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1946
The Cusk is commissioned and joins the fleet
The Cusk is commissioned at 2:00
P.M. on Thursday, January 31, 1946 in New London, Connecticut. A
commissioning party is held the next evening at "Polly's Inn" in Norwich,
Connecticut. The first ship's patch is also commissioned and the Cusk goes
to sea on "Standardization Trials" in March. Later that year, the Cusk
departs on a trip to her new home port of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The trip
includes a stop in San Juan, Puerto Rico and a trip to Cristobal, Panama and the
Panama Canal. Later the Cusk is in San Diego and Pearl Harbor and then it
off to Kodiak, Alaska for "Iceberg" tests.
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Click here to see the list of crewmembers who came
aboard the Cusk in 1946
Pictures and memorabilia from 1946:
|
1st Ship's Party Attendees
1946
in Norwich, Connecticut
All
officers & crew present
except
men on watch
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk) |
First Crew List
(Courtesy of Zeke
Zellmer) |
1st Ship's Party -
Officers and Crew
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk) |
Captain & Mrs. Paul Summers
at
Cusk's commissioning party
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Commissioning Ceremony Invitation
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Commissioning Party Invitation
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Commemorative
Commissioning Envelope
about
the Cusk's launch.
(Photo
courtesy of Tom Roseland) |
Article in local
paper about Cusk's
Commissioning, February 5, 1946
(Courtesy of Zeke
Zellmer) |
Signed Picture of Ship's Patch
Signed by first
crew.
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Article in Milwaukee Journal about the artist who
designed the first ship's patch of the Cusk
(Courtesy of Zeke
Zellmer) |
First Ship's Patch
(Courtesy of Zeke
Zellmer) |
1st Ship's Party -
Officers and CPOs
R1-S.A. Peterson, V. R. Wanner, F. L. Thomas,
Bill Norrington, Paul Summers, Zeke Zellmer,
D. H. Green,
F. C. Cole, Walt Diedrick
R2-J.C. Rendernick,
P.A. Gavala, H.F. Lego
Stubbs, G. E. Campbell,
O. A. Fosberg,
J. W. Deef &
Darden,
R3-unknown, J. K. Ludwig,
F. V. Nuttleman & L. S. Wright
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk)
|
Cusk's First Engineering
Officer
Lt. Zeke Zellmer
(Photo courtesy of Zeke
Zellmer) |
Zeke & Mrs. Zellmer with
other
Cusk officers
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Lt. & Mrs. Zeke Zellmer
(Photo courtesy of Zeke
Zellmer) |
|
Commissioning Party Menu
(outside)
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Commissioning Party Menu
(inside)
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
March 18, 1946 - Standardization Trials
L.P.
Kunkle, D. L. Aldredge,
F. E.
"Moldy" Higgins, Fosberg & Elliot
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk) |
Standardization Trials
Moose
Tharp, Clyde Kirk, L.P.
Kunkle, Reid, Moldy
Higgins, Fosberg, Phil Hansen
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk)
|
March 18, 1946
Standardization Trials
F. E.
"Moldy" Higgins & D. L.
Aldredge
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk) |
March 18, 1946
Standardization Trials
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk) |
|
Close up photo of the
Bridge
New London, 1946
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
March 18, 1946
Standardization Trials
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk) |
Tied up outboard
of the Diodon
New London, April 1946
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Crewmembers on deck
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
|
Crewmembers on deck
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Small boats
alongside, forward of bridge
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Crewmembers on
deck
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
View of Alaskan
coast when arriving in Kodiak
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Clyde Kirk during Standardization Trials
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk) |
Entering San Juan, Puerto Rico
May 1, 1946
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
The Cusk in
Cristobal, Canal Zone, 1946
sometime between 24 April
1946, when she
made an extended cruise
through the
Caribbean Sea, and before
she arrived at
San Diego 6 June 1946.
(Photo
courtesy of Jim Carrol) |
March 18, 1946
Standardization Trials
Thomas Dietz,
Parker & Barlow
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk) |
Cusk outboard the USS Trumpetfish (SS-425)
Kodiak,
Alaska, July 1946
(Photo courtesy of Zeke
Zellmer) |
Early Crew Picture
(Photo courtesy of
Jim Orr) |
Topside alongside
the shears, 1946
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Entering new home port of
Pearl Harbor,
July, 1946
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk)
|
Another 'Arctic' Article
about Cusk's trip to Kodiak, Alaska
(Article courtesy of Zeke
Zellmer) |
Historical
background of Cusk's first patch
(Photo courtesy of
Zeke Zellmer) |
San Diego Union article about Cusk's
first trip to Kodiak, Alaska
(Article courtesy of Zeke
Zellmer) |
Cdr. Paul Summers & Cdr.
Buskirk
discuss plans for Arctic
cruise to
Kodiak,
Alaska, July 1946
(Article courtesy of Zeke
Zellmer) |
|
Crewmembers on the
bridge
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
Letter
documenting Cusk's keel laying through commissioning by Electric Boat
(Courtesy of
U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum) |
March 18, 1946,
Standardization Trials
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk) |
In Kodiak, Alaska
outboard Diodon
July,
1946
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
If you have any information, pictures,
history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1946 (or any year),
please contact the
Cusk Webmaster.
Thanks!
Crewmembers who served aboard the Cusk in 1946:
| Last Name |
First & MI |
City |
State |
Rank/Rate |
Years on Board |
Eternal Patrol Date |
Comments |
| Aldredge |
Donald
Leslie |
|
|
MOMM2(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Allen |
Henry Walker |
|
|
|
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Allison |
Robert D |
|
|
FA(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Barlow |
Verne Duane |
Lilburn |
GA |
SN(SS) |
45 -
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Bates |
Robert D |
|
|
SA(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Bettencourt |
Edgar Street |
|
|
QMSN(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Boberick |
Donald H |
Pasadena |
CA |
RM3(SS) |
46 |
11 Jan
2002 |
Plankowner |
| Bovee |
James M |
|
|
SA(SS) |
46 |
8 July 2019 |
Plankowner |
| Brewer |
W. R. |
|
|
EM3c |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Broadfoot |
James Robert |
|
|
TM3(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Brown |
Lawrence Fredrick |
|
|
SC2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
26 September 1974 |
Plankowner |
| Campbell |
George Ellsworth "Buzz" |
|
|
QMC(SS) |
46 |
2 October 1969 |
Plankowner |
| Cantrell |
Alfred C |
|
|
TM3(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Carroll |
Loren Andrew |
Ozawkie |
KS |
HM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
1 November 2008 |
Plankowner |
| Cohen |
Morris Murray |
|
|
TM2(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Cole |
F C |
St Louis |
MO |
LTJG |
46 |
August
2006 |
Plankowner |
| Condon |
William Henry |
Dade City |
FL |
RM3(SS) |
46 |
29 November 2011 |
Plankowner |
| Conforti |
John Joseph |
Torrington |
CT |
MMOM1(SS) |
46 |
14 June
2010 |
Plankowner |
| Cook |
C. F |
|
|
MOMM3c |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| D'Arrigo |
Letterio Leo |
Myrtle Beach |
SC |
RM2(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| DeLosSantos |
Julio Dahipon |
|
|
SDSN(SS) |
46 |
19 May 2006 |
Plankowner |
| Dedrick |
Walter Eugene |
|
|
LTJG |
46 & 52 - 55 |
28 September 1997 |
Plankowner,
Served as Executive Officer from 52 - 55 |
| Dennis |
Omer Lee |
|
|
QM2(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Deef |
James William |
|
|
HMC(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Dietz |
Thomas Rayle |
Stillwater |
MN |
EM3(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Engel |
H. A. |
|
|
MOMm3C |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| England |
Samuel Jackson McCullough |
|
|
RMSN(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Elliott |
Oliver Warren |
Moreno Valley |
CA |
MOMMFN(SS) |
46 |
29 June 2004 |
Plankowner |
| Elliot |
Q M |
|
|
F1c |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Fee |
Bruce Derral |
Prescott |
AZ |
FN |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Fenton |
Ronald |
|
|
RM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Ferrer |
Daniel Rosal |
|
|
TMSN(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Fisher |
Walter Curtis |
Norfolk |
VA |
EN1(SS) |
46 - 48 |
13 November 1990 |
Plankowner |
| Flanagan |
Kevin Francis |
Rockville |
MD |
SN(SS) |
46 |
26 July 2014 |
Plankowner |
| Flora |
L L |
|
|
S1c |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Fosberg |
Orville Andrew |
|
|
MOMMC(SS) |
46 - 47 |
Date
Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Foster, Jr. |
Arthur E |
|
|
FCS1(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Frazier |
John Paul |
|
|
SA(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Freeman |
Don L |
|
|
|
46 |
|
|
| Friel |
James D |
Bellerose |
NY |
RM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
22 April 1997 |
Plankowner |
| Fulghum |
Weldon Franklin |
|
|
TM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
8 November 2006 |
Plankowner |
| Gavala |
Paul Andrew |
Fishskill |
NY |
CSC(SS) |
46 |
8 November 2006 |
Plankowner |
| Gay |
Leonard |
San Diego |
CA |
SD1(SS) |
46 |
4 February 1994 |
Plankowner |
| Hager |
John Peter |
Tucson |
AZ |
HMC(SS) |
46 - 47 |
4 April 1999 |
Plankowner, Joined
in 1939 left in 1959 |
| Graham |
Herbert William |
|
|
RM1(SS) |
46 - 53 |
Date Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Girard |
Lawrence A |
|
|
RMC(SS) |
46 - 49 |
|
Plankowner |
| Green |
David H |
|
|
LCDR |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Grove |
Carl Gene |
North Point |
FL |
EM2(SS) |
45 - 46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Hager |
John Peter |
Tucson |
AZ |
HMC(SS) |
46 - 47 |
4 April 1999 |
Plankowner, Joined
in 1939 left in 1959 |
| Hansen |
Phillip Vane "Swede" |
Bonneau |
SC |
MOMM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
28
May 2011 |
Plankowner,
Retired as LCDR |
| Haynes, Jr. |
Harold William |
Oceanside |
CA |
QM2(SS) |
46 - 48 |
26 August 2016 |
Plankowner |
| Hazlett |
Clifford L |
|
|
GM1(SS) |
46 |
31 March 2005 |
Plankowner |
| Heartness |
O A |
|
|
MoMM1c |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Herbst |
Alfred Otto |
Annandale |
VA |
QMSN(SS) |
46 |
22 October
2013 |
Plankowner |
| Higgins |
Francis E "Moldy" |
Bangor |
ME |
MOMM1(SS) |
46 |
27
October 2004 |
Plankowner |
| Hinman |
Earl Martin |
|
|
MOMMFA(SS) |
46 |
Date Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Horne |
William Ryan |
|
|
RMSN(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Irvine |
Lloyd Franklin |
|
|
MOMMC(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Jenkins |
Irvin H |
|
|
CS1(SS) |
46 - 48 |
|
Plankowner |
| Johnston |
Richard Allen |
|
|
MOMM1(SS) |
46 |
July 1983 |
Plankowner |
| Jordan |
Robert Louis |
Groton |
CT |
LT |
46 - 47 |
31 December 1992 |
Plankowner |
| Keeran |
Ernest Melvin |
Ft. Cobb |
OK |
RM1(SS) |
46 - 47 |
28 November 1985 |
Plankowner |
| Kelly |
W P |
|
|
MoMM2c |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Kennedy |
Robert E |
San Diego |
CA |
EN1(SS) |
46 - 50 |
|
Plankowner |
| Kirk |
Clyde Vernon |
Houston |
TX |
MOMMFN(SS) |
45 - 46 |
28 February
2014 |
Plankowner |
| Kunkel |
Leo Paul |
Jacksonville |
FL |
MOMM2(SS) |
45 - 48
& 52 - 58 |
18 February 2015 |
Plankowner |
| Lego |
Herman Frank |
Castro Valley |
CA |
YNC(SS) |
46 |
20 March 1991 |
Plankowner |
| Lindstrom |
David Edward |
|
|
EM1(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Langlois |
Ralph |
|
|
EM3(SS) |
46 |
25 August 1949 |
Plankowner,
Lost aboard the USS Benevolence (AH-13) in San Francisco Bay after
collision with a freighter. |
| Longnecker |
Everett Glenn |
San Diego |
CA |
EM1(SS) |
46 - 47 & 50 - 51 |
22 February 1987 |
Plankowner |
| Lowry |
Robert White "Bob" |
Cairo |
NE |
EMFN(SS) |
46 |
26 April 2014 |
Plankowner |
| Ludwig |
John Kimball |
San Diego |
CA |
RMC(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Lucas |
Max Alton |
Woodburn |
OR |
SA(SS) |
46 - 47 |
14 June 2012 |
Plankowner |
| Lugar |
J M |
|
|
TM2c |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Mahin |
Jack Burton |
Carmichael |
CA |
EN1(SS) |
46 - 50 |
2 January 2005 |
Plankowner |
| Mason |
Paul B |
|
|
TMSN |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| McEachin |
Jack Burch |
|
|
EM3(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| McGinty |
Merlin Clarence |
Murdock |
MN |
EM1(SS) |
45 - 46 |
15 December 1999 |
Plankowner |
| Meeks |
Charles Newton |
|
|
MOMM2(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Mikolay |
John Robert |
|
|
MOMM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
6 July 1992 |
Plankowner |
| Millett |
Edward A |
|
|
TMC(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Mitchell |
Edwin Foster |
Seminole |
FL |
EM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
9 November 1994 |
Plankowner |
| Murray, Jr |
Earl A |
|
|
SO3(SS) |
46 - 52 |
Date Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Nelson |
Charles Edward |
|
|
EMFN(SS) |
46 |
Date Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Norrington |
William Edward |
Los Alamitos |
CA |
LCDR |
45 - 47 |
24 October
2010 |
Plankowner,
1st Executive Officer |
| Nuttleman |
Fred Vernon |
Rogers |
AR |
TMC(SS) |
46 - 49 |
13 February 2010 |
Plankowner |
| Parden |
Lee Bob |
|
|
EMC(SS) |
46 - 47 |
6 January 1991 |
Plankowner |
| Parker |
Eugene Alsup |
|
CA |
TM3(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Patterson, Jr. |
Hugh |
Fair Oaks |
CA |
EM3(SS) |
46 - 48 |
28 November 2002 |
Plankowner |
| Pearson |
Fred Warren |
|
|
CTC(SS) |
46 |
25 January 1998 |
Plankowner |
| Peterson |
Stanley A. |
|
|
LTJG |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Phoenix |
Charles E |
|
|
TMC(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Phoenix |
David A "Dave" |
Woodstock |
CT |
MM2(SS) |
46 - 49 |
|
Plankowner,
Retired as Captain |
| Rawding |
William Burt "Scottie" |
Bedford |
MA |
SN(SS) |
46 - 49 |
|
Plankowner |
| Reid |
Wendell Bud |
St. Petersburg |
FL |
MOMM2(SS) |
46 |
15 August 2015 |
Plankowner |
| Rendernick |
John Davis |
San Diego |
CA |
EMC(SS) |
46 - 47 |
26 November 2001 |
Plankowner |
| Rivera |
Bill |
|
|
TMSN(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Robin |
William Clodomer |
|
|
YN2(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Robinson |
|
|
|
StM2c |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Ruffiino |
Anthony |
|
|
|
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Saunders |
Paul Golden "Swish" |
Dunnellon |
FL |
GMGC(SS) |
46 - 51 |
Date
Unknown |
Plankowner,
Chief of the Boat, One of the most decorated enlisted men
in the US Navy |
| Schulz |
Edward Michael |
San Diego |
CA |
MOMM3(SS) |
46 |
Date Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Schwartz |
Harold Ray "Hal" |
Groton |
CT |
TM1(SS) |
46 - 50 |
19 February 2006 |
Plankowner |
| Senior |
Harry B |
Orange Park |
FL |
SDC(SS) |
46 - 52 |
|
Plankowner |
| Shaeffer |
Robert Eugene |
|
|
SC3(SS) |
46 & 65 -
67 |
|
Plankowner,
Returned as COB in 1965 |
| Sharp |
Harold Larry |
|
|
ETM3(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Shelp |
James J "JJ" |
Auburn |
IA |
TM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
9 February 1970 |
Plankowner |
| Shipman |
William "Bill" |
San Angelo |
TX |
HMC(SS) |
45 - 47 |
1 February 1995 |
Plankowner |
| Shrum |
Wesley Monroe |
Merced |
CA |
SA(SS) |
45 - 46 |
21 September 2018 |
Plankowner |
| Signs |
William Austen
"Pappy" |
Lunenburg |
VT |
TM3(SS) |
46 |
18 February 1997 |
Plankowner |
| Smith |
Leroy Ralph |
Long Beach |
CA |
TM3(SS) |
46 - 51 |
7 November 2003 |
Plankowner |
| Stealey |
E H |
|
|
EM3c |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Stetzer |
Glen Arnold |
|
|
SN(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Stewart |
Irwin Grant |
Kansas City |
KS |
TM2(SS) |
46 |
30 May 2008 |
Plankowner |
| Stone |
C |
|
|
S1c |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Strosser |
Robert Joseph |
Tucson |
AZ |
TM2(SS) |
46 |
6 March 2017 |
Plankowner |
| Stubbe |
Arthur W |
|
|
ETC(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Summers |
Paul Edward "Pete" |
Edmond |
OK |
CDR |
46 - 47 |
28 August
1993 |
Plankowner,
1st Captain of the Cusk |
| Tharp |
Winston G "Moose" |
|
|
MOMM1(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Thomas, Jr. |
Frank Lincoln |
Houston |
TX |
LT |
45 - 47 |
12 February 2010 |
Plankowner |
| Walker |
Charles W |
Marydel |
MD |
FC3(SS) |
46 - 50 |
2 June 2010 |
Plankowner |
| Walker |
James Everett |
Summerville |
SC |
EM3(SS) |
46 |
2 February 2015 |
Plankowner |
| Walker |
James Everett |
Summerville |
SC |
EM3(SS) |
46 |
2 February 2015 |
Plankowner |
| Ward |
Eugene L |
|
|
|
46 |
|
Plankowner |
| Williamson |
Phillip Longhurst |
Paulsboro |
NJ |
TM1(SS) |
45 - 46 |
5 July 2017 |
Plankowner |
| Wanner |
Vance R |
Houston |
TX |
LT |
45 - 48 |
12 May 1977 |
Plankowner |
| White |
James Allen |
Sun City |
AZ |
QMC(SS) |
46 - 47 |
10 May 2000 |
Plankowner |
| Wright |
Lowell S |
|
|
CMOMM |
46 - 47 |
Date
Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Yates |
Merrin C |
|
|
TMSN(SS) |
46 |
|
Plankowner |
|
Ernest J "Zeke" Zellmer |
|
Satellite Beach |
FL |
LT |
46 - 48 |
27 August 2018 |
Plankowner,
1st Engineering Officer |
| Zimmerman |
Robert C |
Carthage |
IN |
SM2(SS) |
46 |
2 July 2015 |
Plankowner |
If you have any information, pictures,
history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1946 (or any year),
please contact the
Cusk Webmaster.
Thanks!
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