1959

1959 - USS Cusk (SS-348) Year by Year History

Crewmembers, Pictures and Memorabilia

Captain Robert E . Crawford, LCDR was the commanding officer of the Cusk in 1959. Early in the year on the 3rd of February, the Cusk was performing training exercises with the USS Lansing, DER-388, just outside of Pearl Harbor. The exercise was named Z-33-a-U. Shortly afterward, the Cusk got underway for an extended training cruise in Alaska. She returned to Pearl Harbor several months later in July, 1959.

Click here to see a list of the Cusk crewmembers who came aboard in 1959

Cusk memorabilia and crew pictures from 1959:

Escape Tank at sub base in Pearl Harbor

(Photo courtesy of Jim Gautier)

Jim Gautier, Fallen & Jack "Fish"

Cunningham near the stern in Pearl

(Photo courtesy of Jim Gautier)

Jim Gautier in the After Torpedo Room

(Photo courtesy of Jim Gautier)

After Torpedo Room facing aft

(Photo courtesy of Jim Gautier)

Jim Gautier and Fallen

(Photo courtesy of Jim Gautier)

If you have any information, pictures, history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1959 (or any year), please contact the Cusk Webmaster. Thanks!

Crewmembers who came aboard the Cusk in 1959:

Last Name	First & MI	City	State	Rank/Rate	Svc. Date	Comments
Barkel	Craig - see Pagden				59 - 61
Crawford	Bob	Port Royal	PA	LCDR	59 - 60	8th Captain of the Cusk
Hrbacek	Billy			ETR2(SS)	59 - 63
Joyner	James A.	Arlington	VA	MT1(SS)	59
McKenzie	Richard M.	Port Orange	FL	QMC(SS)	59 - 62
Mitchell				FTG1(SS)	59 - 62
Pagden	Craig	Vineland	NJ	EM2(SS)	59 - 61
Quick	Roland J.	Franklin	IN	CS3(SS)	59 - 60
Smith	Richard L. W.	Hayfork	CA	EN1(SS) - LT	59
Thomsen	Art	Lansing	IL	FT2(SS)	59 - 62
Van Hoy	Mike J.	Austin	TX	EN1(SS)	59 - 60

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