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1944 - USS Cusk Year by Year History

Crewmembers, Pictures and Memorabilia

The keel is laid (twice) as the Cusk is born

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 "re-laid" in the same shipyard.  The reasons for the keel being laid, disassembled and moved to another location and re-laid is unknown.  Captain Paul Summers, CDR was the Cusk's first commanding officer.

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Click here to see the Crewlist from 1944

Memorabilia from 1944:


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)

 

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  

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!


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This page was last updated: 02/12/09