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1956 - USS Cusk (SS-348) Year by Year
History
Crewmembers, Pictures and
Memorabilia
Click here to see a list of the Cusk
crewmembers who came aboard in 1956
Cusk memorabilia
and crew pictures from 1956 (Click on any item to see its full size):
Cusk crooners on stage
during Ship's Party
in Port Hueneme, 1956.
Cusk sailor in foreground with cigarette is Clarence "Ed" Brenke.
It is a little known fact that it was Cusk
crewmembers who actually invented Karaoke many years before it
became popular. |
Jim Tow & Ted Ridolphi at the Top Deck in Port Hueneme, 1956
(Photo courtesy of Jim Tow) |
Swim Call, 1956
Richard Clark & Harry Cook in foreground |
Michael Johnston diving
during
Swim Call, 1956 |
Shark watch from the
bridge
during Swim Call, 1956 |
Sunset on Deck, 1956 |
Article about the Cusk in the Oxnard
Press-Courier,
May 14, 1956, Page 1
(Article courtesy of Bill Vincent) |
Article about the Cusk in the Oxnard
Press-Courier,
May 14, 1956, Page 2
(Article courtesy of Bill Vincent) |
Article about the Cusk in the Oxnard
Press-Courier,
May 14, 1956, Page 1
(Article courtesy of Bill Vincent) |
Article about the Cusk in the Oxnard
Press-Courier,
May 14, 1956, Page 1
(Article courtesy of Bill Vincent) |
Crewmembers who served aboard the Cusk in
1956:
| Last Name |
First &
MI |
City |
State |
Rank/Rate |
Years on Board |
Eternal Patrol Date |
Comments |
| Alvis |
Terrell H |
Linden |
TX |
BM1(SS) |
56 - 57 |
8 April 2001 |
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| Bearse |
Barrie H "Bucky" |
Uncasville |
CT |
EN3(SS) |
55
- 57 |
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| Berg |
Carl "Bud" |
Seabeck |
WA |
ET1(SS) |
56 - 57 |
19 March 2016 |
Achieved rank of LT prior to retiring from the Navy. |
| Brenke, Clarence E |
|
Lafayette |
LA |
ENFN(SS) |
54 - 56 |
|
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| Brown |
Charles Edwin "Scurvy" |
Albuquerque |
NM |
CSC(SS) |
56 - 57 |
13 May 2014 |
|
| Bufford |
J C "Buddha" |
|
|
QM1(SS) |
54 - 57 |
15 December 1994 |
|
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Jim L Carpenter |
Jim L |
Commerce City |
CO |
TM3(SS) |
53 - 56 |
1 November 2019 |
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| Carr |
J H |
|
|
LTJG |
56 - 57 |
|
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| Castro |
Esteban |
|
|
|
56 |
|
|
| Clark |
Richard Martin "Dick" |
|
|
LCDR |
55 - 57 |
2008 |
7th Captain of the Cusk |
| Cook, III |
Harry E |
Redwood City |
CA |
ETR3(SS) |
55
- 57 |
|
|
| Dalton |
Bob |
Woodland |
CA |
ICCS(SS) |
56 - 58 |
|
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| Godfrey |
Richard S |
Union City |
CA |
HM1(SS) |
56 - 57 |
22 February 2009 |
|
| Herring |
E. B. "Monte" |
Los Angeles |
CA |
LT |
56 - 58 |
|
|
| J W Hickman |
|
Biloxi |
MS |
IC2(SS) |
54 - 57 |
5 September 2014 |
|
| Hukill |
Henry D "Hank" |
Elizabethtown |
PA |
LTJG |
55 - 57 |
13 July 2006 |
Retired as a Captain |
| Hume |
James F |
Stilwell |
OK |
TM1(SS) |
56 - 61 |
15 January 2015 |
|
| Johnston |
Michael O'Neill |
Tucson |
AZ |
ET3(SS) |
53 - 56 |
|
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|
Jessie L Kelley |
|
Castro Valley |
CA |
EN1(SS) |
54 - 60 |
1 September 2004 |
|
| Krist |
John L |
|
HI |
EN1(SS) |
56 |
|
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| Kunkel |
Leo Paul |
Jacksonville |
FL |
ENCS(SS) |
45 - 48
& 52 - 58 |
18 February 2015 |
Plankowner |
| Lange |
Robert G |
Bellingham |
WA |
EN3(SS) |
54
- 56 |
|
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| Lubbes |
Charles "Chuck" |
|
|
QMC(SS) |
55 - 56 |
1966 |
|
| Lyons |
Sammie E |
Ash Flat |
AR |
EMCS(SS) |
53 - 59 |
5 October 2004 |
|
| Maltsberger |
Jacob William "Jake" |
Portland |
OR |
SN(SS) |
55 - 56 |
|
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| McNay |
William L |
Tucson |
AZ |
EMC(SS) |
55 -
57 |
|
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| Meuse |
Carl |
Concord |
MA |
QM3(SS) |
56 - 58 |
|
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Paul O Melton |
|
Miller's Creek |
NC |
EMC(SS) |
53 - 57 |
|
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| Moran |
Patrick J |
|
|
ENFN(SS) |
54 - 56 |
|
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| Moritz |
Robert L "Rigger" |
Virginia Beach |
VA |
GM2(SS) |
55 - 57 |
|
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| Nease |
Jack Walter |
Hot Springs Village |
AR |
SO2(SS) |
54
- 57 |
28 June 2014 |
|
| Nix |
Billy R |
LaGrange |
GA |
EN2(SS) |
56 - 59 |
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| Ornburn |
Marvin James |
|
|
EM2(SS) |
55 - 57 |
|
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| Oxrider |
James |
Santa Maria |
ID |
TM1(SS) |
55 - 62 |
|
Retired as LT |
| Perry |
Robert L |
Lindsay |
OK |
ENFN(SS) |
56 - 57 |
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Gerald "Jerry" Pritzl |
|
Marshfield |
WI |
RM3(SS) |
55 - 56 |
17 Aug 1998 |
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| Redolphi |
Theodore "Ted" |
|
|
SN(SS) |
54 - 56 |
|
|
|
Glenn H Rowe |
|
Santee |
SC |
RM2(SS) |
53 - 57 |
2 September 2014 |
|
| Sauk |
Anthony "Tony" |
Pascagoula |
MS |
FT1(SS) |
54 - 56 |
Date Unknown |
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| Scairpon |
Jack |
Midway |
AR |
EN2(SS) |
55 - 57 |
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| Shrope |
Frank Oliver |
Las Vegas |
NV |
CSC(SS) |
51 - 56 |
11 November 2009 |
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| Smith |
Lyle W |
Lewiston |
ID |
EM2(SS) |
55 - 56 |
2013 |
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| Smith |
Wayne E |
Sicklerville |
NJ |
YNC(SS) |
54 - 56 |
26 June 2008 |
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William R "Bill" Sylar |
|
Georgetown |
TN |
EM1(SS) |
56 - 59 |
19 July 2020 |
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| Tow, Sr. |
James D "Jim" |
Richland |
WA |
ETRSN(SS) |
54 - 56 |
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Retired as CDR |
| Toynton |
Mervyn "Merv" |
San Francisco |
CA |
LT |
56 - 57 |
1983 |
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| Vincent |
William E "Bill" |
Cupertino |
CA |
EN2(SS) |
55 - 57 |
27 June 2016 |
Cusk Newsletter editor and publisher |
| Waller |
Joel A |
Gig Harbor |
WA |
EN3(SS) |
56 |
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| Weaver |
William H |
Cross |
SC |
CS2(SS) |
56 - 58 |
10 September 2016 |
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If you have any information, pictures,
history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1955 (or any year),
please contact the
Cusk Webmaster. Thanks!
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