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1963 - USS Cusk (SS-348) Year by Year History

Crewmembers, Pictures and Memorabilia

In 1963, Captain Frank Comstock took the Cusk south of the equator and the crew had a rare visit to Tahiti.  As mandated by crossing the equator, all of the "Pollywogs" on board were required to undergo King Neptune's initiation as "Shellbacks.

Click here to see a list of the Cusk crewmembers who were aboard in 1963

Cusk memorabilia and crew pictures from 1963:

 

Shellback Initiation - July 1963

Herman Strickland (front center) and Vernon Swenson

(front right) emerge from the "Garbage Chute"

during a Shellback initiation while enroute to Tahiti.
(Photo courtesy of Herman Strickland)

Eric Copt's Shellback Initiation

Tahiti, July 1963
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Swim Call

Somewhere near Tahiti, July 1963
(Photo courtesy of Herman Strickland)

Control Room

Looking forward and starboard at 3000# Air

and Low Pressure Air Manifolds
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Bow Planes & Dive Manifold
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Cusk steaming toward Tahiti, 1963
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Cusk in Pearl Harbor Dry Dock
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Cusk Overhaul, Pearl Harbor
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Scaffolding around Cusk's Sail

Pearl Harbor, 1963
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Cusk's hull cutaway for generator overhaul

Pearl Harbor, 1963
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Submarine Mom & Grandmother

Eric Copt's grandmother who also lost a son,

(Eric's uncle) on the USS Trout in 1944.
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

A very young Eric Copt
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Cusk Publicity Photo, 1963
(Source of photo unknown)

 

Crewmembers who were aboard the Cusk in 1963:

Last Name, First & MI City State Rank/Rate Svc. Date Comments
Bisler, Larry       63  
Carr, Gary Bremerton WA EMCM(SS) 63 - 69  
Copt, Eric EM3(SS) 63 - 66  
Crosby, Stuart W Keizer OR IC3(SS) 61 - 63  
Duback, Clyde L Vancouver WA TM3(SS) 60 - 63  
Duncan, Bob Cape Coral FL YN3(SS) 62 - 63  
Gallagher, Lawrence Maryville TN ET1(SS) 63 - 66  
Gaito, Eugene     ENC(SS) 61 - 63  
Greenwalt       63 XO
Griffith     CDR 63 XO
Hakke, L. E. "Roy" Reading PA EM2(SS) 63 - 66  
Harner, Chuck Vienna VA LT 60 - 63  
Heral, Ed       63 - 64  
Hrbacek, Bill     ETR2(SS) 59 - 63  
Keelin, Mike     STS 63 - 66  
Kilpatrick, Al "Killer" Palm Springs CA MM3(SS) 63 - 66  
Knapp, Gerald Grand Rapids MN RMC(SS) 63 - 64  
Lee, John S. "Jay"     MM1(SS) 63 - 69  
Loewenhardt, Joseph H Honokaa HI EM2(SS) 60 - 63  
Mabry, Gene     ET1(SS) 63 - 63  
O'Meally, Art     RM1(SS) 63 - 66  
Penrod, Bill San Francisco CA   60 - 63  
Phillips, Jack A Vacaville CA   63  
Probert, William E Renovo PA EM3(SS) 63 - 64  
Provins, Bob Santee CA STS3(SS) 63 - 65 Eternal Patrol - 11 Jan 2003
Sessions, Thomas     LT 63 - 64  
Smith, Peter B Center Conway NH ETR3(SS) 63 - 65  
Strickland, Herman     RM2(SS) 63  
Swenson, Vernon D Punta Gorda FL ET2(SS) 62 - 63  
Swift, Charles J. Tigard OR LTJG 63 - 65  
Tucker, Gary     MM1(SS) 60 - 63  
Vogel, Frank Cherokee KS IC3(SS) 63 - 66 Eternal Patrol - 6 January 2012
Watterson, Rodney     LTJG 63 - 64
Weberski, Edward Merlin OR CSC(SS) 60 - 63  

If you have any information, pictures, history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1963 (or any year), please contact the Cusk Webmaster. Thanks!


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This page was last updated: 02/01/12