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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Crewmembers on deck
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |

Crewmembers on deck
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |

Crewmembers on
deck
(Photo
courtesy of Zeke Zellmer) |
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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) |
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Entering new home port of
Pearl Harbor,
July, 1946
(Photo
courtesy of Clyde Kirk)
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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) |