Change of Command Ceremonies

Captain Houston assumes command of

the USS Cusk from Captain Killian

(Photo courtesy of Don Killian)

USS Cusk Captain Don Killian

(Photo courtesy of Don Killian)

Change of Command Ceremonies

Inside of brochure

(Photo courtesy of Don Killian)

Captain Killian addresses the Cusk Crew

at the Change of Command ceremonies

in San Diego, 30 July 1968

(Photo courtesy of Don Killian)

USS Cusk Christmas Card, 1968

(Card courtesy of Don Killian)

Family and Guests

for the Change of Command ceremonies

in San Diego, 30 July 1968

(Photo courtesy of Don Killian)

Hot Bread

Bobby Maddox pulls fresh baked bread out

of the oven while on patrol in communist

Chinese waters, December, 1968

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Tom Roseland, USS Cusk Webmaster

celebrating Christmas Eve while on patrol

in communist China, December, 1968

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Chris Quijada shipping over with

Captain Sam Houston

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Unidentified, Dave Lawrence, Dennis Schultz

and Tony Manning in a bar in Subic Bay

(Photo courtesy of Dennis Schultz)

Submarine Escape Tower in Pearl Harbor

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

R.G. Kroplewski, John Troutman & Dave Lawrence

At sea near the Philippines

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Souvenir from the Dragon Boat Bar

in the Hong Kong Hilton

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske)

Jim Branske and Keith Cisewski in the

Forward Torpedo Room

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske)

Souvenir from the Hong Kong Hilton

Coffee Shop

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske)

Ronnie Lane gets sworn in by Captain

Houston while shipping over on patrol,

December, 1968

(Photo courtesy of Lee Krabill)

Vietnam Patrol patch

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Matchbook cover from Iwakuni

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske)

SubFlot1 News, May 29, 1968

(Photo courtesy of Dave Duerr)

Gary Shaw working on one of the engines

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Shark watch during swim call

(Photo courtesy of Dennis Schultz)

Bob Nichols practicing semaphores from the bridge

(Photo courtesy of Dennis Schultz)

Chief Kuharski writing a letter home

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

"War Shot" sign from Cusk torpedo tube

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske)

Souvenir from hotel above Sasebo, Japan

(Photo courtesy of Jim Branske

Matchbook cover from the

Star Light Submarine Bar

Yokosuka, Japan

(Photo courtesy of John Schmitt)

Matchbook cover from the

Fiddler's Green Bar

Sasebo, Japan

(Photo courtesy of John Schmitt)

Crew qualification & promotion ceremonies

Subic Bay, Philippines

Gary Gayda & Bobby Maddox throw Chris Quijada

into the water as Bing Bingman & Dennis Schultz

watch from the tank tops

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Lovely bar girl in Sasebo, Japan, Oct 1968

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Arriving in Pearl Harbor enroute to USS Cusk's

last WestPac cruise.  L to R: Dale Tripp,

Charlie Tinkle, Steve Rogers, Don

Shoemaker, Richard Bingman, Don Fordney,

Chris Quijada

(Photo courtesy of Paul King)

Neil Briggs, Sandy Whitaker, and Tom Roseland

Sierra Club Bar, Olongapo City, Subic Bay, Philippines

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Tokyo Lunch

Don Birch and Tom Roseland are smiling at

the camera while Bob Nichols, Bill Syzmanski,

and Neil Briggs work on a traditional Japanese

lunch at a restaurant in downtown Tokyo.

(Photo courtesy of Don Birch)

Tokyo Tour

Bob Nelson talks with Don Birch, Bob Nichols

and Bill Syzmanski at a special lunch in Tokyo

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

George Peperyias & Tom Roseland hunting

in the mountains near San Diego

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Thanksgiving Menu

November, 1968

(Document courtesy of John Schmitt)

Thanksgiving Menu 1968

(Document courtesy of John Schmitt)

Refueling while at Anchor

White Beach Naval Base, Okinawa

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)

Taking out the trash - Sasebo, Japan

Schenck gets a can of trash from Dennis Schultz.

Bob Nelson is in the back ground, Kroplewski's on

watch, and Tom Roseland's having a smoke.

(Photo courtesy of Tom Roseland)