WEEKLY BROADCAST WEEK OF 28 SEPTEMBER 2014 COMMANDER’S CORNER: Al Kinsall, Groton Base Commander Shipmates; The USS Dallas SSN700 change of Commander will take place on Friday 7 November 2014 on Submarine Base New London. A reception will follow the ceremony at the Submarine Force Library and Museum. Anyone interested in attending, contact me [email protected] or call me 860-460-0027 to be included on SUBVETS Groton Base List. RSVP to me by 11 October 2014. Please note that National Commander Al Singleman will be attending the October 6th Membership meeting. He plans to arrive around 1600 hrs to conduct a detailed tour of the Building and Grounds. As I mention in my previous broadcasts, his message will be; he is here to help; do whats needed to reduce USSVI liability regarding the real property by making it better, i.e. bringing the building up to code thereby reducing overall risk to USSVI and the safety of our members. Please join me in welcoming Al SIngleman to the area. The following link is a total breakdown of the upcoming Kings Bay memorial during November. I know some of you have expressed a desire to attend there function. Use the info in Dropbox\Kings Bay\2014 WWII Mem Registration Form (1).pdf to learn more about their event and make your reservations. If you have difficulty opening the link please let me know. WINTER UNIFORM SHIFT WILL CHANGE TO THE WINTER UNIFORMS AT TIME 0001 THE FIRST MONDAY OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER. HELP WANTED We need your expertise – Willing to train you tiillitti CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT TASK FORCE Chairman; This task force will conduct a complete structural, mechanical, electrical, HVAC, survey of the SUBVETS Building to determine its condition and then set priorities for any capital improvements.” COLOR GUARD Captain; direct the color guard at SUBVET events, i.e., Memorial ceremonies, Holland Club Induction Ceremonies, 4tth of July parade, CPOA Dining In Dinner, etc. MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Chairman; be willing to learn the membership data base, its tracking and reporting capabilities. This chairman position requires being accountable for making deposits from membership dues and donations into the appropriate accounts on a weekly routine. Call or email me at [email protected] or Vice Commander at [email protected]. Just a reminder we are having an Old Salts 2014 wrap up meeting Wednesday 01 October 2014 at 1700 Submarine Veterans Hall in Groton, Ct. All are encouraged to attend and bring ideas on improvements for 2015. Also we will answer any question concerning our Old Salts helping a disabled veteran that is scheduled for Saturday 8 November 2014, rain date Saturday 15 November 2014. We figure we can do the whole job stripping, removing the sub-roof, replacing some damaged supports, installing new sub-roof, tar paper and installing new shingles in one day with 15 workers. Thank you and smooth sailing… THIS WEEK’S SUNDAY BRUNCH A big thank you to a big crew goes out to Submarine School and Base Galley members Michael Giezczyk, Andrew Webster, Malcolm Smith, Jacob Phillips, Tanner Carlaway, Cooper McCarthy, Joe Welch, Jacob Chaston and Carlos Garlet for their big effort in putting on this weeks brunch! Of course all would have been thirsty with out our own Thirst Quencher Jamie Koester- thanks Jamie! Hooya Sub School and Base Galley! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING SHIPMATES HAPPY BIRTHDAY 28 Mike Greaney and Peter Koester 29 Charles Aldrich, Jr., Fred Edlund, Al King, Richard Dickson Jr., Mark Thompson, Richard Davis and Allen Mclean 30 John Manuilow, Hank Steinford, John Norosky, Rich Dominy, jack Casey, Michael deleo, John Emblidge and Jim Daversa OCTOBER 01 Darrell Mann, John Mumford, Jim Nault and Kevin Dewitt 02 Vincent Rasp, Dennis Curtis, Danny Buchan, Nick Dalebout, Leonard Robbins, Wiesemann III, William Henderson, Eric Bookmiller, Jeffrey DeClerck, David Lee, Randy Eldred and Sergio Rivera 03 Doughboy Hyland, Mike Haumer and Carl Roach, Jr. 04 Charles Marsh, Eric Bruce, Bob Diani, Ernie Grant, Susan Bryson, Cody Harris, Nicholas Featherman and Robert Cole NOW HEAR THIS OCTOBER 10, 2014 RETIREE SEMINAR at Dealey Center Subvets Groton base has been asked to run the coffee mess for the event. Many Thanks to Ed Russell for stepping up again to chair this important event by managing the coffee mess. We need a few more people to assist Ed in this very important event. Please contact him at 860-572-9297 and lend a hand to help him. In addition, this is a great opportunity to sell SUBVETS membership to those who are considering retirement from the military service. In the past we have also set up a table to provide SUBVETS information, get visibility, and use the seminar as a recruiting tool. Please set aside some time to volunteer a few hours on 10 October to support this important event. Please contact me at [email protected] before 4 October. THANKSGIVING; SHARING AND CARING APPEAL Our first fund raiser will be on 4 October from 10:00AM to 4:00PM. We are looking for volunteers to cover the watch bill. Planning has it as a 2 hour watch through the day to receive donation for the Thanksgiving celebration and Caring and Sharing Program for those in the area that cannot make it home for Thanksgiving and to provide a home style meal at our Clubhouse. Please donate a couple hours either on Wednesday before Thanksgiving to help set up, on Thanksgiving day or Friday following Thanksgiving Day to help clean up. You can print the letter and fill in your contact information. Mail it to: USSVI Groton Base, 40 School St., Groton CT 06340 or email to Thanksgiving scheduler Lynn Wynn at [email protected] or call Jeff Walsh House committee chairman at 860-449-2103. 01 October 2014 Shipmates, In keeping with our creed and in appreciation of our Active Duty Sailors who are serving our country, we are once again planning on providing our Thanksgiving Dinner at the Clubhouse on Thanksgiving Day. We estimate feeding nearly 1000 people including Active Duty Sailors, Submarine Veterans and our Local and State Law enforcement for their continued service to our community and country. The Thanksgiving Committee cannot accomplish this alone. This is a huge endeavor which takes donations, and many volunteers. We are asking our members to assist in this worthy cause. There are many areas where we need your help. Please take a moment to review the following list and, if possible, choose a task and volunteer a little time, food or monetary donation. Kindly respond at your earliest convenience, but no later than November 16th 2014 so we may plan accordingly. ~ Monetary Donations, no amount is too small. ~ Volunteers for Thanksgiving Fundraiser at Groton Wal-Mart Saturdays 10/04/2014 and 11/01/2014 from 10:00am-4:00pm (2 hours shifts, if possible) ~ Pickup/Delivery of supplies Thanksgiving week. ~ Delivery of meals on Thanksgiving Day. ~ Pickup/Delivery from the FRA to Clubhouse on Thanksgiving Day. ~ Provide a homemade dessert (Thanksgiving Eve, or Thanksgiving ~ Donate a 14-16 pound fresh or thawed turkey (donating a fellow Member does not count) or donations of turkeys larger than 16 pounds. Donations may be made at the club up to 6 days prior to Thanksgiving. We need time to thaw frozen birds. ~ Donations of cooked and unstuffed turkeys larger than 16 pounds (including drippings) either the night before or morning of Thanksgiving. ~ Volunteers to cook large turkeys (larger than 16 pounds) and return to club either the night before or morning of Thanksgiving. ~ Set-up the day before, serving during Thanksgiving Day, clean-up after Thanksgiving dinner or clean-up the next morning (Friday). ~ We also need your help in identifying Shut-ins who we can help out by delivering a meal to. We cant provide a meal to someone if we dont know about them. Member/Donor Name: ___________________________________________________ Monetary donation amount: ________________ Other Donation: ______________________ Volunteering for: _______________________________ Times you can Volunteer____________ Phone/email address: _________________________________________ (Please Print Clearly) Please fill out and either return to the club or email to one of the POCs below. Thank you in advance for all you do for SUBVETS Groton Base. POCs: [email protected]; Jeff Walsh (860) 449-2103, Al Kinsall Cell: (860) 460-0027 FOLLOW US ON FACE BOOK Attention all Face Book Users: SVGB is on FaceBook and is a great way to keep up with all of the LATEST SVGB news and happening; be it the Clubhouse, Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS), or general SVGB information. You can become our Friends and / or like us on the following FaceBook pages. PAO USSVI Groton BASE https://facebook/pages/PAO-USSVI-Groton-BASE/713851432007402 Pao SubvetsGroton https://facebook/profile.php?id=100007643088524 Subvets Groton Clubhouse https://facebook/SubvetsClubhouse Kaps 4 Kids in Connecticut https://facebook/kaps4kidsconnecticut?ref=br_tf WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS WEEK AT THE CLUB / BAR / GALLEY 9/22/2014 6:00 PM Leadership Team Meeting 9/30/2014 8:00 PM Sea Scout Quartermaster Board of Review 10/1/2014 5:00 PM Old Salt’s Wrap Up Meeting 10/4/2014 10:00 AM Thanksgiving Fundraiser. At Groton Walmart 10/5/2014 10:00 AM Brunch Mark your calendar…Next dinner: Steamship Round on October 25th. CHAPLAIN’S REPORT: Jack Gallimore, Groton Base Chaplain Chaplains List as of 9/28/14 call, send a note, or visit - A phone call or a visit from a shipmate means a lot - even if you dont 8now the person. Make a new friend. BINNACLE LIST Home now; 1 Macdonough Place, Apt 332, Middletown CT 06457cell is (201) 705-9525 · Wil Nelson is at his apartment. (Apt.C-2) in Groton. He always enjoys a phone call (860) 405-0169 · Larry Crowley is at home. A phone call once in a while would be a nice thought. (203) 379-0761 · “Bud” Walters is at home. As many of you know he had fallen and broken several bones. Phone calls and or visits would be welcome. Home phone (860) 464-2764 R&R LIST REST & RECOVER · Rollie Stephens – at home steadily recovering from heart bypass surgery. Some breathing problems – now on oxygen. (860) 447-9291 SUNSHINE LIST - LONG TERM CARE AND TREATMENT · Dick McGirr – lifetime kidney dialysis – Mon, Wed, Fri – 6 hour hospital trips – hed love a call – this situation has its challenges – a call will always help (860) 445-2161 · George Patenaude – chronic lymphatic leukemia – home care/ treatment – (860) 464-9644 · Joe Paskale - advanced Parkinsons - Salmon Brook Center, 72 Salmon Brook Drive, Glastonbury, CT 06033 – receives and reads cards and notes. For any other shipmate incidents not listed, please call Chaplain Gallimore @ (860) 464-8367 as soon as you can. Thanks for helping out. USS NORTH DAKOTA COMMISSIONING FYI: Commissioning Ceremony for the USS NORTH DAKOTA SSN784 will be commissioned on 25 October 2014. The ceremony is being conducted on the Naval Submarine Base New London Pier 6 at 1100 hours. This is a ticketed event. HOLLAND CLUB NOTE Octobers Holland Club luncheon will be on 21 October. As usual we need to have your reservation by 14 October so the Kitchen support can order the food for the luncheon. Space is limited and we hope to see you there. VETERANS PARADE “2014 CONNECTICUT VETERANS PARADE” SENDS OUT THE CALL FOR MARCHERS & SPONSORS FROM ALL OVER STATE New England’s Largest Veterans Parade is Sunday, November 2 HARTFORD, CONN., September 5, 2014 – Calling all U.S. veterans and active military personnel from across Connecticut. The “2014 Connecticut Veterans Parade” is seeking participants for this year’s colorful statewide parade! The 15th annual procession will step off on Sunday, November 2 at 12:30 p.m. near the Connecticut State Capitol Building in Hartford and will march through the Downtown area. The Parade will take place a week before the actual federal and state observances of Veterans Day. Approximately 3,000 people march or ride every year in the Connecticut Veterans Parade, making it the largest veterans’ parade in New England and one of the biggest salutes to veterans in the entire U.S. The parade honors the dedication and sacrifices of servicemen and women from all U.S. conflicts, and offers state residents the opportunity to express their thanks. Special features will include a tolling of church bells and 1:30 p.m. Moment of Silence when the parade pauses in observance of service members who died while serving their country. One hour before the start of the parade, there will be an 11:30 a.m. wreath-laying ceremony at the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Arch in Bushnell Park. “This parade is a visually powerful and poignant tribute to the dedicated servicemen and women of all conflicts who stepped forward so we that can continue to enjoy our freedom,” explains Paul F. Pendergast, President of the Connecticut Veterans Parade and a U.S. Air Force veteran himself. “We encourage people from all corners of Connecticut and beyond to make the time to come line the streets of Downtown Hartford and say ‘Thank You’ for their sacrifices.” The event is organized by a nonprofit collaboration of veterans’ groups, corporations, local municipalities, businesses and civic organizations. The Connecticut National Guard assists with the management of parade logistics, and the City of Hartford hosts the event. Many of the members of the Parade Planning Committee have been involved in the parade since its inception more than a decade ago. U.S. veterans and active military personnel are encouraged to register now to march or ride. Any Connecticut resident who is an active, retired or honorably discharged member of the U.S. Armed Forces including commissioned officers, warrant officers and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Coast Guard, National Guard, and Reserves is welcome to participate. Parade organizers also seek veterans groups, patriotic commissions, local municipalities, and marching bands and drill teams from colleges, high schools and middle schools, as well as pipe & drum and fife & drum corps from all over the state. Parade organizers also are seeking scores of volunteers to help with a variety of hands-on responsibilities, before and during the parade. Parade organizers also seek veterans groups, patriotic commissions, local municipalities, and marching bands and drill teams from colleges, high schools and middle schools, as well as pipe & drum and fife & drum corps from all over the state. Sponsorship dollars are needed to help to pay for the operations of the parade. Sponsors can include corporations, organizations, and individual residents who wish to make a contribution to the effort. Parade organizers also are looking for volunteers to help with a variety of hands-on responsibilities, before and during the parade. An impressive roster of Honorary Grand Marshals will be announced by the Connecticut Veterans Parade committee in the coming weeks. Financial contributions to support the parade can be made on-line at ctveteransparade.org. Checks may be written to “Connecticut Veterans Fund” and mailed to: Connecticut Veterans Fund 1245 Farmington Avenue #338 West Hartford, CT 06107 Connecticut 6th, 7th and 8th graders are invited to enter the parade’s Student Essay Contest to answer “I Want to Say THANK YOU to a Veteran Because…”and the top winner will ride in the 2014 parade. The deadline for entries is Friday, September 26. Contest rules and entry form are atctveteransparade.org. The following are the parade sponsors, as of September 4: The Founding Sponsor is: Aetna; Presenting Sponsor is: United Technologies. Contributing Sponsors are: the Connecticut National Guard; and the City of Hartford. Associate Sponsors are: Bank of America; and Travelers. Cooperating Sponsor is: Saslow Lufkin & Buggy, LLP. The parade is produced in cooperation with: Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs; Brad Davis; and Lamar Outdoor Advertising Hartford/Springfield. In Kind Sponsors: American Medical Response; Hartford Business Improvement District; The Hartford News; Invisible Gold Web Designs; Kelly Design Company; R2 Graphics; The Salvation Army; and TagTeam Business Partners, LLC. Parade Route: The November 2 parade will step-off at 12:30 p.m. near the Connecticut State Capitol at the intersection of Buckingham St. and Washington St., and travel north up Trinity Street and through the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch. Marchers will then make a right onto Pearl Street, then make a right onto Main Street where it will pass a reviewing stand at the corner of Main & Gold Streets across from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, and finally will make a right onto Capitol Avenue where it will end at Hudson Street. The event is expected to last for 2 to 21/2 hours. To register to march or volunteer in the 2014 Connecticut Veterans Parade or learn more about becoming a parade sponsor, visitctveteransparade.org or call the Parade Info Phone at 860-986-7254. LOST BOAT DURING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER Seawolf (SS-197) was lost on October 3, 1944 with the loss of 100 crew when it was sunk on her 15th war patrol just north of Morotai, between PI and Indonesia, by USS Rowell. Sunk by own forces in submarine safety zone. USS S-44 (SS-155) was lost on October 7, 1943 with the loss of 56 crew when it was sunk on her 5th war patrol off Paramushir, Kuril Islands; One day out of Attu (Aleutian Islands). Two men were taken prisoner, both survived the war. USS Wahoo (SS-238) was lost on October 11, 1943 with the loss of 80 crew when it was sunk on her 7th war patrol in or near La Perouse (Soya) Strait while under the command of famed Submarine Commander Dudley W. “Mush” Morton. The Wahoo was found July 28, 2006 and verified by the US Navy. USS Dorado (SS-248) was lost on October 12, 1943 with the loss of 77 crew when it was sunk, as a newly commissioned submarine, in the Western Atlantic, possibly near Cuba. The Dorado has not been found and its demise is speculated as either being caused by an unknown U-boat (possibly U-214), a patrolling US B-24 or by accident. USS Escolar (SS-294) was lost on or after October 17, 1944 with the loss of 82 crew when it was sunk on her 1st war patrol somewhere in the Yellow Sea, east of 33° 44N; 127° 33E; heading for 33° 44N; 124° 06E; possibly by a mine. USS Shark (SS-314) was lost on October 24, 1944 with the loss of 87 crew when it was sunk on her 3rd war patrol in the in Luzon Strait midway between Hainan Island and Bashi Channel; 20° 41N; 118° 27E. The Shark was sunk possibly by a IJN destroyer while trying to rescue American prisoners of war. USS Darter (SS-227) was lost on October 24, 1944 with no loss of crew enroute to her 4th war patrol when she became grounded on Bombay Shoal off Palawan Passage; she was scuttled and then destroyed. All of the crew were rescued by USS Dace. One of the Darter crew was lost in an accident - but not when Darter went aground, nor in action against the enemy. USS Tang (SS-306) was lost on October 25, 1944 with the loss of 78 crew when it was sunk on her 5th war patrol by one of her own torpedos in north end of Formosa Strait in the vicinity of Turnabout Island. The Tang was under the command of famed Submarine Commander and Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Richard H. “Dick” OKane who became one of the nine crew to be taken prisoner; all nine survived the war. USS O-5 (SS-66) was lost on October 28, 1923 when it was sunk after a collision with the SS Ababgarez (United Fruit) off the Panama Canal. Previously, three crew died in a battery explosion which occurred on October 5, 1918, in the New York Navy Yard. REMEMBER TO PAY YOUR MEMBERSHIP 2015 DUES ...online or send to Base
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