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Some pictures and memorabilia from "WestPac" and the Cusk's Ports of Call

     A typical "WestPac" for the Cusk's five or six years of service involved her transiting the Pacific from San Diego to Pearl Harbor to Yokosuka, Japan, and then south to the Philippines and Vietnam.  These pictures represent

memorabilia from those ports of call.  Colorful, sometimes interesting, sometimes unusual pictures to most observers, but poignant, often precious memories for those of us who made these ports and the long journey to get there.

Pearl Harbor Submarine Base, Hawaii

Submarine Base Entrance

Ready for Liberty, just tied up in Pearl Harbor

(Photo courtesy Tom Roseland)

Escape tower at the Pearl Harbor Submarine Base

Gary Shaw, Robert Tharp, Tom Roseland, Joe Sedtal Entering Pearl, early 1969

Lt. John Gemmil, September, 1967 in Pearl Harbor

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Submarine Base Map

Submarine Memorial, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

Beeman Center Club Card

(Photo courtesy of Pat Meagher)

 

 

U.S. Navy Base, Yokosuka, Japan

Main Gate at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan

Overnight Liberty Card for Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of Pat Meagher)

Many Dolphins were drank here!

 The one, the only, the infamous...

Starlight Submarine Bar, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Typical street scene in Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of USS Diodon Website)

100 Yen bill (Face)

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

 

100 Yen bill (Back)

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Entering Yokosuka, Japan on a cold February day

in 1969

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Street scene, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of unknown)

 

 

Alamo Asahi Beer Patch

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Another street scene in Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of USS Diodon Website)

Jackie Bar, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Fukusuke Hotel, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Young mom and daughter

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

MPC "Funny Money"

Military Payment Certificate, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

 

Petty Officers Club, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

   

Alamo Bar, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

 

Grand Sakura Bar, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Brassrail Bar, Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of USS Diodon Website)

Brassrail Bar, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Windjammer Club Card, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

The Mickey Grill, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

White Hat Club

The "other" Submarine Bar in Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of USS Diodon Website)

Another street scene in Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of USS Diodon Website)

WestPac Liberty Card, Yokosuka

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

 

Buckner Bay/White Beach, Okinawa

Cover from Naha City picture book

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs

Unusual rock formations in Buckner Bay, Okinawa

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Loading Green Berets and ARVN Special Forces for transit to Vietnam

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Refueling the hard way in Buckner Bay

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

USS Cusk in Buckner Bay, Okinawa

(Photo courtesy Dave Duerr)

EM Club at White Beach, Okinawa

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

 

Kao Hshiung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Street scene in downtown Kaohsiung

(Photo courtesy of unknown)

Snoopy Bar, Kaohsiung, Tiawan

(Photo courtesy Tom Roseland)

US Navy's list of authorized bars in Kaohsiung

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

China Night Bar, Kaohsiung

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Laundry Ticket

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

 

Waitress Outing registration, Kaohsiung

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Hotel New York

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Carmen's Bar, Kaohsiung

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Navy EM Club in downtown Kaohsiung

(Photo courtesy of unknown)

 

Hong Kong

The place to stay...Hong Kong Hilton

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

The Cusk sits in Victoria Basin covered with

barnacles after a long, fully submerged patrol.

(Photo courtesy Tom Roseland)

Tailor-made suits in two days.  What a city!

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

One of many popular bars in Hong Kong

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

 

Hong Kong currency.  In 1968, it was about a 5 HK dollar to 1 US dollar ratio.

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

One of many popular bars in Hong Kong

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

One of many popular bars in Hong Kong

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Memo pad

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Hong Kong Harbor as viewed from the Cusk as we were arriving, January 1969

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

One of many popular bars in Hong Kong

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Coffee shop in the Hong Kong Hilton

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

One of many popular bars in Hong Kong

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

One of many popular bars in Hong Kong

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Flip side of HK Play Boy card

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

One of many ferries running back and forth between Hong Kong and Kowloon

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Hong Kong Brochure

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Tram tickets for the ride up the mountain

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Mid-1967 in Hong Kong

(Photo courtesy of unknown)

Nancy Sheila Chang and some sailor

(Photo courtesy of unknown)

One of many popular bars in Hong Kong

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

 

Subic Bay & Olongapo City, Philippines

Unknown, Dave Lawrence, Dennis Schultz & Tony Manning

(Photo courtesy of Dennis Schultz)

Philippine 20 Centavo bill

(Photo courtesy Neil Briggs)

Typical "Jitney" taxi in Olongapo City

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Hanging at the Sierra Club in Olongapo City

Bob Nichols, Richard Bowman, Keith Cisewski, Tom Roseland, Doug McQueen and Bob Nelson

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Popular bar in Olongapo

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Jim Branske on topside watch

Subic Bay, Philippines

(Photo courtesy of Dennis Schultz)

Tour of Cusk for Manila citizens

(Photo courtesy of Gary Gayda)

5 Peso Bill

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

 

Bangkok, Thailand (coming soon)

 

 

 

   

 

 

Sasebo, Japan

Just arrived in Sasebo after limping in between

two typhoons on two engines

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Fleet Activities in Sasebo

(Photo courtesy Neil Briggs)

Coaster from the hotel on the hill above Sasebo

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske)

Souvenir token from hotel on hill

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Coaster from P.O. Mess

(Photo courtesy of Neil Briggs)

Emptying Galley trash

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

 

Lovely bar maid in a small Sasebo bar

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

 

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Any information, pictures, history, or crewmember names, etc. is always appreciated.  Please contact the Cusk Webmaster. Thanks!


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