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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:

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)

After Battery Berthing - Starboard side aft
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Ready for Ship's Party

(Photo courtesy of Ed Gafney)

After Battery Well
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Eric Copt thinking about Hotel Street

Pearl Harbor, 1965
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Cusk getting underway with tug's help
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Port shaft in lower aft Maneuvering Room
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Forward Engine Rom

Looking forward from After Engine Room
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Joe Diskin, John S "Jay" Lee & Eric Copt

Olongapo City, Subic Bay, Philippines
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Starboard Maneuvering Controls
(Photo courtesy of Eric Copt)

Chief Pappy Rinn in Japan
(Photo courtesy of Paul Bumber)

Paul Bumber on watch
(Photo courtesy of Paul Bumber)

Paul Bumber on deck in Hong Kong
(Photo courtesy of Paul Bumber)

 

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  
Andrade, A. I.   HI LT. 65  
Ashley, Ron A Rochester NY EN3(SS) 65  
Autry, Mike     TM3(SS) 65  
Bainter, Michael Pacific Grove CA QM3(SS) 65 - 66  
Barr, John     LT 65 - 67  
Bumber, Paul Newberg OR EN (SS) 65 - 66  
Burns, Robert J     EN1(SS) 65 - 66 Eternal Patrol - 1 Jan 1970
Bush, John     RM 65 - 66  
Cheek, Frank     RMC(SS) 65 - 66  
Day, R. L.     LT 65  
Diskin, Joe Overland Park KS EM2(SS) 65  
Duran, Juan Las Cruces NM QM3(SS) 65  
Engleman,Gerald "Percy" Depoe Bay OR ETR3(SS) 65 - 66  
Floyd, Don Port Orchard WA   65 - 66  
Francis,James     TM3(SS) 65  
French, Richard E. "Frenchy" Port Orchard WA MMCS(SS) 65 - 67  
Gafney, Ed J Nags Head NC IC1(SS) 65 - 67  
Galvan, J. C.     EN2(SS) 65 - 66  
Gaskill, Ed Port Orchard WA TM3(SS) 65 - 67  
Gayda, Gary L Valley Center CA MM1(SS)(DV) 65 - 69  
Gibson, Bob "Hoot" Tionesta PA LT 65 - 67 XO
Greer, Nelson "Maynard"     EN2(SS) 65  
Greer, Rick "Ptomaine" Ft. Worth TX CS2(SS) 65 - 67  
Jerome, R.J., Jr. "Jethro"     TM1(SS) 65 - 66  
Johnson, Allen Ray     EN3(SS) 65 - 66 Eternal Patrol - 17 April 2008
Johnson, Lonnie R. "Lani-Moo"     MM1(SS) 65 - 69  
Kimball, Ed     RM1(SS) 65  
Koski, Koski     EM1(SS) 65  
Kriehn, Robert D Boulder Junction WI IC3(SS) 65 - 67  
Kuharski, Eugene S     ENC(SS) 65 - 69  
Lemoine, Leo Dayton OH ETC(SS) 65 - 66  
Lucien, Paul       65 - 66  
McCann, "Mary Ann"     STS2(SS) 65 - 67  
Meers, Don     FT3(SS) 65 - 66  
Olson, Darwin     EM2(SS) 65  
Osborn, Richard     EM2(SS) 65 - 66  
Patterson, Don     EN1(SS) 65 - 67  
Pertuit, Doug   LA ICFN(SS) 65 - 66  
Ramirez, Rick     STS3(SS) 65 Eternal Patrol - 1966
Sawyer, Bob   ME TMC(SS) 65 - 66  
Schaeffer, Robert     ENC(SS) 45 - 46 & 65 - 67 COB and Plankholder
Shands     EN2(SS) 65  
Shoemaker, Don E San Diego CA EMC(SS) 65 - 67  
Silvera     ET3(SS) 65  
Simpson, Bill   TX ET3(SS) 65  
Smith, D.J. Erie PA EMFN(SS) 65  
Speilman, Gery Siloam Springs AK EN1(SS) 65  
Twomey, "Buzz"   ME ENFN(SS) 65  
Vogel, Frank R Cherokee KS IC#(SS) 63 - 66 Eternal Patrol - 6 January 2012
Von Christerson, W.W.     LCDR 65 12th Captain
Wagstaff, Rick     QM3(SS) 65  
Walker, David P     MM3(SS) 65  
Walker, Willie "Drip Pan"     EN1(SS) 65  
West, Roy Cripple Creek CO ET3(SS) 65  
Wingler, Harold L. "Wingnut" Terre Haute IN EN2(SS) 65 - 67

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!


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This page was last updated: 02/01/12