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March 2013
Issue No. Twenty-Six
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Remembering our Lost Subs
4 March: During the early months of 1942, the Japanese, fresh from their successful attack on Pearl Harbor, began gobbling up territory in southeast Asia. An invasion of Java was imminent. Several American submarines were dispatched to attempt to prevent it, including USS PERCH (SS-176). On the night of 1 March the enemy spotted her running on the surface and although she executed a crash dive she was still damaged by a string of depth charges.
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Question: I am a model builder. Do you have photos or drawings that could help me build an accurate model?
Answer: Anyone interested in building submarine models should begin by checking out the SubCommittee web site: www.subcommittee.com. The SubCommittee is an organization of submarine model builders, and they have accumulated a wealth of modeling knowledge over the years. There web site contains Frequently asked Questions, a submarine photo gallery, message board for posting questions, and a comprehensive list of vendors that sell submarine related merchandise including model plans.
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Winter Hours
November 1 - April 30
9am - 5pm daily
9am - 4pm daily
Closed Tuesday
**Please note**
The Museum and Nautilus will be CLOSED April 1- 14 for Spring Maintenance.
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Greetings!
Spring is here and we are ready! Bring on summer!
This month we continue to remember our lost submarines. The month of March has seen eight lost submarines, the second in number only to October in which there were nine. Boats lost in the month of March were:
USS PERCH (SS-176), USS GRAMPUS (SS-207), USS H-1 (SS-28), USS TRITON (SS-201), USS KETE (SS369), USS F-4 (22-23), USS TULLIBEE (SS-284), and USS TRIGGER (SS-237).
Six of the eight were lost during World War II, fighting against the Japanese in the Pacific. The remaining two were lost prior during peace time operations prior to WWII. One of these, USS H-1, ran aground while transiting on the surface up the coast of the Baja Peninsula. Although all hands made it off the ship when it was ordered abandoned by commanding officer LCDR James Webb, four men including the CO were lost in the choppy seas. The second, USS F-4 was the first commissioned United States  submarine to be lost at sea. F-4 was lost during routine operations off Honolulu on 25 March 1915. A total of 431 brave men gave their lives for their country aboard submarines lost in the month of March. 75 men survived including 21 men from H-1; 53 from PERCH who survived the war in POW camps; one man from TULLIBEE, Clifford Kuykendall, also survived in a Japanese POW camp. Following the war Kuykendall wrote a letter to each of the families of his 79 lost shipmates explaining what had happened to their loved ones. God Bless all of these heroes of the greatest generation!
Heads up! The entire museum including Historic Ship Nautilus will be closed for the spring maintenance period the first two weeks in April (April 1 through 14) The museum will reopen April 15 just in time for spring school vacation with activities planned at the museum on 17, 18, and 19 April; more to follow on those activities in the April PING.
The Brick Paver project continues, so if you have not already done so take advantage of this opportunity to honor or memorialize a submariner through the purchase of a commemorative brick paver at the Submarine Force Library & Museum. We are continuing to take orders for pavers and installation of pavers at the museum will resume in the spring when the ground thaws. Get yours now.Remember, we're open year round...come see us soon.
Sincerely,
Mike Riegel
Executive Director
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