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NEWS-01: The new submarine capital of the Navy is Kitsap
NEWS-02: First US Submarine Shipyard Preserved
NEWS-03: National Commander Candidate information posted online.
NEWS-04:
NEWS-05: Little knows Submarine facts
NEWS-06:
NEWS-07: TO ALL POC's
NEWS-08: A Boat Association Bonus!
NEWS-09: Stump the Chumps!
NEWS-10: BZ to Mid Atlantic Base! SubVet License Plates!
NEWS-11:
NEWS-12: One Sub, Coming right up...
NEWS-13: A call for help from the Trumpetfish Veterans Association
NEWS-14: Holland Club Incoming!
NEWS-15: Museum Subs... Should we support them?
VET-??: no Veteran Updates this time .....
CHARITABLE-??: no Charitable news this time .....
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NEWS-01: The new submarine capital of the Navy is Kitsap
Submitted by: Pat Householder on
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Capt. Reid Tanaka reluctantly relinquished command of Naval Base Kitsap to
Capt. Mark Olson on Wednesday, thanking those who contributed to a frenetic but
rewarding three years.
Under Tanaka's leadership, the burgeoning base added five submarines, and two
others were converted from carrying nuclear weapons to cruise missiles.
"The new submarine capital of the Navy is Kitsap," Tanaka told about
200 invited guests during a change-of-command ceremony that was chased into the
As part of the Navy's shift of forces to the
Click on the link for the rest of the story...
http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2008/jun/11/tanaka-bids-farewell-to-145new-submarine-capital/
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NEWS-02: First US Submarine Shipyard Preserved
Submitted by: Pat Householder on 6/12/2008
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After a struggle of more than 20 years to beat back various development plans
for the site of the nation's first submarine base on the waterfront in New
Suffolk, Saturday marked a day to "celebrate, appreciate and
dedicate" the acquisition of the 3.5 acres by the Peconic Land Trust.
Click the link for the rest of the story...
http://www2.timesreview.com/ST/stories/T060508_shipyard_jal
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NEWS-03: National Commander Candidate information posted online.
Submitted by: Pat Householder on
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THIS IS OFFICIAL USSVI CORRESPONDENCE:
Shipmates, you and any of your base members are invited to visit the below link
to read the resumes of the two National Commander candidates.
Following your read, if you log in, you can post any questions you may have. I
will certainly answer any queries and I believe John C will do so as well.
REMEMBER: If you send this on, 'copy and paste' it into a new email to protect
Tim VeArds ISP server.
householderp@comcast.net
http://www.baseofficerbb.us/BBS/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=1
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NEWS-04: JAPAN'S SUBMERSIBLE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS
Submitted by: Pat Householder on 6/12/2008
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This saga recounts the late Tom Payne's adventures during the last voyage of
His Imperial Japanese Majesty's Sensuikan Toku (Special Submarines).
"In 1945 I returned from World War II as Executive Officer and Navigator
of the U.S. Navy prize crew in one of these aircraft-carrying giants:
H.I.J.M.S. I-400. Sailing her from
I'll begin by describing Japan's Top Secret submersible aircraft carriers,
summarize their operational history, recount my experience in the Occupation of
Japan, explain how our prize crew learned to operate the unusual I-boats, and
tell the tale of I-400's eventful transpacific passage."
Click on the link for the story...
http://www.pacerfarm.org/i-400/
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NEWS-05: Little knows Submarine facts
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on
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a. At the end of WWII, Japanese submarine I-14 was given to Commander John S.
"Junior" McCain, son of the carrier task force commander Vice Admiral
John S. "Slew" McCain (and father of Arizona Senator John S. McCain,
III).
b. The George Washington sail on display at the
c. John Crouse (curator of St. Marys museum) won the first USSVI Ben Bastura
Historical Achievement award. Jim Christly was the winner in 2007. Who will win
in 2008? Find out first at Ft. Worth Convention.
d. There was a Torpedo Factory in
e. The
f. The initial Scorpion was cut apart to build the George Washington. This was
the only boat cut to build a boomer. However parts from other Skipjack Class
boats went into the Patrick Henry and even some parts meant for the Shark were
diverted to the Robert E. Lee.
g. An SSGN,was similar in concept to the Halibut, but with the improved S5W
reactor plant the basic Thresher class hull was in the works. SSGN 600 was to
be one of these. It was to have (budgeted for in 1959)four hangers each
carrying one or more modified Jpiter missiles in a configuration which had four
missile tubes in an enlarged sail. This plan was scrapped when in 1956, the
Jupiter equipped submarine program was scrapped and work turned to using a
solid fueled missile (to become the Polaris).
h. Workers at Electric Boat will christen the fifth submarine of the
i. Not submarine related but interesting..What ship is the only one with a
"bathtub" installed?
It was installed for FDR and his trip to French Moroco in 1943 aboard the USS
Iowa BB. OK, then what submarine had a Steinway piano install from 61-86? That
was the Edison, SSBN 610.
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NEWS-06:
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on
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WORM
Worms are a close cousin to viruses and Trojan Horses. Unlike a virus they
don't infect other programs. They do however make many copies of themselves in
memory, which effectively consumes all your memory. This leaves no memory to
run you regular programs. Your PC may behave very erratically, or just grind to
a halt!
Some worms get into your e-mail list and e-mail themselves to everyone on your
e-mail list without your knowledge, and then on and on.
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HTML
Hyper Text Markup Language is the coding or language that is used to
write/format web pages on Servers so that Browsers can display them. If you
click on "View" and then "Source" or "Source
Code" you will see the language used to create the page you are viewing.
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DOMAIN NAME
A unique name, formed with letters and numbers, that points to the actual
numerical Internet address which locates a particular computer connected to the
Internet. For instance, The Yahoo domain name points to Internet address
66.218.71.198.
So when you enter www.yahoo.com
in your browser and click go, a special server called a domain name server
intercepts and directs your request to the server located at address
66.218.71.198. USSVI's Domain Name is ussvi.org for example.
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BROWSER
Software or the program on a computer used to request and display web pages (a
page is the site you are viewing. Example of a page is ussvi.org) from a
Server. Examples of Browsers are: Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, Opera,
Safari, and others. When you use your browser to call up (USSVI.org) for
example you are not reading the National Office's computer or Pat Householders
machine. You are reading a server that the author of page created or modified
and sent to that server. Also; when you call up a page, that page is placed in
your computers memory. That is why you must refresh or reload the page if you
add to it. A BBS is a good example. If you make a post, you won't see it until
you reload the page. Where you have been and the pages you have brought into
your computer are retained in memory unless you clear your history
periodically. This is done in both IE and Firefox under options/Internet
options.
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A driver is a special type of software. Whenever your PC needs to connect to
and control a peripheral device like a printer or scanner the driver written to
work with it is required.
So what do you do if you need a driver? Try going to the hardware manufactures
website and looking for a link to drivers.
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A DLL (dynamic link library) is a small program that is used for a specific
purpose by the main program that calls it. Windows programs like Word and Excel
call and use many DLL files.
Unlike most programs, that link and compile all the program elements they need
before they begin executing, DLLs are only loaded and used as they are needed.
This feature saves RAM space, which is a valuable resource. A DLL file usually
has a filetype of '.dll'.
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NEWS-07: TO ALL POC's
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on
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DO NOT FORWARD THESE BROADCASTS! CUT AND PASTE IT INTO A NEW EMAIL FROM YOU TO
THOSE IN YOUR BASE WHO ARE ON YOUR LIST TO RECEIVE THEM!
WHY? A FEW ARE REPORTING THE BROADCASTS AS SPAM AND WE ARE BEING WARNED THAT WE
MIGHT GET BLACKLISTED WHICH WOULD PREVENT ANYONE WITH THAT SERVICE PROVIDER
FROM EVER RECEIVING A MESSAGE FROM USSVI AGAIN.
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ALSO: Some are concerned about the large number of "notifications"
they receive via the BaseOfficers BBS system when posts are made there. Please
notify all your officers that they can turn these automatically generated
notifications off by:
Logging in then go to "Settings"
Scroll down on left to the box reading, "Receive e-mail notifications by
default" and click the yes box to no AND THEN CLICK SUBMIT AT THE BOTTOM!
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NEWS-08: A Boat Association Bonus!
Submitted by: Pat Householder on
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A really big advantage USSVI offers is the opportunity for our members to
reconnect with their shipmates. Any member can do this through using the BOATS
and CREWS feature to find their buddies from the good ole Ustafish!
Now, this advantage is being extended to the shipmates who maintain the records
for their individual boat association.
Thanks to Tim VeArd, boat associations now can have the FREE use of our online
database system AND a FREE website through which the crew can visit their
records.
Why is this a big deal? Because it consolidates all the boat sailors in one
data 'pot' where each submariner is connected through the boats they served in.
Many of us served on more than one boat and by consolidating this information
in one location rather than scattered both on and offline, it helps us ALL
reconnect with more of our shipmates.
The subvets enrolled in the database do not have to belong to USSVI (even
though they are missing out on a good deal if they don't). The boat's webmaster
does have to be a member of USSVI, however, for technical access reasons.
Any boat who wants to take advantage of this great deal can contact me for
details or to get it set up. householderp@comcast.net or 425 392-0440.
They are like our USSVI base websites, but with more features because of the
need to set up, track and manage reunions.
Any boat association who has their own website, if they prefer they can also
use the free membership "link" tools on their existing sites. All of
the items above also work the same for this links.
To see an example, visit the link below...
www.decklog.com/ss-395.asp
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NEWS-09: Stump the Chumps!
Submitted by: Pat Householder on
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Shipmates, you and any of your base members are invited to visit the below link
to read about the ideas and philosophies of the two National Commander
candidates.
Following your read, if you 'log in', you can post any questions you may have,
or email your question(s) directly to householderp@comcast.net and I will post
it for you.
REMEMBER: If you send this on, 'copy and paste' it into a new email to protect
Tim VeArds ISP server.
Click on the link below...
http://www.baseofficerbb.us/BBS/forums/forum-view.asp?fid=1
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NEWS-10: BZ to Mid Atlantic Base! SubVet License Plates!
Submitted by: Joe Roche on
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Well it finally happened. After years of requesting recognition by the state of
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NEWS-11: Lehigh Valley Base is forming!
Submitted by: Vince Flaherty on
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District CDR Vince Flaherty announces the pending formation of the Lehigh
Valley Base in
Our new base will have the first scheduled meeting on Sunday afternoon
14, 2008
month thereafter at 2:PM. The meetings will be held at:
American Legion Post #9,
2260 Corriere Drive
Palmer Township
Easton, PA 18045-7929
Tel: 610.559.8838
For more information contact Vince at 267.261.8693 or via Email:
vflahertyD2@verizon.net
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NEWS-12: One Sub, Coming right up...
Submitted by: Pat Householder on 6/19/2008
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Now, Juliett 484, a Soviet-era ballistic-missile submarine, is still stuck in
the mud on the bottom of Providence harbor, flooded and rusting inside, and
home to plants, crabs, and the few fish hardy enough to live in Providence’s
murky waters.
The sub sank in April 2007 in a severe storm, and now rests on its side in 35
feet of water just off
As strange as it may sound at first mention, a Russian sub sunk in shallow
water in the port of an American city is an ideal training opportunity for
salvage teams.
Click the link for the rest of the story...
http://www.projo.com/news/content/SUBMARINE_EXERCISE_06-19-08_GGAIHI2_v18.3ce66f8.html
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NEWS-13: A call for help from the Trumpetfish Veterans Association
Submitted by: Pat Householder on 6/19/2008
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"One of our shipmates, Ed Sanders and his wife Marlene, were forced to
evacuate their home in Palo, Iowa last week due to the extreme flooding in that
area.
Based upon a suggestion from Merrill Molaison (USSVI Tullibee Base), I (Terry
Trump) am setting-up a Relief Fund to show our support for their misfortune.
I think it is a very good idea, and if any of you
would like to contribute to this Relief Fund, I'll be glad to coordinate this.
Just mail it to me at:
Terry Trump
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Make your check out to: Trumpetfish Veterans Assoc., and on the 'note' line at
the bottom write in; 'Sander's Relief Fund'.
Since we (Trumpetfish Assn) are a Non-Profit Organization the donation will be
tax deductible, and I will send you a receipt for your donation.
They will have some rough days ahead to overcome the ravages of this record
flooding in their area. This is one of our shipmates, and they will need our
help. I hope that we can show them we are there for them spiritually,
fraternally, and financially.
As it happens, Ed Sanders is not a USSVI member, but he is a fellow subvet and
if you feel he should receive your help, please send your contribution as
directed above.
Terry Trump was COB on Trumpetfish and a USSVI member of Charleston Base.
Thank you to Mike Jenkins of USSVI Columbus Base for bringing this to our
attention.
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NEWS-14: Holland Club Incoming!
Submitted by: Ronald L Martini on 6/19/2008
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Fifty-five veterans received Holland Club induction as United States Submarine
Veterans Inc. Groton Base held its annual ceremony for members across seven
SUBVET bases: Chesapeake Base, Groton Base, Long Island Base, NJS Base,
Philadelphia Base, Rhode Island Base, and USS Scranton Base. Saturday June 7th.
Three stories stand out from the Induction;
....Master Chief Torpedoman's Mate (SS) David "Red" Padgett. Red said
that within his 30 years, he was most proud that he and his son, David Padgett
Jr., had both made deployments to the North Pole.
What made it unique was that both of their ICEX trips were on the same boat,
USS Archerfish (SSN 678). Red made his deployment in 1979, and Dave Jr. made
his in 1986. John Carcioppolo who was the presenter was also aboard both of
these runs.
....Chief Commissaryman (SS) Robert W. Burr who qualified in submarines on the
S-24 (SS 129) in 1938. He later made four war patrols during World War II, and
recently turned 94.
....Another was Chief Fire Controlman (SS) Wilbert "Tex" Dettman. Tex
is a Pearl Harbor Survivor. He had recently transferred from USS Swordfish (SS
193) and was awaiting orders to another submarine when the Japanese attacked.
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NEWS-15: Museum Subs... Should we support them?
Submitted by: Pat Householder on 6/19/2008
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THIS IS AN OFFICIAL USSVI EMAIL AND IS NOT SPAM.
IMPORTANT NOTE: IF YOU ARE GOING TO SEND THIS MESSAGE TO OTHERS, "COPY AND
PASTE" THE TEXT INTO A NEW EMAIL. DO NOT FORWARD THIS EMAIL!
We have a new Poll question at www.ussvi.org
to consider.
The previous Poll asked the question, should the USN have Non-Nuc AIP diesel
subs as well as our Nucs.
Of the 522 participants, 417 said YES, 35 said "Dunno" and 70 said
NO. The split was 80-20.
Click on the link and, Thank you for participating!
www.ussvi.org