1951

1951 - USS Cusk (SS-348) Year by Year History

Crewmembers, Pictures and Memorabilia

In 1951, the Cusk continued making history by launching several more missiles during the year. For many of those launches, the Cusk would launch a missile and then submerge to guide and track it while submerged.

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Click here to see a list of the Cusk crewmembers who were aboard in 1951

Memorabilia and pictures from 1951:

Christmas Menu (outside)

December 25, 1951

Loon Launch, 1951

(Photo Courtesy of Wikipedia)

Christmas Menu (inside)

December 25, 1951

Crewmembers who were aboard the Cusk in 1951:

Name	City	State	Rank/Rate	Svc. Date	Comments
Carkeek, Norman J.	Tacoma	WA	EN3(SS)	49 - 51
Comperini, Robert D.	Appleton	WI	EM3(SS)	49 - 52
Dunaway, Jack "Sam"	Mimbres	NM	ET3(SS)	49 - 51
Fraga, Frank Z.	New Waverly	TX	EM1(SS)	50 - 53		Eternal Patrol - 2009
Gatlin, Clayton N.	Brandon	MS	EN2(SS)	51 - 54
Graham, Herbert W			RM1(SS)	46 - 53		Eternal Patrol - Date Unknown
Hirt, Dave	Glendale	CA	SN(SS)	51 - 53	Transferred to Seafox in '53
Lawless, Mike L.	Glendale	AZ	ET3(SS)	51 - 54
McDowall, Robert H.	Cuyahoga Falls	OH	TM3(SS)	49 - 51
Momsen, Jr., Charles B			CDR	51 - 53	4th Captain
O'Halloran, Bill J.	Ft. Collins	CO	ET1(SS)	51 - 52
Rowley, Robert R.	Sequim	WA	ET3(SS)	51 - 52
Senior, Harry B	Orange Park	FL	SDC(SS)	46 - 52
Speed, L. W. "Vern"			TM1(SS)	49 - 54
Toni, Alfio	San Francisco	CA		50 - 53	Eternal Patrol - 4 June 2010
Tucker, Fred B.			CDR	49 - 51	3rd Captain
Walther, Peter E.	Polson	MT	ET1(SS)	51 - 55

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