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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.

 

by Leslie Nelson Jennings

 

01/30/2010

SS-407 WWII Service

Obit on File

SD2(SS) 1963 1967 Galicano S Abaloyan PI  
QM2/c 1944 1945 Ray L. Allard FL 12/15/1999
CS1(SS) 1955   Edwin S. Allison MA 1/28/1996
ENC(SS)   1963 William P. "Coondog" Allison CT Dec 1986
RM2/c   1948 David E. Ankeny WY April 1980
SO2(SS)     Francis W. Antonelli CT 1/26/2000
TMC(SS) -COB    1955 Libero G. Asci CT Nov. 1965
ST1(SS) 1962 1965 William C. Ashe CT 5/10/2003
LT - XO 1952 1953 Dean L. Axene FL 12/19/2008
MM3(SS) 1964 1966 George M. "Mike" Bachman NJ 5/19/2009
MoMM3/c 1945 1946 Roy Barke MN 6/10/2006
RM1(SS) 1963 1965 Richard J. "Black Bart" Bartsch ME March 1986
LTjg   1948 Leonard F. Bathel MA Dec. 1975
QMC(SS) 1962 1964 Robert "Mike" Belanger MD  
EN2(SS) 1962 1964 James H. "Bumper" Bell ME 1/06/2008
LTjg 1945   R.E. Bellew   6/14/1994
E7(SS)     Henry W. Benjamin   7/9/1982

EN1(SS)

1946 1951 Lionel R. "Benny" Benoit MA 6/1/1976
RM1/c   1948 Albert P. Bernier MA 3/26/1999
HMC(SS)     Paul V. Beucler   4/28/2003
LT - XO   1962 Paul F. Blackadar NH 6/10/2001
ENC(SS) 1957 1958 Dewey P. Blackwell NY 8/28/2009
EN1(SS)     Frank Boughton    
ENC(SS)     Frank Brady    
EN1(SS) 1962 1965 George Brayson CT 3/26/1985
EM2(SS) 1954 1957 LaVerne A. "Frenchy" Breault MA 3/15/2005
EM2/c 1944 1945 James C. Bridges CA 7/27/2005
      Joseph E. Bridgman KS 11/27/2002
CSC(SS) 1963 1963 James L. Brown IN 3/18/2008
LTjg 1944 1946 John E. Bruns NY 9/14/2002
EM(SS) 1948 1949 Jesse M. Bryant AR 10/23/2008
MoMM 1945 1945 Allen C. "Carl" Bryson CT 12/1/2008
CMoMM   1948 Spiva L. Buck, Jr. CT 4/23/1969
EN3(SS) 1952 1954 Eldon E. Bush OK Dec 1999
EN1(SS) 1964 1966 Clyde E. Byers CT Oct. 1966
ENC(SS)     Horace H. "Hank" Cannon PA 1993
MoMM1/c 1944   Marshall G. Carbee,  Sr. NH 6/17/1999
      Kenneth R. Carlson MI 5/29/2002
Sm1/c 1944 1944 O. F. Carlton    
      Frederick Carnes   2001
QM1(SS) 1947 1951 Henry F. Casey FL 4/9/2008
SO2(SS) 1953 1955 Robert A. Casey MA 1/17/2004
TM3/c 1944   Russell N. Casey MA Feb. 2004
EN3(SS)     Robert G. Cavanagh NY 3/20/1998
EMCS(SS)-COB 1963 1970 Louis G. Cegelis NH 8/15/1989
RMSN 1948 1948 Charles W. "Bill" Chinnis SS-407 10/22/1948
EM3/c 1945 1947 Harry P. Christensen OR 7/30/1998
MoMM2/c     George Ciseski WI 7/11/1995
RMC(SS)   1960 Paul R. Collamore GA 4/12/1999
TM3/c 1944 1946 James A. Cook WV 7/11/2001
      Edward D. Coover AZ 3/15/1994
MoMM2/c 1944   Frank E. Cornish CA 8/13/1998
MM1(SS) 1965 1966 Stephen G. Corsale CO 8/10/2008
S1/c 1944 1945 James P. Cosgro MA 12/27/2006
Tm3/c 1944 1945 Raymond I. Cowles CT 12/25/2009
QM3/c 1946 1946 James W. Coyer CA 1/20/2004
QM1(SS)     Clarence W. Crader    
S1/c 1945 1945 Walter C. "Curt" Crews OH 3/22/2009
CS1(SS) 1963 1965 William Daniels CT  
QM2/c   1948 William O. Davies CT 12/30/1987
CS1/c     Kenneth J. DeBlois MI 6/21/1995
TM2/c 1944   Kenneth K. Deitchler MT 12/20/1993
      George T. Depman PA 1/24/2006
EMC(SS) 1962 1967 George D. Dewhurst IN 4/15/1989
LCDR - XO   1962 Jay. N. Dewing VA 8/11/2006
EM1/c 1944   Gordon B. Dingman MA 4/27/1998
EM 1947   Alvin L. Doerr IL 10/23/2007
EM1(SS) 1955 1957 Richard Dotts CA 5/7/2002
S1/c 1944   Edmund J. Drake   July 1975
F1/c 1944 1945 Fred Duckworth NH 7/8/1996
TM1/c     Don R. Duganich IN 12/16/1997
TM3/c 1944 1945 Clement A. Duonolo MA 6/18/2009
Em1/c 1944   James D. Duquid PA 10/12/1986
Tm2/c 1944   Howard W. Durrant OR 12/12/1991
EM1/c     Arthur E. Elite CA 10/28/1997
EN2(SS) 1948 1953 Dudley Engle CO 9/18/1993
TM1(SS) 1954 1956 James W. English    
EN2(SS) 1949 1952 Henry V. Espinosa NM 3/11/2008
SN(SS) 1954 1955 Delmont R. Estabrooks FL 7/30/2001
F1/c     Max M. Etter FL 3/23/1996
CGM - COB 1948 Tifton C. "TC" Evans SC 11/30/1994
      Donald Everett FL 10/12/2004
END3(SS)     Richard L. Everitt CT 7/27/2006
QM1(SS) 1964 1967 Paul F. Fay MA 7/15/2008
MoMM3/c 1945   Carl Fields OH Nov. 2001
TMSN   1948 Luke J. Finnerty CA March, 1986
TM 1945 1945 Thomas J. Finnerty, Jr. NY 4/26/1971
QM1/c     John W. Firth TX 12/21/2004
      Raymond L. Fisher CA 3/09/1999
STSN(SS) 1965 1968 A.H. Fletcher   5/23/2001
CS2(SS) 1965 1968 Fred D. Flowers VA May 1985
F1/c 1946 1947 Curt J. Ford, Jr. CT 2/5/2005
LCDR - CO 1959 1960 Peter H. Freeman   4/5/1995
RM3(SS) 1947 1949 Robert P. Fuhs CA 11/14/2009
EN3(SS) 1955 1956 Harvey Gauger NY 9/6/1997
ETM1/c 1944 1945 Gaston E. Gauthier MI 10/27/2009
EN1(SS) 1964 1966 John J. Gavin    
EN3(SS)  1965   Walter A. Geigert VA 10/31/2003
CDR - CO 1953 1954 James C. Gibson PA 12/05/1989
F1/c     Hume P. Gooding, Jr. FL 3/29/1991
CDR - CO 1948 1952 Archer R. "Arch" Gordon WA 1/28/2006
SN(SS) 1956 1957 John D. Grabski VA 10/7/2002
LT 1945 1948 Joseph A. Grace NJ 2/2004
EN(SS)     Robert L. Graham CT 3/22/2006
MoMM2/c 1944 1944 Thomas W. Griffin SS-407 12/22/1944
CDR - CO 1964 1966 Robert E. Groder VA 1/1/2010
MoM1/c 1944   Warren H. Grom IN 3/5/2000
TM1(SS)     Nathan L. Gully TN Dec. 1985
EM1(SS) 1962 1964 Joe W. Hainer WI 5/30/2004
EM3(SS) 1954 1957 James E. Hall SC  
ETCS(SS) 1949 1952 Bernard L. Hansen ID 4/12/2009
HMC(SS) 1959 1962 Henry C. "Doc" Hardt VT 10/2/2004
EMC(SS)     Terry G. Harter FL 1/7/2007
FT3(SS) 1967 1968 Lloyd D. Hartford CA 5/2/2002
LTjg 1952 1953 John W. Harvey SSN-593 4/10/1963
TM1(SS) 1957   Daniel T. "Stud" Hegarty MA 6/22/2008
EM2(SS) 1948 1950 Bruce E. Heilman PA 12/19/1997
CEM 1944 1948 Harold J. Henderson, Jr. CT Dec 1986
EN1(SS) 1962 1965 James Hess CO 1991?
EN1(SS) 1947 1950 Francis E. "Moldy" Higgins ME 10/27/2004
TM2/c 1944 1945 Robert L. Hilley FL 9/14/1998
ET1(SS) 1952 1954 Roy A. Hilt CT 4/20/2007
F1/c     Robert W. Hinch PA Nov. 1969
LCDR     Donald Hitchcock FL  
QM 1945   Leo P. Holland, Sr. NH 2/2/2005
LCDR - XO 1946 1948 Eric E. Hopley CA 4/25/1996
HMC(SS) 1945 1950 William E. Humphreys SC May 1987
CTM - COB 1944 1947 William Dale Hunter FL 2/25/2007
FT1(SS)     Gilvies H. Huntley   11/5/2003
      Kenneth G. Inwrence   1/21/1994
TM2(SS) 1963 1966 Lou Ippolito FL 0/19/2006
TMC(SS)     Halbert M. Jester CA 5/16/1992
TM1(SS) 1944 1949 O V Johnson NC 2/23/1999
LT 1951 1953 Richard C. Johnson OR 9/7/1996
LCDR - CO 1962 1964 Richard A. Johnstone VA 12/13/1994
EM     William H. Judy WV 12/22/1990
RM1/c     Robert E. Juleson CA 9/5/1994
EN2(SS)DV 1968 1970 Daniel T. Justice TX 2/6/2005
MoMM2/c 1944   James C. Kelley   8/31/1994
TM2(SS) 1948 1953 James H. "Stumpy" Kelm   5/29/1990
LTjg 1947 1950 Alfred F. Kennedy VA 11/18/2005
  1944 1945 John F. Kenney   12/31/1999
EM2(SS) 1961 1962 Kendall Kervin RI 2001
EN2/c   1948 Maynard K. Kessler PA June 1981
F1/c     Robert W. Kinch PA Nov. 1979
      C. Melville Kless NY 11/6/1986
QM2(SS) 1954 1955 Ronald L. Kloch AZ 1/29/2008
TM2(SS) 1957   Wesley W. Kooken TX Nov. 1979
EM1(SS)     Joseph J. Koran   2/24/1980
CMoMM     Andrew J. Kozma NY 06/15/2002
CMoMM 1944   Kurt H. Kreig PA 1/21/2005
GM2/c 1944 1945 Jimmy W. Lacy TX 5/19/1993
HM2(SS)     Raymond R. Lavoie    
ENC(SS)     Percy A. Lee, Jr.   3/2/2002
EM2(SS) 1954 1958 Robert J. Legler NY 10/5/2008
MoMM1/c 1946 1948 Warren A."Baby Duck" Lentz AZ 9/17/2008
CMoMM 1944 1948 Arthur A. "Pudgy" Lidman AZ 4/25/2003
LCDR - CO 1958 1960 John R. Lindsay    
F1/c     Frank W. Linsenbach, Jr. PA 11/16/2006
EM2(SS) 1965   Edward Lohner CT 12/19/1993
YN3/c 1944   Edwin N. Loveland ND 8/01/2002
TM1/c 1945   James A. "Luigi" Luistro MD 5/24/1994
ENS   1948 William A. Lyster   6/2/2005
LTjg 1955 1957 Chester M. "Whitey" Mack FL 9/25/2008
CTM 1944 1945 Leo G. Madden PA 3/4/2004
SD3(SS) 1956 1956 Sammy Major CT 12/4/1998
RM3(SS)     Walter Mangen ND 5/4/1998
GM1/c 1944 1948 Archie Manikas FL March 1985
EN2(SS) 1968 1970 Gary W. Marshall CT 12/28/2000
IC1(SS)     Norman Martin    
TM1(SS)   1948 Pete G. Maslowski WV 6/11/1998
EN1(SS)   1956 Edward F. McEwen MA 3/31/2001
CEM     Eston O. McFadden FL 5/23/1980
QMC(SS) 1954 1957 Terry McGovern    
TM1(SS) 1965 1967 Fredrick L. "Fred" McGuire FL 6/4/2009
CPhM 1944   E.A. "Doc" McMurtrey    
QM2/c 1945 1947 Eugene R. McNamee CA 4/8/1999
  1947 1949 Henry A. Meinzer, Jr. PA 6/24/1980
LT 1944 1945 Fredrick P. Melzar MA 7/10/1989
ET3(SS) 1963 1965 Robert P. Meunier RI 6/18/1990
HMC(SS) 1963 1967 Robert E. "Doc" Michaud MA 4/26/2006
IC1(SS) 1963 1965 James M. "Big Jim" Mills IL 7/27/2002
CS2/c 1944 1945 Armand E. Minutelli NY 6/26/2009
EN3(SS) 1948 1952 Richard D. Molde MN 11/16/2008
MM2(SS) 1961 1968 Bonifacio S. "Fred" Monroy SC 6/6/2007
SN 1953 1953 Michael T. Morgan CA 11/25/1999
EM1(SS)     Andrew S. Morris