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USS Cusk Reunions - 2005

June 15th to June 19th, Cocoa Beach & Merritt Island, Florida

Reception, Cape Canaveral and Kennedy Space Center Tours, Dedication of Cusk Museum Display & BBQ Dinner

The crew of the Cusk from 1966 to 1969 gathered in Merritt Island, Florida for some great times together. 

 

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Reception at the Roselands

Cape Canaveral Tour

Orbital Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center

Vehicle Assembly Building at Kennedy Space Center

Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center

Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center

Cusk Museum Display Dedication Ceremonies

Evening Meals

Reception at the Roselands, Wednesday, June 15, 2005

Group photo on Roseland's Dock

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Dave Duerr speaking with Gary Carr

(Photo courtesy of Tom  Roseland)

Relaxing on the back porch

(Photo courtesy of Tom  Roseland)

Sitting on the dock of the, err, canal

Standing - Joni Krabill & Don Birch

Sitting - Jim Branske, Ron Perkins,

Barbara Perkins, John Troutman

(Photo courtesy of Tom  Roseland)

Feeding the Ducks

(Photo courtesy of Tom  Roseland)

Ducks in canal

(Photo courtesy of  Tom  Roseland)

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Cape Canaveral Tour, U.S. Air Force Missiles and Space Museum, Thursday, June 16, 2005

Our tour bus sitting in front of the

Missiles & Space Museum on

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Chimpanzee astronaut display in the

Museum

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Launch Complex overview & history

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Launch complex control center

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Outside the launch complex

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Some of the missiles on display outside

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Launch Control

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Launch complex displays

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

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Orbital Processing Facility (OPF) at Kennedy Space Center, Friday, June 17, 2005

Dave Duerr checking the tires on

Space Shuttle Atlantis

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

View of underside of Shuttle's tail section

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) 

OPF interior

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland) 

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Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) at Kennedy Space Center, Friday, June 17, 2005

Our NASA bus parked in front of VAB

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Inside the main area of the VAB

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Inside the VAB looking at the tops of the

Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs)

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Inside the VAB

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Inside the NASA bus at KSC

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

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Space Station Processing Facility (SSPF) at Kennedy Space Center, Friday, June 17, 2005

Lindsay, Tom and Val Roseland

(Photo courtesy of Courtney Roseland)

Inspecting some of the payloads in the SSPF

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Zeke & Bev Zellmer and Dennis Schultz

sitting in the lobby of the SSPF

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Entrance to SSPF

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

After lunch in the SSPF lunchroom

(Photo courtesy of Courtney Roseland)

Special quilt made to commemorate

the Space Shuttle Columbia hanging in

the main hallway of the SSPF

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Dave Duerr and Bill Weisensee in the

lobby of the SSPF

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Dennis Shultz, Don Birch and Richard

Bowman looking at a Japanese Payload

being prepared for installation on the

International Space Station

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Craig Jacobson discussing Space Station

payloads with group in the High Bay

of the SSPF

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

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Launch Pad 39B at Kennedy Space Center, Friday, June 17, 2005

Joni & Lee Krabill

(Photo courtesy of Courtney Roseland)

Space Shuttle Discovery on Launch Pad

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Group photo in front of Space Shuttle

Discovery on Launch Pad 39B

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

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Cusk Museum Dedication Ceremonies at the Brevard Veteran's Memorial Museum, Saturday, June 18, 2005

Don Killian addressing the group and

talking about Sam Houston

(Photo courtesy of Courtney Roseland)

Don & Rita Killian, Dottie & Bill Houston

(son of Sam Houston), Bev & Zeke Zellmer

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Don Birch, Richard Bowman and Dave

Lawrence getting ready for the group shot

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Jim Branske, Don Birch & Dennis Schultz

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Captain Gernand, commanding officer of

the Naval Ordinance Test Unit was our

guest speaker at the Museum Dedication

(Photo courtesy of Courtney Roseland)

Don Killian and Dottie Houston cutting

the cake

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Tom Roseland addressing the group

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

The Cusk Museum Display cake

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

The Birchs and Carrs enjoying lunch at

the Veteran's Center

(Photo courtesy of Courtney Roseland)

L to R - Dave Lawrence, Bill & Nancy

Weisensee, Dave Duerr, Lee & Joni Krabill

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Captain Gernand (right) talks with his COB

(left) and XO (center) at the end of the

ceremonies

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Group shot at the Veteran's Center

L to R - Gary Carr, Dave Duerr, Jim Branske,

Don Birch, Dennis Schultz, Bill Weisensee,

Lee Krabill, Don Killian & John Troutman

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Group shot at the Veteran's Center

L to R standing - Jim Branske, Don Killian,

Dottie Houston, John Troutman, Dave Duerr,

Tom Roseland, Gary Carr, Bill Weisensee,

Lee Krabill, John Schmitt, Jim Johnson,

Ron Perkins & Dennis Schulz

L to R kneeling - Zeke Zellmer, Don Birch,

Richard Bowman & Dave Lawrence

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Lee Krabill & Don Killian outside the center

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Outside the Center getting ready for

the group photo, L to R - Dave Duerr's hat,

Gary Carr, Lee Krabill, Bill Weisensee, John

Schmitt, Ron Perkins, Richard Bowman's hair,

Dennis Schultz, Dave Lawrence's sunglasses

and Jim Johnson

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

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The Evening Meals

Lindsay & Val Roseland

(Photo courtesy of Courtney Roseland)

Rita & Don Killian at Olive Garden

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Bill & Nancy Weisensee

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

John Troutman & Bill Weisensee

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Nelda & Jim Johnson

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Richard Bowman & Dennis Schultz

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

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If you have any information, pictures, history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1959 (or any year), please contact the Cusk Webmaster.   Thanks!

 


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