List of USS Triton submerged circumnavigation crew

A total of 188 individuals participated in Operation Sandblast, the first submerged circumnavigation of the world of 1960, onboard the USS|Triton|SSRN-586|6.

Quotation
I'm proud of "Triton's" around-the-world cruise, but I didn't really do that. That was done by my crew and the Navy - the ship the Navy built and put me in command of. That's not a personal achievement, although I was captain of the ship. [ [http://www.mediacen.navy.mil/pubs/allhands/aug99/pg32.htm August 1999 Interview] - "All Hands" Magazine] |Captain Edward L. Beach, Jr., U.S. Navy (ret.) (1999)

Officers

* Edward Lattimer Beach, Jr. — Captain (Commanding Officer)
* Will Mont Adams, Jr. — Commander (Executive Officer) [Received notice of his promotion to full Commander on 30 April 1960, his birthday, effective 1 February 1960. First Submerged Circumnavigation 1960, B-76]
* James Ellis Stark, Medical Corps (MC) — Commander (Medical Officer)
* Robert Dean Fisher, Supply Corps (SC) — Lieutenant Commander (Supply Officer)
* Robert William Bulmer — Lieutenant Commander (Operations Officer)
* Donald Gene Fears — Lieutenant Commander (Engineering Officer) [Received notice of his promotion to Lieutenant Commander on 30 April, effective 1 February 1960. First Submerged Circumnavigation 1960, B-76]
* Robert Brodie III — Lieutenant (Communications Officer)
* Robert Patrick McDonald — Lieutenant (Reactor Control Officer)
* Tom Brobeck Thamm — Lieutenant (Auxiliary Division Officer)
* George John Troffer — Lieutenant (Electrical Officer)
* Curtis Barnett Shellman, Jr. — Lieutenant (Machinery Division Officer)
* George Albert Sawyer, Jr. — Lieutenant (Gunnery Officer)
* Richard Adams Harris — Lieutenant (CIC/ECM Officer)
* Milton Rober Rubb — Lieutenant (Electronics Officer)
* James Cahill Hay — Lieutenant (Assistant A Division)
* Phillip Brown Kinnie, Jr. — Warrant Officer Machinist Mate (MACH) (Assistant M Division) [Received his appointment to warrant machinist and shifted to the the officers' wardroom on 11 February 1960. First Submerged Circumnavigation 1960, B-3]

Chief Petty Officers

* Chester Raymond Fitzjarald — Chief Torpedoman's Mate (TMC) (Chief of the Boat)
* Alfred E Abel — Chief Engineman (ENCA)
* Hugh M. Bennett, Jr. — Chief Interior Communications Electrician (ICC)
* Joseph H. Blair, Jr. — Chief Electrician's Mate (EMCA)
* James J. DeGange — Chief Electrician's Mate (EMCA)
* John F. Faerber — Chief Engineman (ENCA)
* Loyd L Garlock — Chief Fire Controlman (FTC)
* Wlliam L. Green — Chief Steward (SDCA)
* William R. Hadley — Chief Communication Technician (CTC)
* Harry W. Hampson — Chief Electronics Technician (ETCA)
* Herbert F. Hardman — Chief Electrician's Mate (EMCS)
* Clarence M. Hathaway — Chief Engineman (ENCA)
* Robert L. Jordan — Chief Interior Communications Electrician (ICC)
* Jack R. Judd — Chief Electronics Technician (ETCS)
* Ralph A. Kennedy — Chief Engineman (ENCA)
* James T. Lightner — Chief Engineman (ENCA)
* Lynn S. Lovelace — Chief Machinist's Mate (MMCA)
* William J. Marshall — Chief Quartermaster
* George W. McDaniel — Chief Sonarman (SOCA)
* Walter H. O'Dell — Chief Electrician's Mate (EMCA)
* Mack Parker — Chief Electrician's Mate (EMCA)
* Richard N. Peterson — Chief Interior Communications Electrician (ICC)
* Bernard E. Pile — Chief Radarman (RDCS)
* "L" "E" (sic) Poe — Chief Electrician's Mate (EMC)
* John M. Poole — Chief Radarman (RDCA) [Did not complete voyage]
* Edwin C. Rauch — Chief Engineman (ENCS)
* Joseph Rosenblum — Chief Electrician's Mate (EMCS)
* Fred Rotgers — Chief Engineman (ENC)
* Frank W. Snyder — Chief Engineman (ENC)
* Joseph W. Walker — Chief Yeoman (YNC)
* Joseph E. Walsh — Chief Radioman (RMC)
* Hosie Washington — Chief Engineman (ENCA)
* Roy J Williams, Jr. — Chief Hospital Corpsman (HMC)
* Marion A. Windell — Chief Radioman (RMCA)

Enlisted Crewmen

* Walter J Allen — Electronics Technician First Cass (EN1)
* Ronald Everett Ameida — Radioman Second Class (RM2)
* Erland N. Alto — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Edward G. Arsenault — Radioman Second Class (RM2)
* Ramon D.Barney — Commissaryman Second Class (CS2)
* Robert F. Barria — Engineman Third Class (EN3)
* Horace H. Bates — Engineman Second Class (EN2)
* Curtis K. Beacham — Quartermaster First Class (QM1)
* Lawrence W. Beckhaus — Sonarman First Class (SO1)
* James C. Bennett — Radioman Second Class (RM2)
* Nathan L. Blaede — Electronics Technician First Class (ET1)
* George M. Bloomingdale — Electrician Mate First Class (EM1)
* David E. Boe — Seaman (SN)
* John S. Boreczky, Jr. — Engineman Third Class (EN3)
* Robert U. Boylen — Electrician Mate Fireman (EMFN)
* Richard L. Brown — Electrician Mate First Class (EM1)
* Earl E. Burch — Commissaryman Second Class (CS2)
* Franklin D. Caldwell — Electrician Mate (EMFC)
* Edward C. Carbullido — Steward Second Class (SD2)
* Robert M. Carolus — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Robert C. Carter — Machinist's Mate First Class (MM1)
* Leslie R. Chamberlain, Jr. — Commissaryman Third Class (CS3)
* Gerald J. Clark — Machinist's Mate First Class (MM1)
* Charles E. Cleveland — Electrician Mate First Class (EM1)
* Colvin R. Cochrane — Electrician Mate First Class (EM1)
* Raymond J. Comeau, Jr. — Electrician Mate Second Class (EM2)
* William E. Constantine — Fire Control Technician First Class (FT1)
* William J. Crow — Commissaryman Second Class (CS2)
* Bertram Cutillo — Disbursing Clerk Third Class (DK3)
* Raymond R. Davis — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* James Obie Dixon, Jr. — Yeoman Second Cass (YN2)
* Martin F. Docker — Electronics Technician First Class (ET1)
* Gary L. Dowrey — Sonarman Seaman (SOSSN)
* Ralph F. Droster — Engineman Second Class (EN2)
* Alan T. Ferdinandsen — Interior Communications Electrician Third Class (IC)
* Richard R. Fickel — Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1)
* James A. Flaherty — Radioman First Class (RM1)
* Joseph R. Flasco — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Fred J. Foerster — Fireman (FN)
* René C. Freeze — Radioman First Class (RM1)
* Gerald W. Gallagher — Interior Communications Electrician Third Class (IC3)
* Bruce F. Gaudet — Interior Communications Electrician First Class (IC1)
* Adrian D. Gladd — Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1)
* Edward R. Hadley — Engineman Third Class (EN3)
* Carl C. Hall — Quartermaster Third Class (QM3)
* Lawrence C. Hankins, Jr. — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Carlus G. Harris — Engineman Second Class (EN2)
* Ralph W. Harris — Engineman Second Class (EN2)
* David L. Hartman — Engineman Second Class (EN2)
* Gene R. Hoke — Interior Communications Electrician First Class (IC1)
* William C. Holly — Radioman Second Class (RM2)
* Floyd W. Honeysette — Quartermaster Second Class (QM2)
* Berten J. Huselrton — Interior Communications Electrician First Class (IC1)
* Wilmot Adair Jones — Torpedoman's Mate Second Class (TM2)
* Edward K. Kammer — Electrician Mate First Class (EM1)
* Fred Kenst — Seaman (SN)
* Ronald D. Kelltlehale — Electrician Mate (EMFN)
* Richard R. Knorr — Electrician Mate (EMFN)
* Peter P.J. Kollar — Gunner's Mate First Class (GM1)
* John F. Kuester — Commissaryman Third Class (CS3)
* Raymond R Kuhn, Jr. — Fireman (FN)
* Leonard F. Lehman — Electrician Mate First Class (EM1)
* Larry N. Mace — Electrician Mate First Class (EM1)
* Ross S. MacGregor — Fire Control Technician Second Class (FT2)
* Edward J. Madden — Engineman Second Class (EN2)
* Anton F. Madsen — Quartermaster Third Class (QM3)
* Robert M. Maerkel — Fireman (FN)
* Harry A. Marenbach — Machinist's Mate First Class (MM1)
* Harold J. Marley, Jr. — Radioman First Class (RM1)
* Arlan F. Martin — Machinist's Mate First Class (MM1)
* George W. Mather — Electronics Technician First Class (ET1)
* Boyd L. McCombs — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Douglas G. McIntyre — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* William A. McKamey — Seaman (SN)
* "J" "C" (sic) Meaders — Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1)
* Charles F. Meadows II — Engineman Second Class (EN2)
* Roger A. Miller — Quartermaster Third Class (QM3)
* Phillip P. Mortimer, Jr. — Engineman Second Class (EN2)
* John Moulton — Fireman Apprentice (FA)
* Larry E. Musselmann — Machinist's Mate First Class (MM1)
* Bruce H. Nelson — Fireman (FN)
* Ronald D. Nelson — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Rudolf P. Neustadler — Interior Communications Electrician Second Class (IC2)
* Raymond J. O'Brien — Storekeeper First Class (SK1)
* Harry Olsen — Engineman Second Class (EN2)
* Charles S. Pawlowicz — Electronics Technician Radar Seaman (ETRSN)
* Charles P. Peace — Electronics Technician Second Class (ET2)
* Robert C. Perkins, Jr. — Radioman Second Class (RM2)
* Richard H. Phenicie — Interior Communications Electrician Third Class (IC3)
* Russell F. Pion — Electronics Technician First Class (ET1)
* George V. Putman — Torpedoman's Mate Second Class (TM2)
* Donald R. Quick — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Kenneth J. Remillard — Sonarman Fist Class (SO1)
* Max L. Rose — Seaman (SN)
* Richard M. Rowlands — Torpedoman's Mate First Class (TM1)
* Jerry D. Saunders — Radarman Second Class (RD2)
* Russell K. Savage — Quartermaster Second Class (QM2)
* Paul K. Schulze — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Thomas J. Schwartz — Torpedoman's Mate Third Class (TM3)
* Stanley L. Sieveking — Torpedoman's Mate First Class (TM1)
* Donald P. Singleton — Engineman Second Class (EN2)
* Gordon E. Simpson — Electronics Technician First Class (ET1)
* James H. Smith — Seaman (SN)
* Peter F. Springer — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Allen W. Steele — Torpedoman's Mate Third Class (TM13)
* Richard W. Steeley — Engineman Third Class (EN3)
* James A. Steinbauer — Engineman Third Class (EN3)
* Gerald Royden Scott — Electronics Technician First Class (ET1)
* Leonard H. Strang — Engineman Third Class (EN3)
* Robert R. Tambling — Torpedoman's Mate First Class (TM1)
* Joseph W. Tilenda — Seaman (SN)
* Jessie L. Vail — Electrician Mate First Class (EM1)
* James O. Ward — Steward Third Class (SD3)
* William R. Welch — Machinist's Mate First Class (MM1)
* Henry H. Wegant — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Robert W. Whitehouse — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Lamar "C" Williams — Engineman Second Class (EN2)
* Audley R. Wilson — Radarman First Class (RD1)
* Donald R. Wilson — Steward Third Class (SD3)
* John W. Wouldridge — Radioman First Class (RM1)
* Gordon W. Yetter — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Raymond F. Young — Seaman, Yeoman Striker (YNSN)
* Robert C. Zane — Yeoman Second Class (YN2)
* Herbert J. Zeller — Engineman First Class (EN1)
* Ernest O. Zimmerman — Radarman Second Class (RD2)

Technical and Scientific Personnel

The following personnel joined "Triton" for her shakedown cruise, with none aware of the top-secret nature of Operation Sandblast:

* Joseph Baynor Roberts — Commander, USNR, from U.S. Navy Office of Information
* Benjamin B. Weybrew, PhD — Psychologist from the U.S Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory
* Michael Smalet — Geophysicist from the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office
* Gordon E. Wilkes — Civil engineer from the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office
* Nicholas R. Mabry — Oceanographer from the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office
* Eldon C. Good — Sperry Gyroscopic Company, Inertial Navigation Division
* Frank E. McConnell — Engineer, General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division
* William R. Hadley — First Class Photographer's Mate (PH1), USN, detached from Naval Air Forces, U.S. Atlantic Fleet

Commander Roberts is the well-known photographer from the "National Geographic" Magazine, and he was recalled to active duty to serve as the press pool for the voyage. Also, he and PH1 Hadley would coordinate the photo-reconnaissance aspects of Operation Sandblast. Smalet, Wilkes, and Mabry would coordinate the various scientific and technical aspects of Operation Sandblast for the U.S. Navy's Hydrographic Office. Good would monitor the Ship Inertial Navigation System (SINS) prototype newly installed onboard "Triton". McConnell was the Electric Boat guaranty representative assigned to "Triton's" shakedown cruise. [First Submerged Circumnavigation 1960, B-5 to B-6, B-20; Beach. "Around the World Submerged", p. ix - x, Chapter 3, p. 50 - 51]

Promotions & Qualifications

Officers

On 11 April 1960, the following chief petty officers were announced for promotion to ensign: [First Submerged Circumnavigation 1960, B-66]

* Hugh M. Bennett, Jr.
* Joseph H. Blair, Jr.
* Harry W. Hampson
* Herbert F. Hardman
* Lynn S. Loveland

Chief Petty Officers

On 11 April 1960, the following first-class petty officers were promoted to Chief Petty Officers: [First Submerged Circumnavigation 1960, B-66]

* Bloomingdale
* Richard R.Fickel
* Joseph R. Flasco
* Gene R Hoke
* Lonard F. Lehman
* George W. Mather
* J. C. Meaders
* Russell F. Pion
* Gerald R. Stott
* Robert R. Tambling

On 10 May 1960, William R. Hadley, Chief Communications Technician, was awarded his silver dolphin pin, signifying that he was qualified to serve on submarines: [Beach. "Around the World Submerged", p. 272-273]

Enlisted Crewmen

On 10 May 1960, the following enlisted personnel were awarded their silver dolphin pins, signifying that they were qualified to serve on submarines: [Beach. "Around the World Submerged", p. 272-273]

* Lawrence W. Beckhaus, Sonarman First Class (SO1)
* Fred Kenst, Seaman (SN)
* Wiliam A. McKamey, Seaman (SN)
* James H. Smith, Jr., Seaman (SN)

Legacy

Quotation
Without people, a ship is nothing. With her people, a ship is a living entity, possessed of a will and a drive and a fortune of her own. [Beach. "The Wreak of the Memphis", p. 6] |Captain Edward L. Beach, Jr., U.S. Navy (ret.) (1966)

=Presidential Unit Citation=

Citation::"For meritorious achievement from 16 February 1960 to 10 May 1960.

:"During this period TRITON circumnavigated the earth submerged, generally following the route of Magellan's historic voyage. In addition to proving the ability of both crew and nuclear submarine to accomplish a mission which required almost three months of submergence, TRITON collected much data of scientific importance. The performance, determination and devotion to duty of TRITON's crew were in keeping with the highest traditions of the naval service."

:"All members of the crew who made this voyage are authorized to wear the Presidential Unit Citation ribbon with a special clasp in the form of a golden replica of the globe." [ [http://garrygray.tripod.com/presidential_unit_citation.htm Citation] Presidential Unit Citation for making the first submerged circumnavigation of the world.]

The White House – May 10, 1960

ee also

*
* Edward L. Beach, Jr.

References

Notes

Bibliography

* USS "Triton" (SSRN-586). First Submerged Circumnavigation 1960 (Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1960) O - 550280
*cite book
last = Beach
first = Edward L.
authorlink = Edward L. Beach, Jr.
title = Around the World Submerged: The Voyage of the Triton
edition = first edition
year = 1962
publisher = Holt, Rinehart and Winston
location = New York / Chicago / San Francisco
id = LCC|62-18406
quote = AVE NOBLIS DUX ITERUM FACTUM EST
*cite book
last = Beach
first = Edward L.
authorlink = Edward L. Beach, Jr.
title = "Triton Follows Magellan's Wake"
edition =
year = November 1960
publisher = "National Geographic Magazine" (Vol. 118, No. 5)
location =
id =
*cite book
last = Beach
first = Edward L.
authorlink = Edward L. Beach, Jr.
title = The Wreck of the Memphis
edition =
year = 1966
publisher = Holt, Rinear, and Wiston
location = New York / Chicago / San Francisco
id = 1998 Naval Institute Press re-print ISBN: 1557500703

External links

* [http://garrygray.tripod.com/ Unofficial USS "Triton" website]
* [http://diodon349.com/Stories/Stories_SS/Operation_Sandblast_TRITON_Remembered_40_Years_Later.htm Operation Sandblast - American Submariner Magazine]