WWII Suncoast Submarine Veterans
at American Legion Post 104
7550 60th Street N., Pinellas Park, Florida
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Our Creed To perpetuate the memory of our shipmates who gave their lives in the pursuit of their duties while serving their country. That their dedication, deeds and supreme sacrifice be a constant source of motivation toward greater accomplishments. Pledge loyalty and patriotism to the United States Government. Tang Base meets every 3rd Saturday of the month except December at the American Legion Post 104, 7550 60th Street North, Pinellas Park, Florida. Socials 1100 hours, Chow 1130 hours & meeting starts at 1200. In the Beginning God Created Submariners, Submariners Created Submarines and Submariners Created the Brotherhood.
Fly You Flag on These Days |
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Wardroom Commander Dave Farrugia Vice Commander Warren Johnson Treasurer David Harriss Secretary Ted McAnly Membership Douglas Dewitt COB Ken Burtner Storekeeper Dan Craw Chaplains Thomas Dickey Robert Readel Past Commander Dan McKnight Webmaster Duane Hardesty Piper & Bugler Jerry Schmeer Historian Edward Corrao |
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| Hey Submariners this is good for a laugh. |
| DATE TO REMEMBER Saturday, February 17, 2007 Joint USSVI Tang Base & WWI Sun Coast Meeting Social Time 1100 Hours Soup Down 1130 Hours Meeting Starts 1200 Hours Make a Special Effort to Attend and Bring A Friend |
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Binnacle List
Please Keep Them in
your
Prayers and God Bless |
February
Birthdays
And May You Enjoy Many
Many More
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| How
to Update Your Records. Thanks to Ted McAnly for this information
Now here is how you
can up-date your own records. I asked Dave Harriss, our Treasurer, to
go to the new USSVI website and put into plain language how to sign in
the first time and get your password.
To access the USSVI Website: 1. Go to www.ussvi.org 2. On Home page click "Member Log in" at the top left hand column 3. If you have never logged in before go down about half way in paragraph below the lin-in spaces adn click on "Click here to have it sent to you". 4. Screen comes up where you can enter personal identifying data. If you have an email address on file with USSVI, they will almost instantaneously, send you an email with your log-in name and password. Once you have that you can go back to the home page and log-in. Once logged in click on "profile" to see what info they have on you and to correct any wrong info. There are several tabs "Career", "Ships", Shore-Duty" etc. Correct/fill in info only where you wish. With that same log-in name and password, you can also log on to site: "decklog.com" to get info on shipmates/reunions etc. Thank you Dave for your Help. |
Tang
Base Notes
Bad news
for all of us. Captain Tom Dabney and his lovely wife Lilliane are
leaving us. They are moving to Annapolis, MD on October 15th so they
will not be at the picnic. Tom is now 93 years old and they want to be
near several of their nine children, one of whom is a nurse. Tom and
Lilliane we will all miss you and we at Tang Base wish both of you, as
they say in nautucal terms, Fair Winds and Following Seas . . . May God
Bless.With over 25 members of Tang Base now members of American Legion Post #104 I will be including in our newsletters info about the post's happenings. Since 2002 Tang Base, by design, has grown in spite of many members starting on their Eternal Patrols and members moving out of state. I have had several new members ask how the base got the name of the USS Tang SS-306. There were 52 boats lost in WWII. When the WWII National organization was formed they assigned each state a boat with California and New York assigned two. Florida was assigned the USS Tang SS-306. When US Submarine Veterans, Inc. first established in Pinellas County the founding members chose USS Tang S306 for our base name. October 24, 1944 is the date that the USS Tang SS-306 was sunk. |
| Scheduled Events - Mark Your Calendar |
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| 2007 Joint
Convention ED 4 & ED 6 April 26 - 27, 2007 Holiday Inn Express Daytona Beach, Florida More to come |
2007 Submarine
Veterans WWII Southern Regional Convention Will be held in Tennessee More to come |
| Submariners
visit my friend Pat Gurr's (MM2 SS) website for the Thornback. Pat is a
retired diesel submariner living in Ocala, Fl and a good friend of your
webmaster. |
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