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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

 

01/26/2012

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
Bkr3/c     Howard  A. Allen MN 1/8/1993
CS1(SS) 1951 1954 Edwin S. Allison MA 1/28/1996
ENC(SS)  1953   William P. "Coondog" Allison CT Dec 1986
ENC(SS) 195? 195? Frank G. Alton CT 10/23/2011
RM2/c   1948 David E. Ankeny WY April 1980
SO2(SS)     Francis W. Antonelli CT 1/26/2000
TMC(SS) -COB  1951 1954 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
SN(SS) 1957 1957 Norman P. Bardsley RI 12/8/2011
RM1(SS) 1963 1965 Richard J. "Black Bart" Bartsch ME March 1986
ENC(SS) 1948 1952 Roy W. Bateman NH 1/14/1994
LTjg   1948 Leonard F. Bathel MA Dec. 1975
QMC(SS) 1962 1964 Robert "Mike" Belanger VA 2/28/1998
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
RM1/c   1948 Albert P. Bernier MA 3/26/1999
LCDR - CO 1953 1954 Albert F. "Buzz" Betzel FL 5/19/2011
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
LCDR - XO   1954 Joseph E. Bonds FL 8/28/2011
EN1(SS)     Frank Boughton    
ENC(SS)     Frank Brady    
EN1(SS) 1962 1965 George P. 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) 1951 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
LT 1953 1956 Edward Clausner FL 6/13/2011
S1/c 1945 1946 Richard D. Coan FL 5/28/2011
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
TM1/c 1946 1946 Leon H. Crouse NY 3/16/2010
EN1(SS) 1946 1950 Howard H. Currier CA 5/27/2010
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
MM1(SS) 1965 1968 Wayne D. Deryck, Sr. OH 6/6/2010
QMCM(SS)     Lawrence R. Desautels CT 3/21/2010
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
RM2(SS) 1951 1952 Paul R. Dunham IL 1/27/1998
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 P. Engle CO 9/18/1993
TM1(SS) 1951 1956 James E. English    
RM1(SS) 1951 1952 Norman A. Ennulat   4/1/1962
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
SN(SS) 1953 1954 Anton "Tony" Fanflik MD 8/20/2011
EMC(SS) 1960 1964 Michael R. Farrell   7/7/2010
QM1(SS) 1964 1967 Paul F. Fay MA 7/15/2008
Tm2/c 1944 1945 William H. Felix, Jr. PA 6/30/2010
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(SS) 1951 1952 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
QM3(SS) 1952   David Frank CT 11/28/2006
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
SN 1952   Jack O. Glendening CT 10/12/2009
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
EN3(SS) 1952   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) 1951 1953 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
S2/c 1944   Wilbur S. Harding MI 7/9/1988
HMC(SS) 1959 1962 Henry C. "Doc" Hardt VT 10/2/2004
LT 1962 1964 Charles "Chuck" Harrison CT 2/26/2010
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) 1950 1953 Bruce E. Heilman PA 12/19/1997
CEM 1944 1948 Harold J. Henderson, Jr. CT Dec 1986
TM1/c 1946 1946 Richard T. Hermann NY 2/14/2010
EN1(SS) 1962 1965 James Hess CO 1991?
SN 1953   Donald E. Hickson FL 10/12/2004
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  
SO3(SS) 1951 1953 Elva R. D. Hitt AL 8/28/2008
QM 1945   Leo P. Holland, Sr. NH 2/2/2005
EMC(SS) 1951 1952 John R. Holmes VA 1/7/1991
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
ET3(SS) 1948 1953 John B. Johnson TX 10/5/2009
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
EM2(SS) 1950 1952 Thomas F. Kealy, Jr. NY 1/18/2010
MoMM2/c 1944   James C. Kelley   8/31/1994
LT 1948 1951 Merrill E. Kelly WA 3/7/2010
TM2(SS) 1948 1953 James H. "Stumpy" Kelm   5/29/1990
Rm3/c 1945 1946 Shirl D. Kemp UT 7/21/2010
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. Koron   2/24/1980
CMoMM     Andrew J. Kozma NY 06/15/2002
CMoMM 1944   Kurt H. Krieg 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
EN1(SS) 1946 1951 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