Do not regret growing older. It is a
privilege denied to many.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
TWIN lAKES BASE USS SUBMARINE VETERANS, MOUNTAIN HOME, AR
Twin Lakes Base Submarine Veterans, Mountain Home, Arkansas meet at the Elks Club today, Tuesday, August 26,2014 - Lunch 11-noon - Meeting noon-1 p.m.
Sunday, August 24, 2014
BOAT REUNIONS FOR 2014
BOAT REUNIONS
The Silent Service is sharing reunion schedules at www.ussvi.org/reunions.asp
All reunions as of June 8, 2014
Saturday, August 23, 2014
Submarine Veterans of WWII USS Sea Fox
USSVI records indicate that he was COB sometime during his time
aboard. He was aboard the Sea Fox 1946-47 as TMC(SS)
We have no other records.
SVWWII-13902
(Space Coast, FL)
Robert
Henry Willyard, LCDR, USN, Ret., 93,
passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family at Cedar Creek Life
Center, Merritt Island on Wednesday, August 20, 2014. He was predeceased by his
beloved wife Helen in 1999, and is survived by his daughter, Elizabeth (Betty)
Gaynor and stepdaughter, Gillian (Gill) Smith and their families. He was a
devoted husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and a loyal and
cherished friend to many. Bob was born in Grand Rapids, MI on July 3, 1921. He
enlisted in the Navy on June 4, 1940 and served for 30 years on submarines [S-48, R-20, Shad, CSD-62, Lancetfish, Apogon, Sea Fox, Sarda, Trumpetfish] and support vessels [Fulton,
Proteus, Bushnell] before retiring July 1,
1970. He was a member of the Snug Harbor Base U.S. Submarine Veterans Chapter. His retirement years were divided between Argyll, Scotland
and Merritt Island, FL. Bob's family would like to extend their heartfelt
gratitude to the staff at Cedar Creek Life Center and Vitas Hospice for the
wonderful care they provided. A Memorial Service will be celebrated at St.
Luke's Episcopal Church, 5555 N. Tropical Trail, Merritt Island on Saturday,
August 23 at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The Charitable
Foundation of USSVI. Published in FLORIDA TODAY from Aug. 22 to Aug. 23,
2014
SVWWII-L-09055
(CA)
William
Stavosky Jr., a resident of San Leandro,
CA, passed away peacefully at home August 20, 2014. Bill was born April 21,
1921(and raised) in Oakland, California. He joined the Navy and proudly
served in WWII
in the submarine service[Gar]. He married Marilyn
Ferreira and they raised 3 children. Bill had a long career as an engineer at
Underwriter's Laboratories. After Marilyn's death, Bill met and married Jo
Marie Seeberger. Bill was predeceased by his parents, his brother Ray, and his
wife Marilyn. He is survived by his wife Jo Marie, his loving companion and
recent caregiver; and his beloved children, Jill (Michael), Jim (Andrea) and
Janet (Peter), and grandchildren Luis and Alec. Friends are invited to attend
services at Assumption Church, 1100 Fulton Ave, San Leandro; Rosary on Friday
8/22/14 at 7 PM, and Funeral Liturgy on Saturday 8/23/14 at 10:30 AM. Interment
to follow at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward. In lieu of flowers, the family
suggests donations to The Rosary Makers, c/o Assumption Church. Published in
Inside Bay Area on Aug. 22, 2014
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
RESUCUE AT SEA
Watch
the youtube video. Reminds me of the pers transfer made from the USS Portsmouth
SSN 707 near Okinawa 1987.
CARTAGENA, Colombia, Aug 18
CARTAGENA, Colombia - In the early hours of 18 August the Peruvian submarine BAP ISLAY conducted a coordinated aerial MEDEVAC of a sick crewmember with the Colombian Navy.
This evacuation, a rarity in in the submarine business, was conducted without incident via Colombian Navy helicopter about 150 nm NNW from Cartagena, Colombia.
The crewmember was then transferred to Cartagena where he is currently under medical care at a Colombian Navy military treatment facility. The BAP ISLAY, commanded by CDR Luis Leon, is currently enroute to the U.S. East Coast to commence Peru's 11th deployment under the U.S. Navy's Diesel-Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI).
The DESI program partners with South American navies to employ diesel-electric submarines in support of fleet readiness events off the East and West Coasts. DESI was established in 2011 by U.S. Fleet Forces Command and has Commander Submarine Force Atlantic acts as the program Executive Agent.
The BAP ISLAY is a 1300 ton German Type 209 diesel electric submarine with a crew compliment of about 45.
Checkout footage of the rescue here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8_eluRmLhHw
Sunday, August 17, 2014
Submarine Stories of World War II is with an Agent
Loiacono Literary Agency welcomes Mary Nida Smith and her nonfiction military dedicated to submariners, Submarine Stories of World War II.
Jeanie.loiacono@loiaconolitaryagency.com
Jeanie.loiacono@loiaconolitaryagency.com
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
Navy plans for Women on Submarines
Date: 7/27/2014
To: Distribution List
By 2020, the Navy plans to have women make up 20 percent
of the enlisted crew on seven of the 18 Ohio-class submarines, according to the
Navy’s latest integration
plan. The plan also calls for enlisted women to begin serving on attack
submarines after 2020, when the Block IV Virginia-class submarines begin
entering the service.
Look up your shipmates at www.ussvi.org
under the Boats and Crews button, either by Boat Name or the individual's name.
This film was completed shortly after the end of the War
and contains rare footage on US submarine operations you won't find anywhere
else.
There is a cameo appearance by Japanese Fleet Admiral
Nagano who discusses (in English) the effect of US sub operations on the
ability of the Japanese to make war. That because the "pig boats"
inflicted military and transport losses on the enemy that were far beyond their
own tiny numbers.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbyQutt902Y
This is an official email communication from the United
States Submarine Veterans.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
NORTH CAROLINA SUBMARINE VETERANS
Jerry
“Patch” Paciorek
USSVI Tarheel Base COB / POC
Newsletter Editor, ALL CLEAR
Webmaster, www.ncsubvets.org
Thursday, August 7, 2014
PURPLE HEART DAY
August 7th, Purple Heart Day.
Robert Wayne Lents served in the Navy 1941-1945 on the USS Perch (176). He is one of five survivors of that ship and was a Japanese prisoner for 44 months. You can read more about Bob's ordeal on the Twin Lakes Base site (Mountain Home, AR) http://orgsites.com/ar/twin-lake-base/_p991.php3 and http://www.Valorawards/projectsmilitarytimes.com Bob, is from Bridgewater, Iowa and resides in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
It appears each issue we receive of the POLARIS (U.S. Submarine Veterans World War II) or the AMERICAN SUBMARINER (United States Submarine Veterans) magazines we read where a friend has went on Eternal Patrol; this time it was Robert Keith Wight of Springdale, Arkansas and a member of the USS Shook Base. He qualified on the USS BECUNA IN 1945.
Robert Wayne Lents served in the Navy 1941-1945 on the USS Perch (176). He is one of five survivors of that ship and was a Japanese prisoner for 44 months. You can read more about Bob's ordeal on the Twin Lakes Base site (Mountain Home, AR) http://orgsites.com/ar/twin-lake-base/_p991.php3 and http://www.Valorawards/projectsmilitarytimes.com Bob, is from Bridgewater, Iowa and resides in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
It appears each issue we receive of the POLARIS (U.S. Submarine Veterans World War II) or the AMERICAN SUBMARINER (United States Submarine Veterans) magazines we read where a friend has went on Eternal Patrol; this time it was Robert Keith Wight of Springdale, Arkansas and a member of the USS Shook Base. He qualified on the USS BECUNA IN 1945.
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Groton Subvets Celebrates 50 Years
: Brothers beneath the waves: Groton Subvets celebrates
50 years Submitted by: Office on 5/4/2014
Submitted by: Office on 5/11/2014
That means no electronic book reading devices (like iPads
or Kindles). That’s annoying
to the crew, who like to read in what little spare time they have. Space is
limited on a sub and you can’t
bring that many books (even paperbacks) on board. So the navy came up with a
solution, a book reader with no networking capability and no data connectors
(like USB).
Called the NeRD (Navy eReader Device) it is pre-loaded
with 300 books and only has a port to have its battery recharged. Five are
being sent to each nuclear sub so the crews can try them out.
Books can be added or
but you have to disassemble the device and replace the NAND Flash data
chips. This does not make it impossible for a spy on a nuclear sub to use a
NeRD device to store data stolen from submarine systems, but it would be
impractical.
For the effort required there are easier ways to take
data. That appears to be the thinking behind the way NeRD was designed. If the
user tests are a success a device like NeRD has space for thousands of books.
The navy runs surveys to find out reading preferences of
its submariners and thus periodically updilable on the NeRDs.
Submitted by: Office on 5/13/2014
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Volunteer Base Cdr Vinny McCrum reports "We are submitting
the application this week to allow our USSVI base sponsored USS Darter memorial
to be placed on the Legislative Plaza in Nashville next to the WWII Lost
Submarines memorial. Tennessee was assigned to memorialize the Darter by the US
Submarine Veterans of WWII but we are 1 of 3 states that has not placed a
memorial for their designated submarine."
One of the issues we're facing is how to keep kids
[especially] from climbing on it and graffiti off of it.
The USS Snook Base Commander asked that we put this out
on a POC broadcast as a question and ask comments/suggestions come back to him
at the email address below.
Reply to
Pete Rathmell
USS Snook Base Commander
Go to the link below to see the cards,
USS SENNET ss-408 2015 REUNION
Okay Shipmates here’s
the straight skinny,
We have been grinding
away at making plans and arrangements for the 2015 Reunion in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Dates have been set so
get out your 2015 calendars, day planners and computer calendars. Circle the
dates of Sept. 20-24, 2015. We’ll be using the Landmark Resorts again. We
stayed there for a previous reunion. They did a great job then and promise more
of the same this time. I’ll transmit room rates and activities costs and plans
in the very near future. This notice is to notify you of the dates so you can
dial them in to your planners.
Also, once again I’m
calling for volunteers to help with the snail mail to those that aren’t on my
email list. Keep in mind that this mailing is very important to a successful
reunion. I send out to those that volunteer a list of address’ to mail copies
of newsletters containing reunion information. Prompt mailing of the newsletter
is most important. The list of names and address’ I give out to each volunteer
won’t be more than 10. If at anytime a volunteer can’t do the mailing, let me
know right away so that I can get a cover for you. Any questions, rattle my
cage via phone, email or snail mail.
Friday, August 1, 2014
Submarine Library
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Shipmates;
Many of you have visited
our facebook page. However, the majority of you don't click on the
"Like" button located in the Cover Image at the top of the page. Please
click on that button. Thank you. You can get to the page by clicking on the
facebook icon at the bottom of the page.
We continue to improve our
library of Submarines and other Images for your use with our products.
If you wish to purchase a
customizable product from "Designed for Submariners", like a
business card, or digital color prints, please go to the URL link below my
signature (at the bottom of the page) and select the product in which you
have an interest from the "Product" section, you'll find it listed
in the navigation menu bar found at the top of each page.
NEW OR FURTHER REFINED BOAT IMAGES (9)
USS Cutlass (SS-478) as a
GII, Further refined color
USS Volador (SS-490) New as
a GIII, Created from Black and White
USS Tang (SS-563) Further
refined color
USS Gudgeon (SS-567)
Further refined color
USS Triton (SSN-586) New
Up-Close, Created from Black and White
USS Los Angeles (SSN-688)
New Up-Close, LA Class
USS Birmingham (SSN-695)
New Up-Close, LA Class
USS Ohio (SSBN-726) New,
before reconfigured to SSGN
USS Greenville (SSN-772)
New, Up Close, LA Class
CUSTOM DESIGNED AND PRODUCED BASE BANNERS
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City, FL, George Hackett, Base Commander)
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(Nashville, TN, John V McCrum, Base Commander)
Williamsport Base
(Williamsport, PA, Bill Reasner, Base Commander)
THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE ITEMIZES THE TYPE OF CUSTOM
PRODUCTS WE DESIGN AND PRODUCE
The only way I can keep an
up to date email list is; if you forward this to your new base members. That
will allow them to; subscribe to our mailing list or perhaps order a product
from designed for submariners.
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TIBOR RUBIN
The Meaning of Freedom -
Not to be taken for granted!!!
Tibor Rubin--what a
story!
Every once in a while we
hear about someone who demonstrates extraordinary human spirit. This man
is one of those individuals.
He may be hard to understand at the beginning, but you will be enthralled with
this story.
Take the time to watch the entire video
remembering that this man wasn't even born in this country. Listen and watch
what he did. Be proud and thankful for being an American. God Bless
America!
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