Our special guests were:

 

Rear Admiral Frank M. Drennan
Commander
Submarine Group 9		   Captain Hugo E. Marxer
Commanding Officer
USS Canopus
July 1980 - July 1982
LCDR J. Paul Surprenant
Operations/Navigation Officer
Helmsman Editor
USS Canopus
1965-1968		  

LCDR L. Stuart Taylor
USN Retired

Nancy Steuber
OMSI Director

     

              Special thanks to R. G. Walker, Blueback Commander, for the sub tours and the other members
              of the Portland SubVets Blueback Base in attendance.


Model Plank Owner Sponsors that attended:

 

Richard Retin PH2
Chairman
USS Canopus Association
Primary Sponsor
USS Canopus Model

  Ed Pado SFM2
Vice Chairman
USS Canopus Association
Primary Sponsor
USS Canopus Model

Rear Admiral John M. Barrett
Commanding Officer
USS Canopus
November 1965 - August 1966
Command Sponsor
USS Canopus Model

   Captain John D. Eaton
Commanding Officer
USS Canopus
August 1966 - December 1967
Command Sponsor
USS Canopus Model
Joan Barrett
Commissioning Sponsor
USS Canopus Model
   Captain Jack Peters
Chaplain
USS Canopus
June 1976 - June 1978

Bruce Noble EN2
1977 - 1980
A Division Boat Shop

  Charles Norris OM2
1965 - 1967
R-2 Optical Shop
Clinton Lathan MM1
1965 - 1967
R-2 x38 Outside Repair Shop
   Robert Hopkins EN3
1967 - 1969
M Division
Michael VanDerSchaaf BMCS/SW
1965 - 1970
R-1 Division 		  Joseph P. Sweeney EMFN
1978 - 1980
E Division
Jim "Mushy" Morsachhauser OM3
1965 - 1967
RS Division Print Shop 		  Everett Perry
Old Canopus AS-9 Historian

 

Other Plank Owner Sponsors:

 

                      
  Ronald M. Slank MMC - 1965-1967 - M & A Division
  Lee Barratt IC2 - 1968-1972 - R-3 Division
                      IC1 - 1973-1975 - R-3 Division
                     CWO3/LTJG - 1981-1984 - R-3 & R-7 Division
               and LT Kelly Barratt - 1983-1985 - S-7 Division
  Gerald R. Fuller HTCM - 1965-1968
                                              In memorial from his wife Jean
  Robert W. Welch Sr. CWO4 - 1977-1978 - Legal
  Gary A. Diedrick YN2 - 1966-1970 - X Division
  Jonnie Peterson SH3 - 1973-1975 - S-3 Barber Shop
  Blaine J. Sites PH2 (AC) - 1981-1984 - Repair Division Photo Lab
  William Pennington BM3 - 1974-1976 - 2nd Division Deck Department
  Alfred J. (Al) Hall SKCS - 1974-1977 - S-7 Division SUBSAT
  Captain Thomas J. O'Brien - 1986-1988 - Commanding Officer
  Douglas Morrell YN2 - 1975-1978 - Captain's and Supply offices
  David E. Cross ET1 - 1969-1974 - W-5 Division
  Daniel H. Therrien MR2 - 1966-1970 - R-2 Machine Shop
 

Douglas K. Haas RM3 - 1965-1967 - Communications

  Michael Gordon RM3 - 1965-1968 - RS Division Print Shop
                                           In memorial from a former shipmate
  LT Thomas "Crys" McIntyre - 1966-1968 - Ships Service Division
  James H. Hulse BMSN - 1974-1976 - 3rd Division Deck Small Boats
  Tim Bever MM2 - 1974-1975 - Repair 38C & 56B
 

CWO3 David A. Gschwend - 1973-1975 - X Division

                                           In memory of CWO4 Edward Bartyzal (obit)

 

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