1944 - USS Cusk Year by Year History

Crewmembers, Pictures and Memorabilia

The keel is laid as the Cusk is born

The keel of the Cusk was laid by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut on May 25, 1944.  Later that same year, the keel was moved to another dry dock and "re-laid" in the same shipyard.  The Cusk was constructed with many of the new Tench Class boat upgrades such as the new high tensile steel hull, relocating her #1 and #7 Main Ballast Tanks and several other improvements in propulsion and other equipment.  Captain Paul Summers, CDR was the Cusk's first commanding officer.

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Memorabilia from 1944:

Drawing of the Cusk fish by Y. E. Soderberg Photo courtesy of US Navy Submarine Museum
Commemorative "Cover" for the laying of the Cusk's keel Electric Boat Co., May 25, 1944 Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland	Second laying of the Cusk's keel Electric Boat Co., December 2 1944 Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland
Birth of the Cusk - laying of the her keel in the Number 1 Ways Electric Boat Company Shipyard, 25 May 1944 Photo courtesy of US Navy Submarine Museum

Crewmembers who served aboard the Cusk in 1944:

If you have any information, pictures, history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1944 (or any year), please contact the Cusk Webmaster.  Thanks!