1944 Pictures, history and crewmembers

1944 - USS Cusk Year by Year History

Crewmembers, Pictures and Memorabilia

The keel is laid (twice) as the Cusk comes to life

The keel of the Cusk was laid by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut on May 25, 1944. Later that same year, the keel was moved to another dry dock and "relaid" in the same shipyard. Captain Paul Summers, CDR was the Cusk's first commanding officer.

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Some Cusk memorabilia from 1944 (Click on any item to see its full size.):

Commemorative "Cover" for the laying

of the Cusk's keel
Electric Boat Co., May 25, 1944
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Commemorative "Cover" for the laying

of the Cusk's keel
Electric Boat Co., May 25, 1944
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Second laying of the Cusk's keel
Electric Boat Co., December 2 1944
(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

If you have any information, pictures, history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1944 (or any year), please contact the Cusk Webmaster. Thanks!

Crewmembers who came aboard the Cusk in 1945:

Last Name	First Name & MI	City	State	Rank/Rate	Years	Comments
Speed	L.L.				44
Clairmont	Ray G.	Grand Rapids	MI		45	Eternal Patrol - December, 2002
Grove	Carl Gene	North Point	FL	EM2(SS)	45 - 46
Herron	Jack L.	Seal Beach	CA	MoMM3(SS)	45
Kirk	Clyde	Tomball	TX	F1/ST (MOMM)	45 - 46
Norrington	William	Los Alamitos	CA	LCDR	45 - 47	1st Executive Officer
Ullman	Robert W.	Chula Vista	CA	EM1(SS)	45 - 50

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Commissioning

Pearl Harbor

First Missile Launch

Missile Hanger

Missile Explosion

"The Flying Missile"

Tracking Missiles

Missile Submarine

"100 Mile Stinger"

Missiles Removed

Regulus Program

Mare Island

Pearl Harbor

West Pac

Alaska Cruise

West Pac

Designated SS-348

West Pac

Pearl Harbor

West Pac

West Pac/Vietnam

Bremerton Yards

West Pac/Vietnam

Cold War Patrol

Decommissioning

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This page was last updated: 03/16/08