Ship's Log
Thank you for visiting Shipmate. Glad to have you aboard. If you would like to comment about these pages, tell me a little about yourself or post a message for a lost shipmate, I would love to hear from you. POST a message to the Ship's Logbook and if you have a Website of your own don't forget to list it so I can return the visit.. Past entries from 1998 and 1997 can be browsed and read at LOG ARCHIVES.
All Log Entries are listed Below
HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR ANYONE WHO HAS KNOWN MY UNCLE GILES
RUSSELL REED TM2 WHO WAS LOST ABORAD THE USS POMPANO SS181,
OR ANYONE WHO HAS ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE BOAT.
GREAT WEB SITE, FIRST TIME HERE.
GEORGE LEE <GEORGEL254@AOL.COM>
PACIFICA, CA USA - Saturday, March 20, 2026 at 19:16:16 (CST)
I have been reading about SUBS ever since the '50s Am A WWII history buff Pacific Thea (PAC). I know very little about S Boats.
T R LOVETT <xring@maine.rr.com>
Falmouth, ME USA - Wednesday, March 17, 2026 at 19:23:43 (CST)
Retired MMC(SS),auxillaryman !!!!! Interesting site. Served on the SNOOK,PERMIT,STONEY J,T.A.EDISON,SARGO.Fast attacks rule.
Ken(rosebud/ratchetjaw)Hartung <hartung@emry.net>
port orchard, wa USA - Friday, March 12, 2026 at 16:32:19 (CST)
Marvelous piece of work!! Thank you so much. My father was on S-15 (1934-1937?) and told me once that it had an engine from a German Sub. The history of S-15 shown here says "diesel engines manufactured by the Busch Sulzer Brothers Diesel Engine Company at Saint Louis, Missouri". Can anyone claify please?
Robert Wester by Don Wester <drwgen@aol.com>
Minneapolis, MN USA - Thursday, March 11, 2026 at 14:55:24 (CST)
I enjoyed your site. Keep up the good work. I am a retired SCPO. Mark
Mark E. Mize
Faemersville, Tx USA - Wednesday, March 10, 2026 at 12:47:23 (CST)
Great site. Good luck on your continued research. I am helping my father locate information on the S-47, which you have listed as SS-152 but should be SS-158. If you can point me to any information about the S-47 I would be very grateful. Finding a picture of her on your site was a really nice surprise. Thanks, Ralph Worthington (also USN (ret.)
Ralph Worthington <rworthington@grci.com>
San Diego, CA USA - Saturday, March 06, 2026 at 15:59:59 (CST)
What a great site!Been interested in the s class for years,Years ago i wrote the navy dept about salvage on the s 5. they wrote back that i could go and try to salvage her but i wuold need to return the torpedos and maybe the deck gun!Some day i might go and try to dive down and look her over. again great site
chris alfvegren <chrisalf@netscape.net>
lake havasu city, az USA - Monday, March 01, 2026 at 21:38:30 (CST)
I am a Plank Owner of the U.S.S. THRESHER SSN-593 served and sailed aboard her from 27 June 60 to 9 July 62. Your site is great, Chief, I have marked it in my Favorites list and will return often. The Thresher was my 1st"Boat" and I earned mu Dolphins aboard her. I see in the Log Book that someone is hunting for James Sweet. Jim and I were best buddies. We were in the same underway section in which he was the Electric Plant Operator & I was the Reactor Operator. We spent many hours sitting alongside each other in the Maneuvering Room. I completed a 21 year Naval career & retired on 1 Sept. 79. I was 1 of the 1st to retire whose entire career was spent on Nuclear Submarines & prototypes. I'm looking to make contact with any other ex-shipmates from the Thresher that are out there.
Robert J. Miller, ETCS(SS) Ret. <BobM@tmg-themillergroup.com>
Vista, CA USA - Monday, March 01, 2026 at 14:44:42 (CST)
Very interesting site and your nauticle graphics are great.
I'm an old radioman, too. Assigned to a sub for two whole
weeks, then went to a DD. Drop by my site and take a look.
Bill Jones <dd847@nova1.net>
Dallas, Tx USA - Saturday, February 27, 2026 at 12:59:33 (CST)
Your web site is very special...27 Feb 1999 marks the
55th anniversary of the loss of the USS GRAYBACK SS-208
and my uncle ALBERT HRUDKA QM2(ss)USN.
"Sailor's Rest Your Oars".....
MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE
USS GRAYBACK...."Still on Patrol"......
Albert D. Saleker, CAPT MSC USN
Pensacola, FL USA - Thursday, February 25, 2026 at 12:31:13 (CST)
Well Done! I was ET on the Chopper (SS342) '52-'55. My first CO there was CMDR V.Utke Ramsing. He served on the S-47 on U-Boat patrols until just after 12/07/41. Then to the Drum (SS228). He's still living in Washington area and could tell some good yarns.
Bill Severn <wsevern@ibm.net>
Nashua, NH USA - Sunday, February 21, 2026 at 13:46:39 (CST)
Loved it. Hell of fine site. Thank you.
John R. Corvacchioli, MM1(SS),Ret. <CORVACCH@aol.com>
San Diego, Ca USA - Tuesday, February 16, 2026 at 22:44:32 (CST)
Really enjoyed the visit to your site, shipmate. You've done a lot for me in the past, and I won't forget the favors. Good luck, Rich.
John
John Partin <partin01@earthlink.net>
St. Louis, MO USA - Tuesday, February 16, 2026 at 00:35:41 (CST)
Whew! What a job Rich. Out-cotton pickin-standing in all respects. I enjoyed it very much and am impressed with your ability to do this stuff. Thanks, AR
George Arnold <garnold@lakeozark.net>
Gravois Mills, MO USA - Saturday, February 13, 2026 at 09:08:03 (CST)
excellant website. One of the best I have seen.
Richard Mendelson <neshek@bellatlantic.net>
Rockville, MD USA - Friday, February 12, 2026 at 20:55:37 (CST)
Just surfed in,Great site. I was in the Sub Navy for a few years. Spent my time on Florikan, Nereus, and Gilmore as a diver. Changed a few screws on fleet boats as well as nukes while on Nereus in San Diego. Retired in 76 as GMC(DV)
Keep up the great work on your site and thanks for the memories.
Lee Greer <lgreer@lcsc.edu>
Lewiston, Id USA - Friday, February 05, 2026 at 12:28:42 (CST)
Da Bomb
Mark Williams <MOW_YOU_HOMEY@yahoo.com>
Falls Church, VA USA - Wednesday, February 03, 2026 at 13:45:40 (CST)
Thanks to your info, I was able to do a report about the S-boats. Thanks
Chris Griffith <mslab9@nsummit.k12.ut.us>
Coalville, UT USA - Wednesday, February 03, 2026 at 13:00:47 (CST)
keep up the good work.
cal calheim <calcalheim@sinclair.net>
silverdale, wa USA - Tuesday, February 02, 2026 at 23:24:22 (CST)
The library at the Naval Postgraduate School will be hosting an exhibit and memorial to the Yangtze River Patrol. If you have any information or stories that you would like to contribute please let us know. If you are in the area on Feb 12, 2026 stop by for the exhibit opening.
Steinbach <ssteinbach@nps.navy.mil>
Monterey, CA USA - Monday, February 01, 2026 at 00:11:43 (CST)
This site is Awesome buddy! Keep up the great work! I'll have to stop back by!
Mad Dog <maddogusmc@hotmail.com>
Gainesville, FL USA - Saturday, January 30, 2026 at 01:47:45 (CST)
Very much enjoyed your great site. I was a Spad driver in VA-15 on the Roosevelt in October 1962(Cuban Missile Crisis) and am working on a memoir of that event. Would love to hear from and correspond with others who were there and who would like to contribute their thoughts and memories.
Dave Carstetter <NittDevil@aol.com>
Clovis, CA USA - Saturday, January 30, 2026 at 01:03:48 (CST)
I served on the USS Greer County LST799 for four months in 1955.
I then transferred to the USS Pluck MSO464 from 1955-58.
Im looking for any old shipmates, or their families that may have info for me...thanks
Ted Strickland RM3 <oklane@mindspring.com>
Columbus, Ga USA - Friday, January 29, 2026 at 19:45:54 (CST)
served on the USS Plaice SS390. enjoyed your web page. keep up the good work.
ray barber <rbarber@ipass.net>
raleigh, n.c. USA - Friday, January 29, 2026 at 11:38:42 (CST)
Served in USS Halsey CG 23 from 87-90 and USS Wabash AOR 5 from 90-93 looking for old friends. Thanks for keeping this site, very nice.
Jay Adams <printguys@email.msn.com>
Tucson, AZ USA - Tuesday, January 26, 2026 at 14:29:41 (CST)
served aboard the uss yorktown cvs 10 during vietnam from 1965 to 1967 ships co op div photo lab looking for shipmates also was in great lakes ntc aug nov co 444 1964 great web site
PHIL ELSNER <BOWMAN1A@AOL.COM>
BROOKLYN, N.Y USA - Sunday, January 24, 2026 at 16:21:28 (CST)
i want to know about the andria doria
christopher <mss5>
hoover, al USA - Thursday, January 21, 2026 at 08:13:02 (CST)
I'm searching for any and all information about the USS
Edwards. My father, George (Bud) Miller from Michigan ser-
ved aboard her. I am named after one of dad's shipmates.
My best guess at the time frame of his service would be the
mid 40's. Thanks in advance and may God bless.
kelli hoffmann <yehoshua@neumedia.net>
montrose, wv USA - Monday, January 18, 2026 at 15:36:06 (CST)
Served on the Enterprise CVAN65 '62-'65 in VA-66, AO3 looking for any former shipmates same time frame.
Fred Roth <froth@intrex.net>
Cary, NC USA - Monday, January 18, 2026 at 09:56:47 (CST)
Just found your Web Site.Thanks Chief. I was on RATON 270 57-61.Looking for shipmates,also anyone who may have been on McKenzie DD,with whom we collided with off the coast of Formosa during ASW Games.Looking for Sixth Achem Von Kopff(Heinie) Raton & Halibut.Thanks for all of the gathered information,stories,and photos.WELL DONE !
David Blair <blaskee@montana@.com>
Great Falls, MT USA - Thursday, January 14, 2026 at 13:30:57 (CST)
HOPE YOU MIND A RETIRED SEABEE COMING IN. EOC(SCW). VERY NICE SITE. GLAD I SURFED IN. THANKS
ED PERRY <SEWSTU01@AOL.COM>
WEST PALM BEACH , FL., FL USA - Thursday, January 14, 2026 at 10:10:20 (CST)
Great site . I retired in 1980 and would love to hear from any old shipmates. USS Genesee (AOG-8), USS Bluegill (SS242), USS Interpreter AGR-14, USS Gallant (MSO 489) , Coastal Divisions 13&14, USS Somers (DDG-34), USS Mullany (DD528), USS Wabash (AOR-5), USS Escape (ARS-6) and USS Long Beach (CGN-9). Thanks again.
Joe La Voie CWO-2 USN Ret.
Joe La Voie <jlavoie101@aol.com>
Kent, WA USA - Tuesday, January 12, 2026 at 19:29:09 (CST)
My great uncle was Aaron A. Hodges who served on the S4 SS-109 S-boat which sank on December 17, 1927. I wanted to thank you for such an informative web site. It is through your web site that we can now relate the incidents of the accident to our family history. I have a pic of Aaron in his Naval uniform if anyone is interested, please just drop me line. Thank you again...
Robin Hodges <RobinC@Freewwweb.com>
Spring, TX USA - Saturday, January 09, 2026 at 02:06:42 (CST)
I'm looking for the submarine my grandfather, Fredrick J.
Perdew, was on during W.W.II. I don't know the number of
the ship, only the name. He called it the S.S. Char.
I would love to find information on it. Maybe a web site,
or even someone who served on it. We would appreciate it
very, very much. Thank you. Colleen
Colleen <cdahwa@yahoo.comC>
Eton , Ga USA - Friday, January 08, 2026 at 07:51:46 (CST)
My father was in the marine detachment assigned to the heavy cruiser USS Pensacola
during World War II. He would enjoy finding others who served on this ship during the war.
Charlene Bush <cebushdon@aol.com>
West Bloomfield, Mi USA - Wednesday, January 06, 2026 at 13:06:43 (CST)
U.S.S Conflict (MSO426). My father is plank owner of the Confilct and is looking for any information concerning her decommissioning/history after 1954. Also if there are any shipmates please drop him a line.
Scott Oppocher <dll@silvernet.net>
USA - Tuesday, January 05, 2026 at 13:07:23 (CST)
This is Fantastic!! Love your site. Notice the (SW), but in my defense, I did ride the USS Alexandria (SSN-757) for a short spell. I've been looking for old shipmates, spent my time on the USS Lockwood (FF-1064), USS Parsons (DDG-33), USS John A Moore (FFG-19), USS Pluck (MSO-464), USS Vreeland (FF-1068), COMDESRON 14 and retired from Nctams Eurcent Det London in July 98.
Fair winds.....
Craig
Craig T. Stephens, RMCM(SW), Retired <havinfun@flash.net>
San Antonio, TX USA - Sunday, January 03, 2026 at 05:32:18 (CST)
TRYING TO LOOK UP SHIPMATES FROM THE ALASKA (SSBN 7320(B) AND THE AUGUSTA (SSN 710)
RM1(SS) JOSEPH GRANT <JGRANT1156@AOL.COM>
PEARL HARBOR, HI USA - Friday, January 01, 2026 at 23:01:11 (CST)