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| Name (please include middle initial): | Joseph |
| E-mail address: | joseph@msn.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://slee.web.fc2.com/accutane/accutane-online.html |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Roger J. Cousin |
| E-mail address: | rleecousin@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1952-53 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | SnSS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Cripes, where can I start? The Gren was my first boat out of Sub School at New London. Boy do I remember how this scared kid of 18 felt that day, even before coming across the brow...there was the COB and two of his old cronies deep in conversation, and me standing there looking like a giant seagull waiting for him to see me . Finally, he turned and said, "What the hell are you doing listening to my top secret discussion?" I didn't know if I should S--t or go blind. Finally he took me below, showed me to my bunk...bottom tier, Starboard side aft, right next to the head door in the Crews Qtrs. It took me however just a few days, and one tiger cruise in the Sound to realize I was now at last living a life-long dream of mine...being a crewman aboard a submarine.
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| Comments: It was during our "Operation Springboard" cruise to Rio that I qualified and also earned being thrown over the side as we crossed the Equater. I'll never forget it! Rio too was fantastic, and so were all the ports we crused to while aboard. What a great crew! Cdr. Dozier was our Capt, and our EO was LTC Kavenaugh. Dozier I understand is still alive living in Hawaii...Kav however passed away as a young guy sometime later in the 50's. I remember one time as a deckape coming into port, Doz and Kav were standing topside BSing while we were laying out lines fron the linelocker just aft of the Sail...Kav turned to walk further aft, and fell 5 feet into the open pit. Man, he was ripped from his dong to his knees and was as furious as a gorilla during mating season. Guess I couldn't blame him now that I think about it. Sure pray that this incident had nothing to do with his passing.
No better crew or ship ever sailed. I only wish I had stayed in touch with my old shipmates. By 54, I was putting the Angler SSK240 into re=commisioning alongside the Nautilus at EB. But that's another story. Any shipmates from those day, please contact me. (Past Cdr and Co-Founder Arizona Perch Base). Roger Cousin |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Roger J. Cousin |
| E-mail address: | rleecousin@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1952-53 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | SnSS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Cripes, where can I start? The Gren was my first boat out of Sub School at New London. Boy do I remember how this scared kid of 18 felt that day, even before coming across the brow...there was the COB and two of his old cronies deep in conversation, and me standing there looking like a giant seagull waiting for him to see me . Finally, he turned and said, "What the hell are you doing listening to my top secret discussion?" I didn't know if I should S--t or go blind. Finally he took me below, showed me to my bunk...bottom tier, Starboard side aft, right next to the head door in the Crews Qtrs. It took me however just a few days, and one tiger cruise in the Sound to realize I was now at last living a life-long dream of mine...being a crewman aboard a submarine.
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| Comments: It was during our "Operation Springboard" cruise to Rio that I qualified and also earned being thrown over the side as we crossed the Equater. I'll never forget it! Rio too was fantastic, and so were all the ports we crused to while aboard. What a great crew! Cdr. Dozier was our Capt, and our EO was LTC Kavenaugh. Dozier I understand is still alive living in Hawaii...Kav however passed away as a young guy sometime later in the 50's. I remember one time as a deckape coming into port, Doz and Kav were standing topside BSing while we were laying out lines fron the linelocker just aft of the Sail...Kav turned to walk further aft, and fell 5 feet into the open pit. Man, he was ripped from his dong to his knees and was as furious as a gorilla during mating season. Guess I couldn't blame him now that I think about it. Sure pray that this incident had nothing to do with his passing.
No better crew or ship ever sailed. I only wish I had stayed in touch with my old shipmates. By 54, I was putting the Angler SSK240 into re=commisioning alongside the Nautilus at EB. But that's another story. Any shipmates from those day, please contact me. (Past Cdr and Co-Founder Arizona Perch Base). |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Carl E . Morse |
| E-mail address: | ma61853@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1968-1970 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | TM3(SS) |
| Name (please include middle initial): | James R Stafford |
| E-mail address: | jimflfish@bellsouth.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1967-1970 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | STS3SS |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Maxie L. Mullen |
| E-mail address: | maxnwinnie@yahoo.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 62-64 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EM2 |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Fred Soski |
| E-mail address: | fred@chrisitsjustforewe.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://christisjustforewe.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1966-69 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | STS3(SS) |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Allen R. Bailey |
| E-mail address: | aribroab@cox.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1964-1967 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EM1 |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Pete C. Cocita |
| E-mail address: | slidelll@bellsouth.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1968-1970 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | e-3 |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: great experience and traveled the carribean and atlantic | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Charles Irvin Frisinger |
| E-mail address: | 396cif@centurytel.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1970-1973 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | IC3 (SS) |
| Comments: My mailing address has changed also: Post Office Box 548, Cumberland, Wisconsin 54829
This is updated information so please change it on the Crew List.....Thank You |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Jesse Gabrano |
| E-mail address: | jgabrano1@comcast.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1070-1972 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | QM3/SS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I remember from never been out to sea to going aboard the Grenadier which was tied along side the Bushnell to take on stores for 8 week operation trip to Quantanamo.
What a rude awakening that was. |
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| Comments: I wouldn't trade my experiences on the Grenadier to anything. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Edwin E Tidwell |
| E-mail address: | gtidw@bellsouth.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 71-74 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EN1SS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Had a great time on grenadier
Best crew that i ever served with |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Norris Dean West |
| E-mail address: | norris.west@areva.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1960 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EM3(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Went on after sub school. My home was Miami at the time the boat was stationed in Key West so that was convienient. After med cruise, went to nuke school just month before the Cuban missile crisis started. Then signed on to the USS Grant SSBN 631. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Dick L. Dalton |
| E-mail address: | djdalton486@valornet.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 64-66 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EN2 |
| Name (please include middle initial): | dick buschelman |
| E-mail address: | zzzcornhusker@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: im dick buschelman oldest nephew of lyle sawatke, lyle was serving on the grenadier in 1943,,this well loved and proud american passed away march 31 st 2006 and was laid to rest april 4 th 2006 in crofton nebraska. he talked of his love for the men who were in the pow camp. i met several of them when the convention was in sacremento. may he rest in eternal peace. he was our hero. dick buschelman omaha nebraska | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | dick buschelman |
| E-mail address: | zzzcornhusker@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: lyle lane sawatzke age 83 passed away march 31 st and was laid to rest apr 4 th in crofton nebraska. this man was proud of his time on the grenadier and the men he served with from 1943 to 1946 in the pow camp. he was a well loved man and will be missed by all dick buschelman omaha nebraska | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | dick buschelman |
| E-mail address: | zzzcornhusker@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: lyle lane sawatzke passed away march 31 and was laid to rest april 4 th in crofton nebraska. lyle was a member of orginal sub that went down and was a pow from 1943 to 1946. he was proud of his grenadeir.the men he served with.and america, may this loved by all man rest in peace, his nephew dick buschelman omaha nebraska | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Richard M. Stroud |
| E-mail address: | RStroud522@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: While in sub school, one of the school boats I went out on was the Grenadier. I thought it was the most beautiful sub at New London, then when assigned to the Amberjack, out of Key West I was so pleased to be on one just like the Grenadier.
You guys have one of the best home pages I've seen and I have really enjoyed all the photos. They recall some very fine memories of my time "in the boats". |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | richard allen buschelman |
| E-mail address: | zzzcornhusker@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: i.m oldest nephew of lyle sawatzke,,he went down on orginal sub,,he is in a home in yankton south dakota and at present is doing fine,,he informed me that there were 17 orginal crew members alive,,love the site dick buschelman omaha nebr | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Robert J. Roderick |
| E-mail address: | joebifnik@talkamerica.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: I was in KWest 57 to 61 on the Picuda (382 Boat) Subron12
Just wanted to log in and say hello. Nice site. It is great that the SUBFORCE is so well represented on the web. I am a life member of USSVI. Those of you who read this and are NOT MEMBERS, please join. Lets keep this thing we have alive. DBF |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Herman K. Ruhlmann |
| E-mail address: | hruhlmann@cox.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1954-1957 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ET2(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Great Boat, Great Crew, Great times and a Great experience. It is hard to believe that after so many days and hours looking out thru the periscope on the Grenadier, I would spend the rest of my career after completing college as a Systems Engineer involved in Submarine Electromagnetic Systems, primarily periscopes. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Gene L. Aasen |
| E-mail address: | george111242@yahoo.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1961-1963 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EMFN |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I went on a med cruse with the 525 during which we sank nearly everything afloat in the med (war games only)without being detected and then, feeling smug were matched with a group of Canadian folks just after we entered the atlantic. They had us every time and we neveer got them. (I don't think they were cheating and we got a healthy respect for the Canadian navy.)
I was also aboard when we went to Charlston to get groceries and warhead torpedos and then off to Gitmo. We were diving from aircraft when one almmost hit us at over mach 1 about thirty feet off the surface and close enough so that I could see the pilot looking at us. We were completely submerged in less than 30 seconds.... The rreason was, that no one gave the alarm, the sonic boom had us all moving at the same time. There was water running in the conning tower hatch as the last man came through. I was a lookout and that last man was me the OOD passed me on the way down by skipping the stop and turn at the bottom of the second level. Theere was also the time that I was a lookout in the med. WE were in a heavy storm with huge waves. The captain had us snorkling on the surface so we could keep the engines running. The waves weere huge and we road directly into them. For a while, we were taking quite a beating from the heavy spray and some solid water. I remember the OOD asking for permission for us to go below but the captain refused. He wanted all the eyes looking for shipping that he could get, both periscopes were up and manned and three of us were on the bridge. We couldn't see s#^& but we were trying. After a short time, we went up one giant wave and down the other side. The bow of the boat drove into the next wave which was even larger. The boat went completly submerged, long enough for the head valve on the snorkle mast to shut and long enough for the engines to shut down. We three on the bridge were completely under for what seemed to be a week but probably was less than a minute. Whenwe recovered from our scare, we all went below on the orders of the OOD. |
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| Comments: My time on the SS525 was one of the greatest highlights of my life. I qualified on her and am veery proud of it. I even remember the last qual question the captain asked me.
"Your in the fwd battery, the torp room is flooded, the after battery is on fire as are both engin rooms. How do you escape?" I didn't know. The Captain said "take the battery bus." |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | T.J. LAWSON |
| E-mail address: | tj_lawson@msn.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: My father Jack Lawson sailed on the Grenadier. I'm not sure of the dates but I have some pics I will scan and send if you want. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | MacLean Donald B. |
| E-mail address: | noworky1@charter.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 60--62 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ET3 SS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: My first (of 5) boat. Great crew,proud crew.
Atule (403), Mackerel (SST-1), James Monroe (SSBN 622) and Nathaniel Greene (SSBN 636) followed. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Dennis W Liberty |
| E-mail address: | dliberty@ix.netcom.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1969-1973 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ETR2SS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Nothing but schools up till then. Got teased a lot but it was a great crew and great officers. Like the time we shot ourselves in the butt off of Gitmo or the time we tried to surface under the Tringa or the time we had to transfer that guy with the appendicitis off of Novia Scotia at night in a storm or ...... | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Karl F. Mohns |
| E-mail address: | kmohns@cox.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1966-1967 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | Ltjg |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I reported aboard after sub school as a Nuc to qualify in subs and then join Rickover's Navy. The time aboard the Grenadier was the best time I had in the Navy - DBF! Fritz Hahn was skipper, Tony Demarco was Ops, Mike Sherry was Weps, and because of engineering probs we got Diablo (Art Walker) as Eng. Art was my sea daddy and unfortunately we will never see him again (as you all know). His brother Johnny was always was nothing but trouble. Key West was great duty (the big Bamboo Room, Capt Tony's and a little known folk singer named Jimmy Buffet). | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Howard B. Murray |
| E-mail address: | howardmur@bellsouth.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 69-70 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | FTG2(SS) |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Richard H. Kremer |
| E-mail address: | rhkremer@juno.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1954-1957 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | IC2 (SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: The crew was a great bunch of guys who knew how to work hard but also how to play hard.
I remember our being the first submarine to take the St. Lawrence Seaway to Montreal. We enjoyed the town espically a tour of one of their breweries and their hospitality room with drinks and food. It was impossible to get your glass more than half empty. One of the highlights of our Med cruise was being the first American submarine to go through the Corinth Canal which is only 85 feet wide and over 3 miles long, it seperates Greece from Peloponesus Island and connects the Agean Sea to the Ionian Sea. Another first was finding a reef off the coast of Bermuda. I guess that wasn't such a difficult task since a British cruise ship was able to find it a few months later. The most exciting thing to happen to me was having a battery cell blow its top right behind my head while taking gravity readings during a battery charge. Luckily I escaped with just an acid shower which I followed with probably the longest regular shower ever taken on a submarine. It was a great crew and we had some great times. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | William P. Jameson |
| E-mail address: | paulkel123@hotmail.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 64-66 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | STS3(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Hammer and Haun were skippers. Dalke was COB when i left. Remember faces but not a lot of names, however some were: Stams (raidoman), Jorenson (FT2), Chapman (radio?), Weeks (quartermaster), Shipiro (TM2), DeMarco (Officer), "Pinky" (Ensign), Crabtree (sonar?), Pacquett (?)...I wish we had taken a picture of the crew each year!
It was a great experience. I have often wished i could go out again. i loved going to sea and used to stand on the deck just in front of the sail just before a dive. liked to feel the spray. We once went down and almost did not come up...at least that is what we thought at the time. 45 degree down bubble and then a 45 degree up bubble. heard later it was a 5-gallon paint can caught in the stearn planes??? shot ourselves once, hit the bottom once and sheared off the sonar dome...It was great. i loved it. But i wanted out after my enlistment was up and the day 525 sailed without me i stood on the end of the mole watching it go to sea and felt very sad indeed. Paul Jameson ("Jamie") |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | PATRICK J. O'MALLEY |
| E-mail address: | pat41526@wmconnect.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1952-1956 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EN 1 |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Like the crew at that time we had our share of med trips
and springboards Enjoyed my tour and we had one hell of a crew. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | John J Heaney |
| E-mail address: | jheaney@pobox.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1962 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ENFN |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: After sub school transfered to the USS Chopper but had orders modified to Grenadier to support crew for Med run. After Med run received orders to Nuclear Power School. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | James D. Barton |
| E-mail address: | jimb070@yahoo.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 50/52 |
| Comments: I was a plank owner on the Grampus SS523 sister sub to the 525 and would like to contact people who were also plank owners . | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Jack C. Ruppel |
| E-mail address: | lruppeltoo@wmconnect.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1967 - 1969 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | LTJG |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: First assignment as an officer and at Key West. Served as 1st LT and WEPs. Added golden dolphins to my silver ones. Drank them down at GITMO. Many good friends and fond memories. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Stephen K. Kavanagh |
| E-mail address: | skavanag@yahoo.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: I am gathering information about my father - Robert Thomas Kavanagh - as part of a family history for our children (his grandchildren). I have sent away for his service records, so I'll get the "official" story, but I am also looking for any personal insights or stories about him.
As some of you may know, he served as XO on the Grenadier from 1953(or 54) until early '55. He also taught at Sub school in Groton around that time. He passed away shortly after that (in Dec of 1956). We were all (there were 5 of us) fairly young at the time, ranging in ages from 1 1/2 to 11, so we never really knew him. Any personal recollections about him would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Stephen Kavanagh |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Joseph E "Ted" Tingle |
| E-mail address: | tedtingle@webtv.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1954 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | fn(ss) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I was assigned to the Grenadier when the Dace was in refit to be transferred to the Italians. My stay aboard was brief since I was waiting for the Sea Robin to arrive in New London. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Robert S. Adler |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1952-1954 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | TMT3 |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Served with R. E. Johnson, from Groton to Rio De Janero, with most of the time out of New London, with an overhaul in Philidelphia. | |
| Comments: 2346 Lakeview Blvd., Port Charlotte, Fl. 33952
Send me a card. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | James R. Hamer |
| E-mail address: | jhamer@wactc.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1969/1972 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | CS3/SS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Made a lot of Gitmo runs. Had a good time down in Key West. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Dwayne E. (Dewey) Reed |
| E-mail address: | dewey.reed@sbcglobal.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1965 - 66 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ST1(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: My last boat in Key West prior to shore duty. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Patrick E. Thibodeaux |
| E-mail address: | thibodpe77@yahoo.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 60-61 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | IC3 |
| Name (please include middle initial): | John Van Vessem |
| E-mail address: | john@honn.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1964-1965 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | YN2(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I was assigned to the Grenidier directly from sub school. She was in dry dock in Norfolk having a 20 foot section added to the control room. During that time I was fortunate enough to crawl around in the ballast tanks and most of the other tanks outside the preasure hull. My time in Norfolk and my time in Key West was one of the most memorable times in my life. I also was fortunate enough to make a Med cruise with the Grenadier. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Byron K. Lowder |
| E-mail address: | Blowder@1tex.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 63-64 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | FTGSN |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I came aboard SS525 while she was in the Portsmouth Naval shipyards in Norfork Va. for a major overhaul. I remember standing lots of fire watches while the pressure hull was being welded. We left The shipyards for a test run, then went to Key West. I was assigned messcook duty for three months, then worked on the deck force as there was only one
FT and his striker needed. I remembeer there were 110 men aboard and the compliment for the boat was supposed to be 88 men. I asked for a transfer to the surface fleet, since I could not work as an FT. |
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| Comments: I remember Dirty Ern, a gunners mate or torpedoman left owing me $20. I remember Malcom Davis, Tyree,and a few others. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | John H. Abbott |
| E-mail address: | jha072443@msn.cvom |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1963-1964 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ETR3(SS) |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Gerard F. Scheuermann |
| E-mail address: | gerwans@iwon.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 66-68 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | TM2(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I remember the Old Man brought us in to the pier in Key West backwards just to prove he could do it.
I joined the crew during overhaul in Charlston and remember a shakedown cruise to New London where the weather was so cold, the horn froze and we had to stand lookout on the bow. No one lasted more that 20 minutes before having to be rotated out. Since most of the crew were southerners, it was a real adventure. Chief Earl Lamb was weapons chief and, being a northerner, he couldn't understand why we had such a hard time with the cold. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Carlos E. Hernandez |
| E-mail address: | chernadez@net-uno.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.fav-club.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: I am enjoy visit your page. I am Venezuelan and as you know the USS Grenadier was transfered in 1973 to Venezuelan Navy where was renamed ARV Picua, S-13 (late S-22). She served wich Venezuela Navy until 1990. I have a lot of digital pictures of Picua and I let me know as can send you them.
Regards, Carlos Hernandez Caracas, VENEZUELA |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | __Russell McDonough______________________________________________ |
| E-mail address: | rr.mcd@verizon.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: Enjoyed looking at your site. I would like to know if anybody knew anything about my brother Karl P. McDonough who served aboard, the Barracuda, Grenadier, and finally the Thresher. I believe he was a TM3. I was quite young when the Thresher went down and didn't get much of a chance to know him. Any stories, pictures or information about his life would be greatly appreciated. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | James R. Slater |
| E-mail address: | james.r.slater@att.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | '54 -'56 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EN2 SS |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Gerald (Jerry) L. Wood |
| E-mail address: | glwood62@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1960 - 1963 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | IC3(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I was assigned to the Grenadier directly from Submarine school in New London. My first cruise from Key West to the Charleston, S.C. shipyards was very memerable. The seas were rough, I was sea sick for the entire trip and standing lookout through the periscope only added to my misery. I got to stand "Mess Hall" duty in the barracks instead on board and I was involved in a serious auto accident during a "Ships Party" (April 1961) and spent a month recoving in the hospital.
I was aboard during the Cuban Crisis, a New Oreans Mardi Gras visit, a Mediteranean cruise and numerous other East Coast and Caribean island stops. They were great times. I was also aboard when the bow tank failed to blow while submerging. I was standing watch in the control room. When we finally surfaced, stern first, we rolled and right away word was passed of a "fire in the Galley". The fire tuned out to be minor but it certainly added to an unforgerable experience. I was glad to become a civilian in July of 1963 but I have great memories of my tour aboard the Grenadier of my shipmates and of couse the poker games. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Russell R Laporte |
| E-mail address: | russelllap@msn.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1955-1958 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | IC 3 |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I came on board out of sub school. I missed the Bermuda grounding while in an other school.We made tow Med. crusise. I remember looking out the periscope outside of Manaco and thinking, how beautiful. I also remember sitting on the mast head light platform trying to remove the water gronding us out and preventing a battery charge. The most never racking experience, was when a bottle on ammonia left on boad, fell in the Manuvering Room, and brought us to emergency conditions. It took a long time and a lot of French purfume to remove the smell.Russ Laporte | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | A. A. Eckmyre LCDR. MSC. USN (Ret.) |
| E-mail address: | ---- -- |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 56-60 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | HM1-HMC |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: A fine Boat- one of the best. May I say a quick hallo to all the fine people who served with her. I would like to say to Capt. T. F. Davis, I also remember the preps. made before the trip to the North climes........ Watch the bottles come out of the case!!!! | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | swifty simmons |
| E-mail address: | hermissilkorchid@msn.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 60-64 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | cs3 |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Joe M.Foran |
| E-mail address: | foran@zensearch.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1972-73 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | TMSN |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I was known as "Dirty Joe" due to my bilge & tube diving abilities. Hello to my old friends and fellow sub sailors.
I came on board at 17 years and 9 months of age in May of '72. What an experience for a kid who knew nothing from the Arizona desert! Key West is where I learned to drink (and smoke)! Used to run with "Abbie" Hoffman TMSN, Michael "Bubs" Thomas TMSN, George Bonnet TM1, Tubaugh TMSN, "Kip" Mangum, Snyder from Chicago. I always had run- ins with Kirby Key TM2. I remember being in port about 2/3 of the time because of breakdowns. Key West was great in those days. Many a night spent in the Gate Bar just outside the main gate and cruising Duval St. The run to GTMO in the summer of '72 I won't forget. The bar we operated across the pier and the drinking contest between "Cricket" and the XO. (The XO won!) We stopped in Port Au Prince, Haiti; Ocho Rios, Jamaica and San Juan, Puerto Rico. Enjoyed the exotic beauties at the Black Angus. The "Liberty cruise" to Galvaston & Port Arthur, Texas and Lake Charles, Louisiana were fun too. I remember being locked in the AFTER BATTERY when there was a fire on one of the battery cables down below. Van Ness, I believe, grabbed a fire extinguisher and jumped on down there! I remember the run to Charleston in the blizzard and the Boston naval shipyard run where we participated in "Operation Strong Express" with NATO naval forces about 300 miles off the coast of the U.S. Still have the bronze de-commissioning plaque, my dolphins and lots of pictures. Oh, what good times were had! |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | John M. Kuhlmann |
| E-mail address: | Johnniemaxk@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1954-1955 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | CS2 (SS) |
| Name (please include middle initial): | James R Weiss |
| E-mail address: | jimweiss@ev1.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1953 1955 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | Qm3 |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I served in Korea in 1952. When the war ended they sent me to sub school and the Grenadier. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Forrest C. Leach (Cliff) |
| E-mail address: | fleach1501@comcast.com |
| Homepage URL: | http:// |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1955/1958 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ET3/ET2(ss) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I reported aboard directly from Subschool, and in time to make the med-run. Three weeks to cross the big pond at 1/3 on 1. But whan a med trip, ending up with open gangway in Rotterdam. Returned at full speed. I also remember the time comming out of Bermuda and ending up on the rocks. (goodby Capt Clock) from then on the drink of the day was "Grenadier on the rocks". Left during the yard period in Philidelphia. She was my first Submarine, and my only Deisel. Also my FAV. I later retired as Master Chief of the Command for CSG2 in New London. All the memories are to many to list, but we made a difference
Cliff |
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| Comments: "Fair winds and a following sea" | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | william e. lowe |
| E-mail address: | dgl05200@bellsouth.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1963-1964 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | icfn |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: grenadier was my first sub assignment in may 1963 when mcgee was the co.i have fond memories of my time on board in key west,especially as a look-out and plainsman.i am a member of the tarheel base of the us submarine vets,inc. along with engineman jim myers.the trip from key west to portsmouth,va.thru hurricane jenny brings back some harrowing memories.
bill lowe |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | James Giles |
| E-mail address: | lizeljim@bellsouth.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | Jun '69 to Jul "71 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | Ltjg |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I reported on board as a CWO4 and left as a Ltjg. Bill Russ was the CO almost the whole time I was on board. Being on the Grenadier was the high point of my career. It had a great crew! I intend to make the Myrtle Beach reunion this Oct '03. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Keith M. Butler |
| E-mail address: | KMBBUTPA@HOTMAIL.COM |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1951-1953 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ET2/SS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I missed the commissioning ceremonies on Feb 10,1951 by two weeks, but I made the First 525 dives on her. I also have a cop of the Christing and commissioning ceremonies program. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Charles K Engelberger |
| E-mail address: | engelberge@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1961-1962 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EN3(SS) |
| Name (please include middle initial): | JIMMY N. BROWN |
| E-mail address: | GOOSE@DMV.COM |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1966-70 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ENC (SS) (DV) |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Edgar H. Paul |
| E-mail address: | ehpaul@zoominternet.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1951-1954 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | IC3SS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I remember one of my first trips out we hit something on the bottom and landed in drydock at the Boston Navy Yard. I also remember the summer we spent in South America..Some time Lots of B & B | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | John H. Mitchell |
| E-mail address: | johnh0919@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 50-53 plankowner |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EM3SS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I came aboard in Oct. 1950, after serving 2 years on the USS Bluebird, ASR19. I was one of the first five guys to ship over on the Grenadier. We all were sworn in together. While on the Bluebird, I was fortunate enough to make a long Far East cruise to Japan, Hong Kong, Philippines, Guam and several other places of interest, while operating out of the sub base at Pearl Harbor. I enjoyed most of my time on the Grenadier, except for the many hours spent in the battery wells. We went into Halifax, Nova Scotia, and they had a lot of festivities planned for us, but they had to be cancelled due to the death of King George. I, also, remember that we were the first sub to visit Nassau, and we were tied up to the dock right in town. I left the Grenadier in 1953 for shore duty and went to Harbor Defense School at Treasure Island, Ca. I left the Navy in 54. In 1962, when I was managing a dept store in Pascagoula, Ms. I met up with Earl Willis, who had been a QM2 on the Grenadier. He was COB on the Barb when I saw him in 62. I, also, ran into an Auxiliaryman, last name George, who was on the boat in 51 and 52, I believe. Most recently, I have had phone conversations with EH Paul IC3, and CG Brenke EN2 while on the Grenadier, and later retired as a Chief. I'm looking forward to the reunion in Myrtle Beach in October. | |
| Comments: The Grenadier was a great boat, and I know we did a lot of swapping of bacon, sugar, etc., to get a lot of extra chromework done by the yardbirds at Charlestown. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Tom D. Wright |
| E-mail address: | agss241@hotmail.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://webpages.charter.net/agss241/milford.html |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | '59-'60 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | IC3(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Was aboard during time of surfacing of Russian in
North Atlantic. Left "Grenadiddy" to go to Nuke School. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | alex |
| E-mail address: | alexisrodriguez66@hotmail.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | marinero |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: tres aņos en servicio aņo 1985 1986 en el escuadron de submarino de venezuela arv picua s-22 | |
| Comments: preste mi servicio militar abordo del arv picua s-22 anteriormente uss grenadier ss525 por la armada estaunidiense tengo buenos recuerdo, y fotografias se encuentra en la flota muerta en puerto cabello venezuela | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | lucy |
| E-mail address: | lucy@lucyspage.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.lucyspage.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: Hi, just a quick buzz to say how much i liked your site, keep up the good work, lucy :-) | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Roger T. Ashley |
| E-mail address: | roger.ashley@jfcom.mil |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 62-65&69-71 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | LTJG/LT&LCDR |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I have an entry in the DreamBook for Sept '01-- My job assignment for my Company - CSC has changed and I am now working at US Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) so I am submitting this entry to advise 525 folks of my new email address. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Walter Wm. Roye |
| E-mail address: | scorichards@optonline.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 57-60 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | TMSN-TM2(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Putting it together now. Still in shock finding the web site. I will be sending rocky a letter. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Daniel Cooney |
| E-mail address: | cooneyd@msn.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 71-73 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | FNSS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I got on board in Key West right after it got back from Philly. I made e-4 right after we gave it to Venezuala.I ended up on the USS Trout, made e-5 and got out . I remember Chief Standish, Chief Powell,Tidwell, Spratt, and Larry(wing-nut)Chrissman. I was the only urban -type in the engine -room , It was a privllege to work with such wonderful guys. I'm a water plant operator for the city of Tampa Water Dept. To this day, if some guy says he's been to San Juan, I say "Black Angus", and see if he gives the correct answer to the password. It was an honor to serve with America's finest--we weren't much to look at, but we got the job done. DBF! | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Anita Adkins Spencer |
| E-mail address: | wyette@worldnet.att.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: My brother, Ralph Langley Adkins, was on board the USS Grenadier (SS-210) during World War II and, when it was sunk on April 22(?), 1943, he was captured by the Japanese and taken prisoner. He was sent to Camp Fukuoko on Kyushu Island. I would appreciate hearing from those that are familiar with the submarine or any information that they can give me. Thanks!! Ann Spencer | |
| Comments: Sorry! I wrote my comments in the wrong section. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Howard B. Murray |
| E-mail address: | howardmur@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 69-70 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ftg2ss |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I just moved this past summer from NY to NC. The address that you have is my old address. Im now at 2100c Yager Creek Drive Charlotte, NC 28273 | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Pat Gurr |
| E-mail address: | pggurr@earthlink.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: I enjoyed your web site and all the many photos. Well Done! I served aboard the USS Thornback SS-418 from 1958 to 1960. I came aboard in Key West and in 1959 our boat was transferred to Charleston where I discharged as MM2(SS). Majority of my time aboard was spent in the AER. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Carl K. Kicklighter aka [Kick] |
| E-mail address: | sande33876@yahoo.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/KICK6756/default.htm |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1960-1961 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EN1[SS] |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Was assigned to Grenadier from Feb. 1960 through April 1961. Really enjoyed my time on the Grenadier. They had a great crew and I am proud to have served with them. | |
| Comments: After serving on Grenadier, I also served on USS Ethan Allen, USS Woodrow Wilson,, USS Seacat, and Triante, where I retiered off of the Triante in Key West FL, 1970. I served at Daytona Beach 1963-1966 as recruiting duty. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Hugh F. Purdy |
| E-mail address: | durdpurd@hotmail.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1953-1955 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EM3 |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Grenadier was a school boat during this period. We also spent six months in Portsmouth in overhaul and we also participated in the cruise to Montreal, transitting the St.Lawrence river(the first submarine to make this transit).On our return trip we encountered the Nautilus and attempted unsucessfully to engage in a ocean race.Our Captain had known the Nautilus Captain in Annapolis. | |
| Comments: Even to this day when I see the clock read 5:25 AM it brings very pleasant reminders of the old SS525. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | LeRoy A. Ras |
| E-mail address: | laras@rea-alp.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1958-1961 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | SOS-2SS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: We had a great crew during the time I was on the Grenadier. The most memorable times were the North Atlantic and our run-in with the Russian sub (for those of you not aware of it, the book "Blind Man's Bluff" tells a little about it), our trip to New Orleans, and the several cruises to the varaious Carribean islands. I got married while on board the 525 and am still married to the same gal(we met while I was in sub school). My wife's most memorable time was during Hurrican Donna when we all headed for sea to submerge and ride it out and left the women and children to shift for themszelves. | |
| Comments: We live in Alexanddria MN where we are both retired, Trudy from a bank (30 years) and I from teaching (32 years). I have a fish guiding buisness from May through October and we spend Jan. through April in Florida. I haven't kept track of anyone from those years, but would be happy to hear from any of my old ship mates. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Jesse Gabrano |
| E-mail address: | jgabrano1@attbi.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1970-72 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | QM3/SS |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Great memories - Wish I had reupped to go on the Med Cruise. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Thomas A. Rawdanowicz |
| E-mail address: | TRawdanowicz@msn.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 69-70 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ETR2SS (DV) |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Ben Stairs |
| E-mail address: | encss@charter.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 60-62 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EN2 |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Charles L. Mericle |
| E-mail address: | charliemericle@comcast.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1959-1961 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EN3 SS |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Abel (DEL) DE LA GARZA |
| E-mail address: | delnavy52@hotmail.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1969-1970 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | RMC(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: CAME ABOARD GRENADIER FROM USS CHOPPER SS342 SEP69. COB
was EMC(SS) Joe Demnicki.. CO WAS ONE OF THE BEST _ CDR RUSS. Had a tall skinny kid from Georgia in my gang.. he really loved the liberty in Port Au Prince, Haiti?? We had a really great crew...Wish I could remember the names... Hope someone remembers me.. would enjoy hearing from you.... This is a great site!!! |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | RICHARD E WENDELL |
| E-mail address: | MARSHA564@CS.COM |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 68-71 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EN-2(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I CAME OF AGE OBOARD GRENADIER. I PROBABILY RUBBED SOME PERSONEL THE WRONG WAY, BUT I FOUND THAT THE PEOPLE THAT INFORMED ME OF THIS ARE A PERSON YOU WOULD TRUST TO WATCH YOUR BACK. AS A (NQP) I HAD TROUBLE WITH MY FINAL WALK THROUGH (I COULDEN'T FIND THE ASPCO GIANT). BUT EM-1(SS)SULLIVAN HELPED TO LOCATE IT IN THE YOEMAN SHACK. | |
| Comments: THE MARINES HAVE SEMTER-FI DO OR DIE! WE IN THE SILENT SERVICE HAVE NO MUF TO TOUGH, WE DIVE TO FIVE DBF. I LIKE THAT MOTTOW BETER. WE ALLREADY (LOST & STILL ON PATROL) OVER 60% OF OUR BROTHERS. SO I SAY DO & LIVE! I WILL ALLWAYS HAVE A PLACE IN MY SOUL & A PLACE FOR MY BROTHERS IN SERVICE TO BUNK WHEN IN TOWN. PS, THERE IS NO FRESH WATER RESTRICTIONS IN PORTLAND OR. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Robert L. Lookabill |
| E-mail address: | rjlookabill@msn.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1964-1966 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | TM3(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I was right out of high school, a reserve and learned a lot in my two years. (I was a 2x6 reserve.)Johnny Kratz, Chief Hoover, at that time TM1 Lamb were all mentors. Great experience and a lot of fun now that I look back. May not have seemed like it at the time. I remeber Mr. Randall was the weps boss. I belive Chief Schreck was chief of the the whole damn boat. He used to jab you in the chest with his finger and say, "Let me point this out to you Homer." Thanks for keeping the site up and maybe I will make it to a reunion one day.
VR/Bob Lookabill |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | WILLIAM K. COOL |
| E-mail address: | WKCOOLINC@AOL.COM |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 53 & 54 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | YN1(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: FIRST A WARM HELLO TO DIAZ, HULSEBERG, O'NEILL, TOLLBBERG,
TRUITT AND BRENKE AND THANKS FOR THE RECALL OF THE RIO TRIP! THE GRENADIER WAS THE BEST BOAT IN ANY NAVY, AT ANY TIME, ONLY EXCEEDED BY THE SS-210 AND HER ULTRA BRAVE CREW OF TRUE HEROES. THE 210 AND 525 BROUGHT OUT THE BEST IN PEOPLE AND I HAVE YET TO EXPERIENCE FRIENDSHIP THOSE CREWS SHARED. |
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| Comments: A SPECIAL THANKS TO TIM McCOY, SURVIVOR OF THE 210 LOSS, WHO GAVE ME THE 210 PATCH DURING OUR MEETING IN AUSTIN, TX
ON 2-5-96. HE WILL ALWAYS BE MY HERO. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | William H Birney |
| E-mail address: | w.birney@snet.net |
| Homepage URL: | http://mortarbattery.tripod.com/ |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Joop |
| E-mail address: | s804@hrmspotvis.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://www.hrmspotvis.com/ |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: Very nice site interesting good job.
Bravo Zulu. Regards Joop the Netherlands SubVet. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | James (Jim) L. Corkill |
| E-mail address: | CorkillAZ@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: Just visiting your web site. Looks great and good history of the Grenadier. Enjoyed reading it. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Robert M. MacGregor |
| E-mail address: | SCOTTY58@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1960-1962 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | LT |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I reported aboard in Jan 1960 right out of SubSchool and left in September 1962. I rotated through every officer billet except CO/XO. We made one Med cruise and several jaunts to GITMO to irritate the ASW drstroyers. A great boat! We had the "E" when I came aboard and also when I left her. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Marvene Lynch |
| E-mail address: | marv630@juno.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: I am looking for a James Dickson Lucas who was on the submarine USS Grenadier in early 60s. If he sees this please contact Marvene at marv630@juno.com | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Donald W. Brown |
| E-mail address: | oskiefans.1@insightbb.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: Already signed on, but have new email address since @HOME went belly up. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Ronny Saxe |
| E-mail address: | r.saxe@skynet.be |
| Homepage URL: | http://users.skynet.be/RonSubCovers/ |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: You have a very nice website: keep going on honouring Subs and Subvets.
Warm greetings from Belgium Ronny Saxe |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | J. Michael Shaner |
| E-mail address: | m.shaner@mindspring.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1970 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EM2 |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: The Cave. I was transferred off of the Marlin SST2 because of a EM shortage for a trip to Getmo. I was contacted on a Sunday night and left 4am Monday. After the initial shock I came to enjoy my time on the Grenadier. I quickly qualified and stood senior controllerman watches. But the Grendier was a four battery boat and as an EM I spent a lot of time diving battery wells. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | William L Thompson |
| E-mail address: | WTHOMPSON1@kscable.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | Oct. 1960 to Nov. 1963 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | TM1(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I had the forward torpedo room and went through the full Cuban Crisses. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | John C Patterson |
| E-mail address: | JohnPatt39@earthlink.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | May 61 thru Aug 63 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | QM1(SS) |
| Name (please include middle initial): | William H. Enneis |
| E-mail address: | enneis@gru.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I was not on 525, but served on USS Tirante (SS420)when 525 was still in commission and part of subron 12 in KWest. I bought a dolphins tie tack from a Grenadier sailor who made it, for .50. Wouldn't take anything for it now, and still wear it (whenever I wear a tie!)after 30+ years. Always liked the looks of 525 and 406, as they were the only 2 boats in the squadron with the north atlantic sails, all the others had the stepped sails. I left 420 in March 68 as an STS2(SS). DBF!! | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Donald(Don) W. Brown |
| E-mail address: | oskiefans.1@home.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 61-63 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | ETN2(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: First time at sea, went to Norfolk for degaussing, and what a job it was pulling those cables to the top of the sail.
Made a med cruise, was involved in the "hold down" of the unidentified contact that Cdr. Magee wanted to shoot. Was deeply involved in the blockade, when we were sent to Gitmo, around the Eastern tip of the island, searching for radar sites. many, many fond memories, and some shaky ones too, like when we ere operating in the deep hole, and lost control making an emergency dive, and thought we weren't going to surface again. Too many things to list here. Just say it was a great time in my life, and wouldn't trade it for the world |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Jim Bosserdet |
| E-mail address: | seadog525@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1970 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | QM1/SS |
| Name (please include middle initial): | John K. Rowlingson |
| E-mail address: | qmsspilot@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: I wasn't on the Grenadier but was on the Amberjack (SS-522). I've had a great time going through all of the fine pictures you have posted. They're very similar to the way I remember the Amberjack days. Thanks for the memory. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | YN2(SS) Mark S. Pitts |
| E-mail address: | mark@msequel.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://msequel.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: Very nice website. I will be sure to add it to my links to Diesel boat pages on my website when I get it finished. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Leon J. Uplinger Cdr, USN (Retired) |
| E-mail address: | l.uplinger@worldnet.att.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 60-62 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | MM2(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: Really enjoyed my tour on the 525. Met some good friends which I still have today. | |
| Comments: I served on alot of boats including 3 diesels and many nukes, but the comaraderie on the Grenadier wasthe best. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | William (Bill) M. Niland |
| E-mail address: | BillN189@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1955-56 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | END3 |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: While in high school I joined the Naval Reserve. In the fall of 1954 I decided to go on Active Duty and see the world. I went directly to Sub school and then on to 4 week engineering school at New London.
After completing school, I was assigned to the Grenadier in SqDn8 that was at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for overhaul - since Portsmouth is my home town -- so much for seeing the world!! Upon leaving Portsmouth Naval Shipyard we went on a shakedown to Montreal and then to sub base in New London, CT for daily operations as school boat. In January, 1955, we left for Med cruise with usual Ports of Call. While in Beirut all recently qualified were thrown overboard and we took a few of the old timers with us. Upon leaving Med, we made Ports of Call to Roterdam and Portsmouth, England, before returning to New London. The last big operation I took on '525' was to Bermuda and upon leaving we ran aground which took some undoing to get us off and shortly after we had several new officers!! I really enjoyed my time on board and did see a lot of the world, leaving Grenadier in November, 1956. After leaving the Navy, I went to work for the US Postal Service and retired in 1990. Now all my time is spent with grandchildren and trying to improve my golf game. I only learned about this website (which is GREAT!) 2 weeks prior to the Florida reunion and could not attend. I hope the decision was made to have another one next year as I would make every attempt to be a part of it. If any of my old shipmates are ever in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, I would love to see them. NH Tel. # 603-436-8700. Would also like hearing from those Grenadiers who did not serve with me. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Charles J. Paradelas |
| E-mail address: | cjpara@aol.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1961-1965 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | EM3 |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: My first submarine assignment; sent to Key West from sub
school. Many fond memories of the cruises and exercises. Participated in Med cruise, Guitmo run, and east coast run to Philly shipyard. Seems like we also went to portsmouth, Va. in shipyard. shipmates I remember at the moment were: Snyder and Coglan. REmember many hours in the battery compartment and maneuvering room and on my knees scrubbing decks. Also was prsent on the North Atlantic run, where we had to conserve frest water and I took a "bath" with condensate in the pump room. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Roger T. ASHLEY |
| E-mail address: | ashleyrt@hq.sublant.navy.mil |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | '62-'65 & '69-'71 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | LTJG-LT & LCDR |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I reported an board in early Oct '62--CO--Jack Magee
welcomed me onboard by telling me that SS meant Saturdays and Sundays. Our first week of ops was supposed to be PCO Ops but Jack Kennedy changed our sked by delaring a blockade of CUBA--The big G spent the Cuban crisis in port GITMO--pretty tense time but Thanksgiving Dinner on the pier in Corinoso Cove was great with Turkey & trimmings cooked to perfection by CS1 Bagwell. Great Port visit to Ocho Rios-- tied up to Dr No's Bauxite Pier. Back in KWEST Hugh Downs made us do about three landings for TV to show the public what the silent service had done to defend the country. Snorkeling in February off Eleuthra was a bitch-- got my wings as diving officer many times. GTMO again and Port Visit in Port Antonio when Thresher went down--we all felt for Dick Olsen and his concern for buddies who wouldn't come home. Qualified in OCT '63 and then went north to Norfolk for overhaul--can't remember the name of the hurricane that turned around and chased us south as we were trying to go north--hope the guy who was in the bridal suite in the after room recovered from being bounced off the deck on his head--we made a pit stop at CHASN to Medevac him. Overhaul in Norfolk was great fun--The Safety Tank Pressure Test comes to mind as does our fued(?) with the Sea Leopard -- still wonder who called the SS 483 office to tell them that SECNAV had come on Sea Leopard in Drydock for a visit-- boy did Herm Bushman explode out of their office--boy was he pissed. Joe Hanzel did you do that? Dick Olsen ? (Can't ask Jay Broach- but it was right up his alley). The Mk 16 torpedo that enabled when it left the forward nest was another real thrill-- If we had been going just half a knot faster it would have missed us astern--and hit us amidships on the portside! I think there were at least three transportation pins that appeared in the CONN when the torpedo circled. The photo recon at Ft Jefferson has shown up in other recollections-- we were doing the recon as the final compet of the year--I was the photo officer--we had finished the run and were snorkeling out on two engines with the regular watch set in 105 feet of water--stern planesman took planes to full dive to correct an up bubble prob--he couldn't get them out-- I was in Fwd Bat Pantry developing the film when I felt the angle come on followed shortly by bow bouancy blowing followed by crunch on the bottom. You know, nobody ever asked me why the film got spoiled for that compet; that was the last photo recon ever done on Ft Jefferson. In Drydock in Philly we found a 5 gallon paint can cruched near the stern plane operating gear. I transferred from 525 in March of '65 just before she went to the MED. My second tour on 525 was from December '69 to Apr '71. Fond memories of Capt Bill RUSS, Joe Jockel, "Pink Panther" Plehal, Larry Fletcher and John Davis. St Paddys Day in Savannah was a blast as were the trips to GTMO--Has anybody heard from QM1 Bosserdet ? He was the Sqdn 12 "Deploying Quartermaster" Good port visits to Port au Prince and Montego Bay -good that is for everybody except the Navigator (Anchored out at Montego on the side of a submerged mountain was really fun.) Glad we didn't go into the freeport as 525 did a year or so later. I transferred to XO of Entemedor for her last hurrah before we Decommed and turned her over to the Turks in the Summer of '72. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | T. Scot Brown |
| E-mail address: | TSBrown1@ptd.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | '71-'72 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | Cdr. |
| Name (please include middle initial): | Linford C. Brown (Lindy) |
| E-mail address: | bubblehead02@msn.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 70-72 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | FN |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: The Grenadier was my first boat after leaving Subschool. I
joined her at KeyWest and shortly after checking in we shiped out to Cuba. It was then that I realized that I made the right choice of joining the Submarine Force. I met A group of men that taught me allot and guided me in the right direction. One of the was my LPO Bill George, he was a hard man to work for but fair, he knew when to push and when to guide. David Juniman was another that help make it great tour. We made a couple Gitmo trips before I was transered of the to a Nuc Submarine. The Grenadier and DBF are and will always be my best memories. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | michael j long |
| E-mail address: | mikess410@webtv.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 68-70 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | FTG3(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I reported aboard on Halloween Night 1968 in Key West.
Transferred from Nautilus in Portsmouth N.H. Naval Ship Yard. Qualified on 525 in Gitmo. I recall the Big G being a 4 battery boat and there being very little sleeping room for NQPs in after battery or anywhere. Was on maneuvering watch in anchor locker with t-wrench when we collided with Sea Leopard in main ship channel Key West, next stop ARD. First guy I met was "Dancing Bear" aka Jim Ivory. Helped write lyrics to THE GOOD SHIP GRENADIER and the TWELVE DAYS OF SNORKELING. |
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| Comments: Enjoyed time served and crew. Was sent to MK 106 UWFCS
School in Groton Dec. 1969. Met wife, took back to key West, kept same. |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | George M. Arnold |
| E-mail address: | seafox9@home.com |
| Homepage URL: | http://seafoxss402.homestead.com/index.html |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | No |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | No |
| Comments: Just went through the site and enjoyed it very much. I have the new link posted on the Guppy Submarine Tribute page now. Thanks again for the heads up on your new URL.
You have some super photos! Tks, :) AR |
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| Name (please include middle initial): | Aaron Ellis Jr. |
| E-mail address: | 19ellis36@adelphia.com |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | 1957-1959 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | FN(SS)-EN3(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: My first Submarine. Reported aboard after Submarine School late Summer 1957. Qualified Submarines on board 525. I recall running the air banks down really low using the Ships Whistle when we were tied up at Monaco New Years Eve 1957. I also recall the pink sub being used in a movie in Key West 1958. Boy those were the days. I Retired from the Navy in 1978 after Serving on two other boats but none compared to the great times and great friends made on Grenadier. | |
| Name (please include middle initial): | William W. Truitt |
| E-mail address: | foururealty@i-link-2.net |
| Were you a Grenadier sailor? | Yes |
| If so, may we add you to our Crew List? | Yes |
| What year(s) were you aboard?: | '52-53 |
| What was your rate/rank on 525?: | SN(SS) |
| Please tell us about your time on SS525: I went from boot camp to sub school to Grenadier.I reported
aboard either latter part of '51 or first part of '52. Got qualified in Philadelphia Navy Yard before our glorious trip to Rio de Janiero! I particularly remember the great party thrown in our honor by the Naval Attache' in Rio. That party was a very close second to the one thrown in our honor by the German SS bar owners on our last day in port. They thought we "U-Boot" sailors were the greatest. I also will never forget our shellback initiation when we polliwogs had to kiss the peanut butter smeared belly of the royal baby (Dave Tabutt, TM1, FTR.)I often think about a great shipmate, Robert E. Johnson, who was TM1 in the after torpedo room and susequently COB of the Thresher. I see that Ed Hulseberg has signed in. Ed was Johnson's striker. The Captain, LCDR, William C. Dozier was a good and well respected Captain. I vividly remember getting under way in Ciudad Trujillo. The river current w | |