Hellcats

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