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“Life is simple, you’re either qualified or you’re not”
August 2015 Issue
(Semper Gumby)
TRI STATE BASE
The Deck Log
Check out the TRI-STATE BASE WEB PAGE at: http://www.ussvi-tri-statebase.org
1 August 2015
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:
THE SEPTEMBER MEETING WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH AT
11:30 AM AT THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 96, BRUNSWICK, MD, WITH NEW
HOLLAND CLUB MEMBERS BEING THERE PRESENTED ASSOCIATED AWARDS.
PLEASE READ THE CURRENT CALENDAR OF EVENTS OR YOU WILL BE AT THE
WRONG LOCATION!
ALSO, ALL MEETINGS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ANNUAL PICNIC (IN JUNE
AT 1 PM), WILLY’S HIDEOUT (IN OCTOBER TBD), AND CHRISTMAS PARTY (IN
DECEMBER AT 1 PM) BEGIN AT 11:30 AM.
TRISTATE Sub Base Point-of-Contact Information
BASE COMMANDER – DAN HULINGS/ Ph -717-816-5863 E-Mail address:[email protected]
BASE VICE COMMANDER – TOM SAMUELSEN/ Ph -717-642-9445 E-Mail address: [email protected]
BASE SECRETARY –DANA BOSTWICK/ Ph – 240-389-7621 E-Mail address: [email protected]
BASE TREASURER – DAN GLOGG/Ph 304-596-4400 E-mail address: [email protected]
BASE CHAPLAIN – JON FADER/ Ph (301) 798-2576. E-mail address: [email protected]
COB (B) – DOUG SMITH/ Ph (301) 788-6434. E-Mail address: [email protected]
COB (G) – RAY BUSSARD/Ph 301-371-5036E-mail address: [email protected]
WAYS and MEANS/STOREKEEPER - DON BOOS/Ph (301) 898-5399. E-mail address: [email protected]
BASE HISTORIAN / WEB MASTER – DOUG SMITH/ Ph (301) 788-6434. E-Mail address: [email protected]
USSVI Point-of-Contact Information
NATIONAL COMMANDER – AL SINGLEMAN/ Ph – 518-355-2119
NATIONAL SENIOR VICE COMMANDER – JOHN MARKIEWICZ/ Ph – 904-743-2924
NATIONAL JUNIOR VICE COMMANDER – WILLIAM ANDREA/ Ph – 561-790-1287
NATIONAL SECRETARY – RAYMOND WEWERS/Ph 479-967-5541
NATIONAL TREASURER – PAUL HISER/Ph 215-317-5666
TRI-STATE BASE MEMBERS THAT HOLD NATIONAL OFFICE
TOM DENTON
NATIONAL ARTIST
USSVI Tri State Base 2015 Calendar of Events
Jan 10th – Meeting at Pikes Restaurant, Gettysburg, PA; Guest Speaker: John Reinhart
Feb 7th – Meeting at American Legion Post 96, Brunswick, MD; Guest Speaker: Rick Campbell. Author
Mar 7th – Meeting at Golden Corral, Martinsburg, WV
Apr 11h – Submarine Birthday Ball at Pikes Restaurant, Gettysburg: Guest Speaker: John Price
May 2nd –Meeting at Golden Corral, Martinsburg, WV; a trip to the Hedgesville Public Library will take place
after the meeting, to view the Submarine Commemoration Display
May 16th – Armed Forces Day – Parade: Annual Submarine Memorial at Arlington
May 24th – Memorial Day Service @ Harbaugh’s Church 1:30 PM
May 25th – Washington DC USSVI Memorial Day March
May 25th – Waynesboro Memorial Day March: arrive at 8 AM; march at 9 AM
Jun 6th – Annual Picnic at AmVets Post 9, Middletown, MD, 12 PM; White Elephant Auction
Jul 11th – Meeting at Golden Corral, Martinsburg, WV; - midterm Board Meeting
Aug 1st – Meeting at Pikes Restaurant, Gettysburg, PA; Guest Speaker: John Reinhart; New Holland Club
Member Presentations
Sep 7th – 12th – USSVI National Convention, Pittsburgh, PA
Sep 19th – Meeting at American Legion Post 96, Brunswick, MD; New Holland Club Member Presentations
Oct 3rd – Meeting at Willie’s Hideout, Chambersburg, PA: Guest Speaker: ?
Nov 7th – Meeting at Golden Corral, Frederick, MD: Guest Speaker: ?: Elections; New Year Board Meeting
Nov 11th – Frederick Veterans Day Ceremony
Dec 5th – Christmas Party @ AmVets Post 9, Middletown, MD 1 PM
As the Tri State Base does some hopping to do its meetings, the below locations are for your use. With
these and the Calendar of events, you will always be at the right place on the right day…
Pikes Restaurant
985 Baltimore Pike, Gettysburg, PA
(717) 334-9227
Golden Corral
625 Foxcroft Avenue, Martinsburg, WV
(304) 260-5300
Golden Corral
5621 Spectrum Drive, Frederick, MD
301 662-5922
American Legion Post 96
18 South Maple Avenue, Brunswick, MD
301 834-8121
AmVets Post 9
408 West Green Street, Middletown, MD
301 371-5115
UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS, INC.
USSVI CREED
TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF OUR SHIPMATES WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE PURSUIT OF
THEIR DUTIES WHILE SERVING THEIR COUNTRY. THAT THEIR DEDICATION, DEEDS AND SUPREME
SACRIFICE BE A CONSTANT SOURCE OF MOTIVATION TOWARD GREATER ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
PLEDGE LOYALTY AND PATRIOTISM TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ITS CONSTITUTION .
Do you want a painting of your Boat? Go to WWW.SUBMARINEART.COM and order a picture today.
Great for an office, “I love me wall”, or as a gift for a Submarine lover anywhere!
“Life is simple, you’re either qualified or you’re not”
Check out the TRI-STATE BASE WEB PAGE at: http://www.ussvi-tri-statebase.org
The invocation was given by Base Chaplain Jon Fader followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
Base Commander Dan Hulings gave the USSVI Creed.
MEETING ATTENDANCE
A total of 29 personnel including guests and visitors were on hand for the August 2015 Sub Base Meeting; those
in attendance were:
Sub Base Members (19) – Paul Benyeda, Don Boos, Dana Bostwick, Buzz Bussard, Ray Bussard, Jon Fader,
Les Gallipo, Joe Hargadon, Dan Hulings, George Kilmer, John Lehman, Gil McCabe, Joe Oakes, Thom
Peschke, John Price, Glen Sherrard, David Stedman, Felix Stewart, Jim Wilhelm
Member Spouses/Subvettes (10) – Lynn Benyeda, Roxanne Bostwick, Betty Bussard, Joan Fader, Barb
McCabe, Anne Lehman, Linda Kilmer, Stephanie Peschke, Nina Price, Sandra Sherrard
The SUBMARINE MEMORIAL DAYS: The following submarines suffered loss of life in a shipboard disaster,
either at the hands of an enemy or by some other means. To honor those lost shipmates, who have departed
and are still on their LAST PATROL, mark your calendar and fly your flag on the day of the disaster. Also
remember them and their families in your prayers.
THIS IS THE PURPOSE OF THE UNITED STATES SUBMARINE VETERANS.
The U.S. Submarine Veterans of World War II have assigned states to boats lost during the war.
SUBMARINES LOST
August
06 1945 USS BULLHEAD (SS332)
13 1944 USS FLIER (SS250)
13 1942 USS S-39 (SS144)
24 1944 USS HARDER (SS257)
25 1949 USS COCHINO (SS345)
SAILORS LOST
84
78
0
79
1
STATE ASSIGNED
NEW MEXICO
VERMONT
MARYLAND
UTAH
Tri-State Base members who have departed on Eternal Patrol were then remembered.
1997 - 2009 = 24
BILL HOOD
TOM BLOCK
LOU GRAVES
GORDON YETTER
CALVIN WALTON
JOHN HUSTON
LEONARD SINGEL
ROBERT FORREST
GLENN HILL
KARL WELTY
DAVE GLOTFELTY
BILL COLLINS
TONY CHIMENTI
HAROLD OLIVE
DICK SPRINCE
JOHN LUSHER
LEW HANSEN
GLEN BEARINGER
DON HORST
HAL GOODNOW
B.J. CALVERT
CHRIS KOUNAS
RICHARD E. SAUNDERS THORNTON “PAT” WHITE
2010 = 4
BOB ATKINSON
BOB BRITSCH
HENRY CRANFORD
JIM FERRELL
RUSS SWART
2011 = 3
BULL DURHAM
JACK PRISLEY
2012 = 5
JOE HINSON
JOE BARNACK
TED LEHNHART
WAYNE SCHWEITZER
CARL LINSENBACH
GEORGE HINDA
FREDERICK GERS
MIKE MCMAHON
JOHN POFFENBERGER
2013 = 3
GUS MARTIN
2014 = 5
MIKE IACONA
KAREN FREEMIRE
IVAN KINSINGER
2015 =1
BILL BUTCHER
Rest your oars shipmates, Rest your oars…
Birthdays for the month of AUGUST:
Jane Atkinson, Lynn Blackburn, Mary Boos, Roxanne Bostwick, Buzz Bussard, Patricia Collins, Diane Glotfelty,
Catherine Glogg, Dolores Graver, Dave Harvey, Richard Heibel, Doug Henneberger, Carol Huntington, Ann
Kinney, Patricia (Trish) Klunk, Judy Kriner, Kenneth Kuhar, Robert Lampron, Sharon Lampron, Herb Lopp, Ellen
Parkhurst, Lori Shirk, Douglas Smith, Felix Stewart, Betty Yingling, Patricia Yohman
NEWEST SHIPMATES
 Welcome aboard to Joseph Oakes who qualified on the James Madison and is currently working for
NAVSEA in Washington, DC.
 Welcome aboard to Joe Hockersmith of Shippensburg, PA. Joe qualified in 1973 on the Ulysses S Grant
(SSBN 631).
The best way for the Tri State Base to grow is if you invite new members. If you see a set of dolphins on a car,
please follow up
REPORTS:
Secretary
 The minutes from the last official meeting were included in the March Deck Log and were approved.
Treasurer
 Base Commander Dan Hulings gave the Treasurer’s report at the August meeting. The report was
approved.
 Jim Wilhelm gave a financial report for the base’s torpedo and trailer.
WAYS AND MEANS
The store is open.
Membership Tri-State Base Membership as of 31 July 2015
Type
WWII
Holland Club
New Holland Club
Life Members
Regular Members
Tri-State Members
Dual Members
Associate Members
Total Membership
Number
6
22
2
22
34
90
4
4
102
Benevolence Report was given by Base Chaplain, Jon Fader.
Please keep the following individuals in your thoughts and
prayers:
Dan Glogg
Lori Ensminger
Gil McCabe – condolences for his father passing away
Doug Smith
Pat Wilhelm
A big thanks to Joan Fader for continuing to make Thinking
of You cards for members to sign and send to those who are
in need of an uplift.
CORRESPONDENCE ITEMS:
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Holland Club new members will be awarded next meeting
Joe Hockersmith sent an email about looking forward to being a member of the base.
Base Commander Dan Hulings recommended Thom Peschke be the liaison officer for the base for new
members and Thom accepted the assignment.
HOLLAND CLUB
Base Commander Dan Hulings announced that 7 new members will receive certificates and badges at the 19
September meeting, including Peter Davio, Jon Fader, Dan Hulings, George Kilmer, Glen Sherrard, Michael
Spittell, and John Traxler.
EAGLE SCOUT PROGRAM
Base Chaplain Jon Fader brought out that his grandson Andrew is going receive his Eagle Scout Award
and is going to be presented the Subvets Eagle Scout Award in November.
Thom Peschke talked about the Sea Scout program. It was brought out the Sea Scouts are part of the Boy
Scouts and can get the Eagle Scout Award. Thom said he would put information out on flash traffic on how
to contact and learn more about the Sea Scout program.
Base Commander Dan Hulings provided an update on Marshall L. Mills who earned his Eagle Scout award
in April and is currently an E3 submarine veteran on the USS Pittsburgh.
OLD BUSINESS
 Half page ad for the National Convention has been submitted.
NEW BUSINESS
 Jim Wilhelm announced that on Thursday, August 13th he was taking the trailer to Path Valley to take
part in the Firemen’s Parade as part of the town’s annual reunion. Jim extended an invitation to anyone
who wants to ride on the float in the parade.
 Jim Wilhelm inquired if there was to be a parade at the National Convention. If so, he would like to get
our base torpedo trailer to be part of it. Thom Peschke was looking into it and would put out any
information in flash traffic.
 Base Commander Dan Hulings referred to a recent flash traffic sent out by Thom Peschke concerning
upcoming elections. He inquired if anyone was interested in running for office and pointed out that ViceCommander was open for the coming year.
GOOD OF THE ORDER
 Base Commander Dan Hulings went over the Hagerstown newspaper article about a local woman who is
going into the submarine service.
QUAL BOAT OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST 2015: USS GUITTARO (SSBN 665)
Members who qualified on the Guittaro include: Victor Chrjapin
USS Guitarro (SSN-665), a Sturgeon-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be
named for the guitarro, a ray of the guitarfish family.
Construction and commissioning
The contract to build Guitarro was awarded to Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 18
December 1964 and her keel was laid down there on 9 December 1965. She was launched on 27 July 1968,
sponsored by Mrs. John M. Taylor.
Sinking
On 15 May 1969, Guitarro was moored in the Napa River at Mare Island Naval Shipyard while construction was
still underway. At about 16:00, a civilian nuclear construction group began an instrument calibration assignment
which required the filling of certain tanks, located aft of the ship 's pivot point, with approximately five tons of
water. Within 30 minutes, a different, non-nuclear civilian construction group began an assignment to bring
Guitarro within a half-degree of trim; this entailed the adding of water to tanks forward of the ship 's pivot point to
overcome a reported two-degree up-bow attitude. Until shortly before 20:00, both groups continued to add water,
unaware of each other's activities.
Twice between 16:30 and 20:00, a security watch advised the non-nuclear group that Guitarro was riding so low
forward that the 1.5-foot-high (0.46 m) wakes of boats operating in the Napa River were sloshing into an
uncovered manhole in the most forward and lowest portion of the ship's deck; these warnings went unheeded. At
19:45, the non-nuclear group stopped adding water to the ballast tanks and began to halt work for their meal
break, leaving at 20:00. At 19:50, the nuclear group completed their calibrations and began to empty the tanks
aft.
At 20:30, both the nuclear group, still aboard, and the non-nuclear group, returning from their break, noticed
Guitarro taking a sudden down angle which put the forward hatches underwater. Massive flooding took place
through several large open hatches. Efforts between 20:30 and 20:45 to close watertight doors and hatches
were largely unsuccessful because lines and cables ran through the doors and hatches, preventing them from
closing. At 20:55, Guitarro sank earning her the nickname "Mare Island Mud Puppy".
Guitarro was refloated three days later, on 18 May 1969. Damages to her were estimated at between 15.2
million USD and 21.85 million USD.
Service history
Guitarro had been scheduled to be commissioned in January 1970, but repairs necessitated by her sinking
dictated a 32-month delay. She finally was commissioned on 9 September 1972 with Commander Gordon Lange
in command.
In the mid-to-late 1970s, Guitarro was stationed at Point Loma in San Diego, California, commanded by Alvin H.
Pauole, followed by Scott Van Hoften. She was active at the time in the pre-operational testing of the new
Tomahawk cruise missile, launching several of the missiles on a test range off the coast of Southern California.
Guitarro had West Pac patrols from July 1974 to June 1979 and West Pac/Indian Ocean patrols from January
1983 to July 1983 and back to West Pac patrols from August 1989 to February 1990.
Guitarro on the bottom of the Napa River after her accidental
sinking at Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, on 15 May 1969
Decommissioning and disposal
Guitarro was decommissioned on 29 May 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. Her
scrapping via the Nuclear-Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in
Bremerton, Washington, was completed on 18 October 1994.
Guitarro (SSN-665) at NAS North Island on 4 October 1990 for a VIP visit. General Mikhail Moiseyev, First
Deputy Minister of Defense and Chief of the General Staff for the Soviet Union and General Colin Powell,
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, toured the forward areas of the ship that day, but did not tour the
engineering spaces. Just aft of the Guitarro (SSN-665) is the Missouri BB-63.
Subvettes President Stephanie Peschke talked about the Stars project. She talked about the positive
responses from the recipients of the stars. She also demonstrated how the stars are presented in a
short ceremonial fashion.
Stephanie also advised that the paperwork had been sent in to National for the official charter of the Tri
State Subvettes and is scheduled to be presented at the National Convention.
The next Subvettes project is they will be doing, lap blankets for the veterans in wheelchairs and the
ladies that are hospitalized.
GUEST SPEAKER: John Reinhart, RN who works in the path lab at Chambersburg Hospital.
John gave a very informative presentation on heart valves, including their function and what can
happen when they malfunction. He covered the different types of valve replacement and surgery
involved.
He demonstrated using a heart model how the heart works and what valve replacement involves. He
brought out how the lower part of the heart provides 80% and the top 20% of the pumping function.
He also went over the various valves between the sections of the heart and which ones were the most
commonly replaced.
Some highlights:
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Bypasses in heart surgery are generally on the arteries going over the heart and are therefore
outside the heart rather than involving opening the heart; whereas valve replaces does involve
open heart surgery.
Heart murmurs occur when the valves are leaking. Congestive heart failure occurs when the
heart no longer works and lungs fill with fluid. Rheumatic fever can later lead to valve problems
as can calcification of the valve flaps.
Heart catheterization will show if there is artery or vein blockage. Heart pressure is measured
and valves can be checked to see if they are leaking or nonfunctioning. Mechanical valves and
tissue valves can be used for replacement. Mechanical valves last for a lifetime whereas tissue
valves will wear out. The mechanical valves can be prone to blood clots to prevent strokes.
Blood thinners can decrease the chance of clots but can lead to hemorrhages. Tissue valves do
not have these problems.
Today valves are can be replaced through the leg to avoid opening the chest and decreasing the
risk of infection, thus reducing the mortality risk.
Valve replacement or stent insertion may not extend life, but it will make life easier.
A hybrid technique involving valve replacement through the leg and stent insertion has been
highly successful.
If you have a heart attack symptom and get immediate attention, the more likely you will recover,
which why it is critical to call 911 and get an ambulance so that the EMTs are ready for you.
Ventricular fibrillation is a dangerous state where the lower heart is working below 30% and is
vibrating. A defibrillator is used to get the heart back in rhythm. A life vest can be worn to help
save your life and is worn temporarily to see if your condition persists.
National goal is for heart recovery to occur within 90 minutes. Chambersburg Hospital has an
average of 42 minutes recovery.
It takes 9 months for the artery to grow around a stent, and it is vital that you take your
prescribed medication for the time period designated.
It is imperative to keep your blood pressure and cholesterol under control, and if you are diabetic
keep it managed, and if you smoke, stop.
The best thing to do when you think you are having a heart attack is call 911 and let the
ambulance take you to the ER so that they are ready for you when you arrive.
WIT AND WISDOM
The 50 - 50 for August was $43 and was won by Dave Stedman.
The meeting was ended with Base Chaplain Jon Fader, offering the benediction and reading Lost Harbor.
There is a port of no return, where ships may ride at anchor for a little space and then, some starless night the
cable slips, leaving an eddy at the mooring place... Gulls, veer no longer. Sailor, rest your oar. No tangled
wreckage will be washed ashore.
NEXT AND NEXT
Our next gathering is as follows:
Sep 7th – 12th – USSVI National Convention, Pittsburgh, PA
Sep 19th – Meeting at American Legion Post 96, Brunswick, MD; New Holland Club Member Presentations