Joseph Shaw posted in Brotherhood of the Phin. Joseph Shaw 10:41am Sep 13 On 13 June 1923, Captain Ernest J. King, Commander, Submarine Division Three (later Fleet Admiral and Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet, during World War II), suggested to the Secretary of the Navy (Bureau of Navigation) that a distinguishing device for qualified submariners be adopted. He submitted a pen-and-ink sketch of his own showing a shield mounted on the beam ends of a submarine, with dolphins forward of, and abaft, the conning tower. The suggestion was strongly endorsed by Commander Submarine Division Atlantic.Over the next several months the Bureau of Navigation (now known as BUPERS) solicited additional designs from several sources. Some combined a submarine with a shark motif. Others showed submarines and dolphins, and still others used a shield design. A Philadelphia firm, which had done work for the Navy in the field of United States Naval Academy class rings, was approached by the Bureau of Navigation with the request that it design a suitable badge. Two designs were submitted by the firm, but these were ultimately combined into a single design. It was a bow view of a submarine, proceeding on the surface, with bow planes rigged for diving, flanked by dolphins (not the mammal, but the Mahi-mahi, commonly known as the dolphin fish) in a horizontal position with their heads resting on the upper edge of the bow planes.Today a similar design is used: a dolphin flanking the bow and conning tower of a submarine. On 20 March 1924, the Chief of the Bureau of Navigation recommended to the Secretary of the Navy that the design be adopted. The recommendation was accepted by Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., Acting Secretary of the Navy. His acceptance is dated March 1924.Originally, the submarine insignia was to be worn by officers and men qualified in submarine duty only when attached to submarine units or submarine command organizations. The right to wear the pin was revoked if the service member transferred to a non-submarine billet. In 1941 the Uniform Regulations were modified to permit a service member to wear the submarine insignia for the duration of his career, once so authorized.

NORTH CAROLINA SUBVETS: Each issue of the ALL CLEAR newsletter official journal of North Carolina Subvets is posted at http://www.ncsubvets.org USSVI TARHEEL BASE, Commander is Gordon Banks

Go to www.USSVI.org and check out the Springfield Convention. There are over 500 attending - you may find some former shipmates. Kirk Smith

SUBMARINE VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II AND UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS INC., NATIONAL CONVENTION - SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI SEPTEMBER 5-11,2011. HOME PORT: UNIVERSITY PLAZA HOTEL AND CONVENTION CENTER. CONVENTION WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.USSVISPRINGFIELDMO.COM

Holding Each Elephant’s Tail: An Anthology of Veterans’ Poetry and Prose The Missouri Warrior Writers Project, in partnership with the Missouri Humanities Council, is pleased to announce a contest and call for submissions for its national anthology of writing by veterans of Afghanistan and Iraq about their wartime experience. This experience includes deployments and those who have never been deployed. Transition back into civilian life is also a topic of interest for this anthology. The contest will award 250.00 each to the top entries in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. All entries will be considered for publication in the anthology. There is no entry fee. Guidelines are listed below: Prose limited to 5000 words. Up to 3 poems (max 5 pages). Submissions that exceed these limits will be disqualified.  Deadline December 30, 2011. Winners will be announced by April 1, 2012.  There is no entry fee for submission, but submissions must be limited to one per person per genera  Manuscripts must be submitted electronically as a Microsoft Word document. (Save with a *.doc extension). Please combine all poems into one document and use first poem as title. Send to: submissions@mowarriorwriters.com Put your name and contact information on the first page of your submission document and nowhere else within the manuscript. -Please include a brief (75 words or less) bio with your submission. Work previously published will be considered, but new work is preferred. Simultaneous submissions are permitted, but we ask that you notify us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere. (This will avoid potentially awkward situations.) -Southeast Missouri State University Press acquires first-time North American rights for previously unpublished work. After publication, all rights revert to the author and the work may be reprinted as long as appropriate acknowledgement to the anthology is made. All entries will be considered for publication.

MORE SUBMARINE REUNIONS: USS TRUMPETFISH (SS-425) 8/23/ to 8/29/2011 Branson, MO USS SPINAX (SS-489) 8/29/ to 9/2/2011 Branson, Missouri USS TECUMSEH (SSBN-628) 9/5 to9/11/2011 Branson, MO USS RAZORBACK (SS-270) 9/12/ to 9/16/2011 North Little Rock USS REDFISH (SS-395) 9/12 to 9/16/2011 North Little Rock USSS RONQUIL (SS-396) 9/12 to 9/16/2011 North Little Rock

SUBMARINE BOAT REUNIONS - USS Bugara (SS-331) September 5-11 Springfield, Missouri USS Carbonero (SS-337) September 5-11 Springfield, Missouri USS Lapon (SS-260) September 8-11 Springfield, MO USS Lapon (SSN-661) Sept 8-11 Springfield, MO USS Raton (SS-27o) Sept 7-11, Branson, MO USS Haddo (SS-255) Sept 9-26 Bridgeton, MO I will list more after the storm.