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1967 - USS Cusk (SS-348) Year by Year History

Crewmembers, Pictures and Memorabilia

The Cusk went on her next to last WestPac cruise in 1967 visiting Pearl Harbor; Yokosuka, Japan; White Beach, Okinawa; Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Bangkok, Thailand, and Subic Bay in the Philippines.  During this tour, the Cusk is awarded her third Vietnam Service medal.  At the end of WestPac, the Cusk returns home to San Diego where she arrives at the Reserve Pier and is berthed next to the reserve submarine, USS Perch.  Cusk families and a Navy Band welcome the crew home.

Click here to see a list of the USS Cusk crewmembers who came aboard in 1967

USS Cusk memorabilia and crew pictures from 1967:

USS Cusk in Buckner Bay, Okinawa

(Photo courtesy Dave Duerr)

Don & Rita Killian, Mr. & Mrs. Tony Sweeney,

Ed & Mrs. Beale, & Denny & Mrs. West at

the Submarine Ball in San Diego.

(Photo courtesy Don Killian

A little submarine humor

(Courtesy Don Killian)

Captain Don Killian getting some sun

at sea during WestPac, 1967

(Photo courtesy Dave Duerr)

USS Cusk Christmas Card

(Photo courtesy Don Killian)

Rick Greer and why he got out

(Photo courtesy of Rick Greer)

David Tuma doing a back flip during

Swim Call.  At sea, 1967 WestPac

(Photo courtesy of Don Killian)

Tom "Bump" Roseland at door to head,

aft end of After Battery Compartment

(Patch courtesy of Dave Duerr)

More Swim Call Pictures, WestPac, 1967

(Patch courtesy of Don Killian)

Larry Murphy, Dave Duerr and Tom Roseland

on the aft deck in San Diego just before

the 1967 WestPac

(Photo courtesy of Dave Duerr)

Getting a little sun on deck

(Patch courtesy of Don Killian)

A Break from Mess Cooking

Tom Roseland on deck in San Diego in between

peeling potatoes for the evening meal

(Photo courtesy of Dave Duerr)

Early liberty in Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of USS Diodon Website)

Brassrail Bar, Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of USS Diodon Website

Typical street scene in Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of USS Diodon Website

Another street scene in Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of USS Diodon Website

USS Cusk at sea

(Photo courtesy of Paul King)

Street scene, Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of USS Diodon Website

Jim Branske on topside watch

Subic Bay, Philippines

(Photo courtesy of Dennis Schultz)

Mid-1967 in Hong Kong

(Photo courtesy of Gary Gayda)

USS Cusk publicity photo 1967

Tour of Cusk for Manila citizens

(Photo courtesy of Gary Gayda)

USS Cusk leaving port - possibly Subic Bay

USS Enterprise can be seen in the background

Gary Shaw & Darrell Nickerson on Deck

Over 1,200 Manila citizens await tour of Cusk

(Photo courtesy of Gary Gayda)

   

USS WestPac Patch - 1967

(Patch courtesy of Don Killian)

 

Crewmembers who came aboard the USS Cusk in 1967:

Last Name First & MI City State Rank/Rate Svc. Date Comments
Allen Earl R. Key West FL STS1(SS) 67  
Atchison Charles     RMSA 67  
Beale William F.     LT 67  
Berg Per       67  
Briggs Neil Olney Springs CO RM1(SS) 67 - 69  
Brown Charles E. Albuquerque NM   67  
Brown W. T.     LCDR 67 - 68  
Fisher Harold E.     QM1(SS) 67  
Gemmill John W.     LT 67 - 68  
Healea         67  
Howell Donald L. Houston TX EM3(SS) 67 - 69 Eternal Patrol - 16 July 2005
Hughes Dana C. Fresno CA ENC(SS) 67  
Johnson Dale C. Coronado CA LT 67  
Johnson Jim Plant City FL RMC(SS) 67 - 68  
Jones Kenneth G. Sarepta LA EMCM(SS) 67 - 69  
Kosoff Tracy M.     LCDR 67 - 68 Eternal Patrol - 12 March 2003
Lopez David Bakersfield CA EN3(SS) 67 - 69  
Mallery James R. Auburn CA TM2(SS) 67 - 69  
Peperyias George Mystic Island NJ MM3(SS) 67 - 69  
Rupert Lee E. Worland WY MM2(SS) 67 - 69  
Sedtal, Jr. Julius J. Deer Park TX EN2(SS) 67 - 69  
Swinney Terry M.     YN3(SS) 67 - 68  
Thomas Tom C.     ST1(SS) 67 - 68  
Tomines Edgar D.     MM2(SS) 67  
Weaver Jerry L.     TMC(SS) 67 - 69  
Whitaker Sandy E. Douglas WY RM2(SS) 67 - 69
Wilson Richard E.     RMSN(SS)

67

Eternal Patrol - 2003

If you have any information, pictures, history, or crewmember names/information from the Cusk in 1967 (or any year), please contact the Cusk Webmaster. Thanks!


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This page was last updated: 02/12/09