USS Cusk - 1946

1946 - USS Cusk Year by Year History

Crewmembers, Pictures and Memorabilia

The Cusk is commissioned and joins the fleet

Click here to see the list of crewmembers who came aboard the Cusk in 1946

Cusk memorabilia and crew pictures from 1946: (Click on any image to see its full size.)

First Crew
New London, 1946
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

First Crew List
(Courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Officers & Chiefs
New London, 1946
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Commissioning Ceremony Invitation
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Captain & Mrs. Paul Summers
at Cusk's commissioning party.
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Commissioning Party Invitation
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

1st Ship's Party Attendees
1946 in Norwich, Connecticut
All officers & crew present
except men on watch
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

1st Ship's Party - Officers and CPOs
R1-S.A. Peterson, V. R. Wanner, F. L. Thomas,

Bill Norrington, Paul Summers, Zeke Zellmer,

D. H. Green, F. C. Cole, Walt Diedrick

R2-J.C. Rendernick, P.A. Gavala, H.F. Lego

Stubbs, G. E. Campbell, O. A. Fosberg,

J. W. Deef & Darden,

R3-unknown, J. K. Ludwig,

F. V. Nuttleman & L. S. Wright
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

1st Ship's Party - Officers and Crew
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

Commissioning Envelope
Commemorative envelope
by Electric Boat Co.
about the Cusk's launch.
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Article in local paper about Cusk's

Commissioning, February 5, 1946
(Courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Commissioning Envelope
Commemorative envelope
by Electric Boat Co.
about the Cusk's launch.
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Signed Picture of Ship's Patch
Signed by first crew.
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Historical background of Cusk's first patch
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer

First Ship's Patch
(Courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Commissioning Party Menu
(outside)
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Commissioning Party Menu
(outside)
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Commissioning Party Menu
(inside)
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

March 18, 1946
Standardization Trials
Moose Tharp, Clyde Kirk,
L.P. Kunkle, Reid, Moldy
Higgins, Fosberg, Phil Hansen
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

Clyde Kirk during Standardization Trials
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

March 18, 1946
Standardization Trials
(Names unknown)
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

Lt. & Mrs. Zeke Zellmer
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Cusk's First Engineering Officer

Lt. Zeke Zellmer
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Zeke & Mrs. Zellmer with other

Cusk officers
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

March 18, 1946
Standardization Trials
L.P. Kunkle, D. L. Aldredge,
F. E. "Moldy" Higgins,
Fosberg & Elliot
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

March 18, 1946
Standardization Trials
F. E. "Moldy" Higgins &
D. L. Aldredge (Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

March 18, 1946
Standardization Trials
(Names unknown)
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

Close up photo of the Bridge
New London, 1946
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

March 18, 1946
Standardization Trials
(Names Unknown)
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

Tied up outboard of the Diodon
New London, April 1946
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Crewmembers on deck
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Crewmembers on deck
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Crewmembers on deck
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

View of bow while underway in Alaska
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Small boats alongside, forward of brige
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

March 18, 1946
Standardization Trials
Thomas Dietz, Parker & Barlow
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

Entering new home port of

Pearl Harbor, July, 1946
(Photo courtesy of Clyde Kirk)

Entering San Juan, Puerto Rico

May 1, 1946
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

The Cusk in Cristobal, Canal Zone, 1946

sometime between 24 April 1946, when she

made an extended cruise through the

Caribbean Sea, and before she arrived at

San Diego 6 June 1946.
(Photo courtesy of Jim Carrol)

Cdr. Paul Summers & Cdr. Buskirk

discuss plans for Artic cruise to

Kodiak, Alaska, July 1946
(Article courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

San Diego Union article about Cusk's

first trip to Kodiak, Alaska
(Article courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Another 'Artic' Article

about Cusk's trip to Kodiak, Alaska
(Article courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Cusk outboard the USS Trumpetfish (SS-425)

Kodiak, Alaska, July 1946
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

Early Crew Picture
(Photo courtesy of Jim Orr)

In Kodiak, Alaska outboard Diodon

July, 1946
(Photo courtesy of Zeke Zellmer)

If you have any information, pictures, history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1946 (or any year), please contact the Cusk Webmaster. Thanks!

Crewmembers who came aboard the Cusk in 1946:

Last Name	First & MI	City	State	Rank/Rate	Svc. Date	Comments
Aldredge	D. L.			MOMM2(SS)	46
Barlow	Verne D.	Austell	GA		46
Bettencourt	E. S.			S1c	46
Boberick	Donald H.	Pasadena	CA	RM3(SS)	46	Eternal Patrol - 11 Jan 2002
Brewer	W. R.			EM3c	46
Broadfoot	J. R.			TM3c	46
Brown	Lawrence			CM1(SS)	46 - 47	Eternal Patrol - Date Unknown
Campbell	George E. "Buzz"			QMC(SS)	46
Cohen	M. M.			TM2c	46
Cole	F. C.			LTJG	46
Condon	William H.	Zephyrhills	FL	RM3(SS)	46
Conforti	John J.	Torrington	CT	EN1(SS)	46 - 47
Cook	C. F			MOMM3c	46
Dedrick	Walter			LTJG	46	Eternal Patrol - Date Unknown
Dennis	O. L.			QM2c	46
Deef	J. W.			CFM	46
Dietz	Thomas R.	St. Paul	MN	EM3(SS)	46
Engel	H. A.			MOMm3C	46
England	S. J.			S1c(RM)	46
Elliot	Oliver W.	Moreno Valley	CA		46
Elliot	Q. M.			F1c	46
Fenton	R.			RM2c	46
Ferrer	D.			StM1c	46
Fisher	Walter Curtis		VA	EN1(SS)	46 - 48
Flanagan	K. F.			S1c	46
Flora	L. L.			S1c	46
Fosberg	Orville A.			CMOMM(SS)	46	Eternal Patrol - Date Unknown
Foster	A. E.			FCS1c	46
Frazier	J. P.			S1c	46
Gavala	Paul A.	Fishskill	NY	CCS	46
Graham	Herbert W.			RM1(SS)	46 - 50	Eternal Patrol - Date Unknown
Green	David H.			LCDR	46
Hansen	Phil			MOMM3(SS)	46
Hayes	H. W.			QM3c	46
Hazlett	G.			GM1	46 - 47
Heartness	O. A.			MoMM1c	46
Herbst	Alfred O.		TX	RM3(SS)	46 - 47
Higgins	F. E, "Moldy"			MOMM1(SS)	46	Eternal Patrol 10-27-2004
Hinman	E. M.			F2c	46
Horne	W.R.			S1c	46
Irvine	L. F.			CMcMM	46
Jordan	Robert		MA	EM2(SS)	46 - 47
Keeran	E. M.			RM1c	46
Kelly	W. P.			MoMM2c	46
Kunkel	L. P.			MoMM2c	46
Lego	Herman F.			CY	46	Eternal Patrol - Date Unknown
Lindstrom	D. E.			EM1c	46
Longnecker	D. E.			EM1c	46
Lowry	G. W.			F1c	46
Ludwig	John K.			CRM(SS)	46
Lugar	J. M.			TM2c	46
McGinty	M. C.			EM1c	46
Meeks	C. N.			MoMM2c	46
Mikolay	J. R.			MoMM3c	46 - 47
Mitchell	E. F.			EM2c	46
Nelson	R. W.			F1c	46
Nuttleman	Fred V.	Rogers	AR	CTM	46
Orr	Jim F.	Hadlyme	CT	ETR3(SS)	46	Eternal Patrol - 18 March 2001
Parden	Lee Bob			CEM	46
Parker	Eugene A.		CA	TM3c	46
Patterson	Hugh	Fair Oaks	CA	EM3(SS)	46 - 48	Eternal Patrol - 2002
Peterson	Stanley A.			LTJG	46
Reid	W. B.			MOMM2(SS)	46
Rendernick	J. C.			CEM	46
Rivera	B.			St1c	46
Robinson				StM2c	46
Saunders	P. G.			CGM	46
Schaeffer	R. E.			SC3c	46	Returned as COB in 1965 & 66
Schwartz	H. R.			TM1c	46
Sharp	H. L.			RM3c	46
Shrum	W. M.			S2c	46
Signs	W. A.			TM3c	46
Stealey	E. H.			EM3c	46
Stone	C.			S1c	46
Stubbe				CRTM	46
Summers	Paul E. "Pete"			CDR	46 - 48	1st Captain, Eternal Patrol - Date Unknown
Tharp	W. G. "Moose"			MOMM1(SS)	46
Thomas	F. L.			LT	46
Walker	J. E.			EM3c	46
Williams	F. N.			TM2c	46
Williamson	P. L.			TM1c	46
Wanner	Vance			LTJG	46	Eternal Patrol - Date Unknown
Wright	L. S.			CMOMM	46	Eternal Patrol - Date Unknown
Zellmer	Ernest J.	Satellite Beach	FL	LT	46 - 48	1st Engineering Officer
Zimmerman	R. C.			SM2c	46 - 47

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Keel is Laid

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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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