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NEWS-01: The Lost Boats
NEWS-02: Bad weld problem will not go away
NEWS-03: Royal Navy Submariners donate Submarine Memorial
NEWS-04: SubVet Computer School: Printer costs-Saving money
NEWS-05: Military Drill Teams
NEWS-06: BZ Rhode Island Base!
NEWS-07: Cavalla Historical Foundation seeks your help!
NEWS-08: Quick bytes
NEWS-09: The AIP Alternative... An idea whose time has come?
NEWS-10: Russia to join Sub Rescue NATO exercises
NEWS-11: Touring USS Pampanito in San Franciso
NEWS-12: Great Lakes Naval Maritime Museum Progress
NEWS-13: Freedom Park Reopening (USS Marlin) in Omaha NE
VET-01: 153 page VA Veterans Book available Free
CHARITABLE-01: A gentle reminder...we need your help!
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NEWS-01: The Lost Boats
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on 5/8/2008
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Our "Puter" Guru Tim VeArd has
enhanced the "Lost Boats" pages on our National Website at www.ussvi.org
You can view the boat, it's location on a map, see the memorial to it's memory
and other details.
When you first arrive at the page, the current months
boat losses are shown, but you can select any month.
We hope you like it.
http://www.ussvi.org
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NEWS-02: Bad weld problem will not go away
Submitted by: Base on 5/8/2008
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The Navy has begun reviewing a Northrop Grumman long-term plan to deal with
welding problems on Newport News-built nuclear submarines, the service said
Wednesday.
The several-hundred-page report, submitted April 21 by Northrop's
In a months-long investigation, Navy and shipyard inspectors looked at about
200 welds on critical systems in each of the four completed Virginia-class subs
and found only one error – a faulty weld on a 2-inch joint on the USS
Virginia's emergency main ballast tank blowout system, a Navy official told the
Daily Press in March. Two other critical errors were
found on the
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NEWS-03: Royal Navy Submariners donate Submarine Memorial
Submitted by: Pat Householder on 5/8/2008
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Royal Navy Submariners donate Submarine Memorial to the Cold War Submarine
Memorial at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum
(Mt. Pleasant, SC, May 7, 2008) VADM Albert J. Baciocco, Jr., USN (Retired), career submariner, resident
of Mt. Pleasant, SC, and Chairman of the former Cold War Submarine Memorial
Foundation, announced today that former and current Submariners of the British
Royal Navy have donated a unique, hand-crafted sculpture commemorating the
Royal Navy Submarine Force contributions during the Cold War, to the Cold War
Submarine Memorial located at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum.
The sculpture was created by retired Rear Admiral Frank Grenier,
RN, a former Flag Officer Submarines. He is an
Associate Fellow of the Guild of Glass Engravers whose work has been shown in
The submarine memorial sculpture depicts a flow of dolphins which link up the
different sizes of blue glass panels. The older
classes of diesel powered British Royal Navy submarines which took part in the
Cold War are recorded at the top. The later classes of
nuclear powered submarines are depicted at the bottom, acknowledging their
deeper diving depths. The engraving was done with a
hand held electric drill and diamond burs and took over six months to complete.
The sculpture, which will become a permanent part of the existing Royal Navy
station of the Cold War Submarine Memorial, will be unveiled at a ceremony at
Retired Royal Navy Admiral Sir James Perowne KBE, also a former Flag Officer Submarines, currently
President of the Royal Navy Submariner’s
Association, will represent the
The ceremony will be open to the public.
The Cold War Submarine Memorial, designed and constructed by the Cold War
Submarine Memorial Foundation and gifted to the State of
Support for the installation of the new sculpture was provided in part by
members of the former Cold War Submarine Memorial Foundation, the Patriots
Point Foundation, the Naval Submarine League, the Charleston Council of the
Navy League, and the Charleston Base of US Submarine Veterans Inc.
Further Information:
CAPT Rusty Pickett, USN (Ret)
843-762-3888
scruises@bellsouth.net Back to top
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NEWS-04:
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on
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Too often an inexpensive inkjet printer ends up costing you a fortune. Here's how to control your inkjet costs.
Practice good housekeeping: Keeping your printer's mechanisms clean will ensure
that the device runs at its best. An occasional blast
from a $7 can of compressed air (available at electronics stores) will keep
dust and bits of paper from clogging the paper path and other moving parts.
Ensure that the small ink nozzles on your print heads are clear of dried ink. The most common cause of clogs is underuse,
so print a page once a week to keep the nozzles clean. Many
inkjet printers have a cleaning program in their settings that can handle
partially clogged nozzles. However, these programs are
ink profligates, so use them judiciously. If running
the program once doesn't help, print another page to eliminate excess ink
before you run the program again. (Note that many
inkjets automatically clear the nozzles when you turn the machines on.)
Use less ink: Cut down on the ink your printer deposits on the page by lowering
its quality setting. Right-click the printer's entry
under 'Printers and Faxes' in Control Panel, and look for a 'Print Quality'
setting. Change to Draft quality if just for your own
use. You can easily change back to
Almost never pay retail: Third-party replacement ink cartridges from such
online retailers as PrintPal and Carrot Ink can cost
less than half the price of the manufacturer's ink cartridges.
However, these savings aren't without risk. PC
World tests of third-party inks revealed problems with quality--especially the
ink's longevity--as well as with clogged print nozzles. The
bottom line: If you require consistently high-quality, high resolution output
for presentation graphics or photographs, stick with the manufacturer's
cartridges; but if you print lots of draft documents and low-resolution images,
third-party cartridges may be worth the potential hassles.
Consider a new printer: For the price of two cartridges for a Lexmark X3430
color/BW printer/scanner/copier, you could have purchased a new machine and
saved $13.00! The new machine costs $27.88 at your
local big national discounter. A new Canon MX300 copier/scanner/printer/fax costs
$59.99 and one cartridge for it runs $19.98. Another
example is the Hewlett-Packard's Deskjet 3520. It is their first ink jet printer to be introduced at $40. Its overall print quality is fairly good--but you'll pay
as much for one set of replacement black and tricolor cartridges as you did for
the printer itself.
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NEWS-05: Military Drill Teams
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on 5/8/2008
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Watch in the following order:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOehGlAVP9E
then the following group which we are trying to get at the National Convention:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXjyHCe97jU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXjyHCe97jU
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NEWS-06: BZ Rhode Island Base!
Submitted by: Charles J. Mueller on 5/8/2008
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Shipmates,
I have just received word from Rep Kenny Carter's office that on 30 April 2008
the Rhode Island General Assembly in legislative session passed and sign
Resolution 08-R194 H8228 assigning 6th of Oct as U.S. Submarine Veterans' Day
in Rhode Island.
The resolution was introduced by Representatives Carter, Loughlin
, Almeida, Gemma, and Gallison. Kenny Carter is the Chairman of the State's Veterans'
Committee. We maybe small, but they're going to know
we are here.
I'll be going the the State House this Friday and put
up our copy of the Resolution and will have it for our next meeting next Thur at the Legion.
Charles J. Mueller
RMCM(SS),
USN Ret
USSVI - RI Base
Commander
Ph: (401) 377-9089
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NEWS-07: Cavalla Historical Foundation seeks your help!
Submitted by: Pat Householder on
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2007 was one of the most exciting years since it's formation for the Cavalla
Historical Foundation. Attendance at
The torpedoes are loaded and corrosion on the bow is being addressed, and the
USS Stewart (DE) is being refurbished inside to enhance the visitor's
experience.
The CHF also acquired the conning tower (barrel) of
the USS Carp for exhibit and will modify it for easy viewing of the interior.
The upkeep and maintenance of these ships are funded solely by a share of the
gate receipts and by private donations.
The CHF needs our support to complete the restoration
of the sub and DE and to build a visitors center, which will become the
Please consider donating to the fully tax exempt Cavalla Historical Foundation
to help us complete this work.
It's part of our heritage and if we don't help take care of it, who will?
Cavalla Historical Foundation
2504 Church Street
Galveston TX 77550
http://www.cavalla.org/
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NEWS-08: Quick bytes
Submitted by: Ron Martini on 5/13/2008
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The Army is offering recruits up to $40,000 to buy a house or open a small
business at the end of their first enlistment term. Since
the new Army Advantage Fund launched in five recruiting markets in February,
2008, 123 enlistees have opted for the benefit. The
program is currently available in
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TRICARE Offers Free Courses
For those who want a better understanding of the TRICARE
benefit,
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Listen to DOD-Blog on Health Care
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/stations/PentagonRadioNetwork/Dot-Mil-Docs
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Colonial Williamsburg Offers Free Admission.
In recognition of those who protect our freedom, Colonial Williamsburg is
offering free admission this Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-26, to active duty
military, reservists, retirees, veterans, and their families.
Appropriate identification is required. Log
onto www.history.org, or click here http://www.colonialwilliamsburg.org/foundation/press_release/displayPressRelease.cfm?pressReleaseId=961, for details on our Honoring Service
to
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NEWS-09: The AIP Alternative... An idea whose
time has come?
Submitted by: Don Walsh on
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AIP submarines could be a particularly formidable
threat when operating in coastal waters, marginal ice zones, or maritime
straits and other global "choke points." Add
to that the virtual certainty that new underwater weapons will help equalize
the performance disparity between AIP boats and
nuclear-powered submarines and it may well happen that the U.S. Navy will want
to reassess the desirability of developing an AIP
submarine of its own, if only to learn how to counter this new and potentially
revolutionary undersea challenge.
To 'vote' your opinion after reading the story, go to www.ussvi.org and click the "Poll"
button.
Click the link for the story
http://www.navyleague.org/seapower/aip_alternative.htm
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NEWS-10: Russia to join Sub Rescue NATO exercises
Submitted by: Base on 5/16/2008
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Russia is to participate for the first time in a live NATO-led submarine
escape-and-rescue exercise, according to Allied Maritime Component Command (MCC).
Exercise 'Bold Monarch' 2008 is due to be staged near
Three submarines – one each from the
Support personnel and equipment from Canada; France; Germany; Greece; Israel;
Italy; the Netherlands; Norway; Poland; Russia; Turkey; Ukraine; the UK; and
the United States will endeavour to solve complex
rescue and medical problems in a variety of scenarios.
The phased exercise will culminate with a "large-scale co-ordinated rescue and evacuation of survivors from a
disabled submarine", said the MCC in a release
issued by its headquarters in Northwood, UK
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NEWS-11: Touring USS Pampanito in San Franciso
Submitted by: Pat Householder on 5/17/2008
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This museum submarine, located at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco is one of
the best maintained museum subs in the U.S.
Start your Quicktime Virtual Reality tour of the USS Pampanito on the Main Deck Aft if you have a fast internet
connection and Quicktime software installed. Or choose a faster loading tour without Quicktime (also best for visually impaired users with an
Internet reader).
http://www.maritime.org/tour/index.htm
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NEWS-12:
Submitted by: Pat Householder on
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Home of the Silversides, the museum building is approaching completion.
Click on the link...
http://web.mac.com/sdemosmd/iWeb/GLNMM%20Building%20Project/Photos.html
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NEWS-13: Freedom Park Reopening (USS Marlin) in Omaha NE
Submitted by: Pat Householder on 5/18/2008
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A bulletin from HSNA regarding Freedom Park, home of
USS Marlin (USS T-2)
I have been advised by Mr. Dennis Bryers, who is a
Landscape Architect and Park Planner with Omaha Parks, Recreation & Public
Property Department, in Omaha, that the city of Omaha plans to reopen Freedom
Park this coming Memorial Day Weekend.
Thanks to CRD Carl Schmidt, for sending along this
information.
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VET-01: 153 page VA Veterans Book available Free
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on
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Subj: VA Booklet available: Federal Benefits for
Veterans and Dependents Booklet - 2008 Edition
The VA recently published their Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents
Booklet for 2008. An easy-to-read reference guide, it
provides the most current information about your earned benefits. You can download the 153 page booklet at the following web
site:
http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf
Suggest you pass this information on to those who might be interested. Provided by Central Region Director Carl Schmidt
http://www1.va.gov/opa/vadocs/fedben.pdf
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CHARITABLE-01: A gentle reminder...we need your help!
Submitted by: Pat Householder on
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Please support your SubVets charity.
All donations are tax deductable to the full extent
of the law.
The 'CF' has no paid employees, and almost all operating expenses are paid for
by USSVI, a 501c19 veterans fraternal organization.
The purpose of the 'CF' is the construction and maintenence
of Submarine related monuments and memorials, education assistance to SubVet children and grandchildren, Brotherhood support to subvets and the Subforce Caring
and Sharing program, maintenence of a submarine
related library, education about the deeds of US Submariners, support of
various museum submarines.
Please support our 'CF' with your donations via the website below...
http://www.justgive.org/giving/donate.jsp?charityId=22012&isRecurring=&