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October 2012
Issue No. Twenty-One |
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Celebrate Halloween on a Submarine!
Join us in costume (or not) for this FREE event.
- Make creepy crafts!
- Play ghostly games!
- Tour the haunted USS Nautilus!
- And, of course, get lots and lots of candy!
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Become a Permanent Part of the Museum!
Currently The Submarine Force Museum and USS Nautilus is creating a commemorative PERMANENT PAVER WALKWAY at the Museum. You can now honor the memory of a special person(s). This enduring legacy is a wonderful way to memorialize a loved one or honor someone special with a meaningful gift.
Thank you to all that have purchased a brick paver in honor or memory of a special person(s). We continue to grow our paver one brick at a time.
For details on becoming a permanent part of the greatest Submarine Museum ever and the benefits included please click here.
(Bricks are special ordered and are batched for efficiency. Please allow 10 - 12 weeks for delivery of replica bricks. We appreciate your patience.)
Are you Social?
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Stop by our Facebook page for trivia, some history and a little fun!
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October is one of the most beautiful months of the year in Connecticut as the trees give up the green of summer for multi-hued reds, yellows and oranges of fall foliage. We usually see an abundance of "leaf peepers" at the museum as they visit the area to catch a glimpse of the foliage. It is also the month we definitely realize summer is over and start looking forward, reluctantly we admit, to the slower season and winter weather. But, we're not there yet and there's still stuff going on at the museum. For example; checkout our 4th annual Halloween on a Submarine program scheduled for Saturday, October 27 from 3 to 6pm. We have new decorations, new creepy crawlies and lots of fun planned for the little pirates.
October 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, during which ships and aircraft of the U.S. Navy formed a blockade around the island of Cuba to put a stop to Soviet plans to create an offensive nuclear force in Cuba, a force that would obviously have been a direct threat to United States security. One submarine, USS SEA POACHER (SS 406), was deployed with other Atlantic Fleet units to take part in contingency operations. Her story, as told by a crewmember onboard for those operations, is included in this issue.
We are also making great progress with the brick paver project. The first batch of bricks was installed in the museum entrance walk way on 19 September and we are planning the second batch for installation in November before the ground freezes. This project is very popular and its popularity has grown immensely since installation of the first bricks. See the flyer in this issue for information on how you can be included.
Hope to see you all soon.
Mike Riegel
Executive Director
Submarine Force Library and Museum Association
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 USS SEA POACHER (SS406)
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in more peaceful time, 1969. |
This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis. During that dramatic confrontation, ships and aircraft of the U.S. Navy formed a blockade around the island of Cuba, to put a stop to Soviet efforts to build an offensive nuclear force on that island nation. In the fall of 1962, USS SEA POACHER (SS 406) was deployed with other Atlantic Fleet units to take part in contingency operations during the period of the Cuban Blockade and Quarantine, 24 October through 31 December 1962. The Secretary of the Navy awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal to 223 ships and 42 combined units for this Action. SEA POACHER was the only submarine to receive this award.
This is her story, as told by Bill (Jigger) Brinkman, crewmember, 1960 - 1962.Excerpts (used with permission) from the book: "We Remember Submarine Sea Poacher," by her crew 1944 - Present; compiled and published in 2008, by Sea Poacher Association; a copy of which was generously donated by the Sea Poacher crew to the Submarine Force Museum Archives. Read more... |
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