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1947 - USS Cusk Year by Year History
Crewmembers, Pictures, and
Memorabilia
The Cusk becomes the world's first missile submarine
1947 was the year of the Cusk's
first historic missile launch. The date was the 12th of February, 1947
when submarine warfare was changed forever. Cusk's first launch was
unguided and it flew out over the Pacific until it ran out of fuel. The
next launch later the next month was guided using the Cusk's on board missile
guidance equipment. The following summer, the Cusk was sent to Mare Island
Naval Shipyard to have a hanger installed for the missile. This hanger
would enable the Cusk to submerge with a missile and surface at a later time for
launching.
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Click
here to see the crewlist for 1947
Memorabilia
and pictures from 1947:
The Day Before the Historic
Launch
Crew
Picture 11 Feb 1947
Taken at Point
Mugu, California
(Photo courtesy
of Karl Kramer) |
5...4...3...2...1...
The countdown is
almost to T-0 as
the Cusk makes another successful launch.
(Photo courtesy
of Nick Spark and his movie,
"Regulus, the First Nuclear Missile Submarines" ) |
...0 Fire!
The gasoline
turbine engine ignites
(Photo courtesy
of Nick Spark and his movie,
"Regulus, the First Nuclear Missile Submarines" ) |
Missile Away
(Photo courtesy
of Nick Spark and his movie,
"Regulus, the First Nuclear Missile Submarines" ) |
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Ship's Party at Pt. Mugu |
More party pictures at Pt. Mugu |
Pt. Mugu ship's party |
Ship's
Party Collage - Pt. Mugu, California |
Portside view
of Cusk just after missile hanger
was installed,
September 29, 1947.
(US Navy
Photo) |
Stern view of ramp and
hanger
September 29, 1947
Mare Island, California
(US Navy Photo) |
Another view
of Cusk just after missile
hanger was installed,
September 29, 1947.
(US Navy
Photo) |
Early Missile Launch - Pt. Mugu |
Cusk's Missile
Hanger and
Launch Ramp being installed
(Cocoa Library
Photo) |
Starboard view
of Cusk just after
missile hanger was installed.
(Cocoa Library
Photo)
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View of Cusk
just
before her
historic
missile launch.
(Cocoa Library
Photo) |
Door sign from the Missile Center
located just below the
Crew's Mess.
(Photo courtesy of Tom
Roseland) |
Crewmembers who served aboard the Cusk in 1947:
| Last Name |
First & MI |
City |
State |
Rank/Rate |
Years on Board |
Eternal Patrol Date |
Comments |
| Allen |
Henry Walker |
|
|
|
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Allison |
Robert D |
|
|
FA(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Ancinec |
Henry Joseph |
Alpine |
CA |
QMC(SS) |
47 - 51 |
25 July 2008 |
|
| Bates |
Robert D |
|
|
SA(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Baylon |
Richard "Dick" |
Winona |
MN |
F1EM |
47 |
|
|
| Bettencourt |
Edgar Street |
|
|
QMSN(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Bridgers |
Norman Tilden |
|
|
FN(SS) |
47 |
30 September 1994 |
|
| Brown |
Lawrence Frederick |
|
|
SC2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
26 September 1974 |
Plankowner |
| Burke |
Alfred Irving |
|
|
HMC(SS) |
47 - 51 |
|
|
| Cantrell |
Alfred C |
|
|
TM3(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Carroll |
Richard J.
"Dick" |
Center City |
MN |
EM3(SS) |
47 |
4-6-2007 |
|
| Carroll |
Loren A |
Ozawkie |
KS |
|
46 - 47 |
December 2008 |
Plankowner |
| Clark |
Frederic B |
|
|
CDR |
47 - 49 |
|
2nd Captain of the Cusk |
| Culp |
|
|
|
ET1(SS) |
47 |
|
|
| Draper, Jr. |
Edward Commodore "Ed" |
Port Orchard |
WA |
EN2(SS) |
47 - 51 |
11 August 1994 |
|
| Drury |
Roy |
|
|
SN |
47 |
|
|
| Fenton |
Ronald |
|
|
RM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Ferrer |
Daniel Rosal |
|
|
TMSN(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Finlan |
Harold Joseph |
|
|
ENC(SS) |
47 - 50 |
|
|
| Fisher |
Walter Curtis |
Norfolk |
VA |
EN1(SS) |
46 - 48 |
13 November 1990 |
Plankowner |
| Fosberg |
Orville Andrew |
|
|
MOMMC(SS) |
46 - 47 |
Date
Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Fraga |
Frank Zamarron |
Roanoke |
TX |
EMC(SS) |
47 - 52 & 61 - 63 |
25 June 2007 |
Chief of the Boat on his second tour aboard Cusk |
| Franklin |
Larry Bruce |
Louisville |
KT |
LTJG |
61 - 62 |
|
|
| Friel |
James D |
Bellerose |
NY |
RM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
22 April 1997 |
Plankowner |
| Fulghum |
Weldon Franklin |
|
|
TM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
8 November 2006 |
Plankowner |
| Gilfillan |
William |
Mystic |
CT |
EM1(SS) |
47 - 48 |
9 May 1992 |
|
| Girard |
Lawrence A |
|
|
RMC(SS) |
46 - 49 |
|
Plankowner |
| Glover |
Harry Otho |
Crete |
IL |
TM1(SS) |
47 |
21 October 2013 |
Retired as TMCM(SS) |
| Graham |
Herbert William |
|
|
RM1(SS) |
46 - 53 |
Date Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Hager |
John Peter |
Tucson |
AZ |
HMC(SS) |
46 - 47 |
4 April 1999 |
Plankowner, Joined
in 1939 left in 1959 |
| Halverson |
Richard I |
|
|
EM3(SS) |
47 |
|
|
| 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 |
| Holmes, Jr. |
James Washington |
Pensacola |
FL |
FCS1(SS) |
47 |
16 April 2014 |
Retired as CDR |
| Hord |
Paul O |
|
|
QM1(SS) |
47 - 52 |
Date Unknown |
|
| Jenkins |
Irvin H |
|
|
CS1(SS) |
46 - 48 |
|
Plankowner |
| Johnson |
Isaac |
|
TX |
IC1(SS) |
47 |
19 July 2009 |
|
| 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 |
| Kennedy |
Arden James |
San Diego |
CA |
EMC(SS) |
47 |
30 April 1960 |
|
| Kennedy |
Robert E |
San Diego |
CA |
EN1(SS) |
46 - 50 |
|
Plankowner |
| Kennedy |
Walter |
Shawnee |
KS |
RDSN(SS) |
47 - 48 |
2015 |
|
| Koons |
Paul David |
|
|
SA |
47 |
|
|
| Kunkel |
Leo Paul |
Jacksonville |
FL |
MOMM2(SS) |
45 - 48
& 52 - 58 |
18 February 2015 |
Plankowner |
| Leo |
L |
|
|
ETC(SS) |
47 - 48 |
|
|
| 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 |
| Lucas |
Max Alton |
Woodburn |
OR |
SA(SS) |
46 - 47 |
14 June 2012 |
Plankowner |
| Mahin |
Jack Burton |
Carmichael |
CA |
EN1(SS) |
46 - 50 |
2 January 2005 |
Plankowner |
| McCartney |
Charles William |
Heavener |
OK |
MOMM3(SS) |
47 |
11 October 2002 |
|
| McMillan |
Louis K, Jr. |
Destin |
FL |
LT |
47 |
13 September 2012 |
|
| Meeks |
|
|
|
EN1(SS) |
47 |
|
|
| Mikolay |
John Robert |
|
|
MoMM2(SS) |
46 - 47 |
6 July 1992 |
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 |
| 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 |
| Orr, Sr. |
Jim Frederick |
Old Lyme |
CT |
ETM3(SS) |
47 |
18 March
2001 |
|
| Parden |
Lee Bob |
|
|
EMC(SS) |
46 - 47 |
6 January 1991 |
Plankowner |
| Patterson, Jr. |
Hugh |
Fair Oaks |
CA |
EM3(SS) |
46 - 48 |
28 November 2002 |
Plankowner |
| Pfeiffer |
Chester P |
|
|
GM1(SS) |
47 |
|
|
| Phoenix |
David A "Dave" |
Woodstock |
CT |
MM2(SS) |
46 - 49 |
|
Plankowner,
Retired as Captain |
| Pinkoff |
Jerome David |
San Lorenzo |
CA |
CS2(SS) |
47 - 48 |
8 January 2000 |
|
| Press |
Walter Thomas "Wally" |
Vallejo |
CA |
CS1(SS) |
47 |
28 January 1991 |
|
| Rawding |
William Burt "Scottie" |
Bedford |
MA |
SN(SS) |
46 - 49 |
|
Plankowner |
| Rendernick |
John Davis |
San Diego |
CA |
EMC(SS) |
46 - 47 |
26 November 2001 |
Plankowner |
| Sanders |
Richard William |
San Diego |
CA |
EN1(SS) |
47 - 51 |
31 July 2003 |
|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Smith |
Leroy Ralph |
Long Beach |
CA |
TM3(SS) |
46 - 51 |
7 November 2003 |
Plankowner |
| Stetzer |
Glen Arnold |
|
|
SN(SS) |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
| Summers |
Paul Edward "Pete" |
Edmond |
OK |
CDR |
46 - 47 |
28 August
1993 |
Plankowner,
1st Captain of the Cusk |
| Taylor |
Theodore Charles "Ted" |
Renton |
WA |
EMFN(SS) |
47 |
4 September 2011 |
|
| Thomas, Jr. |
Frank Lincoln |
Houston |
TX |
LT |
45 - 47 |
12 February 2010 |
Plankowner |
|
Donald "Don"
Verhaaren |
|
|
|
FS2(SS) |
47 |
10 January 1992 |
|
| Waldeck |
Robert Martin "Bob" |
Groton |
CT |
EM1(SS) |
47 - 50 |
15 July 2007 |
|
| Walker |
Charles W |
Marydel |
MD |
FC3(SS) |
46 - 50 |
2 June 2010 |
Plankowner |
| Wanner |
Vance R |
Houston |
TX |
LT |
45 - 48 |
12 May 1977 |
Plankowner |
| Webster |
Douglas Alan |
|
|
FCC(SS) |
47 - 52 |
5 August 1988 |
|
| Westline |
John Gust |
|
|
EN3(SS) |
47 - 48 |
|
|
| White |
James Allen |
Sun City |
AZ |
QMC(SS) |
46 - 47 |
10 May 2000 |
Plankowner |
| Wilkinson |
Eugene P "Dennis" |
Del Mar |
CA |
LCDR |
47 - 48 |
11 July 2013 |
Executive Officer |
| Wright |
Lowell S |
|
|
CMOMM |
46 - 47 |
Date
Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Young |
George Reese |
|
|
EMC(SS) |
47 - 48 |
|
|
|
Ernest J "Zeke" Zellmer |
|
Satellite Beach |
FL |
LT |
46 - 48 |
27 August 2018 |
Plankowner,
1st Engineering Officer |
| Zimmerman |
R C |
|
|
SM2c |
46 - 47 |
|
Plankowner |
If you have any information, pictures,
history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1947 (or any year),
please contact the
Cusk Webmaster.
Thanks!
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