1968: L-R (?, Jim Garrett, Bob Flora, ?, Ira Nerzig, Charlie Rigdon, Gerry Friedman, Melvin Day.)
'Mike' Reynolds who was aboard Sirago in 1969 as an EN2 and later went Army and died in a helo crash (Blackhawk) in 1995.
Ron Kennedy making Chief (foreground) with Barney, Czarnecki, Eddie G, and Tennyson (obscured) in background.
Ron Kennedy & Tom Sawyer at party
Barney (Richard Barnette) and Ron Kennedy in MED
Ron Kennedy and wife Mary at the 25th anniversary party of USS Sirago (1970).
25th anniversary - Pete Becker w/ Mrs. Rivers and Capt. Shaffer. Becker made the cake.
25th anniversary- Vice Admiral "Fritz" Harlfinger (first CO of Sirago) w/ Capt. Shaffer & Mrs. Mendel Rivers
25th anniversary- Capt. (LCDR) Shaffer at right with CDR Buzzard next to him. These are all past COs of Sirago with Mrs. Mendel Rivers in center. Far left is first CO of Sirago (VADM Fritz Harlfinger). Next to Harlfinger is probably VADM Shannon Cramer. The two flanking Mrs. Rivers are other COs??.
25th anniversary- Renken & Inboden (?) at brow.
25th anniversary.
25th anniversary- Capt. Shaffer speaking
25th anniversary- Capt Shaffer presenting Mrs. Mendel Rivers (who originally commissioned Sirago) with a plaque.
25th anniversary- ID of sailors at brow?
25th anniversary - Mrs. Rivers with Capt Clyde Shaffer & Chief Bill Hess (COB)
25th Anniversary
'Brownie' Bobbie Joe Brown (TM3)
John Holmes (SN)
'Rusty' Curtis (LT)
Morris (STS2)
Woodrow Norman (EM1)
Lanny Renken (IC3)
Paul Reitan (TM?)
Shooting (John Holmes, Carl Wisman, Mel Dresbach, Mike Bickel)
Paul Knickman (ETR2)
'Jimmy' Weathers (CSSN)
Doug Fox (EM3), Kurt Myers (IC3)(Cameraman), Joe Searcy (EM2)
Joe Hughes, Tom Antos, Ron Price, Marty Valdez
John Holmes & Weathers
Bill Oakes?
Michael Frederick + Greg Bell
Leroy Schorr making wooden boat
Chief Bialek and Greg Bell
Leroy Schorr + Charlie Graninger
Doc Carter
Alan Inboden (EN2)
Randy Morgan (Ens) on Watch
Lanny Renken
Travis Alltop
Scotty Primmer
LTJG Bickel (the Bird)
Whisman & Bickel
Jerry Peeling (TM2)
Hughes?
Rusty Curtis + Jerry Peeling
Chief Cowart + Chief Czarnecki.
Who?
Bickel and Larsen.
John Holmes.
Who are they?
??, Curtis, Price, Thompson, Reitan, Chief Tennyson
Yeoman Valdez
Last Dive - Inboden, Bauer, Bowman, Hobson, Berlingeri
LT. Dave Ackerman w/ George Self
PJ Binford, PG Dix, Jim Petty, Greg Bell
Last Dive - John Holmes & Alan Inboden
Ken Frazier, Chief Czarnecki, Chief Bialek
Czarnecki, Bialek, Mel Dresbach
'Young Tom' Neville
LTJG 'Mike' Bickel
Bickel & Holmes
LCDR Bob Bowman
Alan Inboden
Leroy Shorr
Morris
Jon Russell
Bickel's Head on Captain's Platter
Bialek, Bickel, Czarnecki, Owens
Chief Czarnecki's Beard
Johnny D. Lee
Johnny D. Lee in Spain
Indoe,Ken Murty, Knauer, and Young Al Inboden
Knauer in Rome
Geoff Clopton
On the bus (people unknown)
Bill Huskey - Halifax Canada, Spring 1969
Bill Huskey's Friend Garvey - Halifax Canada, Spring 1969
Bill Huskey and ?? - Naples, Italy
Bill Huskey - Naples 1969
Huskey getting award,MM1 Bill Hanks?,?,Harry Harrison,Melvin Day, Crews, Nerzig, Clopton.(1968)
Bill Huskey and Sirago
Huskey (dress blues)
Huskey (working uniform)
Steven Douglas
'Djibouti' (Chief Hess)
Dave Keene underway on Sirago. Summer 1971
Fred Thompson and Al Inboden. Summer 1970
Mike Peterson
Foreground(L-R):Thompson,Peterson(back to camera),Inboden,Binford?,Petty(standing),Peeling (squatting),Jessop
Dominic Yacovone (YACI)
Bill Oakes
Chief Bill Hess
Who is this?
ENC "Eddie" Gee
Lt. Gaboric
Sirago in San Juan(people?)
Tom Antos
Primmer, Russell, Curtis
'Vinnie' Ricciardi and Luigi(a barber from Naples)
Al Inboden
Jack Enos
Clopton & Johnny D. Lee
Enos & Ricciardi
Ricciardi
Inboden
Antos Shooting
Capt. Herb Bauer Loading
Capt. Bauer shooting
Les (Puddin') Lammers shooting
Robert Holt by #1 Main Engine
Holt showering in lower flats of Forward Engine Room
Frank George – 1971
Tom Antos – 1971
Peterson, Peeling (hand to mouth) and others on forward deck - Northern Europe 1971
Midshipman and Mike Bickel – 1971
Fred Baker – 1971
Protesters – 1971
Lanny Renken - Northern Europe 1971
Bobby Joe Brown – 1971
BJ Brown and Kurt Myers
Cartoon by Russell Burrows of O'Brien and Master Gyro
IC1 O'Brien in after battery. Belly in window is "Stew Burner" Frazier
Steel Ring cartoon modified (by Burrows) to note O'Brien's son's birth while at 320 feet.
Sirago in Norfolk just prior to being decommissioned
Entering Naples, Isle of Capri in the background. LT Tom Sawyer on the left, Chief Hess in the background. I can't remember who the Ensign is.
Sirago moored at Civitavecchia, Summer, 1969
Sirago moored at Civitavecchia, Summer, 1969 (refueling ops)
Sirago entering Valetta, Malta, Summer, 1969
Capt. Buzzard cutting '2nd annual Sirago Steak House' cake. Becker in white. Tom O'Brien's face also seen. ca. 1969.
Randy and Kathy Crawford on forward deck 1970.
Randy Crawford EN2.
Randy Crawford in NY after decommissioning Aug 72.
Randy Crawford in Engineroom 1969.
John Russell topside
Big Robbie taking on fresh water - Naples.
Lanny Renken – Naples
Robert Bertorelli Civitavecchia, Italy
Lanny Renken - Civitavecchia, Italy
Dave Ackerman and George Rollins in Bermuda
'Tex' Ritter
St. Thomas and the 'fork lift' incident. Frank Campbell on lift?
St. Thomas. Officers Bickel, Curtis, Mel Dresbach & Chief Bialek at extreme left of photo.
Graninger, Owens, and Ware.
St. Croix. Czarnecki by truck. Jim Petty, leftmost butt on pier. Jack Enos standing, Campbell standing, sitting cooks, Vinny & Frazier, possibly TM Harrison with blue denim shirt with back turned sitting behind.
Charlie Graninger, Al Inboden, Scott Primmer, & Lanny Renken
Lanny Renken tries to grow beard
Kurt Myers, Al Inboden, & Jon Russell - Scalp him!
Czarnecki (hatch), Bickel, ?, Lammers, Antos (sitting), Weathers.
Ron Price & Jim Ware (Norfolk)
Blurry Ron Price - topside watch - Norfolk.
Sirago leaving Norfolk for Northern Europe (LY Spear in background).
Sirago leaving Bergen, Norway.
The end of Diesel Boats - Adm. Rickover boarding SSBN - Norfolk '71. 4-striper CAPT seen is COMSUBRON SIX - Don Hall (RADM) who was a LTJG on Sirago 52-55.
Decomm-1 Decommissioning Ceremony Front Cover
Decomm-2 SS485 Statistics
Decomm-3 Sirago History
Decomm-4 Sirago History (cont.) and past CO's
Decomm-5 Sirago Decommissioning Crew
Decomm-6 Decommissioning Ceremony (Program)
Larry Vicente about 5 years before coming aboard Sirago (aboard Halfbeak on first re-enlistment).
Ron Price ICFN 70-72.
Ron Price (ICFN) about 1971.
Clyde Shaffer (as a young man - long before being CO of Sirago).
Clyde Shaffer Gravestone
1972 sirago decomm
Frazier, Weathers, and Baker northern Europe run
Class-406-363. Mick Finn is somewhere in this photo. (1968 class)
Class-396-464 2/23/68. Dennis Boland (RM2 69-71) is front row last person on right.
Class-374-417 December 1968. Fred Baker (DS6972) is second row, 2nd from left.
1969 Med Cruise, Crew's Mess - CPO Veir, FTG1 Nerzig, EM1 Searcy.
1969 Med Cruise - Crew's Mess - Back Table: ??, ??, COP Veir. Foreground: TM1 Heuer, CS1 Beals.
Control Room - CPO Veir & Hess (obscured).
Roy Carter (6972)
Chester Forsyth III (6972)
Ramon Gregorio (6972)
Tom O'Brien (6972 as IC1)
Lee Twombly (6972)
Clyde Shaffer (CO) (6972)
LTJG Mike Bickel – 1971
Andy Hobson and Jim Ware (1971-1972)
Mike Brooks (1971 or 1972)
Randy Crawford (foreground) and Andy Hobson.
