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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)

 

Ready for Ship's Party

(Photo courtesy of Ed Gafney)

 

 

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  
Andrade A. l.   HI LT. 65  
Ashley Ron A. Rochester NY EN3(SS) 65  
Autry Mike     TM3(SS) 65  
Bainter Mike Pacific Grove CA QM3(SS) 65  
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 Percy     ET3(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   65 - 67  
Gibson Bob "Hoot" Tionesta PA LT 65 - 67 XO
Gosney Gary W. "Goose"     TMC(SS) 65  
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 Lonnie R. "Lani-Moo"     MM1(SS) 65 - 69  
Kimball Ed     RM1(SS) 65  
Koski Paul     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) 65 - 67 COB
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  
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

 

Explore more of the Cusk's History...

1944

Keel is Laid

1945

Commissioning

1946

Pearl Harbor

1947

First Missile Launch

1948

Missile Hanger

1949

Missile Explosion

1950

"The Flying Missile"

1951

Tracking Missiles

1952

Missile Submarine

1953

"100 Mile Stinger"

1954

Missiles Removed

1955

Regulus Program

1956

Mare Island

1957

Pearl Harbor

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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1966

Bremerton Yards

1967

West Pac/Vietnam

1968

Cold War Patrol

1969

Decommissioning

 

 


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This page was last updated: 03/16/08