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:

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