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From the Editor:

There are times when our email system and this

newsletter can make a difference and I believe this is

one of them. In mid-February I received an email from

a retired Army Officer who lives in TX asking if anyone

in our Association had information on one of our

members. The normal procedure for adding a

shipmates name to the Sailing List is that the request

must come from the shipmate. This is an unique

situation, therefore by using the info that several

shipmates sent back, I have been able to add James

St. Clair to our Association Sailing List.

Here is the original email:

I met James St. Clair last evening. He is a neighbor. His wife

said that he served as a Perry Officer on the USS Stimson at some

point during 1970-78, got encephalitis and had half of his brain

removed. He has no memory of his service and has had no

contact with shipmates since leaving the service. He is 100%

disabled.

I am trying to get him reconnected with any men with whom he

served that would remember him. Even though he has no memory

of that time, I believe that reconnection with old friends would do

wonders for him.

Can you help?

Forest S. Rittgers, Jr.

Colonel, US Army, Ret'd

Georgetown, TX

Several shipmates answered and these have been

sent on to Col. Rittgers. Here are a few of the answers

I received:

From Mike Flynn: I served with Jim on the Stimson. He was a

MM1(SS) assigned to M-Div. I believe he was a ELT also. I made

MMC(SS) and was initiated when I was transferred to the Orion AS

-18. Jim followed behind me about 6 months later when he made

MMC(SS) and we served together on the Orion for almost 2 years.

Last I heard was that Jim had brain cancer and passed away.

From Jim Schmidt: Hope things are going well for you. Yes, I

remember Jim St. Clair. He was a first class machinist mate in M

div who was also an ELT. He was on Stimson during my stay of

1975/1976. My recollection was that Jim stood ERUL and ERS

watches during at least one of my two patrols. It was a long time

ago but I remember Jim as being about six feet tall, slim build, and

dirty blond hair. Good looking guy but weren’t we all back in the

day! Sorry to hear of his health problems.

From Paul Clark: I served with Jim. As I recall he came

onboard Stimson in 1975.I was the Leading First for M Division at

the time and he took over as the Leading ELT. He came onboard

as a First Class since he had gone through ELT school and then

was picked up as an instructor. He was still on the boat when I I

left in late 1977. I would be willing to have COL Rittgers contact

me if he wants. Not sure what I can do, but I can't imagine being in

this situation and would be happy to do what I can to help him

regain his memory. Paul

VOL. 2015 NUMBER 3 MARCH 2015

U S S H E N R Y L . S T I M S O N A S S O C I A T I O N S S B N 6 5 5 N E W S L E T T E R

A s s o c i a t i o n O f f i c e r s & B o a r d o f D i r e c t o r s 2 0 1 3 — 2 0 1 6

PRESIDENT Ray [Rita] Kreul

VICE PRESIDENT Tom [Marie] Krauser

SECRETARY Nick [Linda] Nichols

TREASURER Ken [Diane] Meigs

OUTGOING PRESIDENT Chuck [Joyce] Hladik

HISTORIAN / MEMORABILIA Loree [Carolyn] Riggs

WEBMASTER / NEWSLETTER Nick [Linda] Nichols

CHAPLAIN J.B. Helms

STOREKEEPER / SHIPS STORE Rita [Ray] Kreul

O t h e r P o s i t i o n s 2 0 1 3 — 2 0 1 6

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From the Past Assoc. President: Chuck Hladik

We have just returned from a vacation to beautiful

Hawaii. The day we were at the Bowfin Park it was

raining and wind blowing very hard and we weren’t

able to go out to the Arizona Memorial because of the

wind. I wish we would have been able to go back, but

we had already filled our agenda with other things.

I also tried very hard to get a tour of a new Sub, but

was unable to accomplish that. I contacted the Public

Relations office trying to get a tour of a boat, got the

answering machine, left a message, but never got a

call back. I got hold of a couple Sailors from Squadron

headquarters who finally contacted the COB of the

USS North Carolina that was going to arrange a tour

for me and call me but he never did. I knew it was a

long shot; would have been great if it had materialized.

It was a great trip and had a wonderful time.

I don't know that I will ever make it back, but it was

a great vacation. Chuck & Joyce

From the Association Historian: Loree Riggs

This was part of our Friday night program at

Reunion 2013 in Mobile. Several members of that

crew were in attendance gave some first hand

recollection of the lead up and launch. To this day,

there has never been another ripple launch of that

many birds.

The plaques were made by Rodger Schmuck from

pieces of missile tube diaphragm from that launch.

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ETERNAL PATROL

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None were noted during the month of February.

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BINNACLE LIST

(if you would like to be placed on our Association Binnacle

List please send an email to 655webmaster@ssbn655.org)

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FTB1(SS) Mike Boyle, G 78-81: On 01/02/15 I

underwent triple bypass surgery. They say I have had

several heart attacks however, did not know it. Had the

last one at work on 12/29/14. Ran my symptoms by a

friend who is an EMT. He said it sounds like an

obstruction and I should go to the ER. I did. At home

now and on the mend. Thanks for the prayers. Mike

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WELCOME ABOARD SHIPMATE!!

(Shipmate has contacted us to be added or have info

updated on our Sailing List. Please check the online Sailing

List to access the shipmates email address.)

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(CORRECTION - TM2 Beale was on Blue Crew)

TM2(SS) Gary Beale, Blue 67-70 (LCDR Ret.) MT3(SS) Stephen Templer, Gold 65-66 Precomm

STSCS(SS) Gary T. Loy, Blue 88-92 MM1(SS)/ELT Jim St. Clair, Blue 75-78 STS3(SS) Daniel Snyder, Blue 85-86

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LOOKING FOR A SHIPMATE

YNC(SS) James Maddox (B 83-86)

[ jgm401@msn.com ] is looking for YN2(SS) Mark

Jackson (B). He writes as follows: Carl Scott and I

have been trying to locate a former yeoman that

worked with us until he went to school as an Admiral's

Writer. I guess by now you know I'm talking about

Mark Jackson - Yeoman Extraordinaire. Without his

help both Carl and I would have had a difficult if not

impossible time qualifying onboard. I remember that

although getting signatures on my qual card (Carl too)

that with everything else going on any info we learned

soon left the confines of our heads and was scrubbed

with the rest of the CO2. Mark actually gave me what

became known as the Henry L Stimson Reader's

Digest Condensed version of the qualification system.

Every night after chow we would start at the bow and

proceed to go through each level and space of the

ship until we reached the screw. I sure missed him

after he transferred. Carl and I discovered that Mark

went to work as the Yeoman for the Under Secretary

for Submarine Warfare in DC and soon became a first

class (after receiving a meritorious promotion, 2 Navy

Achievement Medals and 2 Navy Commendation

Medals (not to mention the Meritorious Service Medal

on his transfer to NESEP). He graduated top of his

class and became a LTJG in the Supply Corps. The

last we heard of him (1994 or 95 my 60 year old brain

gets foggy) he was a CDR in Norfolk at the Supply

Center. I'm sure glad that I was able to talk him in to

completing his GED while on the ship. He arrived

onboard with only a 10th grade education, but I

realized he had a lot of brains under all that hair of his

and between the XO, MMCM(SS) Golightly, and

myself talked him into getting his GED, reenlisting

under the STAR program (does that still exist) and

getting all the benefits associated with that - auto 2nd

class and the Class C School (Admiral's Writer).

So to make this long story short. If you know where

in the world he is or what happened to his "I don't have

the time to talk to you, 'cause I'm an officer and you're

not" self. Please let me or Carl know before we're too

old to care. Also what has happened to MMCM(SS)

Golightly and Bak.I miss both of those guys.

Jim Maddox (my brain is so cloudy I can't answer a

single qual question anymore)

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MM3(SS) Alan ’Chip’ Paulding (G 69-71)

[ agp655@verizon.net ] is looking for Malcolm Harding

(aka Rusty). He went thru basic training with me and

several Stimson Gold patrols. He was in the QM gang

and a good friend but we lost contact after Stimson.

My attempts to contact him haven't been successful

even though I know he lives in NH.

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STS3(SS) Steve Searight (B 70-71)

[ ssearight@verizon.net ] is looking for STS3 Eugene

Manning who served during the same period as me.

As I recall, he was from New York (Brooklyn).

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OVERHEARD IN THE CONTROL ROOM

ON MID-WATCH

Chief of the Watch: Messenger, we need a coffee run.

The Diving Officer is thirsty.

Messenger: No problem. Dive...you want regular or

decaf?

Diving Officer: You have the audacity to ask me that?

Why you little…….

Chief of the Watch: Don’t kill him COB...we’re only half

way through the watch...

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GREAT LINKS TO SPEND TIME WITH

(all links from ―The Stimson Draft‖ will be on the website)

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655 Association Website

www.ssbn655.org

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41 For Freedom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PAmEFrzQdk

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100 Year Old Navy Film - US Navy 1915

http://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/

screening-room/u-s-navy-documentary-1915

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The Holland

http://pigboats.com/subs/holland.html

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The Greatest Generation Passed Through

North Platte Nebraska during WWII

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07DGeLvDw8I

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The Time the U.S. Invaded a

Japanese Submarine Base... in Alaska?

http://gizmodo.com/the-time-the-u-s-invaded-a-

japanese-submarine-base-1508089828

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Hometown Battlefield

http://gizmodo.com/the-time-the-u-s-invaded-a-

japanese-submarine-base-1508089828

From Jim Amason: This is beautiful.

Sad and worth watching to the end. Applies to all!

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Vietnam War Casualties Listed by Home of Record

http://www.virtualwall.org/

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QUESTION FROM A READER

(send your answers to 655webmaster@ssbn655.org to be

included in the next newsletter)

ETR2(SS) Joe Acquisto (G 67-70 has this question:

“Kinda wondering why no one has brought up the

"Mollymawk" award, aka "the flying boat". Or were

those unique to the North Atlantic patrol?‖

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Would you still qualify…??

Part I answers on page

A little quiz to see if your memory still hacks it…

…remember “Polaris Bowl”?

This newsletter input was received from Dr. Bill

Wieting, CAPT MC USN, Ret., Gold Crew Plank

Owner 1966.

Here you go with 10 more questions. The answers to

those from last week can be found elsewhere in this

newsletter.

There are 40 total questions. 10 will be in each

newsletter. Answers will be in each consecutive

newsletter:

11. Plus or minus 10%, how many EABS manifold

were there? How many connectors? How many

masks? (3)

12. What was the fundamental conflict between the

EABS system

and the compartment salvage air system? (2)

13. What was the catalyst in the CO-H2 burners? (1)

14. What was the normal operating temperature of the

CO-H2 burners? (1)

15. Besides CO2 and H2O, what might the CO-H 2

Burners produce? (1)

16. True or False? – the floating wire streaming

assembly exited from the port side of the sail.(1)

17. Name the periscopes and give the special

capabilities of each. (6)

18. Name any six other masts or antennae. (6)

19. A high-speed, full-rudder turn to port, submerged,

induces a snap roll to which side? (1)

20. Will the same turn (#19.) tend to cause an up or a

down angle? Why? (2)

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Everything You Read Isn’t What You Think

Wife texts husband on a cold winter’s morning:

"Windows frozen, won't open."

Husband texts back:

"Gently pour some lukewarm water over it

and gently tap edges with hammer."

Wife texts back 5 minutes later:

"Computer really messed up now.”

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ANSWERS FROM QUAL QUIZ JANUARY ISSUE

1. What were ―Missiles 17 and 18‖? (1) The O2 Generators

2. Where were they located? (1) In AMR-1, aft of missiles 15 and 16 in the Missile Compartment 3. What made them dangerous (at least three distinct properties)? (3) High pressure (3000psi); corrosive electrolyte (30% KOH); heavy current flow (1050 amperes); pure hydrogen and oxygen at high pressures 4. Name six (6) uses of the 700 psig air system. (6) Blow sanitary tanks 1,3,4; Blow down escape trunks; Compartment Air Salvage System supply; Reactor Air Operating System; Blow hovering system tanks; Type 11 scope air stripper; Sea chest blow; Shallow depth gauge; Diesel exhaust mast blow; Diesel Air Start; - Supply 150 and 100 psig air systems; Emergency Cooling heat exchanger hard tank blowdown 5. What system supplied it? (1) 4500 psig AHP system 6. Where were the supply reducers, and at what pressure were the relief valves set to lift? Bow and AMR-2 Compartments; 785 psig 7. How many escape trunks were there? (1) Three 8. Where were they located? (1) Bow Compartment; Bridge Access Trunk in Operations Compartment; Engine Room 9. Which escape hatch was off the centerline of the ship? To which side? (2) Engine Room; Starboard side. (The Bridge Access Trunk escape DOOR faced the port side.) 10. EABS manifolds usually had 4 or 5 connectors; a few had 15. Where were those larger manifolds located? (2) Bow Compartment; Operations Compartment ————————————————————————

Online Prescription Tracker Gives Veterans 24/7

Online Access to Status

Veterans can now track the status of most of their

prescriptions online, thanks to an innovative program

at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The new

24/7 service allows online tracking for most

prescriptions mailed from the VA Mail Order

Pharmacy. More than 57,000 Veterans are currently

using the service through My HealtheVet, an online

feature that allows Veterans to partner with their health

care team. The number is expected to grow as the VA

starts to educate veterans about the new feature. Later

this month, the tracking feature will include images of

the medication that it dispensed. Over the next year, a

secure messaging alert will be added so that veterans

know when a medication was placed in the mail. For

more information on the program, go to:

https://www.myhealth.va.gov/index.html.

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John P. Craven, Scientist Who Shaped Cold War

Spying At Sea, Dies At 90

William J. Broad

New York Times

February 19, 2015

John P. Craven, a former Navy scientist whose

innovations in ocean technology and exploration led to

some of the nation’s most celebrated feats of

espionage, died on Feb. 12 in Hawaii. He was 90. The

cause was complications of Parkinson’s disease, his

family said.

From 1959 to 1969, as chief scientist of the Special

Projects Office, Dr. Craven led the Navy’s drive to

expand its presence into the crushing depths of the

sea. Among other things, he turned submarines into

spy machines that could reach down miles to inspect

and retrieve lost enemy materiel, including nuclear

arms.

Dr. Craven liked to regale friends and journalists

with as much of his personal history in the Navy as the

nation’s secrecy laws would allow, resulting in books

and articles that sought to illuminate his Cold War

exploits.

―There’s a hell of a lot of stuff that went on,‖ he said

in an interview in 1993 on the front porch of his home

overlooking Honolulu. After all, he added

philosophically, ―the whole object of life is to adapt.‖

John Pita Craven was born on Oct. 30, 1924, in

Brooklyn, coming from a long line of naval officers on

his father’s side and a family that reached back to

Moorish pirates on his mother’s. He graduated from

Brooklyn Technical High School and joined the Navy

during World War II, serving in Hawaii and earning two

battle stars before he was sent to Cornell University for

officer training.

After the war, under the G.I. Bill, he studied at the

California Institute of Technology and the University of

Iowa, where he met his future wife, Dorothy

Drakesmith, and received a doctorate in mechanics

and hydraulics. Years later he received a law degree

from George Washington University and became an

expert on seabed legalities.

Dr. Craven’s naval career began in 1951, when, as

6

a civilian, he investigated how to improve ships and

submarines. He was promoted quickly after correctly

predicting and helping to fix a structural problem with

the Navy’s first nuclear-powered submarine, the

Nautilus.

Dr. Craven was project manager for developing the

Polaris, the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile

that could be fired from a submerged submarine. It

underwent test firing in 1960 and was in service for

decades.

The Navy was eager to restore the nation’s

confidence in its deep-sea abilities after the new attack

submarine Thresher sank in 1963 during a test dive

east of Boston because of a mechanical failure, taking

129 lives. Officials gave Dr. Craven and his special-

projects team leeway to devise a wide range of

undersea gear for search, rescue, salvage and

gathering intelligence from the sunless depths.

In 1965, he selected the nuclear submarine Halibut

for conversion into an innovative spy sub, filling the

vessel with electronic, sonic, photographic and video

gadgets. Hovering beneath the waves, invisible to

adversaries, the sub could lower a long cable heavy

with lights, cameras and other gear for deep

reconnaissance, recovery and manipulation. It was a

technological first that begot a new kind of espionage.

Among the targets were ships, planes and

spacecraft lost at sea, as well as functioning

equipment, like undersea cables and listening devices.

To build support for his top-secret endeavors, Dr.

Craven met with senior Pentagon officials, showing

them classified photographs of Soviet warheads buried

in muck on the seabed.

In March 1968, a rich new target materialized when

a Soviet missile submarine bearing code books,

encryption gear and nuclear arms sank in the central

Pacific. By all accounts, Dr. Craven and the spy sub

located the wreckage more than three miles beneath

the sea’s surface.

That May, the nuclear-powered attack submarine

Scorpion vanished in the Atlantic with 99 men on

board. Dr. Craven scrutinized recordings from

undersea microphones, found evidence of explosions,

and drew on his knowledge of math and statistics to

pinpoint the spot where the submarine was most likely

to have sunk. Search teams discovered the Scorpion’s

wreckage at a depth of nearly two miles.

The undersea fleet that Dr. Craven helped devise

included the Navy’s NR-1, a nuclear submarine with

crablike claws; the Deep Submergence Rescue

Vehicle, a cylindrical craft designed to evacuate up to

24 people at a time from a crippled submarine; and the

bathyscaph Trieste, a vessel his team improved, which

investigated the sunken Scorpion.

Dr. Craven twice received the Distinguished Civilian

Service Award, once from the Navy and once from the

Department of Defense.

After Richard M. Nixon won the presidential

election in 1968, Dr. Craven, convinced that the new

administration would have no room for an outspoken

Democrat, left the Navy and took a teaching post at

the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1970,

lured to Hawaii by its governor, he was named dean of

marine programs at the University of Hawaii and the

state’s marine affairs coordinator.

The spy sub he devised made one of its greatest

coups shortly after he left the Navy. In 1971, the

Halibut stole into the Sea of Okhotsk north of Japan,

found a telecommunications cable used by Soviet

nuclear forces and succeeded in tapping its secrets.

The mission, code-named Ivy Bells, was so secret that

a vast majority of the submarine’s sailors had no idea

what they had accomplished. The success led to a

concealed world of cable-tapping.

In 1974, Dr. Craven founded the Natural Energy

Laboratory of Hawaii, a state research center that

investigated how to make electricity by exploiting the

temperature difference between the Earth’s warm

surface and cold water from the ocean’s depths.

Dr. Craven’s naval career has been profiled in

several books. He recounted his own story in 2001 in

―The Silent War: The Cold War Battle Beneath the

Sea.‖ In its prologue, he says he wrote the book to

honor men whose sacrifices might otherwise go

unacknowledged.

Dr. Craven is survived by Dorothy Drakesmith

Craven, his wife of 64 years; a son, David; a daughter,

Sarah Craven; and five grandchildren.

Once, at his Hawaiian laboratory, Dr. Craven

described an energy project in terms that echoed his

own life. ―It seemed,‖ he said, ―like perpetual motion.‖

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Editor: This article has nothing to do with the

world of submarines but rather with faith and

selflessness displayed on 9/11.

USS New York:

Praying for the 343 Firefighters of 9/11 Story Number: NNS150226-16

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Release Date: 2/26/2015 2:10:00 PM

By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan

Trejo, USS New York Public Affairs

GULF OF OMAN (NNS) -- Tattoo, Tattoo, lights out in

five minutes, stand by for the evening prayer. These

words are spoken over the ship's loudspeaker, or

1MC, every night on U.S. Navy ships around the

world, but the amphibious transport dock ship USS

New York (LPD 21) uses this opportunity to pray for

the families who have lost loved ones in the tragic

events that took place on September 11, 2001.

"I believe prayer changes things...343 firefighters

lost their lives on 9/11 in selfless sacrifice, for people

they did not even know by name," said Lt. Justin

Bernard, an Aurora, Colorado, native and chaplain

aboard New York. "My goal in praying for just one of

their families every night is to remind our crew that we

carry their torch of service, and that these families are

our families now. Thousands of lives were impacted

that day, so we pray for one at a time so they will

never be forgotten."

Bernard reported aboard New York, September

2013. He was challenged by the executive officer, now

commanding officer, Capt. Christopher Brunett, to

come up with an idea to have the crew interact with

the heritage of the ship.

After much thought and prayer, he came to the

realization that the one thing he does every day is pray

over the 1MC. "It's something that everyone hears,"

Bernard said. "I figured that would be a place I could

integrate their families', story with our story and I could

do that consistently every day."

People continue to talk about and reflect on the

impact that 9/11 has had or things that have happened

since then, but this is a way to make it personal. Some

of these firefighters had large families, or wives who

were pregnant, and have children they never had the

opportunity to meet.

"I had the opportunity to pray for firefighter Lee

Fehling of Engine 235, who perished on 9/11," Bernard

said. "I prayed for his wife and his three daughters

Kaitlin, Morgan and lastly Megan, who was born just

one week after they laid him to rest."

"I think it is important that the crew is reminded of

the significance of this ship's name," said Chief

Electrician's Mate Luvendra Gosine, a Lady Lake,

Florida, native stationed aboard New York. "It makes

us stronger as a whole when we recognize the people

who made that sacrifice for us. It signifies the

importance of not only the ship's name but also where

we were 14 years ago."

Every night Bernard chooses a firefighter from an

alphabetical list and begins to do a little research

about what they were doing on the day of and who

their immediate family was. He uses a book titled

"Collective Portraits of Grief," which contains a portrait

and a brief couple of paragraphs about each person

who perished on 9/11. He also searches for any

memorial foundations or pages that may have been

created in their name.

Just recently Bernard prayed for Fire Department,

City of New York (FDNY) Firefighter Terrence Farrell,

who, like many others, gave the ultimate sacrifice in

the line of duty on 9/11. He also started contacting the

families he prayed for and Sean Farrell, Terrence's

nephew, heard about how the Sailors aboard New

York were praying for his family.

"I am personally writing you to let you know how

much that sincere and heartfelt act means to me,"

stated Sean. "I remember in 2009 when the USS New

York (LPD 21) came to port in New York City, and my

mother took her 14-year-old son, who couldn't be

bothered with much of anything, to see and tour the

ship. I can say that from the moment I walked down

that gangway and back onto the pier, my life was

without a doubt changed. To jump ahead a little more

than five years, and I write this email as a Seamen

Recruit with a SEAL contract waiting to ship out in

March to Boot Camp and the opportunity of a lifetime. I

am in this position because I am inspired and proud to

come from a family in which service has been a

tradition for generations. To see this reminder of where

this journey started brings me a great deal of joy, and

is much appreciated."

What started as a simple idea to connect the crew

to the ship's legacy, has become so much more. It has

become another opportunity that the Navy has given

Bernard to serve his country by doing what he loves,

which is lifting people up to God.

"I count it a blessing to not just be a chaplain in the

Navy but to have the privilege to serve on a ship like

this that means so much to our country and the

families of 9/11," Bernard said. "It's humbling, and I'm

glad we're able to make even the smallest of impacts

in their lives, letting them know that we'll continue to

fight for them."

New York is a part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious

Ready Group (ARG) and, with the embarked 24th

Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is deployed in

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support of maritime security operations and theater

security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area

of operations.

For more news from Commander, Amphibious

Squadron 8 , visit www.navy.mil/local/cpr8/.

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Welcome Home

Back in the day this was a familiar scene. A boat

coming up the Thames River entering the SUBASE

during the winter months with the topside of the boat

being Iced Over.

Returning to Home Port in Groton Connecticut after

months of patrolling that nasty ol’ Caribbean full of

nothing but palm trees and boring bikini lined beaches.

An ugly job and we appreciate their sacrifice.

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SELF CPR

Please give your 2min and read this – it could save

your life:

Let's say it's 7pm and you're going home (alone of

course) after an unusually hard day on the job. You're

really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly you start

experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to

drag out into your arm and up in to your jaw. You are

only about five miles from the hospital nearest your

home. Unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to

make it that far. You have been

trained in CPR, but the guy that

taught the course did not tell

you how to perform it on

yourself.

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART

ATTACK WHEN ALONE?

Since many people are alone when they suffer a

heart attack and are without help, the person whose

heart is beating improperly and who begins to feel

faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing

consciousness.

However, these victims can help themselves by

coughing repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep

breath should be taken before each cough, and the

cough must be deep and prolonged, as when

producing sputum from deep inside the chest. A breath

and a cough must be repeated about every two

seconds without let-up until help arrives, or until the

heart is felt to be beating normally again. Deep breaths

get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements

squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The

squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain

normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can

get to a hospital.

Tell as many other people as possible about this. It

could save their lives!! A cardiologist says If everyone

who gets this information will tell it to 10 people, you

can bet that at least one life will be saved.

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MUST HAVE BEEN A NUC!

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The Washington Post

The Arctic Ocean is warming up, icebergs are

growing scarcer and in some places the seals are

finding the water too hot, according to a report to the

Commerce Department yesterday from Consulafft, at

Bergen, Norway.

Reports from fishermen, seal hunters and explorers

all point to a radical change in climate conditions and

hitherto unheard-of temperatures in the Arctic

zone. Exploration expeditions report that scarcely any

ice has been met as far north as 81 degrees 29

minutes.

Soundings to a depth of 3,100 meters showed the

gulf stream still very warm. Great masses of ice have

been replaced by moraines of earth and stones, the

report continued, while at many points well known

glaciers have entirely disappeared.

Very few seals and no white fish are found in the

eastern Arctic, while vast shoals of herring and smelts

which have never before ventured so far north, are

being encountered in the old seal fishing

grounds. Within a few years it is predicted that due to

the ice melt the sea will rise and make most coastal

cities uninhabitable.

* * * * * * * * *

I must apologize, I neglected to mention that this

report was from November 2, 1922, as reported by

the AP and published in The Washington Post - 93

years ago.

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I WAS A SAILOR

Contributed by Sal Contello (60-61) (Author ??)

I was a Sailor on some of the greatest Navy ships

afloat and let me share with you a glimpse of the life I

so dearly loved. I liked standing on the bridge wing at

sunrise with salt spray in my face and clean ocean

winds whipping in from the four quarters of the globe I

liked the sounds of the Navy - the piercing trill of the

boatswains pipe, the syncopated clangor of the ship's

bell on the quarterdeck, harsh, and the strong

language and laughter of sailors at work

I liked Navy vessels -- plodding fleet auxiliaries and

amphibs, sleek submarines and steady solid aircraft

carriers. I liked the proud names of Navy ships:

Midway, Lexington, Saratoga, Coral Sea, Antietam,

Valley Forge - memorials of great battles won and

tribulations overcome. I liked the lean angular names

of Navy "tin-cans" and escorts, mementos of heroes

who went before us.

And the others - - San Jose, San Diego, Los

Angeles, St.Paul, Chicago, Oklahoma City, named for

our cities. I liked the tempo of a Navy band. I liked

liberty call and the spicy scent of a foreign port. I even

liked the never ending paperwork and all hands

working parties as my ship filled herself with the

multitude of supplies, and to cut ties to the land and

carry out her mission anywhere on the globe where

there was water to float her. I liked sailors, officers and

enlisted men from all parts of the land, farms of the

Midwest, small towns of New England, from the big

cities, the mountains and the prairies, from all walks of

life. I trusted and depended on them as they trusted

and depended on me -- for professional competence,

for comradeship, for strength and courage. In a word,

they were all "shipmates"; then and forever.

I liked the surge of adventure in my heart, when the

word was passed: ''Now Hear This - Now set the

special sea and anchor detail - all hands to quarters

for leaving port!" I truly liked the infectious thrill of

sighting home again, with the waving hands of

welcoming family and friends waiting pier side. The

work was hard and dangerous; the going rough at

times; the parting from loved ones painful, but the

companionship of robust Navy laughter, the "all for one

and one for all" philosophy of the sea was ever

present. I liked the fierce and dangerous activity on the

flight deck of aircraft carriers, earlier named for battles

won but sadly now named for politicians: Enterprise,

Independence, Boxer, Princeton and oh so many

more, some lost in battle, and sadly many scrapped.

And so tearfully seeing our great ones being sunk to

make a reef, truly sad indeed - such a waste. I liked

the names of the aircraft and helicopters; Skyraider,

Intruder, Sea King, Phantom, Skyhawk, Demon,

Skywarrior, Corsair, and many more that bring to mind

offensive and defensive orders of battle.

I liked the excitement of an alongside replenishment

as my ship slid in alongside an oiler and the cry of

"Standby to receive shot lines" prefaced the hard work

of rigging span wires (high-lines) and fuel hoses

echoed across the narrow gap of water between the

ships and welcomed the mail, fresh milk, fruit and

vegetables that sometimes accompanied the fuel. I

liked the serenity of the sea after a day of hard ship's

work, as flying fish flitted across the wave tops and

sunset gave way to night, and the bosun's mate's after

-supper call over the speaker system: "Let's have a

clean sweep down, fore and aft, empty all trash over

the transom. The smoking lamp is now lighted". I liked

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the feel of the Navy in darkness - the masthead and

range lights, the red and green navigation lights and

stern light, the pulsating phosphorescence of radar

repeaters - they cut through the dusk and joined with

the mirror of stars overhead.

I liked drifting off to sleep lulled by the myriad

noises large and small that told me that my ship was

alive and well, and that my shipmates on watch would

keep me safe. I liked quiet mid-watches with the

aroma of strong coffee - the lifeblood of the Navy

permeating everywhere. I liked hectic watches when

the exacting minuet of haze-gray shapes racing at

flank speed kept all hands on a razor edge of

alertness. I liked the sudden electricity of "General

quarters, general quarters, all hands man your battle

stations," followed by the hurried clamor of running

feet on ladders and the resounding thump of watertight

doors as the ship transformed herself in a few brief

seconds from a peaceful workplace to a weapon of

war - ready for anything. I liked the sight of space-age

equipment manned by youngsters clad in dungarees

and sound-powered phones that their grandfathers

would still recognize. I liked the traditions of the Navy

and the men and now women who made them. I liked

the proud names of Navy heroes: Halsey, Nimitz,

Perry, Farragut, John Paul Jones, Burke, Osborn and

Jenks. A sailor could find much in the Navy: comrades

-in-arms, pride in self and country, mastery of the

seaman's trade. An adolescent could find adulthood.

In years to come, when sailors are home from the sea,

we will still remember with fondness and respect the

ocean in all its moods, the impossible shimmering

mirror calm and the storm-tossed dark blue water

surging over the bow. Then there will come again a

faint whiff of stack gas, a faint echo of engine and

rudder orders, a vision of the bright bunting of signal

flags snapping at the yardarm, a refrain of hearty

laughter in the wardroom and Chief's quarters and

mess decks. Once ashore for good we grow humble

about our Navy days, when the seas were a part of us

and a new port of call was ever over the horizon.

Remembering this, WE stand taller and say...

"I WAS A SAILOR ONCE &

THE MEMORIES NEVER GO AWAY.

EDITORIAL:

A shipmate sent me the article below after I began

the e-newsletter that you now read. It was uncanny

that this article so paralleled my sentiments when I

thought about putting out the ―DRAFT‖ again and

wrote the lead article for the Inaugural Edition. After I

read this I know I had to include it in this edition.

I hope you can tell by the newsletters that have

come to you so far, it is my firm belief there is a very

special place in the hearts and souls of so many of the

men who rode the STIMSON.

I would be pleased to share your thoughts about

our boat. Guest editorials would be very appreciated

by the crew. Do your best to find some time to sit

down, dig deep and let us all know about your time on

a great boat with great crews! Nick

Original Stimson DRAFT Article

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SEARCH FOR LOST SHIPMATES

If you have contact with one of these shipmates please send their contact info

to me at my email address. Let’s set a goal to find everyone on this list!

Adkins, William Duell, Paul Kirkpatrick, Steven Robinson, Warren

Ballard, Danny Dyal, Don W. 'Gomer' Klaiber, William Roetto, Paul

Barker, Paul Edmiston, Ken Kohankie Robert Rowan, William

Barker, Thomas Ehlers, Joseph Krieger, Kenneth Rubright, David

Barrett, James Ellard, Bryon Laughlin, Brian Ruiz, Luiz

Beck, Roger Ellsberry, Prather Lawrence, Marshall Sanderson, Jim

Blouse, Dan Featheran, Robert Jr. Liles, Michael Scoville, Scott

Blue, Matthew Findlater, Doug Lizana, Rick Seelinger, James

Bluestone, Edward Flannery, Aaron Lothrop, Shafer, Harold 'Jack'

Bollman, Stephen Fleming, Benjamin Lubbs, Larry Shantz, Denton

Borenko, Stphen Fleming, Denvery Marko, Michael Francis Shepherd, Charles

Bowser, James Jr. Fonda, Carl Mason, John Sherlock, Martin

Bricker, Michael Futral, Dave Matherly, David Shields, Vaden

Brill, Doug Gallagher, Gilbert 'Skip' Mauk, Elam Shock, Joel

Brown, Fred Geisenburg, Nick Mauldin, Thomas Sikora, Gregory

Buie, Michael Gibson, Chris McCarney, Clifford Siler, Dennis

Bullard, Patrick Glover, Ron McConnell, Mark Silvestri, Henry

Bullington, Scott Grabins, Garry McCord, Oliver Slusser, Howard

Burger, Thomas Graves, Richard McMillan, Donald Smith, Charles

Burmeister, Wayne Green, Earsel Miller, Donald Sterner, George VADM

Busteed, Bob Gutierrez, James Miller, Tony Steverson, Jeff

Canup, Richard Habermas, Thomas Milton, Jay Stewart James

Cardin, Joseph Hall, Larry Mosman, Harold Stine, Gene

Carey, Bill Harding, Rusty III Musselman, Robert Stockton, N. Bradley

Carlson, Hugh Harris, WIlbur Neubecker, Andrew Stortroen, Keith

Carr, Don Hatchell, John Neuman, Mark Taylor, Jim

Champagne, Brian Hayes, Robert Noftsger, Mike Thaden, Gene

Claussen, Stephen Herbert, Randy 'Bear' Nolen, John Thomas, Larry

Cool, Arnold Henderson, Michael Ochsner, Patrick Tomasi, Max

Cooper, Denny Herzog, Willie Parham, Bryan Tomren, Gerald

Cooper, Doug Hinds, George Pastiva, Stephen Jr. Trotter, Daniel

Cooper, John F. Hogan, John 'Jack' Peterson, David Twiselton, Brown Michael

Cope, Allan Hogan, Tom Petrak, David VanDeLeest, Dean

Cota, James 'Pat' Holler, Eugene Phipps, Mitchell Walenga, Craig

Couser, David Hollingsworth, Paul Plue, Mike Watson, Herb

Crawford, Christopher Holtman, Bruce Porterfield, Glenn Weisser, Monty

Cruden, David Hupe, Bill Pruitt, Michael Wenzel, Paul

Cullum, Ray Ignatowitz, Craig 'Iggy' Putnam, Bobby Jo Wesley, Mike

Czarnecki, Anthony Johnson, Anthony Putt, William White, Don

Davidson, Dickie Johnston, Paul K. Ralston, David Williams, Brian

Debisschop, Timothy Joyce, Dennis Rasmussen, Aaron Wimmer, Peter Thomas

Degon, Vince Kearney, Russ Rasmussen, Bill Wolk, Dennis

Delano, Ken Kee, Kerby Rathsam, Richard Worthington, Vincent

Dewitt, David Keller, Terry J. Ratliff, William Wright, David

Diaz, Rudy Keiningham, Thomas Raven, Donald Young, Ron

Dorff, Richard Kennedy, Brian Reppert, Kevin Youngman, David

Dreiss, Ray Kinney, Wayne Rhodes, Ronald