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1953 - USS Cusk (SS-348) Year by Year History

Crewmembers, Pictures and Memorabilia

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Click here to see a list of the Cusk crewmembers who came aboard in 1953

Memorabilia and pictures from 1953:

Article in San Diego Union newspaper

about the Cusk's new missile capabilities

January 11, 1953

Text of San Diego Newspaper Article

Artists sketch of how the Loon is launched and guided onto its target

(Parade Article, 11 January 1953)

Another article written about the Cusk.  Editor actually went to sea for a day aboard the Cusk, February 16, 1953

(Article courtesy of Vernon Maxon)

5 May 1953 , the Cusk fires an exercise torpedo at the USS McDermott, DD-677.  A small arrow can be seen on the left center of the picture showing the location of the nose of the torpedo - clearly, a solid hit amidships had this been a warshot torpedo fired at an enemy ship.

1953 Crew Picture

Captain C. B. Momsen, Jr., LCDR

Coming into port, 1953

(Photo courtesy of Vernon Maxon)

Early A. Murray, Jr., SO2(SS)

Earl was a Cusk plank holder having been a

member of the original crew in 1945.  He was

also probably the longest serving Cusk

crewmember having served aboard over 7 years.

1953 Crew Picture Collage

(Picture courtesy of Clay Gatlin)

View of the Cusk's midsection while in dry dock

 

 

Crewmembers who served aboard the Cusk in 1953:

Name City State Rank/Rate Years on Board Eternal Patrol Date Comments
Robert G Anderson     CS3(SS) 50 - 53 Date Unknown  
N L Andrade     FT2(SS) 53    
Jerome L "Jerry" Ashcroft     LT 53 Date Unknown  
T R Ashley     CS1(SS) 53    
D D Bagley       53    
Garrett E "Lightning" Baker

Ft. Worth

TX EM1(SS) 50 - 55 1 April 2019

Qualified in submarines on the USS Carp (SS-338) in 1949 and was a LCDR when he left the Navy.

Reavis P Baskett     TMC(SS) 53    
Joseph W Bauman     ENC(SS) 50 - 53    
Ben Baxley Cupertino CA LT 53 13 January 1978  
Ralph T Berry     EMFN 52 - 53    
Bowman       53    

Jack O Brinkerhoff

Traverse  City MI SOSN(SS) 50 - 53 27 September 2012  
Albert H Burlamachi     EM1(SS) 53    
Newell C Burns     TMSN(SS) 53    
Donald C Call Pensacola FL CS2(SS) 53 - 54 19 February 2012  
L Cannon       53    

Jim L Carpenter

Commerce City CO TM3(SS) 53 - 56 1 November 2019  
Gordon H Casper El Cajon CA FC1(SS) 49 - 53  Date Unknown  
Robert G Charvat Westchester IL FN(SS) 53    
Samuel Lowell Chesser     LTJG 53 3 February 1972 Retired as Captain in '72 from ComSubDiv 13 in Pearl
J H Clement     ETSN(SS) 53    
Robert E Coffman Burbank CA EN3(SS) 53    
Gordon B "Doc" Corwin, Jr     HMC(SS) 53    
Alvin W Covington     TM1(SS) 53 29 March 1997  
Charles Willott Crofts Greer SC IC3(SS) 53 - 54 22 November 2010  
John A Davidson     EN3(SS) 53 - 55    
Leon Joe Davis     QMSN(SS) 53 Date Unknown  
Walter Eugene Dedrick     LTJG 46 & 52 - 55 28 September 1997 Plankowner, Executive Officer
J M Donahue     ET3(SS) 53    
Emmett William "Pappy" Donovan     ENC(SS) 50 - 53 31 January 1974  
Horse Dorsey       53    
Robert L Fischer Hayward CA SN(SS) 51 - 53 4 November 2008  
William L Fouts     CS2(SS) 50 - 53    
James L "Jim" Furrh, Jr     LTJG 53    
Robert O "Bob" Gary Hixson TN YN3(SS) 53 - 54    
Clayton N Gatlin Brandon MS EN2(SS) 51 - 54 6 September 2012  
R K German       53    
John Shankland "Red" Ghiselin Bremerton WA END1(SS) 50 - 53  18 July 2000 Received commission later in career and retired as LCDR
Herbert William Graham     RM1(SS) 46 - 53 Date Unknown Plankowner
Donald A Green     QM3(SS) 53 Date Unknown  
Charles "Pat" Hall Cheyenne WY AF2(SS) 53    
Max Eugene Hansen     RMC(SS) 53 18 February 2001  
George Urban Harlow Ash Flat AZ SO2(SS) 49 - 53 16 September 2014  
Max Alan Harrell Sebring FL FCC(SS) 53 - 54 1 November 2011 Retired as LCDR in 1969
Heiner       53    
Dave P Hirt Glendale CA QM3(SS) 51 - 53 22 August 2016  
Albert Lawrence Hoffman Hampton VA EN1(SS) 49 - 53 13 July 1991  
F L Jeter     TM3(SS) 53    
Michael O'Neill Johnston Tucson AZ ET3(SS) 53 - 56    
Paul Junior Jordan     SD2(SS) 53    
James R Kane     EM2(SS) 49 - 53 Date Unknown  
J R Kimmerly     TM3(SS) 53    
Donald K Klinger Wabasha MN YN3(SS) 53 - 54    
Craig R Knutson Tulsa OK LTJG 53   Missile officer
Leo Paul Kunkel  Jacksonville FL ENCS(SS) 45 - 48 & 52 - 58 18 February 2015 Plankowner
James A Langstaff     ENC(SS) 53    
Arthur L Lauffenburger     SN(SS) 53 Date Unknown  
Mike L Lawless Glendale AZ ET3(SS) 51 - 54    
Orsen S Lawrence     ENC(SS) 52 - 53    
Joe R LeMaye     TM1(SS) 53 - 54    
Sammie E Lyons Ash Flat AR EMCS(SS) 53 - 59 5 October 2004  
C J MacLellan     EM2(SS) 53 - 54    
Claud "Mark" Marcum Ft. Gray WV QM2(SS) 52 - 53    
W R "Maggy" Margelot, Jr     GM3(SS) 53 - 54    

Carl Robert "Mark" Markham, Jr.

Cottage Grove  OR TM1(SS) 52 - 53 16 November 2018
R L Maritle       53    
Vernon P "Barney" Maxon Des Peres MO LCDR 51 - 53    
John A McBriar Lynwood WA TM3(SS) 52 - 54 28 March 2015  
Robert F McDonald Charlotte NC EN3(SS) 51 - 53    
Richard A "Dick" McGuire San Diego CA SO2(SS) 53 - 55 14 March 2017  

McKenzie, Jr, William W "Mac"

Silverdale WA LT 52 - 53 8 November 2018
C J McLellan     EM3(SS) 53 - 54    

Paul O Melton

Miller's Creek NC EMC(SS) 53 - 57    
David D "Dave" Meyer West Richland WA EN2(SS) 53 - 55    
Darrell G Miller Pittsburg PA ICFN(SS) 53 - 54 21 May 2008  
Charles Bowers "Swede" Momsen, Jr. Goleta GA CDR 51 - 53 21 October 2002 5th Captain of the Cusk
Alexander F Nieto Denver CO RM3(SS) 53 26 March 2016 Qualified in submarines aboard the USS Diodon (SS-349) in 1952. Was a RM3(SS) when he left the Navy.
Kenneth R Paridis     ENFN(SS) 53    
Ray M Peckenpaugh Brazil IN   53    
L A Pena     SN(SS) 53    
Jack Pettipiece     RM3(SS) 53 Date Unknown  
D T Phillips     SN(SS) 53 Date Unknown  
Eugene "Gene" Pridonoff Yorba Linda CA LCDR 53 - 55 6 November 2011 6th Captain of the Cusk
Frank B Quinlivan, Jr El Cajon CA TM1(SS) 49 - 53 1 December 2009  
Bobby C Richards     ENC(SS) 53    

Glenn H Rowe

Santee SC RM2(SS) 53 - 57 2 September 2014  
Rushlow, Richard G Scarborough ME ET1(SS) 53 4 March 2017  
D E Russell     ET3(SS) 53    
Cyril Irwin Santee Sparks NV EN1(SS) 53 9 March 1973  
Frank O Schrope Las Vegas NV CSC(SS) 53    
John A Shuler     EM2(SS) 53    
M P Sinclair     FN(SS) 53    
James R Smith     QM1(SS) 53 Date Unknown  
 Vincent Solari     TM3(SS) 52    
Theodore C "Gunner" Southern     GMCS(SS) 52 - 53    
Douglas "Doug" Stahl Honolulu HI LT 52 - 55    
Charles Benjamin Stark LaCygne KS EN3(SS) 53 17 April 2013  
Frank Oliver Shrope Las Vegas NV CSC(SS) 51 - 56 11 November 2009  
J C Sweeny     SN(SS) 53    
Wayne Thomas Stillman Valley IL EM2(SS) 53 13 March 2009  
Alfio Toni San Francisco CA EMFN(SS) 50 - 53 4 June 2010  
John J Tracey Bradenton FL TM2(SS) 52 - 54  11 November 2017
R G VanMoppen     IC1(SS) 53    
S L Viney       53    
P P Walker     RMSN(SS) 53    
Peter E Walther Polson MT ET1(SS) 51 - 55    
Robert H "Ace" Webb Largo FL ENC(SS) 58 11 August 2002  
Delmer L Wetering Tea SD TM2(SS) 53    
Robert W "Bob" Whitehouse Granbury TX MM1(SS) 53    
Donald B Wikeen Charleston SC Capt. 53 - 54    
E W Williams     EMSN(SS) 53    
Robert F Williamson, II San Diego CA LT 53 - 54 9 July 2003  
D Wilson       53    
Robert Herold Wright     TMSN(SS) 53 13 April 2002  

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