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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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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) |
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Eric Copt thinking about Hotel
Street
Pearl Harbor,
1965
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt)
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Cusk getting underway with tug's
help
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |

Port shaft in lower aft Maneuvering
Room
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |
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Forward Engine Rom
Looking forward from After Engine Room
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt)
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Joe Diskin, John S "Jay" Lee & Eric
Copt
Olongapo City, Subic Bay,
Philippines
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt)
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Starboard Maneuvering Controls
(Photo courtesy of
Eric Copt) |
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 |
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| Bainter |
Mike |
Pacific Grove |
CA |
QM3(SS) |
65 |
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| 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 |
|
|
RM |
65 - 66 |
|
| 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 |
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 |
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| Galvan |
J.C. |
|
|
EN2(SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Gaskill |
Ed |
Port Orchard |
WA |
|
65 - 67 |
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| Gayda |
Gary L. |
Valley Center |
CA |
MM1(SS)(DV) |
65 - 69 |
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| Gibson |
Bob "Hoot" |
Tionesta |
PA |
LT |
65 - 67 |
XO |
| Greer |
Nelson "Maynard" |
|
|
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" |
|
|
TM1(SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Johnson |
Lonnie R. "Lani-Moo" |
|
|
MM1(SS) |
65 - 69 |
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| Kimball |
Ed |
|
|
RM1(SS) |
65 |
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| Koski |
Paul |
|
|
EM1(SS) |
65 |
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| Kriehn |
Robert D. |
Boulder Junction |
WI |
IC3(SS) |
65 - 67 |
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| Kuharski |
Eugene S. |
|
|
ENC(SS) |
65 - 69 |
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| Lemoine |
Leo |
Dayton |
OH |
ETC(SS) |
65 - 66 |
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| Lucien |
Paul |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
ET3(SS) |
65 |
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| Simpson |
Bill (?) |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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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