Volume 6, Issue

Columbus Base Newsletter

July 2010

C O L U M B U S B A S E S U B M A R I N E V E T E R A N S

The Green Board

ALL SEAS ARE NAVIGABLE

Columbus Base USSVI Celebrates Our Nation’s Birthday in the Reynoldsburg 4th of July Parade

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Summer Picnic

At the Don Gentile

American Legion

Park

Saturday 7-10-10

More photos of the picnic and parade on the web at:

columbusbase.com

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OUR 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.”

Tolling of the Boats

USS Grunion (SS-216) Lost with all hands (70 men) on 30 July 1942 off Kiska Island, Aleutians (Alaska) to unknown causes.

USS S-28 (SS-133) Lost with all hands (50 men) when she foundered off the Ha-waiian Islands 4 July 1944.

USS Robalo (SS-273) Lost with 77 men by possible Japanese mine off Palawan on 26 July 1944. 4 men survived as POW’s but they were never recovered.

Eternal Patrol Clarence O. “CO” Smith

Saturday June 12, 2010

Sailor Rest Your Oars

Sick Bay Cliff Dodson

New Member

John R. “JR” Hazen

Transfer from Dallas, TX

Resides in Columbus.

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The Day Japan Bombed Oregon By: Norm Goyer

September 9, 1942, the I-25 class Japanese submarine was cruising in an easterly di-rection raising its periscope occasionally as it neared the United States Coastline. Ja-pan had attacked Pearl Harbor less than a year ago and the Captain of the attack sub-marine knew that Americans were watching their coast line for ships and aircraft that might attack our country. Dawn was approaching; the first rays of the sun were flicker-ing off the periscopes lens. Their mission; attack the west coast with incendiary bombs in hopes of starting a devastating forest fire. If this test run were successful, Japan had hopes of using their huge submarine fleet to attack the eastern end of the Panama Ca-nal to slow down shipping from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The Japanese Navy had a large number of I-400 submarines under construction. Each capable of carrying three aircraft. Pilot Chief Warrant Officer (CWO) Nobuo Fujita and his crewman Petty Officer Shoji Okuda were making last minute checks of their charts making sure they matched those of the submarine navigator.

The only plane ever to drop a bomb on the United States during WWII was this submarine based Glen.

September 9, 1942: Nebraska forestry student Keith V. Johnson was on duty atop a forest fire lookout tower between Gold Beach and Brookings, Oregon. Keith had memorized the silhouettes of Japanese long distance bombers and those of our own aircraft. He felt confident that he could spot and identify, friend or foe, almost immediately. It was cold on the coast this September morning , and quiet. The residents of the area were still in bed or preparing to head for work. Lumber was a large part of the in-dustry in Brookings, just a few miles north of the California-Oregon state lines.

Aboard the submarine the Captain’s voice boomed over the PA system, Prepare to surface, aircrew re-port to your stations, wait for the open hatch signal. During training runs several subs were lost when hangar door were opened too soon and sea water rushed into the hangars and sank the boat with all hands lost. You could hear the change of sound as the bow of the I-25 broke from the depths, nosed over for its run on the surface. A loud bell signaled the All Clear. The crew assigned to the single en-gine Yokosuki E14Ys float equipped observation and light attack aircraft sprang into action. They rolled the plane out its hangar built next to the conning tower. The wings and tail were unfolded, and several 176 pound incendiary bombs were attached to the hard points under the wings. This was a small two passenger float plane with a nine cylinder 340 hp radial engine. It was full daylight when the Captain ordered the aircraft to be placed on the catapult. Warrant Officer Fujita started the engine, let it warm up, checked the magnetos and oil pressure. There was a slight breeze blowing and the seas were calm. A perfect day to attack the United States of America. When the gauges were in the green the pilot signaled and the catapult launched the aircraft. After a short climb to altitude the pilot turned on a head-ing for the Oregon coast.

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The Glen was launched via catapult from a I-25 class Japa-nese submarine.

Johnson was sweeping the horizon but could see nothing, he went back to his duties as a forestry agent which was searching for any signs of a forest fire. The morning moved on. Every few minutes he would scan low, medium and high but nothing caught his eye. The small Japanese float plane had climbed to several thousand feet of altitude for better visibility and to get above the coastal fog. The pilot had calculated land fall in a few min-utes and right on schedule he could see the breakers flashing white as they hit the Oregon shores.

Johnson was about to put his binoculars down when something flashed in the sun just above the fog bank. It was unusual because in the past all air traffic had been flying up and down the coast, not aiming into the coast.

The pilot of the aircraft checked his course and alerted his observer to be on the lookout for a fire tower which was on the edge of the wooded area where they were supposed to drop their bombs. These airplanes carried very little fuel and all flights were in and out without any loitering. The plane reached the shore line and the pilot made a course correc-tion 20 degrees to the north. The huge trees were easy to spot and certainly easy to hit with the bombs. The fog was very wispy by this time.

Warrant Officer Fujita is shown with his Yokosuka E14Y (Glen) float plane prior to his flight.

Johnson watched in awe as the small floatplane with a red meat ball on the wings flew overhead, the plane was not a bomber and there was no way that it could have flown across the Pacific, Johnson could not understand what was happening. He locked onto the plane and followed it as it headed inland.

The pilot activated the release locks so that when he could pickled the bombs they would

release. His instructions were simple, fly at 500 feet, drop the bombs into the trees and circle

once to see if they had started any fires and then head back to the submarine.

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Johnson could see the two bombs under the wing of the plane and knew that they would be dropped. He grabbed his communications radio and called the Forest Fire Headquarters informing them of what he was watching unfold.

The bombs tumbled from the small seaplane and impacted the forests, the pilot circled once and spot-ted fire around the impact point. He executed an 180 degree turn and headed back to the submarine. There was no air activity, the skies were clear. The small float plane lined up with the surfaced subma-rine and landed gently on the ocean, then taxied to the sub. A long boom swung out from the stern. His crewman caught the cable and hooked it into the pickup attached to the roll over cage between the cockpits. The plane was swung onto the deck, The plane’s crew folded the wings and tail, pushed it into its hangar and secured the water tight doors. The I-25 submerged and headed back to Japan.

This event ,which caused no damage, marked the only time during World War II that an enemy plane had dropped bombs on the United States mainland. What the Japanese didn’t count on was coastal fog, mist and heavy doses of rain made the forests so wet they simply would not catch fire.

This Memorial Plaque is located in Brookings, Oregon at the site of the 1942 bombing

Fifty years later the Japanese pilot, CWO Nobuo Fujita, who survived the war, would return to Oregon one final time to help dedicate a historical plaque at the exact spot in the forest where his two bombs had impacted. The elderly pilot then donated his ceremonial sword as a gesture of peace and closure of the bombing of Oregon in 1942.

Submitted by Marv Pastor

2010 Awards Dinner August 7, 2010 AmVets Post #89 1700 Social Hour, 1800 Dinner 1930 Holland Club Induction, Awards Deadline is July 30th for reservations

Shipmate of the Year It’s that time again!

Voting to start soon, watch your emails for the official ballot.

Voting beginning July 19th and ending August 2nd.

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Commander’s Corner By Jim “Clutch” Koogler

Busy, busy, busy!! Don’t know about you, but I’ve had a lot going on over the past month… and even more to get done over the next 2 weeks. Sooooo… I’ll have to make this a short col-umn.

I want to thank those of you who volunteer your time… not just for Columbus Base and base projects, but for everything. Volunteering is volunteering… whether it’s for the church, library, charities, hospitals, USO, or something else. Please send me an email, snail-mail, or call me and let me know about the volunteer work you do. I hope to compile a list and submit as an article for the Green Board, so all will know the wonderful things our members do. Who knows… maybe it will encourage others to get involved.

Our 2010 awards and recognitions dinner is scheduled for Saturday evening August 7th. We’ll be inducting/honoring 5 Columbus Base members into the Holland Club, celebrating at least 50 years since they qualified in submarines. I’ll keep sending email reminders about it. Please RSVP to me by Friday July 30th if you plan to attend.

Reminder: please VOTE in the USSVI election. There are 3 USSVI Constitution amendment proposals and 8 USSVI Bylaws amendment proposals, plus candidates running for USSVI Na-tional and regional positions. And if you don’t want to vote for any of the official candidates, you can write in your own choice… even yourself! I’ve sent a couple of emails with explana-tions of the proposed amendments, as well as biographies of all of the candidates… and the same information was published in the most recent edition of American Submariner maga-zine… AND it’s available on the USSVI website www.ussvi.org (use the “Election 2010” green button on the left side… right under “member login”). As offered several times before… if you need ANY help with ANY part of the process, just ask. The other base officers and I will pro-vide any help we can to ensure that you’re able to cast your ballots. All you have to do is ask.

And another reminder for Columbus Base members only… don’t forget to buy your raffle tick-ets for the Columbus Base logo blanket/throw. Contact Bill Anderson (Z71toy@aol.com or 614-879-8614). Proceeds benefit our base general fund.

Time’s running out for you to register and make reservations for the 2010 USSVI convention. Don’t get shut out. If you haven’t already done so and you plan to attend, register now. There’s a link on the USSVI website (www.ussvi.org) and on the Columbus Base website (www.columbusbase.com). Tim Barker, Galin Brady, and their committee are working on the Tolling Ceremony. It promises to be a memorable program.

Well… more than I planned to write. Have a safe summer season. I hope to see you at the awards dinner.

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First nuclear submarine U.S.S. Nautilus visits Seattle and crew secretly buys Bar's Leak on June 3, 1958.

On June 3, 1958, the U.S.S. Nautilus, the world's first nuclear submarine, visits Everett and Seattle. In Seattle, crewmen dressed in civilian clothing secretly buy 140 quarts of the automotive product Bar's Leak (originally identified as Stop Leak -- see comment in Sources below) to repair a leaking con-denser system. The Nautilus is enroute to the North Pole on a Top Secret mission to cross the North Pole submerged. The Nautilus was commissioned in 1954 and featured a nuclear power plant instead of the usual combi-nation of diesel engines and battery-powered electric motors. The Nautilus was capable of remaining underwater without the necessity of surfacing to recharge the batteries and without refueling. U.S. Navy leaders realized the military importance of the Arctic Ocean in the Cold War. The Arctic is cov-ered with ice year round, but navigation under the ice was a possibility. The Nautilus was ordered to transit the North Pole underwater in a Top Secret mission dubbed Operation Sunshine. On June 2, 1958, the Nautilus arrived in Everett and spent the night there. The following day, with a load of dignitaries and journalists, the submarine ran to Seattle and docked at Pier 91. A leaking con-denser unit threatened the secret mission to the North Pole, but security concerns and time precluded repairs through the usual channels. Experts hit on the idea of using Bar's Leak, an automotive stop-leak product developed for leaking radiators. Commander William Anderson ordered crewmen to change into civilian clothing. The men fanned out across Seattle in taxicabs to buy cans of Bar's Leak at local service stations. The sailors in mufti returned with 140 quarts of Bar's Leak, half of which was poured into the con-denser. The leak stopped. Just after midnight on June 9, 1958, the Nautilus cast off and headed north. While running on the sur-face in Puget Sound, the crew painted out the large numbers on the sail (conning tower) and the bow to conceal the sub's identity. In the Chukchi Sea, Commander Anderson ran into heavy ice and a shallow bottom (at the time the floor of the Arctic was not mapped), and broke off the mission. Later in the summer, the Nautilus suc-cessfully crossed the Arctic, completely under water. The event received worldwide publicity and changed the complexion of the Cold War. The crew was celebrated with a tickertape parade in New York City and President Dwight D. Eisenhower awarded the Nautilus the Presidential Unit Citation. Commander Anderson revealed the Seattle episode in his book Nautilus -90- North, published the following year. The condenser unit aboard the Nautilus never leaked again.

Sources: Commander William R. Anderson with Clay Blair Jr., Nautilus 90 North (Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Co., 1959), pp. 133-137; Commander William R. Anderson with Clay Blair Jr., Nautilus 90 North (New York: The New American Library, 1959), 89-90; Clayton Parks, of Bar's Products to David Wilma, Deputy Director, www.historylink.org, email communication, April 8, 2003; Henry Londean, "Sub Nautilus Here On Last Year's 'Gas,'" Seattle Post-Intelligencer, June 4, 1958, p. 30. Note: In the hardcover first printing of his book, Commander Anderson named the product in question Stop Leak. In the subsequent New American Library (Signet Key Book) paperback edition, he corrected the name of the product to Bar's Leak. The firm Bar's Products produces Bar's Leak. By David Wilma, April 2, 2002 Corrected April 9, 2003

Submitted by: Phil Philipps

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News Briefs

========================================================= NORTH KINGSTOWN — The hiss of an electric arc filled a cavernous building at General Dynamics Electric Boat Wednesday morning as welder Scott Fanning traced Allison F. Stiller’s initials onto a steel plate. After Fanning, of Saunderstown, finished, Stiller proclaimed to a crowd of shipbuilders, sailors and dignitaries, “I declare this keel truly and fairly laid.” http://www.projo.com/news/content/EB_KEEL_LAYING_MISSISSIPPI_06-10-10_PMIQNAP_v19.18408d0.html

KINGS BAY, Ga. (NNS) -- USS Georgia (SSGN 729) (Blue) held a change of command ceremony at the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay Chapel June 9. Capt. Brian McIlvaine was relieved by Capt. J. Kelly McDowell as commanding officer of the Georgia Blue "bull dogs." Sheila McNeil, president of Camden Partnership, and Rear Adm. Barry Bruner, commander Submarine Group 10, served as guest speakers. http://www.navy.mil/search/display.asp?story_id=53954

The Senate Armed Services Committee has expressed some concern about programs designed to maximize the use of the Navy’s submarines and allocates more funding while requiring more information on the integration of unmanned systems with submarines. The committee’s fiscal year 2011 budget report, which was released last week accompanying the FY-11 Senate defense authorization bill, boosts the Navy’s funding for submarine payload and sensor development activities from $8.3 million to $20 million, citing the potential to use unmanned vehicles in the large tubes on guided missile and Virginia-class subs. It notes that the an unmanned launch and recovery model prototype for the SSGN is currently in the works and scheduled for delivery in December. “This is an enabler for the rapid integration of payloads into submarines at a reduced cost,” the report states. “With addition fiscal year 2011 funds, the Navy could demonstrate the use of payloads to conduct various intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions that have not been possible before.” However, it adds, “The Navy needs a more formal program to integrate unmanned payloads into submarines and leverage these capabilities for future requirements.” In return for the extra funds, the report requires that the Navy secretary submit a report with next year’s budget request that outlines future plans for integrating unmanned payloads into submarines. The panel also threw its weight behind the effort to integrate common weapon launchers on SSGNs. The report says that the Navy plans to finish integrating the common launcher on Virginia-class submarines in FY-10, but the FY-11 budget request did not include money for extending the installation to the SSGN fleet. “This means the Navy would have to forego the opportunity to achieve savings by consolidating training and logistics for the launcher system on these boats with that of the Virginia-class submarines,” the report states. “The committee believes that such an omission is short-sighted.” The SASC decided to include an extra $5 million in the budget to put the launcher on the fleet’s SSGNs. The report removes funding for the High-Integrity Global Positioning System, cutting all $40.9 million slated for the pro-ject, arguing that there appears to be no demonstrated use for the concept, implementing it would require expensive equip-ment, and it is unclear how required hardware modifications associated with the effort are being coordinated with the Joint Tactical Radio System open architecture approach. The high-integrity GPS system is a Boeing and Iridium project that, according to a press release from July, is more resistant to jamming attempts than legacy GPS systems. Please see link http://reed.senate.gov/legislation/funding/fy2011_SASC.htm

June 28, 2010: When the Netherlands recently announced that it was sending one of its Walrus class submarines for the anti-piracy patrol off Somalia, many people found this puzzling. But the Dutch subs have a well deserved reputation for their ability to secretly collect information at sea using subs. Most recently it has done this off Iraq, Bosnia and in the Carib-bean. The special ingredient here is stealth. Go to the link for the story... http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htsub/articles/20100628.aspx

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Upcoming Events

August 7, 2010 1700 Annual Awards Dinner

August 31 to Sept 5th USSVI Convention in Kentucky

Hosted by Cincinnati Base

September 11, 2010 Base meeting AmVets Post #89

News Briefs

UT Dallas researchers have found that carbon nanotube sheets excel as underwater sound generators and noise-canceling speakers, two highly desirable traits for submarine sonar and stealth capabilities. Researchers had previously shown that sheets of carbon nanotubes can produce a wall of sound in air, without moving back and forth like traditional speakers. The latest study from the UT Dallas Alan G. MacDiarmid NanoTech Institute, reveals that nanoscience speakers perform as well underwater as they do on land, and that one day they could replace traditional submarine sonar arrays. See Attached link http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=18005

The Royal Navy is preparing to allow women to serve on its submarine fleet for the first time, defence sources say. The final barrier to allowing females aboard Britain's 11 nuclear submarines has been broken down after a report found that life aboard a submarine would not adversely affect pregnant women. Previously, accepted thinking was that recycled air and living and working so close to See attached Link http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1288304/Royal-Navy-allow-female-officers-aboard-submarines-r

More subs mean more jobs for Connecticut, U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney said in a guest column published Sunday in The Day newspaper. The same probably could be said for Virginia. The House last month voted to authorize building two Virginia Class submarines per year starting in 2011, a move Court-ney says will help maintain and create jobs at General Dynamics Electric Boat (and Northrop Grumman's Newport News shipyard) and ensure that the military maintains its advantage at sea. http://weblogs.dailypress.com/news/local/shipsandportsblog/2010/06/conn_rep_courtney_two_subs_per.ht

TINKER AIR FORCE BASE — The last time Ed Vezey saw the mast of the USS Oklahoma, he was sliding off the listing battleship's deck into the oily wa-ters of Pearl Harbor.

http://www.newsok.com:80/article/3470229?searched=mast

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The Conn

Base commander

Jim Koogler

Vice Commander

Jim Tolson

Treasurer

Dave Creekmore

Secretary

Bob McDaniel

Chaplain

Sharon Lloyd / Walt Fleak

COB

Marv Pastor

Membership Chairman

Jim Koogler

Storekeeper

Frank Lloyd

Web Master

Cliff Dodson

Editor

Jan Creekmore

Activates Chairmen

Joe Testa

Editor’s Note If you have comments or articles, please contact the base newsletter editor.

Jan Creekmore at e-mail creek636@columbus.rr.com

August

Birthdays

Mike Wilson 08-02

Dick Young 08-02

Woody Cook 08-04

Ken Sewell 08-08

Dale Loney 08-09

Phil Philipps 08-09

George Sanderson 08-14

Lee Mather 08-19

John Probst 08-24

Galin Brady 08-26

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July 10, 2010

Meeting was called to order by Base Commander Jim Koogler. COB, Marv Pastor, led the salute to the Flag. The invocation was conducted by the Chaplain, Sharon Lloyd. Tolling of the bell for the lost boats of July was performed by Marv Pastor and Sharon Lloyd. There were 40 members and guests present. This was our annual picnic at Gentile American Legion Post # 532.

Secretary’s Report

The June minutes were published in the Green Board. With no comments or corrections a motion to accept the June Reports was made by Galin Brady and seconded by Frank Lloyd. The motion was approved with a ma-jority of members present by a voice vote. The Base Commander welcomed everyone to the picnic and base meeting.

Treasurer’s Report

Dave Creekmore report of monthly income, expenses, and account balances was given. He reported $100 do-nation by Cliff Dodson and $40 by Joe Murphy.

Webmaster

No report.

Chaplain’s Report

It was reported that Cliff Dodson was back in the hospital. Sharon reported that she sent cards to Cliff and the family of CO Smith.

Eternal Patrol: Clarence CO Smith, WWII sub vet, June 12, 2010. Memorial held in Bucyrus on June 22nd was attended by Ron Rossington, Gene Lee, Marv Pastor, and Jim Koogler. Bill Anderson was there, only a week early.

Get well card was sent to USSVI Chief Technical Officer Tim VeArd, who is recovering from lung cancer surgery.

Membership Report/Introductions

JR Hazen was present as new member transfer from Dallas Base.

Guests: William Johnston – San Diego Base, visiting from Florida, qualified 1964 USS Skipjack SSN-585

Paul Hilde (wife Sara) – sub vet we met at the Columbus Veterans Day parade

Committee Reports

Activities: Joe Testa

July 3rd Reynoldsburg 4th of July parade - participants (10): Rob Althoff, Tim Barker, Walt Fleak, Jim Koogler, Bill McCorkle, Bob McDaniel, Marv Pastor, Joe Testa, Mary Testa, Jim Tolson.

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Also attending – along the parade route: Karla Tolson and John Leers. Also participating: Steve Rowe, sub vet we met at the parade.

Aug 7th Columbus Base Awards Dinner – Will be in the evening with 4 primary Columbus Base mem-bers receiving the Holland Club award and 1 with Columbus as their secondary base to receive the award.

Volunteers needed to help with and/or coordinate events/dinners.

Upcoming events:

August 7th Columbus Base Awards Dinner

August 31-September 5 USSVI convention in Cincinnati

We are holding off on the Bucyrus parade until next year because of the road construction.

Highway Cleanup: Bill Anderson

Saturday June 12, 2010 – Base member participants (8): Bill Anderson, Galin Brady, Woody

Cook, Jim Koogler, Bob McDaniel, Marv Pastor, Jim Tolson, and Karla Tolson. FHHS NJROTC Par-ticipants (6): Captain Tom Lennon, Shane Culver, Zach DeWalt, Katie Kastrevec, Samantha McCon-nell and Brandon Smith.

Schedule: Saturday August 21, 2010 and Saturday October 9, 2010.

Meet at Don Gentile American Legion Post #532 on Demorest Road at 0830, leave for cleanup

Locations by 0900.

Volunteer signatures required. See Bill Anderson if you haven’t signed the required paperwork.

Unfinished Business

2010 USSVI convention

Tolling Ceremony Report (Tim Barker, Galin Brady)

Tim Barker, Marv Pastor, Dave Creekmore, and Galin Brady met with Roger Crombie at the Drawbridge Hotel.

Working on plans for honor guard, prayer, video screens, lost boat board, preamble, sound, pre and post cere-mony music, and Jim Tolson is working on the presentation.

Convention will have 2 daily 50/50 drawings with bases being able to participate in the profits if base members sell tickets. Galin said 4 hours of work gets the base one share of pot.

Lost Boats Blanket Raffle: Char Doonan has received images of lost boats from Tom Denton and is working on the design. Bill Anderson has sent in the vendor application for the raffle. We will have 1000 tickets available. 10% of the blanket profit will be donated to USSVI charitable fund.

The parade sub will be on display all week. Dave Creekmore will transport and Jim Koogler (other volunteers?) will handle daily flag duty.

Member rosters for 2010: A current version is available for download from the website by registered members. BC is waiting to make a couple of updates before distributing via email.

Phone Tree: For all intents and purposes, this is done. Still need to finalize names on who will be calling who.

New Business

None

For the Good of the Order

Columbus Base Shipmate of the Year:

Send your nominations to BSOY committee Marv Pastor and Dave Creekmore. All that is needed is a

Name – but including a few words about why you think your nominee is deserving would also be helpful. All nominations must be received by Marv and Dave no later than Monday July 12, 2010. The BSOY committee will then put the nominees on a ballot so all base members can vote for their choice.

The 2010 selection will be announced at the Columbus Base Awards Dinner on Saturday August 7th.

All Columbus Base members are eligible for nominations with the exception for BSOY committee

members Marv and Dave.

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USSVI Elections

Online voting starts Saturday June 5th, ends Tuesday August 24th at midnight

2010 online Voting Directions and 2010 Ballot on the USSVI website at

www.ussvi.org/Documents/Online_Elections_2010_Ballot_doc.pdf

Paper ballot also available: fill out and snail mail.

The latest edition of the American Submariner has all the information on candidates and other issues.

IF YOU NEED HELP VOTING, let base officers know. We can help

June 12th, Fallen Hero Event at the Northstar Harley Davidson shop, I-71 and Rt. 36 Sunbury. 4 to 10 pm. Parade sub was there. Dave Creekmore, Marv Pastor, Bill Dumbauld represented the base.

Blanket raffle: tickets for $5 each or 6 for $20. Drawing will be held at the Awards dinner on August 7th.

Honor Flight upcoming flights

July 10th

July 31st

Volunteers for appointed officer positions?

Open discussion from floor

Storekeeper Frank Lloyd said he would help get what sub vet items you might need. He said he had two of the small Sea Wolf models for sale - $15.00 each.

50/50 Drawings

John Leers won the money - $79.00 (donated back to base) Mary Testa won a loaf of cinnamon bread.

Phil Phillips won a loaf of banana nut bread Marv Pastor (Joan) won a Navy cap.

Joe Murphy won a loaf of banana nut bread. Jim Tolson won a loaf of cinnamon raisin bread.

Sara Dumbauld won a navy cup JR Hazen won a loaf of wheat bread.

Bob McDaniel won a Navy shirt. Jim Rivelli won a loaf of wheat bread.

Announcement of next meeting

Next Columbus Base meeting: AWARDS DINNER

August 7, 2010

1700 Social Hour

1800 Dinner 1930 Holland Club honors/inductions, awards, blanket raffle drawing.

AMVETS Post #89

3535 Westerville Road

Columbus, Ohio 43224

Cost: $20.00 / person

Menu includes: Social hour appetizers, including shrimp, cheese, chips, pretzels

Your choice of: 8 oz. filet mignon (cooked ‘to order’), baked boneless chicken breast, or baked pork. Parsley red skin potatoes, Vegetable medley Dinner rolls

Dessert…we’ll have our Holland Club cake (chocolate and white) Coffee, tea, iced tea, and water will be available, as well as soda and alcoholic drinks from the cash bar.

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Speaker: unknown at this time.

HOLLAND CLUB

We have four (4) Columbus Base primary members to be inducted into the Holland Club:

Bob Frier, John Palmer, Ken Strahm, and Lynn Trump. We also will honor one (1) Co-lumbus Base dual member for his induction into Holland Club: Al Albergottie (Cod Base).

Invitations have been sent to all 5 inductees.

Additional recognitions:

In addition to Holland Club inductions and honors, we hope to have members of the Larson family on hand to confer the 3rd annual Rick Larson Columbus Base Shipmate of the Year to a deserving shipmate selected by Columbus Base members. Plus – The Green Board Editor’s Award, Bravo Zulu Award(s), Columbus Base Commander’s Award(s), and other recognitions and appreciations.

RSVPs must be received no later that FRIDAY JULY 30th. Include the number of people at-tending and your menu choice(s). If you plan to have filet mignon, please include your cooking preference (rare, medium rare, medium, medium well, well, etc.).

Pre-payment is greatly appreciated. Make checks payable to Columbus Base USSVI and send to me at: Jim Koogler

8487 Seabright Drive

Powell, Ohio 43065-9575 

Next Officer Meeting

Tentatively Saturday July 24, 2010

AMVETS Post #89

3535 Westerville Road

Columbus, OH 43224

614-471-0095

0900 Meeting

Breakfast available starting at 0800

Benediction was given by Chaplain Sharon Lloyd. Frank Lloyd made a motion for adjournment, seconded by Galin Brady, and motion passed by a majority of member present by voice vote.

Submitted by Bob McDaniel

Base Secretary

Remember to bring your donations of coffee, tea, or hot cocoa to the monthly meetings.

Your donations are very much appreciated by the veterans at the Chalmers P. Wylie

Veterans Clinic.

USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN 631) Keel laid: August 18, 1962

Launched: November 2, 1963

Commissioned: July 17, 1964

Sponsor: Mrs. David W. Griffiths

Decommissioned: June 12, 1992

Recycled: October 23, 1993

Builder: Electric Boat, Groton, CT

First Commanding Officers

Capt. John L. From, Jr. (Blue)

CDR. Carlton A.K. McDonald (Gold)

USS Ulysses S. Grant (SSBN-631), a James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), the 18th President of the United States (though the earlier two were known simply as U.S. Grant).

Following Shakedown, the fleet ballistic missile submarine got underway from Groton in early December 1964, bound for the Pacific. Transiting the Panama Canal on New Year’s Eve, she arrived at Pearl Harbor in January 1965. She was deployed to Guam, in the Mariana Islands, and operated from there into 1969. She con-ducted 18 deterrent patrols before returning to the United States, departing the western Pacific in 1969. after an overhaul and Poseidon missile conversion at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, Ulysses S. Grant was deployed to Holy Loch, Scotland in 1970, and operated in the European area until September 1975.

In the early 1980’s Ulysses S. Grant underwent a core replacement overhaul at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, in Kittery, Maine. After the overhaul period, the Blue Crew sailed the submarine to the Atlantic Missile Test Range and simulated the firing of a nuclear missile. Ulysses S. Grant then returned to SUBASE Groton, CT, where the Gold Crew, under the Command of CDR Michael P. McBride, took the Ulysses S. Grant to Charles-ton for a weapons load-out and on to the Atlantic Missile Test Range and fired a test, unarmed nuclear missile. During that period, the Gold Crew enjoyed a luxury for a “boomer” crew, a swim call in the Caribbean. After turnover of the submarine to the Blue Crew while moored alongside the submarine tender Fulton (AS-11), the Blue Crew transited the submarine to Holy Loch, Scotland, and Ulysses S. Grant continued to operate out of Holy Loch, Scotland for the remainder of her years.

Ulysses S. Grant was decommissioned on 12 June 1992 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 June 1992. Ex–Ulysses S. Grant entered the Nuclear Powered Ship and Submarine Recycling Program in Brem-erton, Washington and on 23 October 1993 ceased to exist.

The ship’s bell is stored at the submarine base in Bremerton, Washington, where it has been used in retire-ment ceremonies.

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New Buoys Lets Submarines Join Military Data Net-work

By Stuart Fox, Tech News Daily Staff Writer 08 July 2010

In the bad old days of the Cold War, submarines had to

rise dangerously close to the surface to send and receive

messages. And in the 20 years since the collapse of the

Soviet Union, that hasn’t changed. Now, new communi-

cation buoys from Lockheed Martin may finally give

submarines the ability to communicate back and forth

with HQ while remaining safely, silently, beneath the

waves.

The buoys, which can be launched from the submarine

itself or dropped into the vicinity by a plane, serve as

relay hubs for the communications of the sub. While the

exact bandwidth is classified, we do know that they allow

the sub commander to send and receive text messages.

Using current technology, communicating with a sub in

that manner remains prohibitively difficult.

“Currently, they have to go up to near periscope depth to

communicate,” said Rod Reints, a senior program man-

ager at Lockheed Martin. “They become more vulnerable

to attack as they get closer to the surface. Ultimately,

we’re trying to increase the communication availability of

the sailors while increasing their safety.”

When launched from the submarine, the 40-inch long

buoys eject out of the ship’s garbage disposal chutes.

They remain attached to the sub via miles-long cables,

which transmit the signal to and from the vessel. When

the sub finishes communicating, it cuts the buoys loose,

leaving them to drift harmless amongst the sea.

Subs can also communicate with buoys dropped by

planes using a specialized acoustic messaging system.

Like sonar, the system uses sound waves to transmit the

data.

Importantly, the ability to send and receive text mes-

sages in real time finally integrates the submarine ser-

vice into the rest of the armed forces, said John Pike,

director of Globalsecurity.org.

Over the last 10 years, the U.S. military has moved to

digitally link together every element on the battlefield,

and thanks to these buoys, submarines can now join that

network.

“During the Cold War, it didn’t require much band-

width to send a message to destroy the Soviet Union,”

Pike said. “But in a tactically complex environment,

with complex orders, they don’t have the bandwidth

right now. So anything that increases that data rate could

be interesting.”

Picture Credit: Lockheed-Martin