Adm. Randy B. Crites, the

Enlisted Women in Submarines Task Force

Commander. "We are reaching milestones that allow

us to be more capable than ever by growing and

diversifying our force as these exceptional women

make their way through the training pipeline."

The third application window for enlisted women on

submarines will be announced in an October 2016

Naval message, or NAVADMIN. The selectees for the

third round of selections will serve aboard USS Ohio

(SSGN 726), home ported in Bangor, Washington.

For more information about enlisted women in

submarines, visit the website at www.public.navy.mil/

subfor/ewis.

For more information, visit http://www.navy.mil,

http://www.facebook.com/usnavy, or http://

www.twitter.com/usnavy.

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U.S. Navy To Produce More Of Its Deadly Mark 48

Heavyweight Submarine Torpedo

Arhur Dominic Villasanta, Yibada.com, July 30

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The U.S. Navy will re-start production of its long-

lived Mark 48 heavyweight submarine torpedo to build

a newer and more modular version of this already

excellent weapon.

The 45 year-old Mark 48 torpedo arms all U.S.

Navy submarines but was recently upgraded to sink

deep-diving submarines and high performance surface

warships of the Chinese and Russian navies.

This huge, wire-guided torpedo weighing 3500

pounds has the unique ability to circle around and

again attack a surface warship it failed to hit on its first

try. The torpedo is nicknamed "the keel buster"

because its warhead is designed to explode beneath

the keel of an enemy ship, thereby breaking its back

and sinking it more quickly.

The newest version of the torpedo, the Mk-48 Mod

7 Common Broadband Advanced Sonar System

(CBASS), is optimized for both the deep and littoral

waters and has advanced counter-countermeasure

capabilities.

The modular Mod 7 increases sonar bandwidth,

enabling it to transmit and receive pings over a wider

frequency band. It takes advantage of broadband

signal processing techniques to greatly improve

search, acquisition and attack effectiveness.

More important, the version is a lot more resistant

to Chinese or Russian countermeasures.

Lockheed Martin, which developed the new version

of the Mk-48 in 2011, will also be in charge of the

production re-start. Under the terms of the contract,

Lockheed Martin will deliver 20 Mod 7 CBASS kits to

the Navy every month.

The company expects selling some 250 torpedoes

to the Navy over the next five years. There are some

760 Mk-48 torpedoes in the U.S. Navy's inventory.

The Mod 7 can deliver a 670 lb high explosive

warhead at an enemy surface ship out to a maximum

range of 24 miles at a speed of 64 mph. It can also

destroy enemy submarines hiding at a depth of 2600

ft.

The Mk-48, which is 19 feet long, arms all U.S.

Navy submarines, including Ohio-class ballistic missile

submarines and Seawolf-, Los Angeles-, and Virginia-

class attack submarines. It is also used by Canadian,

Australian and Dutch submarines

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The U.S. Military Is Dumping The Dumbest Uniform

Ever

(NAVY TIMES 04 AUG 16) ... Mark D. Faram

They failed to reduce the number of uniforms

sailors must maintain. Their threads put sailors at risk

for worsening burn injuries by melting. And sailors said

they were uncomfortable and that the only camouflage

they offered was when someone fell overboard.

The blue-and-gray cammies originally intended to

be the Navy's mainstay uniform are officially headed

for Davy Jones' seabag, ending a decade of wrestling

with a revolutionary uniform concept that failed to get

its sea legs despite updates and hundreds of millions

of dollars in investment.

The blue-and-gray Navy working uniform, known as

the Type I, will be dumped effective Oct. 1, Navy

officials announced Thursday, though wear will be

phased out over three years. In its stead, the digital

woodland pattern cammies, or NWU Type III, will

become the standard shore duty uniform across the

service. The NWU Type III is a tactical uniform that

has a reputation for being more comfortable and

officials also anticipate some cost-savings by switching

to it.

―We have heard the feedback and we are acting on it,‖

said Navy Secretary Ray Mabus in a statement

provided to Navy Times Aug. 4. ―As a direct result of

sailors' input, effective October 1, we will transition

from the NWU Type I to the NWU Type III as our

primary shore working uniform."

The announcement signals another tectonic shift in

the Navy's changing seabag. Many details are still

being worked out. What you need to know:

• Green cammies. Sailors who don't currently

wear the woodlland cammies may start to do so in

October, with their commanding officer's approval.

These uniforms will start going on sale at uniform

stores. Recruits will start being issued them in October

2017 and sets of these units will be rolled out to sailors

over the next two years. By October 2019, green-and-

tan cammies will be the shore duty standard uniform.

• Blue cammies. Sailors will not be allowed to

wear their bblueberries after Oct. 1, 2019.

• Fleet uniforms. Officials are working on a

replacement too the unpopular flame-resistant variant

coveralls worn in the fleet. Officials are going in a new

direction after surveys found interest in a two-piece

utility style uniform that's flame-resistant and can be

worn at sea and ashore. A wear test is planned for

2017.

Who's paying for the NWU changes? The answer

depends if you're enlisted or an officer.

Enlisted will get money to purchase woodland

cammies and accessories via the Clothing

Replacement Allowance. Officers will have to pay out

of pocket, however, as required by law.

Managing this uniform shift will be Vice Adm. Robert

P. Burke, the Navy‘s top personnel officer who

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oversees sailor‘s seabags.

―Our sailors want uniforms that are comfortable,

they want them to be lightweight and breathable and

ultimately, they want fewer of them,‖ Burke said in a

phone interview. ―Our force really loves the Type III‘s.

Fleet feedback is that it‘s lighter, it breathes good in

hot weather climate, it‘s got the right accessories for

cold weather climates ­ and it just wears better.‖

―This is one where I think we can give our sailors

quickly, as compared to starting from scratch, and

relatively inexpensively because it‘s already designed

and in use.‖

Burke acknowledges these changes will seem like yet

more uniform upheaval to many. But he says this effort

will lead to a smaller, more common sense seabag.

Woodland cammies are a tactical uniform that's

typically worn by masters-at-arms and expeditionary

sailors, like Seabees, SEAL and explosive ordnance

disposal technicians, who deploy in detachments on

missions around the globe and rarely wear their blue-

and-grays.

Some 50,000 sailors are paid to maintain three sets

of blue NWUs, at $215 a pair. Getting rid of this

requirement would thus save the service around $10

million a year in organizational clothing costs for

purchasing Type III's.

The switch to the green-and-tans is only part of the

massive effort as the service works to redo it's seabag

without the embattled blue-and-gray cammies, which

were introduced in 2009.

The improved flame-resistant coveralls are being

developed by Fleet Forces Command, which has been

leading the efforts to replace the FRV coverall. That

uniform was rapidly fielded in 2013 after it emerged

that the NWU and the utility coveralls contained

synthetic fibers that could melt onto a sailor in a fire.

It's likely to be years as the Navy develops and

fields this new uniform. Officials said they're still

working on a uniform prototype and it remains to be

seen whether they'll be issued in the seabag or

organizational clothing provided by commands.

View Clip (RT: 0:48) http://www.navytimes.com/

story/military/2016/08/04/us-military-dumping-dumbest

-uniform-ever/88048346/

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Submitted by MM2(SS) David Huckeba B 71-75

From the Destroyer History Foundation and Ernest

A. Herr

On 5 April 1943, DesRon 21 was returning from a

night of shelling Japanese shore installations deep in

the New Georgia area of the Solomon Islands. Our

destroyer, the O‘Bannon, as part of this force, picked

up a radar contact that turned out to be a large

Japanese submarine cruising on the surface and

apparently unaware of our presence. The Japanese

lookouts undoubtedly were fast asleep.

We approached rapidly and were preparing to ram

the sub. Our captain and other officers on the bridge

were trying to identify the type of sub and decided, at

the last minute, that it could be a mine layer. Not

wanting to blow up ourselves along with the sub, the

decision was made that ramming was not a wise

move. At the last moment, the rudder was swung hard

to avoid a collision and we found ourselves in a rather

embarrassing situation as we sailed along side of the

Japanese submarine.

On board the sub, Japanese sailors, wearing dark

shorts and dinky blue hats, were sleeping out on deck.

In what could be considered a rude awaking, they sat

up to see an American destroyer sailing along side.

Our ship however, was far too close to permit our guns

lowered enough to fire and since no one on deck

carried a gun, not a shot was heard. Ditto on the

Japanese sub, no one there had a gun either. In this

situation, no one seemed sure of the proper course of

action and it probably would not have been covered in

the manual anyway. Therefore everyone just stared

more or less spellbound.

The submarine was equipped with a 3-inch deck

gun and the sub‘s captain finally decided that now was

probably a good time to make use of it. As the

Japanese sailors ran toward their gun, our deck

parties reached into storage bins that were located

nearby, picked out some potatoes and threw them at

the sailors on the deck of the sub. A potato battle

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ensued. Apparently the Japanese sailors thought the

potatoes were hand grenades. This kept them very

busy as they try to get rid of them by throwing them

back at the O‘Bannon or over the side of the sub. Thus

occupied, they were too busy to man their deck gun

which gave us sufficient time to put a little distance

between our ship and the sub.

Finally we were far enough away to bring our guns

to bear and firing commenced. One of our shells

managed to hit the sub‘s conning tower but the sub

managed to submerge anyway. At that time our ship

was able to pass directly over the sub for a depth

charge attack. Later information showed that the sub

did sink. When the Association of Potato Growers of

Maine heard of this strange episode, they sent a

plaque to commemorate the event. The plaque was

mounted in an appropriate place near the crews mess

hall for the crew to see. Well, it was the crew‘s battle.

BTW - as any WESTPAC guy will tell you, even

today the Japanese have no idea what to do with a

spud.

From an email sent by ET1(SS) Vinnie Ryan B 69-74: This cake is in the mid-patrol picture on the next page. Does anyone know what the cake said? When the pic is enlarged it becomes very pixelated and difficult to read. Thanks for any help you can provide.

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From an email sent by ET1(SS) Vinnie Ryan B 69-74: My latest video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb8zzLRWVwM&feature=youtu.be) has mostly photos from the 1970 patrols. The later year patrol we departed from Holy Loch and some time around mid patrol we pulled into Rota Spain. We had no idea why we left patrol but really appreciated the shore liberty that Rota gave us. Between the NCO club and beer softball games it was a sun­shine vacation we all enjoyed. Little did we know that during our welcomed down time, the boat was being re-armed with 7 none nuclear missiles. Some days/weeks after re-deploying back on patrol we were called to battle stations where we fired 7 Polaris missiles in rapid sequence across the equator into the south Atlantic target range. I don't remember if we were told that we were going to fire none armed missiles as part of a follow on test or not but the experience was intense. The good news was, all systems were ready and the success of the test earned us the 'Meritorious Unit Citation' medal. Here is our Navigator's summary of the test (summarized in my video):

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1970 Patrol Wardroom

1 CDR David Selby Cruden 2 ________________________

3 ________________________ 4 ________________________

5 ________________________ 6 ________________________

7 ________________________ 8 ________________________

9 ________________________ 10 LCDR Tom Conrey, NAV

11 ________________________

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3 4 6

2 5

1 8 7

10 9

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Missile Div Stimson Blue 32 (names supplied by Dennis Wolk)

1 MT2 David Merrit 2 MTC ?? Van Dyke

3 MT3 Ray Cullum 4 ?? Mark Schemmerhorne

5 MT3 Tom Holder 6 _________________________

7 MT2 Dennis Wolk 8 MT1 ?? Frederick

9 MT3 ?? Reedy 10 MT2 Christopher Gibson

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2 4 8

1 3 5 6 7 9

10 11 12 13 14 15

CPO Mess for Decommissioning

1 _________________________ 2 FTCS(SS) Donald Lotspeich

3 MMCS(SS) Mike Thomas 4 _________________________

5 _________________________ 6 _________________________

7 _________________________ 8 _________________________

9 _________________________ 10 ________________________

11 ________________________ 12 ________________________

13 ________________________ 14 ________________________

15 _________________________

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655B IC DIVISION DEC provided by Jerry Blevins, Blue Crew, 1976

1 LT TOM DIGAN 6 _______________________________

2 LT JERRY BLEVINS 7 HARRY ‗THE DOG‘ HARRIS

3 LT BILL MOORE, CHIEF ENGINEER 8 DAVID KELLY

4 GLENN EMERICK 9 _______________________________

5 WILLIAM SMITH 10 HENRY TARDIFF

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655B Wardroom Aug 76 provided by Jerry Blevins, Blue Crew, 1976

1 LCDR DON LACHATTA, XO 7 GERALD RAMSEY, NAV

2 LT JERRY ‘DUKE‘ BLEVINS 8 LT MARK BARNER, AWEPS

3 LT MIKE RUSSELL, AWEPS 9 LT (FIRST NAME ?) HARDING, WEPS

4 CDR WILLIAM POWELL, CO 10 (FIRST NAME ?) DOUGHTERY, CHOP

5 LT TOM DIGAN 11 LT JIM TANGEN, DCA

6 LT ROBERT ‗BOB‘ BROWNLEE 12 LCDR JOHN W. MOORE III, ENG

13 LT MIKE RADER

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