Change of Command Ceremonies

Captain Houston assumes command of

the USS Cusk from Captain Killian

(Photo courtesy of Don Killian)

USS Cusk Captain Don Killian

(Photo courtesy of Don Killian)

Change of Command Ceremonies

Inside of brochure

(Photo courtesy of Don Killian)

Captain Killian addresses the Cusk Crew

at the Change of Command ceremonies

in San Diego, 30 July 1968

(Photo courtesy of Don Killian)

Family and Guests

for the Change of Command ceremonies

in San Diego, 30 July 1968

(Photo courtesy of Don Killian)

USS Cusk Christmas Card, 1968

(Card courtesy of Don Killian)

Hot Bread

Bobby Maddox pulls fresh baked bread out

of the oven while on patrol in communist

Chinese waters, December, 1968

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Chris Quijada shipping over with

Captain Sam Houston

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Unidentified, Dave Lawrence, Dennis Schultz

and Tony Manning in a bar in Subic Bay

(Photo courtesy of Dennis Schultz)

Tom Roseland, USS Cusk Webmaster

celebrating Christmas Eve while on patrol

in communist China, December, 1968

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Submarine Escape Tower in Pearl Harbor

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

R.G. Kroplewski, John Troutman & Dave Lawrence

At sea near the Philippines

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Souvenir from the Dragon Boat Bar

in the Hong Kong Hilton

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske)

Jim Branske and Keith Cisewski in the

Forward Torpedo Room

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske)

Souvenir from the Hong Kong Hilton

Coffee Shop

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske)

Matchbook cover from Iwakuni

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske)

Ronnie Lane gets sworn in by Captain

Houston while shipping over on patrol,

December, 1968

(Photo courtesy of Lee Krabill)

Vietnam Patrol patch

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Gary Shaw working on one of the engines

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Shark watch during swim call

(Photo courtesy of Dennis Schultz)

Chief Kuharski writing a letter home

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Cusk Sinks the USS Constellation

During an exercise off the coast of Long Beach, California, the Cusk penetrated a screen of three U.S. Frigates, anti-submarine helicopters, and anti-submarine P3 Orion aircraft to "sink" the USS Constellation, CVA-64 as she emerged from Long Beach.

A U.S. Navy helicopter can be seen through the Cusk's #1 periscope as it dips a sonar buoy in the water and searches in vain for the Cusk.  In the background, a Navy frigate, the USS William H. Standley, DLG-32, is blasting away with its SQS-25 sonar while trying to find the Cusk.  Minutes later, an attack approach was made on the USS Constellation (CV-64), a solution was obtained, the Cusk simulated firing a spread of torpedoes, and then launched a symbolic flare and "Black Smoke" from the Cusk's After Torpedo Room.  A brief message was also broadcast over the UQC-8 underwater telephone advising the task force that their screen had been penetrated, and the USS Constellation had been sunk.  (Boy, was the Admiral pissed about that!)

Souvenir from hotel above Sasebo, Japan

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske

"War Shot" sign from Cusk torpedo tube

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske)

Bob Nichols practicing semaphores from the bridge

(Photo courtesy of Dennis Schultz)

Matchbook cover from the

Star Light Submarine Bar

Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of John Schmitt)

Matchbook cover from the

Fiddler's Green Bar

Sasebo, Japan

(Photo courtesy of John Schmitt)

Crew qualification & promotion ceremonies

Subic Bay, Philippines

Gary Gayda & Bobby Maddox throw Chris Quijada

into the water as Bing Bingman & Dennis Schultz

watch from the tank tops

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Lovely bar girl in Sasebo, Japan, Oct 1968

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Chris Quijada "ships over" while the

Cusk is on patrol in North Vietnam, 1968.

Captain Sam Houston administers the

oath to Chris in the Wardroom
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Tokyo Lunch

Don Birch and Tom Roseland are smiling at

the camera while Bob Nichols, Bill Syzmanski,

and Neil Briggs work on a traditional Japanese

lunch at a restaurant in downtown Tokyo.

(Photo courtesy of Don Birch)

Arriving in Pearl Harbor enroute to USS Cusk's

last WestPac cruise.  L to R: Dale Tripp,

Charlie Tinkle, Steve Rogers, Don

Shoemaker, Richard Bingman, Don Fordney,

Chris Quijada

(Photo courtesy of Paul King)

Neil Briggs, Sandy Whitaker, and Tom Roseland

Sierra Club Bar, Olongapo City, Subic Bay, Philippines

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Tokyo Tour

Bob Nelson talks with Don Birch, Bob Nichols

and Bill Syzmanski at a special lunch in Tokyo

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

George Peperyias & Tom Roseland hunting

in the mountains near San Diego

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Thanksgiving Menu

November, 1968

(Document courtesy of John Schmitt)

Thanksgiving Menu 1968

(Document courtesy of John Schmitt)

Refueling while at Anchor

White Beach Naval Base, Okinawa

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Last mooring in Pearl Harbor, March, 1968

(Photo courtesy of Dave Lawrence) 

SubFlot1 News, May 29, 1968

(Photo courtesy of Dave Duerr) 

Taking out the trash - Sasebo, Japan

Schenck gets a can of trash from Dennis Schultz.

Bob Nelson is in the back ground, Kroplewski's on

watch, and Tom Roseland's having a smoke.

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Richard Bowman, Charlie Tinkle, Galen Shirley, and Dave Lawrence in Sasebo, Japan, late 1968

(Photo courtesy of Dave Lawrence)  

Seen through the Cusk's #1 periscope, the

Constellation's destroyer screen comes out

of Long Beach Harbor for the war games.

Their active sonar is pinging loudly as they

search in vain for the submarine they know

is stalking them.  Look closely through the

hazy background and you can see the

Constellation emerging from Long Beach Harbor.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Still searching for the Cusk, the destroyers

criss cross each other as a search plane

attempts to help. Again, the Constellation can

be seen in the background.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

The destroyer USS Stoddard (DD 566)

is centered in the cross hairs of the Cusk's

#1 scope as she searches for "enemy"

submarines.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

The fast frigate USS William H. Standley

(DLG 32) is seen through the cross hairs of

the Cusk's #1 scope.  In the foreground, a

helicopter from the USS Constellation dips

an active sonar buoy in the water to try and

find the Cusk.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

USS Constellation (CVA 64)

is centered in the cross hairs of the Cusk's

#1 scope as Captain Don Killian takes a

"final bearing to shoot."
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Launching aircraft

The USS Constellation can be seen launching

aircraft through the Cusk's #1 scope.
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

James "Jim" Branske

Steve "The Codger" Rogers

CS3(SS)