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1963 - USS Cusk (SS-348) Year by Year
History
Crewmembers, Pictures and
Memorabilia
In 1963, Captain Frank Comstock took
the Cusk south of the equator and the crew had a rare visit to Tahiti. As
mandated by crossing the equator, all of the "Pollywogs" on board were required
to undergo Kink Neptune's initiation as "Shellbacks.
Click here to see a list of the Cusk
crewmembers who came aboard in 1963
Cusk memorabilia
and crew pictures from 1963. Click on any picture to see its full size:
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Cusk steaming toward Tahiti, 1963
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |
Cusk Publicity
Photo, 1963
(Source of photo
unknown) |
Swim Call
Somewhere
near Tahiti, July 1963
(Photo courtesy of
Herman Strickland) |
Shellback Initiation - July
1963
Herman Strickland (front center) and
other
Cusk crewmembers look like they've
just
crawled out of the "garbage chute" during an
initiation while enroute to Tahiti.
(Photo courtesy of
Herman Strickland) |
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Control Room
Looking forward and
starboard at 3000# Air
and Low Pressure Air Manifolds
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |
Bow Planes & Dive Manifold
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |
Eric Copt's Shellback
Initiation
Tahiti, July 1963
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |
A very young Eric Copt
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |
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Cusk in Japan
during the Cuban Missile Crisis
(Photo courtesy of Mike Stephenson |
Shellback Certification - Domain of
Neptunus Rex
(Photo courtesy of Mike Stephenson |
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Cusk in Pearl Harbor Dry-dock
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |
Cusk Overhaul, Pearl Harbor
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |
Scaffolding around Cusk's Sail
Pearl Harbor,
1963
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |
Cusk's hull cutaway for generator
overhaul
Pearl Harbor,
1963
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |
Crewmembers who served aboard the Cusk in
1963:
| Last Name |
First &
MI |
City |
State |
Rank/Rate |
Years on Board |
Eternal Patrol Date |
Comments |
| Aleman |
David |
Corpus Christi |
TX |
RM2(SS) |
62 - 63 |
15 August 1998 |
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| Barney |
George |
|
|
TMC(SS) |
62 - 63 |
Date Unknown |
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| Beaumont |
Eugene A G |
Ashburn |
VA |
LCDR |
63 - 64 |
26 January 2016 |
Executive Officer |
| Berryhill |
Bob |
|
|
ET3(SS) |
61 - 63 |
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| Blue |
Lowell Royce |
Southaven |
MS |
RM1(SS) |
63 - 64 |
|
|
|
Blue |
Paul |
Tulsa |
OK |
ETR3(SS) |
63 - 66 |
|
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| Boak |
Jerry |
Detroit |
MI |
EM3(SS) |
61 - 63 |
2002 |
|
| Boles |
George |
|
|
MM2(SS) |
62 - 63 |
|
|
| Brisbin |
Charles D |
|
|
SA |
63 |
|
|
| Burns |
Robert J |
|
|
EN1(SS) |
63 - 65 |
1 January 1970 |
|
| Callihan |
Larry G |
Forsythe |
MO |
FTG2 |
62 - 63 |
|
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| Carr |
Gary Jay |
Bremerton |
WA |
EMCM(SS) |
63 - 69 |
29
September 2013 |
|
| Christensen |
Chris |
|
|
ET2(SS) |
61 - 63 |
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|
| Comstock, Jr |
George Frank "Tiger" |
Mill Valley |
CA |
LCDR |
62 - 64 |
28 December 1991 |
11th Captain of the Cusk |
|
Copt |
Eric |
Georgetown |
TX |
EM3(SS) |
63 - 66 |
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| Crosby |
Stuart W. |
Keizer |
OR |
IC3(SS) |
61 - 63 |
|
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| Cunningham |
Jack "Fish" |
|
|
TM1(SS) |
58 - 63 |
April 2008 |
Retired as TMCS(SS) |
| Czech |
Greg |
Martinez |
GA |
EN3(SS) |
62 - 63 |
6 April 2013 |
|
| Dollar |
Bertice G |
|
|
SA |
63 |
30 December 2017 |
|
| Duback |
Clyde L |
Vancouver |
WA |
TM3(SS) |
60 - 63 |
|
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| Duncan |
Robert D "Bob" |
Cape Coral |
FL |
YN3(SS) |
63 |
|
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| Duran |
Juan |
Panama City Beach |
FL |
QM3(SS0 |
63 - 65 |
|
|
| Fallatt, III |
Michael |
San Diego |
CA |
STCM(SS) |
61 - 63 |
12 November 2006 |
|
| Ferris |
James Lowery |
|
|
ENC(SS) |
63 |
|
|
| Fraga |
Frank Zamarron |
Roanoke |
TX |
EMC(SS) |
47 - 52 & 61 - 63 |
5 June 2007 |
Chief of the Boat on his second tour aboard Cusk |
| Fraley |
Larry L |
Las Vegas |
NV |
IC3(SS) |
62 - 63 |
2 February 2008 |
|
| Gallagher |
Lawrence |
Maryville |
TN |
ET1(SS) |
63 - 66 |
|
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| Gerrish |
Clarence L |
|
|
ETN2(SS) |
62 - 63 |
|
|
| Gilliam |
Herbert D |
Blue Ridge |
VA |
EN3(SS) |
62 - 64 |
Date Unknown |
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| Greenwalt |
|
|
|
LCDR |
63 |
|
Executive Officer |
| Griffith |
|
|
|
CDR |
63 |
|
Executive Officer |
| Haake |
L E "Roy" |
Reading |
PA |
EM2(SS) |
63 - 66 |
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|
Charles F "Chuck" Harner, Jr. |
|
Vienna |
VA |
LT |
60 - 63 |
1 March 2017 |
Operations & Navigation Officer |
| Harrison |
Coy E |
Gresham |
OR |
MMFN(SS) |
62 - 63 |
23 March 2010 |
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| Heral |
Edward "Ed" |
Machesney |
IL |
|
63 - 64 |
20 January 2016 |
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|
William P Hrbacek |
|
Shelton |
WA |
ETR2(SS) |
59 - 63 |
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LPO for E Division. Advanced to ETCM & CWO2 on same
day. Retired as CWO3(SS) |
| Huber |
Douglas |
|
|
TM3(SS) |
61 - 63 |
|
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| Johnson |
Ollie |
|
|
SN3(SS) |
61 - 63 |
|
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| Johnson |
Donald E |
Fernley |
NV |
RMC(SS) |
61 - 64 |
|
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| Karr |
William D |
Bradenton |
FL |
ETC(SS) |
63 |
16 July 2013 |
|
|
Michael "Mike" Keelin |
|
Cedar Park |
TX |
STS2(SS) |
62 - 66 |
31 May 2017 |
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| Kilpatrick |
Allan M "Killer" |
Palm Desert |
CA |
MM3(SS) |
63 - 66 |
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| Kimball |
Jack S |
Sun City West |
AZ |
SOS2(SS) |
61 - 64 |
20 August 2011 |
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| Knapp |
Gerald "Jerry" |
Grand Rapids |
MN |
RM1(SS) |
63 - 64 |
28 February 2020 |
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| Kraus |
Roger |
Castro Valley |
CA |
QM2(SS) |
62 - 63 |
|
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| Laesch |
David W |
|
|
MMFN(SS) |
62 - 63 |
|
|
| Lee |
John S |
|
|
MM1(SS) |
63 - 69 |
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|
Loewenhardt |
Joseph H |
Honokaa |
HI |
EM2(SS) |
60 - 63 |
7 August 2016 |
Died in an glider accident in
Minden, Nevada |
| Longan |
John |
Canoga Park |
CA |
QM2(SS) |
63 - 65 |
|
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| Lucier |
Robert Edward |
Vero Beach |
FL |
QM3(SS) |
62 - 63 |
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| Mabry |
Gene |
|
|
ET1(SS) |
63 - 63 |
|
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| Marchwinski |
James C |
Wyoming |
MI |
ETR2(SS) |
61 - 63 |
30 December 2002 |
|
| Matula, Jr. |
Charles Joseph |
Rockdale |
TX |
EM2(SS) |
63 |
|
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| McCormick |
David "Nasty Mac" |
Murphysboro |
IL |
SOS2(SS) |
61 - 63 |
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| McCrae |
Gary |
|
|
QM2(SS) |
61 - 63 |
|
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| Meyers |
Richard Lee |
Westminster |
CO |
MM2(SS) |
63 |
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TAD to Cusk |
| Mitchell |
Jerry |
|
|
|
61 - 63 |
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| Montera |
Guy G |
|
|
MMFN(SS) |
62 - 63 |
|
|
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Murphy |
Richard J |
Clearwater |
FL |
MM1(SS) |
62 - 64 |
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| Paskowitz |
Selwyn Sid |
Willow Street |
PA |
LTJG |
61 - 63 |
|
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| Phillips |
Jack A |
Vacaville |
CA |
IC1(SS) |
63 |
|
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| Probert |
William E |
Renovo |
PA |
EM3(SS) |
63 - 64 |
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| Provins |
Robert G "Bob" |
Santee |
CA |
STS3(SS) |
63 - 65 |
11 January 2003 |
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| Ratliff |
Reagan S |
Rolling Meadows |
IL |
FTG2(SS) |
63 - 66 |
13 December 2020 |
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| Rhoads |
Jerral E |
Fair Oaks |
CA |
ETR3(SS) |
62 - 63 |
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| Robinson |
Stephen M "Robbie" |
Ocean Springs |
MS |
MMFN(SS) |
62 - 63 |
|
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| Safarik |
Delbert Leroy |
|
|
EM2(SS) |
62 - 63 |
|
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| Schmidt |
William R |
Bothell |
WA |
EMCS(SS) |
63 - 64 |
27 October 2006 |
|
| Sessions, II |
Thomas Franklin |
|
|
LT |
61 - 62 |
|
Communications Officer |
|
Julius George Shreve |
|
Franklin |
NC |
YN1(SS) |
63-66 |
14 November 2019 |
Retired as LCDR |
| Smith |
George A |
|
|
SN(SS) |
62 - 63 |
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| Smith |
Peter B |
North Conway |
NH |
ETR3(SS) |
63 - 65 |
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| Sommer |
Robert J "Bob" |
Sarasota |
FL |
RMSN(SS) |
63 |
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Retired as LCDR |
| Spielman |
Gerald "Jerry" |
Yellville |
AK |
EN1(SS) |
60 - 66 |
30 December 2015 |
Left Cusk in 1966 after volunteering to serve ashore
in Vietnam. |
| Steed |
Charles W "Charlie" |
San Jose |
CA |
SO1(SS) |
62 - 63 |
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Stevenson |
Michael King "Mike" |
Lakeport |
CA |
ET2(SS) |
61 - 63 |
22 November 2016 |
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| Strickland |
Herman |
Pittsboro |
NC |
RM2(SS) |
63 |
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| Swift, Jr. |
Charles Justin |
Yacolt |
WA |
LT |
61 - 65 |
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Edward Clinton
Terney |
|
Omak |
WA |
YN1(SS) |
63 - 64 |
16 January 2019 |
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| Thompson |
Ronald L |
|
|
SN(SS) |
63 - 64 |
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Jack Richard Trommer |
|
Petzer |
NC |
ET2(SS) |
61 - 63 |
8 October 2018 |
| Trommer |
Jack |
Bedford |
NH |
ET2(SS) |
61 - 63 |
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| Vogel |
Frank J |
Pittsburgh |
KS |
IC3(SS) |
63 - 66 |
6 January 2012 |
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| Watterson |
Rodney K |
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LTJG |
63 |
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| Weller |
Dennis |
Costa Rica |
|
STSSN(SS) |
63 - 64 |
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| Wilson |
John C |
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RMCM(SS) |
60 - 64 |
2 January 2013 |
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If you have any information, pictures,
history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1963 (or any year),
please contact the
Cusk Webmaster.
Thanks!
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