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Base Meeting:
BOD: Novemer 6, 1800
Membership: November 14, 1900
Christmas Party December 7, 1800
Location:
FRA Branch 269
Low Country Home
99 Wisteria Rd.
Goose Creek, SC
Vol. 15 No. 11 Holiday Edition November and December 2019
Business Name
N e w s l e t t e r o f C h a r l e s t o n B a s e , U n i t e d S t a t e s S u b m a r i n e V e t e r a n s , I n c .
Base Commander Mike Ciesielko 843.324.0011
Base Vice Commander
Tom Lawson 843.327.3282
Secretary Gordon Long 843.214.2353
Treasurer Gordon Williams 843.553.3015
Chief of the Boat Joe Lunn 843.747.5368
Veterans Affairs Tom Lawson 843.327.3282
Membership Larry Knutson 843.860.1155
Scholarship Carl Chinn 843.437.5515
Storekeeper Ken Hutchison 843.553.0935
Historian George Scharf 843.873.3318
Public Affairs Jerry Stout 843-568-5923
Chaplain Nick Nichols 843.452.3189
Events Coordinator Rick Sparger 843.553.5594
Holland Club Bill Freligh 843.553.1115
Social Media Coordinator
Lewis Leal 843-270-8870
Newsletter Rick Wise 843.875.5559 (H) 843.276.0899 (C)
Webmaster Nick Nichols 843.452.3189
Kaps for Kids Bill Kennedy 843.875.3109
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Submarines Lost During the Month of November
Table of Contents From the Editor 2 From USSVI National, Regional and District 3 Members of the Base Suppost a Brother 3 Scholarship Committee Rummage Sale 4 Charleston Base Presents Submariners’ Legacy Award to NPS Class 1905 4 Summerville Veterans Day Ceremony 4 Tolling the Lost Boats 5 Christmas Parades 6 Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) 7 Charleston Base Christmas Party 9 Little David Maintenance Begins 12 Advertisements 14
USS ALBACORE (SS-218) November 7, 1944 – 11th
War Patrol Lost with all hands – 85 souls USS GROWLER (SS-215) November 8, 1944 – 12
th War Patrol Lost with all hands – 86 souls
USS SCAMP (SS-277) November 16, 1944 – 8th
War Patrol Lost with all hands – 83 souls USS CORVINA (SS-226) November 16, 1943 – 1
st War patrol Lost with all hands – 82 souls
USS SCULPIN (SS-191) November 19, 1943 – 9th
War Patrol Lost with 43 souls – 41 became POWs – 21 survived the war
Five Boats and 399 Men Lost
From the Editor I had hoped to get this issue out just after the Christmas Party on December 7 but I still have not re-ceived the November Base Meeting minutes from the Secretary. I am writing this at the Marriot Re-sort and Spa on Hilton Head Island on Christmas Eve and will send it out as soon as I get back home. This time of year is very hectic for SubVets with Veterans Day and Tolling the Lost Boats, Christmas Parades, Christmas Parties and the like. I am glad to have this time to wind down.
There no meeting minutes in this newsletter.
Upcoming Charleston Base Events
Base BOD Meeting Thursday, January 2, 1800 FRA Branch 269 Goose Creek Base Meeting Thursday, January 9, 1900 FRA Branch 269 Goose Creek
Information on all these events are on the base website www.ussvicb.org/events/index.htmlpenings of Interest
Submarines Lost During the Month of December
USS CAPELIN (SS-289) December 2, 1943 1st
War Patrol Lost with all hands – 76 souls
USS SEALION (SS-195) December 10, 1941 Bombed in Philippine Shipyards First submarine lost in
World War II Loss of 5 souls
USS F1/CARP (SS-20) December 17, 1917 Collision with USS F3 (SS-22) Loss of 19 souls
USS S4 (SS-109) December 17, 1927 Rammed by USCGC Paulding Lost with all hands – 40 souls
Four Boats and 140 Men Lost During the Month of December
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From USSVI National
Normal message traffic from USSVI will be published on the Charleston Base Website www.ussvicb.org . If I see anything that should be brought to the notice of our non-computer
members I will post it here.
Nothing Received
Members of Charleston Base Support a Brother
When Base member and WWII veteran Stacy Power lost his wife, Elaine, recently members of
Charleston Base attended her funeral and performed the flag folding and presentation. Even though
the Base had disbanded the flag detail over a year ago we were able to grant Stacy’s request.
Elaine had been in the US Navy during the Korean War period and was a very active wife in
Charleston Base functions until her illness took he from us. Below are pictures from the flag folding
and presentation.
Base members Mike Emerson, Rodger Gibson, Theron Irving and George Scharf perform the fag folding. Mike Emerson presents the flag to Stacy Power.
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Rummage Sale The Scholarship Committee will conduct a rummage sale to benefit our Admiral Osborn Scholarship fund. The sale will be Saturday, May 2
nd, 2020. We are requesting donations from all members to
assist in this endeavor. Any and all household goods, sporting goods, tools, etc. are appreciated.
NO DONATIONS of clothing, shoes, linens, draperies will be accepted.
Hopefully a storage facility will be available soon. More information to follow.
We are asking members to hang on to the stuff they want to get rid of until we can get it into a stor-age facility. We also ask that you check with friends, family, and neighbors that want to donate for our cause. Stand by for more information to follow!
Sale will be:
May 2, 2020 1825 Old Trolley Rd Summerville, SC (Halloween Express)
Charleston Base Presents Submariners’ Legacy Awards to NPS Class 1905 On November 22, Charleston Base Member Harry Nettles presented the Submariners’ Legacy Awards to ENS Jason Baldwin and ETN3 Thomas Schwab as the highest GPA submarine-designates in Nuclear Power School Class 1905. Pictures unavailable due to technical difficulties.
Summerville Veterans Day Ceremony Many members of Charleston Base attended the Veterans Day Ceremony in Summerville. Due to a miscommunication the ceremony started 30 minutes before the announced time.
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Tolling the Lost Boats At 1:00 pm on November 11, members of Charleston Base performed the Tolling of the Lost Boats at Coastal Coffee Roasters in Summerville.
Top: Food is served before the presentation and the attendees. Above: Rick Wise gives an introduc-tion to the ceremony. Below: Ed Stank and Ronnie Kerstetter read the boats while Theron Irving tolls the bell.
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Christmas Parades
This year Charleston Base participated in three Christmas Parades. The first was on Thursday, De-cember 5 at Harleyville, the second Summerville on December 8 and the final parade at Elloree on December 19. We participate in these parades to advertise our organization and to give the public a chance to ac-knowledge or service and the service of our brothers and sisters still serving.
Harleyville Parade
Summerville Parade Sorry, no pictures from Elloree. Maybe next month.
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Kap(SS) 4 Kid(SS) Charleston Base has been participating in Kaps for Kids (K4K) for two and one half years. During this time we have visited with 260 children and their families. We've only had one problem during that time; some children did not know what a submarine is. I had to pass out pictures of a subma-rine. We have donated two hand built rocking horses and a certificate of appreciation to McLeod's children's hospital Florence SC. The pictures are from the December visit to McLeod.
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Charleston Base Christmas Party The Christmas Party was held on Saturday, December 7 at the FRA Branch 269 Home, 99 Wisteria
Road, Goose Creek, SC.A DJ provided the music. A big thanks to Ed Stank and all those that helped to put on the party.
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Little David Maintenance Begins The annual maintenance of the CSS David replica at the Berkeley Museum in Moncks Corner has started with a crew replacing deteriorated siding boards. The crew consists of Glenn Little, Harry Nettles, Fred Woodley and Rick Wise. So far we have replaced 12 boards with 15 left to be re-placed. Once the boards have been replaced an the weather permits we will call for a working part to repaint the replica.
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FOR SALE Charleston Base members who have items they wish to sell may send me the information for inclu-sion in the newsletter. Items will run for three issues or until I’m notified by the person submitting the ad that it is no longer needed.
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