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1965 - USS Cusk (SS-348) Year by Year
History
Crewmembers, Pictures and
Memorabilia
During another WestPac in 1965, the
Cusk spent time on "Yankee Station" in the
Tonkin Gulf and earned her first Vietnam Service award.
During the week of
October 19th to the 27th, the Cusk performed ASW operations
with the destroyer USS Stoddard (DD-566).
Click here to see a list of the Cusk
crewmembers who came aboard in 1965
Cusk memorabilia
and crew pictures from 1965:
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Cusk tied up in an unidentified port
(Photo courtesy of Ed Gafney) |

Looks like San Miguel Beer so it must be
Olongapo City in Subic Bay
(Photo
courtesy of Ed Gafney) |

Ed & Barb Gafney in Hawaii
(Photo courtesy of Ed Gafney) |
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Ready for Ship's Party
(Photo courtesy of Ed Gafney) |
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If you have any information, pictures,
history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1965 (or any year),
please contact the
Cusk Webmaster.
Thanks!
Crewmembers who came aboard the Cusk in
1965:
| Last Name |
First &
MI |
City |
State |
Rank/Rate |
Svc. Date |
Comments |
| Allen |
Walter |
New Smyrna Beach |
FL |
ENFN(SS) |
65 - 67 |
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| Andrade |
A. l. |
|
HI |
LT. |
65 |
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| Ashley |
Ron A. |
Rochester |
NY |
EN3(SS) |
65 |
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| Autry |
Mike |
|
|
TM3(SS) |
65 |
|
| Bainter |
Mike |
Pacific Grove |
CA |
QM3(SS) |
65 |
|
| Barr |
John |
|
|
LT |
65 - 67 |
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| Bumber |
Paul |
Newberg |
OR |
EN (SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Burns |
Robert J. |
|
|
EN1(SS) |
65 - 66 |
Eternal Patrol - 1 Jan 1970 |
| Bush |
John |
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|
RM |
65 - 66 |
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| Cheek |
Frank |
|
|
RMC(SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Day |
R. L |
|
|
LT |
65 |
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| Diskin |
Joe |
Overland Park |
KS |
EM2(SS) |
65 |
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| Duran |
Juan |
Las Cruces |
NM |
QM3(SS) |
65 |
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| Engleman |
Percy |
|
|
ET3(SS) |
65 |
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| Engleman |
Gerald "Percy" |
Depoe Bay |
OR |
ETR3(SS) |
65 - 66 |
|
| Floyd |
Don |
Port Orchard |
WA |
|
65 - 66 |
|
| Francis |
James |
|
|
TM3(SS) |
65 |
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| French |
Richard E. "Frenchy" |
Port Orchard |
WA |
MMCS(SS) |
65 - 67 |
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| Gafney |
Ed J. |
Nags Head |
NC |
IC1(SS) |
65 - 67 |
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| Galvan |
J.C. |
|
|
EN2(SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Gaskill |
Ed |
Port Orchard |
WA |
|
65 - 67 |
|
| Gibson |
Bob "Hoot" |
Tionesta |
PA |
LT |
65 - 67 |
XO |
| Gosney |
Gary W. "Goose" |
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|
TMC(SS) |
65 |
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| Greer |
Nelson "Maynard" |
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|
EN2(SS) |
65 |
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| Greer |
Rick "Ptomaine" |
Ft. Worth |
TX |
CS2(SS) |
65 - 67 |
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| Jerome |
R.J., Jr. "Jethro" |
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|
TM1(SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Johnson |
Lonnie R. "Lani-Moo" |
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MM1(SS) |
65 - 69 |
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| Kimball |
Ed |
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|
RM1(SS) |
65 |
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| Koski |
Paul |
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|
EM1(SS) |
65 |
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| Kriehn |
Robert D. |
Boulder Junction |
WI |
IC3(SS) |
65 - 67 |
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| Kuharski |
Eugene S. |
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|
ENC(SS) |
65 - 69 |
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| Lemoine |
Leo |
Dayton |
OH |
ETC(SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Lucien |
Paul |
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|
|
65 - 66 |
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| McCann |
Mary Ann |
|
|
STS2(SS) |
65 - 67 |
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| Meers |
Don |
|
|
FT3(SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Olson |
Darwin |
|
|
EM2(SS) |
65 |
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| Osborn |
Richard |
|
|
EM2(SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Patterson |
Don |
|
|
EN1(SS) |
65 - 67 |
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| Pertuit |
Doug |
|
LA |
ICFN(SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Ramirez |
Rick |
|
|
STS3(SS) |
65 |
Eternal Patrol - 1966 |
| Sawyer |
Bob |
|
ME |
TMC(SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Schaeffer |
Robert |
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|
ENC(SS) |
65 - 67 |
COB |
| Shands |
|
|
|
EN2(SS) |
65 |
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| Shoemaker |
Don E. |
San Diego |
CA |
EMC(SS) |
65 - 67 |
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| Silvera |
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|
ET3(SS) |
65 |
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| Simpson |
Bill (?) |
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TX |
ET3(SS) |
65 |
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| Smith |
D. J. |
Erie |
PA |
EMFN(SS) |
65 |
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| Speilman |
Gery |
Siloam Springs |
AK |
EN1(SS) |
65 |
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| Twomey |
Buzz |
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ME |
ENFN(SS) |
65 |
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| Von Christerson |
W.W. |
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LCDR |
65 |
12th Captain |
| Wagstaff |
Rick |
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|
QM3(SS) |
65 |
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| Walker |
David P. |
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|
MM3(SS) |
65 |
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| Walker |
Willie "Drip Pan" |
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|
EN1(SS) |
65 |
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| West |
Roy |
Cripple Creek |
CO |
ET3(SS) |
65 |
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| Wingler |
Harold L. "Wingnut" |
Terre Haute |
IN |
EN2(SS) |
65 - 67 |
Explore more of the Cusk's History...
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1944
Keel is Laid |
1945
Commissioning |
1946
Pearl Harbor |
1947
First
Missile Launch |
1948
Missile Hanger |
1949
Missile Explosion |
1950
"The Flying Missile" |
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1951
Tracking Missiles |
1952
Missile Submarine |
1953
"100 Mile Stinger" |
1954
Missiles Removed |
1955
Regulus Program |
1956
Mare Island |
1957
Pearl Harbor |
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1958
West Pac |
1959
Alaska Cruise |
1960
West Pac |
1961
Designated SS-348 |
1962
West Pac |
1963
Pearl Harbor |
1964
West Pac |
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You are here! |
1966
Bremerton Yards |
1967
West Pac/Vietnam |
1968
Cold War Patrol |
1969
Decommissioning |
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