by Peter Sasgen
National Archives II, Modern Military Records, College Park, Maryland. Record Group 313: ComSubPac operation orders related to Operation Barney. (Covers dates, timing, codes, and contingencies for the execution of Barney.)
Operational Archives Branch, Naval Historical Center, Washington, D.C. “Current Doctrine, Submarines,” prepared by Commander Submarine Force, Pacific Fleet, February 1944. (An excellent source for information on World War II shipboard submarine operations.)
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California: Office of Scientific Research and Development, National Defense Research Committee. “FM Sonar,” by Malcolm C. Henderson and Charles A. Hisserich. Abstracts, operating and repair manuals for submarine-installed FM sonar. Published by the University of California Division of War Research at the U.S. Navy Radio and Sound Laboratory, San Diego, California, September 4, 1943. (A fascinating look at the technical developments leading to the development of FM sonar and its operation and maintenance aboard ship.)
Miscellaneous
Central Intelligence Agency. “The Final Months of the War with Japan.” See Center for the Study of Intelligence at www.cia.gov. (An in-depth report on the circumstances leading to Japan’s surrender and the internal decision-making process behind President Truman’s decision to use the atomic bomb.)
Submarine patrol reports on CD. A collection of more than 63,000 pages of submarine patrol reports, compiled from original U.S. government microfilms by John Clear, EMC (SS), U.S. Navy (ret.). (An invaluable resource for any submarine historian—fascinating reading in their own right.)
United States Naval Academy Lucky Bag (yearbook) biographies for Lawrence L. Edge and Dudley W. Morton.
Vintage Newspaper Collections
Various writers and articles. Atlanta Georgian, June 15, 1938; Atlanta Journal, April 24, 1938, and June 16, 1938; Columbus Inquirer (Columbus, Georgia), June 29, 1938; Atlanta Constitution (Atlanta), June 16, 1938; July 25, 1938; Sunday Ledger (Columbus, Georgia), April 24, 1938.
Newspaper and Journal Articles
Ambrose, Stephen E. “The Bomb: It Was Death or More Death.” New York Times, August 5, 1995.
“Hiroshima, 50 Years Later.” New York Times editorial, August 6, 1995.
Palmer, Kyle. “Sub Flotilla Returns After Taking Nip Toll.” Los Angeles Times, August 12, 1945.
Weber, Mark. “Was Hiroshima Necessary?” Journal of Historical Review, May- June 1997 (Vol. 16, No. 3). Institute for Historical Review.
OFFICIAL SAILING LISTS OF THE HELLCAT SUBMARINES
HYDEMAN’S HEPCATS
SEA DOG
Argo, Wesley B., Lt. (jg)
Bass, Joseph W., StM1
Bishop, Richard O., SC1
Brown, William S., Lt.
Bryant, Douglas A., MoMM3
Buesing, Von Clarence, MoMM3
Carter, Robert L., Jr., F1c
Cogden, Anthony E., F1c
Crowley, Harold F., PhoM2
Dell, Andrew F., CTM
Duckworth, Edward W., Lt. (jg)
Dunham, Paul P., S1c
Eilert, Morgan B., TME2
Fails, Earl F., F1c
Ficket, Albert W., Jr., RT2
Fisher, Ronald G., TM2
Fitzpatrick, Thomas F., GM2
Fontnote, Sidney T., MoMM1
Gibson, Kenneth L., TM2
Glass, Orval A., S1c
Gressman, George A., MoMM1
Griffith, Eddie E., RM2
Hammel, Paul A., S1c
Harrell, Max A., FCS2
Harry, Frank J., EM2
Heebner, Newell, G., CQM
Heiden, Walter G. E., CEM
Heller, David A., S1c
Hessman, Robert D., MoMM1
Hinchley, John F., Lt. (jg)
Hindert, Edward M., Lt.
Hinkel, Russell D., EM3
Hoyt, William D., RM2
Hydeman, Earl T., Cdr.
Ignaisak, Bernard A., TM3
Jacek, Martin P., MoMM3
Johnson, Richard E., F1
Jones, Oliver H., PhM1
Juniper, Albert J., Y1
Karn, Fred W. III, CMoMM
Kiesel, Earl J., MoMM3
Kornichuk, Arthur, WOE
Kral, Elmer S., MoMM1
La Bore, Louis J., F1c
Lanczky, William A., SC3
Lennox, William, MoMM2
Lewis, Lester B., CTM
Lupe, Theodore, Jr., S1c
Lynch, James P., Lt.
McAuliffe, William J., F1c
McCormick, Paul L., F1c
McKenzie, Thomas S., Jr., Y3
McLarty, Pat, TM2
Meacham, Arthur J., MoMM1
Misch, Frank E., RT3
Moser, Ben, SM2
Mracek, Edward, MoMM1
Murzic, William R., RM3
Nicholson, William H., RM3
Nicodemus, Ivan, Jr., TM3
Noble, Willie Z., F1c
Pagnam, James R., F1c
Parker, Earl W., MoMM1
Peterson, Leonard “J,” QM3
Powell, Cecil O., TM1
Prince, James B., EM2
Ptaszynski, Arthur C., S1c
Reed, Kelly B., Lt.
Ripple, Robert E., F1c
Roberts, William M., EM3
Rue, Dwayne T., EM1
Rutledge, Charles W., S1c
Saunders, Charles M., Jr., S1c
Sawyer, Albert J., RT2
Schleuter, Vernon E., F1c
Schwind, William F., Ens.
Shelby, Claude L., SC3
Sims, James A., RM1
Steppe, Raymond, MoMM2
Swain, Robert R., EM3
Thomas, Louis E., EM1
Tompkins, Edward E., GM3
Truscelli, Anthony F., Jr., TME3
Voss, William A., S1c
Williams, Walter W., GM3
Wilson, Harold L., QM2
Wilson, Richard D., StM1
Zimmerman, Florin W., EM2
CREVALLE
Adams, William, L., S1c
Barnes, Frank, MoMM1
Bessette, Roland P. P., TM3
Biehl, Henry T., CRT
Bolin, Willis G., TM3
Bowe, R. E., Lt. (jg)
Brooks, Marvin M., GM1
Brophy, John P., F1c
Brown, Robert J., S1c
Coyer, James W., S1c
Flaherty, Joseph E., CMoMM
Fletcher, Chester J., S1c
Folse, John S., RM3
Freeman, Edgar A., TM2
Fritchen, William L., GM2
Gaines, Robert E., MoMM2
Gogul, Frank S., MoMM1
Goodman, Francis W., S1c
Graham, Ivan H., MoMM3
Helix, Max R., MoMM1
Hildebrand, Charles F., EM2
Howard, Stephen A., FC3
Howie, Robert C., MoMM2
Jaycox, John A., StM2
Jenigen, Albert, F1c
Jones, Jerome L., S1c
Katchis, Jim “A,” QM3
Keane, Edward F., S1c
Kneisly, George E., S1c
Langfieldt, Maurice E., TM3
Larsen, James L., MoMM2
Lenatz, John J., TM2
Lord, E. R., Lt. (jg)
Loveland, R. A., Lt. (jg)
Lubinsky, Walter, EM3c
Malin, Ralph, F1c
Mazzone, W. F., Lt. (jg)
McGowan, Thomas F., Jr., TM1
McHugh, John, F1c
McNorgan, Joseph W., EM3
Minaker, Russel S., RT1
Minor, Bert E., StM2
Morin, G. F., Lt.
Mushett, Robert W., Y1
Newell, Richard P., S2
O’Brien, Joseph F., CSM
Osborne, Cedric H., CPhM
Pablo, Marcelo A., SC1
Plachowicz, Frank A., GM2
Polk, Lloyd E., RM3
Raider, A. J., Lt.
Rennecke, Wyman A., EM1
> Reynolds, Rodney R., SM3
Roarback, Gilbert L., TM2
Schaeffer, John W., III, MoMM1
Schwarz, Robert F., EM3
Scisco, Clayton S., MoMM3
Secl, J., Lt. (jg)
Seymour, Jack M., Cdr.
Sherick, Albert M., EM3
Silvia, Richard G., TM2
Sinclair, Joe M., Jr., EM3
Singer, Jack W., EM3
Slyter, Gilbert G., EM3
Smith, John V., S1c
Stagman, Paul L., EM2
Starnes, Kenneth J., MoMM3
Steinmetz, E. H., Cdr.
Stemler, Milton D., RT3
Stokes, Frank H., SC2
Stutzman, Gerald W., RM1
Thomas, Everett A., QM1
Thompson, Robert, Jr., F2c
Thompson, William H., Bkr3
Tomlin, George L., EM2
Truman, Horace L., MM1
Wagenbrenner, Fred, EM2
Weber, Russel F., F1c
Westbrook, E. M., Lt. Cdr.
Westerlund, Alfred, MoMM3
Wheelus, Roy C., QM2
Wiesniewski, Francis W., MoMM2
Williams, George F., CEM
Woodhouse, Robert R., Y3
Zessman, Sam, TM3
SPADEFISH
Armstrong, Edward R., PhoM2
Asher, Warren J., EM3
Babb, Maurice L., Jr., F1c
Barton, Thad R., TM3
Bassett, Richard H., EM3
Brennies, Harry J., MoMM3
Brewer, John B., Jr., MoMM3
Brooks, Sie, Jr., StM1
Buncke, Harry J., Ens.
Bynum, William T., StM1
Carney, Hugh P., S1c
Case, Joseph B., RT1
Casey, James D., EM3
Charles, Walter J., Jr., FC3
Cole, James D., F1c
Cruze, Herman F., Jr., EM2
Cunningham, Edwin W., MoMM2
Cuthbertson, John M., TM2
Decker, Daniel D., Lt.
Dependahl, Leonard E., EM1
Dix, Ramond E., Ens.
Dunleavy, Anthony, Jr., MoMM3
Eimermann, Willard C., CBM
Falconer, LeRoy D., WOM
Fellows, Richard D., Lt.
Fletcher, James W., QM2
Gamby, Orville R., MoMM2
Germershausen, William J., Jr., Cdr.
Gouker, Zelbert, SM2
Graf, Charles A., S1c
Griffith, Charles C., CMoMM
Harbison, Joseph A., MoMM2
Holeman, Victor R., MoMM1
Hord, Cleveland M., F1c
Ingberg, Norval O., S1c
Ives, Victor L., CPhM
Keeney, William J., Jr., RT2
Kite, Vernon J., TM1
Kreher, Emery A., TM1
Kreinbring, Irwin H., Y1
Lacroix, Edward J., Lt. (jg)
La Fose, Murphy, F2c
La Rocca, Albert G., EM3
Lester, Clifford R., MoMM3
Lewis, Edgar L., CGM
Lundquist, Hugo C., TM2
Majoue, Paul H., Jr., CRM
Massar, Bernard A., GM2
McMahon, Wallace F., TM3
Melstrand, Howard W., S1c
Mikesell, Robert E., S2c
Miller, Thomas H., MoMM2
Moody, Roy H., EM1
Morrison, James Walter, S1
Mullen, Wallace F., TM3
Nesnec, John, TM2
Noonan, Maurice A., GM3
Olah, Andrew, FC1
O’Neil, Thomas P., RM3
Ordway, Emerson L., CEM
Paulson, Roger F., S2c
Peel, John R., CMoMM
Pelliciari, Nicholas J., MoMM2
Pierce, Sam H., MoMM1
Pigman, Billy B., EM2
Pike, Neal, CRT
Potting, Roy C., Y3
Powers, Kenneth C., RM3
Rewold, Radford C., CMoMM
Riley, Thomas G., SC1c
Ring, Thomas G., SC1c
Sandleben, Francis J., CCS
Schmelzer, Carl T., CEM
Scholle, Donald J., QM3
Schuett, James S., SM1
Sergio, Michael, RM1
Shaw, Thomas E., EM3
Sigworth, Kenneth L., EM2
Taylor, John W., MoMM1
Terboss, William F., S1c
Ware, William J., Ens.
Wells, Francis A., CTM
Wood, Perry S., Lt. (jg)
Wright, Richard M., Lt.
PIERCE’S POLECATS
TUNNY
Adams, James W., S1c
Battles, Roy E., RM2
Baughman, Doyle F., SC2
Beaman, George B., TM3
Benjamin, Roland, S1c
Bress, Henry, Lt.
Bruce, William O., F2c
Busemeyer, Francis J., FCS2
Carini, Neno R., MoMM2
Carver, Robert J., MoMM1
Chase, Sheldon R., TM3
Chestnut, William J., FC1
Cisk, John S., EM3
Colegrove, Warren R., Ens.
Combs, Russell W., S1c
Corbeil, John W., Ens.
Dawson, Frank A., F1c
Delfino, James C., EM1
Doss, Richard H., S1c
Duda, Walter M., Bk2
Dunniny, Robert J., MoMM2
Eckels, Thomas J., S1c
Emerson, Lloyd D., GM3
Gannon, Thomas P., RM3
Garver, Jack E., S1c
Hagopian, Leon V., QM2
Harang, Richard A., Lt. (jg)
Hargrave, Daniel J., MoMM1
Heeney, William E., MoMM2
Hurt, Everett J., EM2
Hutchens, Robert C., MoMM2
Isaacson, Robert C., MoMM2
Johnson, Marvin J., MoMM3
Johnson, Woodrow W., PhoM3
Jones, Eugene C., CMoMM
Jones, Herbert E., Jr., Lt.(jg)
Jones, William A., S1c
Keiper, Arthur T., TM2c
Kimble, Floyd G., Jr., RM2
LaValley, Francis P., EM3
Leifhelm, Wilbur D., CMoMM
Levinson, Russell, Y1
MacDonald, Charles H., RT2
Mahaffa, Walt C., EM3
Martin, Everett E., MoMM2
Martin, Paul W., SC3
McCoy, Howard R., TM2
McMillin, George W., CQM
Merry, Everett E., MoMM2
Miller, Howard R., MoMM2
Mitchell, Patrick H., MoMM2
Negrette, Tony, RT1
Neher, Charles B., S2c
Nickisher, Rudolph F., EM3
Oppelt, Francis K., TM2
Owen, Edwin J., TM3
Peterson, Clarence G., EM3
Phoenix, Noel M., CMoMM
Pierce, George E., Cdr.
Potopinski, Arthur S., PhM1
Pulling, Thomas T., SM3
Reddinger, Edward D., S1c
Ritter, Charles H., EM2
Rouiller, Charles A., Lt.
Saffel, Elmer B., CEM
Sanderson, Dean H., S2c
Schonschack, Howard A., RT1
Sherman, Melvin C., S1c
Sibley, Richard O. B., S1c
Simpson, Charles E., QM1
Spafford, Robert T., F1c
Stone, William J., RT3
Teachman, David W., MoMM3
Thomas, Beachor, Ck3
Timmerman, Harold H., S1c
Trosper, Elmer E., CTM
Turner, James, StM2
Vaughn, Henry L., Lt. Cdr.
Voskuhl, Frederick H., EM2
Wade, John J., GM3
Waggoner, Richard Leon, TM3
Webber, William J., Jr., MoMM3
Weigant, Dean M., RM1
Zacharsuk, John, MoMM1
SKATE
Bailey, William H., EM3
Bauer, Frederick W., TM3
Bebeau, Walter H., S1c
Beste, John D., EM2
Bird, John J.,
EM1
Brennan, Philip F., MoMM3
Brown, George E., SC3
Bryson, Howard W., GM3
Burlin, Charles W., Jr., Lt. (jg)
Butler, Creighton F., CMoMM
Carlin, Thomas L., Lt. (jg)
Champion, Ralph A., Jr., S1c
Collier, John L., Bkr2
Covell, Wallace M., MoMM1
Coyne, Edward J., TM3
Crooks, Sheridan R., Lt. (jg)
Daniel, James, StM1
Davis, William M., S1c
Dearing, Harry J., MoMM1
Debuhr, Calvin H., Lt. (jg)
Donovan, John L., EM2
Doyle, Reginald E., WOE
Duzik, Emil F., EM2
Earhart, Herman M., Ens.
Eastwood, Freddie R., TM1c
Edgerton, Stuart T., Lt.
English, Cannon M., CMoMM
Ewald, Marcus H., S1c
Farnof, Arthur, Jr., S1c
Faurotte, Harvey R., TM1
Foster, Theodore, MoMM3
Galles, Lester D., MoMM1
Gann, Earnest E., F1c
Glabb, Richard G., RM3
Goss, Herbert W., TM2
Heissenbuttel, Samuel, EM3
Hermance, Frank J., MoMM1
Hill, Joseph T., TM2
Hinton, Floyd J., MoMM2
Huston, Robert C., Lt. Cdr.
Jordan, James I., F1c
Kenyon, Frank C., III, S1c
Kice, Everett F., EM1
Kichline, Reginald G., CMoMM
Knold, Vernon O., GM2
Ledbetter, Frank T., CRM
Lee, Arnold, S1c
Lemier, Billy B., SM2
Levy, Stanley S., S1c
Lynch, Richard B., Cdr.
Marshall, Douglas S., Jr., S1c
McCracken, Chadwick N., SC2
McFadyen, Peter J., QM2
Mileskie, Stanley J., EM2
Miller, Robert E., MoMM3
Millspaugh, Stanley C., MoMM3
Moller, Edwin R., RT2
Moser, Adam D., EM3
Mudore, Thomas A., MoMM1
Murphy, John D., S1c
Murphy, Robert L., Jr., EM3
Naylor, William R., Jr., S1c
O’Donohue, Robert J., S1c
Olufsen, Albert E., RM2
Ostrom, Norman H., MoMM3
Parker, Edgar, Jr., RM2
Paul, Clinton J., F1c
Perigo, Robert L., S1c
Potter, John R., FC2
Praskievicz, Wallace M., CEM
Rayner, William A., MoMM2
Roberts, Grady E., S1c
Ruediger, Manfred W., TM1
Schlotterer, Jack C., MoMM2
Shelton, William A., GM1