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1949
USS Cusk Year by Year History
With a complete missile configuration in place, the Cusk launches numerous Loon
missiles as the new technology gets thorough testing.
Click on any image to see its
full size
Click here to see a list of the Cusk
crewmembers who came aboard in 1949
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Official USS Cusk publicity
photo, 1949
(Photo courtesy of Don
Killian) |
Cusk in the Mare island dry dock for
overhaul |
Headed out for sea trials after overhaul, 1949
Harbor pilot can be seen standing on the
bridge, taking the Cusk out past the
Golden
Gate Bridge |
Coming in under the
Golden Gate Bridge enroute to Mare Island Shipyard |
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SubRonFive - 30 December 1949
Click on image for full size picture of squadron (4
MB) |
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Leaving Mare Island
shipyard for sea trials, 1949
(Photo courtesy of
unknown) |
Publicity
photo showing missile hanger
and launch ramp, 1949 |
Missile launch, 1949 |
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USS Cusk Softball Team, 1949 - 1950
(Photo courtesy of
Jack "Sam" Dunnaway) |
USS Cusk Crew Picture |
Crewmembers who served aboard the Cusk in 1949:
| Last
Name |
First
& MI |
City |
State |
Rank/Rate |
Years on Board |
Eternal Patrol Date |
Comments |
| Aldrich |
Chadwick J |
|
|
ENFA(SS) |
49 - 51 |
|
|
| Ash |
Vincent John |
Bradford |
MA |
TM3(SS) |
49 - 50 |
15 February 1974 |
|
| Boushley, Jr. |
Charles "Charlie" |
Mesa |
AZ |
EM2(SS) |
48 - 52 |
|
|
| Bell |
Robert L |
Clovis |
CA |
EMFN(SS) |
49 - 52 |
Date Unknown |
|
| Berry, Jr |
Fred Thomas |
|
|
LCDR |
49 |
|
3rd Captain of the Cusk |
| Bucknell, III |
Howard |
LaJolla |
CA |
LT |
49 - 52 |
1 October 1986 |
Guided Missile Officer |
| Burgess |
Charles William |
|
|
EM1(SS) |
49 - 51 |
|
|
| Burke |
Alfred Irving |
|
|
HMC(SS) |
47 - 51 |
|
|
| Cannady |
John J |
|
|
SN(SS) |
49 - 51 |
|
|
|
Norman James Carkeek |
|
Tacoma |
WA |
EN3(SS) |
49 -
51 |
2 September 2018 |
|
| Clark |
Fred B |
|
|
CDR |
47 - 49 |
|
2nd Captain of the Cusk |
| Cobb |
Harold N |
|
|
SN(SS) |
49 - 51 |
1963 |
Passed shortly after being commissioned |
| Coffman |
James P |
|
|
CS1(SS) |
49 - 50 |
|
|
| Comperini |
Robert Dominic |
Appleton |
WI |
EN3(SS) |
49 -
52 |
1 December 2015 |
|
| Cox |
George E |
|
|
ET1(SS) |
49 - 50 |
Date Unknown |
|
| Dexter |
Robert Royal |
West Topsham |
VT |
ENC(SS) |
48 -
51 |
18 December 1991 |
|
| Dietrich |
Kermit H |
Waconia |
MN |
TM3(SS) |
49 - 50 |
|
|
| Dobbs |
Robert I |
|
|
SA(SS) |
49 - 51 |
|
|
| Draper, Jr. |
Edward Commodore "Ed" |
Port Orchard |
WA |
EN2(SS) |
47 - 51 |
11 August 1994 |
|
| Dunaway |
Jack H "Sam" |
Hurley |
NM |
ET3(SS) |
49 -
51 |
|
|
| Farruggia |
Carl J |
|
|
FA |
49 - 50 |
|
|
| Ferguson |
William G |
|
|
SA |
49 - 50 |
|
|
| Finlan |
Harold Joseph |
|
|
ENC(SS) |
47 - 50 |
|
|
| Fraga |
Frank Zamarron |
Roanoke |
TX |
EMC(SS) |
47 - 52 & 61 - 63 |
5 June 2007 |
Chief of the Boat on his second tour aboard Cusk |
| French |
John Marrion |
|
|
CSC(SS) |
49 - 52 |
Date Unknown |
|
| Gamer, Jr. |
Louis E |
Glastonbury |
CT |
SN(SS) |
48 -
51 |
12 February 2019 |
|
| Gilbert |
Ted C |
|
|
FN(SS) |
48 - 52 |
|
|
| Girard |
Lawrence A |
|
|
RMC(SS) |
46 - 49 |
|
Plankowner |
| Graham |
Herbert William |
|
|
RM1(SS) |
46 - 53 |
Date Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Guarasci |
Silvio Frank |
Port Orchard |
WA |
TM2(SS) |
49 - 52 |
|
|
| Hakin |
David L |
Springfield |
OR |
RM3(SS) |
48 - 51 |
Date Unknown |
|
| Hamilton, Jr. |
G Wayne |
|
|
SA(SS) |
49 - 50 |
|
|
| Harlow |
George Urban |
Ash Flat |
AZ |
SO2(SS) |
49 -
53 |
16 September 2014 |
|
| Harris |
William J |
|
|
EM2(SS) |
49 - 50 |
|
|
| Haycraft |
Geoffrey David |
Albuquerque |
NM |
ENC(SS) |
48 - 49 |
2 July 1990 |
|
| Hoffman |
Albert Lawrence |
Hampton |
VA |
EN1(SS) |
49 - 53 |
13 July 1991 |
|
| Hollenberger |
Robert Vint |
Southbridge |
MA |
EN1(SS) |
48 - 49 |
2 June 2009 |
|
| Holton |
Donald C |
Washington |
NC |
SO3(SS) |
49 -
51 |
|
|
| Hord |
Paul O |
|
|
QM1(SS) |
47 - 52 |
Date Unknown |
|
| Hughes |
John W |
|
|
QM1(SS) |
49 - 50 |
|
|
| Hunt |
Thomas J |
|
|
EMFN(SS) |
48 - 51 |
|
|
| Kane |
James R |
|
|
EM2(SS) |
49 - 53 |
Date Unknown |
|
| Kennedy |
Robert E |
San Diego |
CA |
EN1(SS) |
46 - 50 |
|
Plankowner |
|
Maurice J "Dusty" Knight |
|
Portland |
OR |
SA(SS) |
48 - 50 |
1 April 2016 |
Retired as CWO and then spent 6 years in the Army. |
| Lehman |
Leonard Frank |
|
|
EM3(SS) |
49 - 51 |
15 April 1986 |
|
| Leo |
Leonard |
Portland |
OR |
ETC(SS) |
49 - 51 |
29 July 2011 |
|
| Little, IV |
Tommie M |
|
|
EN2(SS) |
48 - 50 |
|
|
| Mahin |
Jack Burton |
Carmichael |
CA |
EN1(SS) |
46 - 50 |
2 January 2005 |
Plankowner |
| McAninch |
Frank L |
|
|
YN1(SS) |
49 - 50 |
|
|
| McDowall |
Robert H |
Akron |
OH |
TM3(SS) |
49 -
50 |
|
|
| McHugh |
Vincent J. |
Gill |
MA |
ET2(SS) |
49 -
50 |
|
|
| Merrill, Jr |
Arthur Q |
Visalia |
CA |
EMFN(SS) |
48 -
50 |
6 January 2015 |
|
| Munson |
William |
Albany |
OR |
EN3(SS) |
49 |
4 March 2016 |
|
| Murray, Jr |
Earl A |
|
|
SO3(SS) |
46 - 52 |
Date Unknown |
Plankowner |
| Newhouse |
Donald L |
|
|
SN(SS) |
48 - 50 |
|
|
| Nuttleman |
Fred Vernon |
Rogers |
AR |
TMC(SS) |
46 - 49 |
13 February 2010 |
Plankowner |
| O'Neill, Jr |
William F |
Baltimore |
MD |
YN1(SS) |
48 - 50 |
24 July 1992 |
|
| Page, Jr |
Harold M |
Tucson |
AZ |
QM3(SS) |
48 -
50 |
21 February 2015 |
|
| Pence |
Enoch William |
|
|
EMC(SS) |
49 - 50 |
1 June 1986 |
|
| Phoenix |
David A "Dave" |
Woodstock |
CT |
MM2(SS) |
46 - 49 |
|
Plankowner,
Retired as Captain |
| Pierce, Jr |
Thomas Franklin "Tommy" |
|
|
TM1(SS) |
48 - 49 |
20 April 1978 |
|
| Prather |
Robert E |
|
|
SN(SS) |
48 - 50 |
|
|
| Provancha, Jr |
Earl W |
|
|
QM1(SS) |
49 - 50 |
|
|
| Quigley |
Joseph |
|
|
RM3(SS) |
48 - 50 |
30 March 1998 |
|
| Quinlivan, Jr |
Frank B |
El Cajon |
CA |
TM1(SS) |
49 - 53 |
1 December 2009 |
|
| Ragland |
Paul F |
|
|
SD2(SS) |
48 - 50 |
|
|
| Rawding |
William Burt "Scottie" |
Bedford |
MA |
SN(SS) |
46 - 49 |
|
Plankowner |
| Rives |
John L |
|
|
SD3(SS) |
49 - 52 |
|
|
| Saldivar |
Edmund Saldivar |
Vallejo |
CA |
RMC(SS) |
49 - 50 |
2 March 2007 |
|
| Sanders |
Richard William |
San Diego |
CA |
EN1(SS) |
47 - 51 |
31 July 2003 |
|
| Sanders |
W C |
|
|
EMFN(SS) |
49 - 50 |
|
|
| 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 |
| Schroeder |
Charles Tory |
|
|
GM1(SS) |
49 - 50 |
8 October 1995 |
|
| Schurr |
Kenneth M |
|
|
RMSN(SS) |
49 - 52 |
|
|
| 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 |
| Slaughter |
Harry J |
|
|
SA(SS) |
49 - 50 |
|
|
| Smith |
Eugene Edgar "Smitty" |
Vallejo |
CA |
EMC(SS) |
48 - 52 |
29 June 1980 |
|
| Smith |
Leroy Ralph |
Long Beach |
CA |
TM3(SS) |
46 - 51 |
7 November 2003 |
Plankowner |
| Speed |
Laverne Wright "Vern" |
|
|
TM1(SS) |
49 -
52 |
11 March 2006 |
Later commissioned and retired as Lieutenant |
| Stafford |
Gordon O |
San Antonio |
TX |
TM3(SS) |
48 - 49 |
28 June 2012 |
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| Stewart |
Gregory G |
|
|
SA(SS) |
48 - 50 |
|
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| Sykes |
Donald T |
|
|
ET2(SS) |
49 - 50 |
|
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| Thomas |
Edmond Frank |
Gainesville |
TX |
ENC(SS) |
49 - 50 |
19 October 1999 |
|
| Tucker |
Frederick B |
|
|
CDR |
49 -
51 |
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4th Captain of the Cusk |
| Turnidge |
William D "Wild Bill" |
Bloomington |
IL |
FN(SS) |
48 - 50 |
1 December 1993 |
|
| Waldeck |
Robert Martin "Bob" |
Groton |
CT |
EM1(SS) |
47 - 50 |
15 July 2007 |
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| Walker |
Charles W |
Marydel |
MD |
FC3(SS) |
46 - 50 |
2 June 2010 |
Plankowner |
| Webster |
Douglas Alan |
|
|
FCC(SS) |
47 - 52 |
5 August 1988 |
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| Weyenberg |
Richard J "Dick" |
Kimberly |
WI |
FN(SS) |
48 - 51 |
20 September 2003 |
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| White |
Earl R "Dick" |
Hesperia |
CA |
SN(SS) |
49 -
50 |
2015 |
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| Wilcome |
Thomas F |
|
|
SN(SS) |
48 - 50 |
|
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| Wiley |
Edward James "Jim" |
Auburn |
CA |
SN(SS) |
49 - 52 |
Date Unknown |
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If you have any information, pictures,
history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1949 (or any year),
please contact the
Cusk Webmaster.
Thanks!
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