| ROSTER
OF
MEN
AND
OFFICERS WHO SERVED ON U.S.S. SABALO SS-302 |
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| ENLISTED
A-E |
Summary of
located men FROM 1ST COMMISSIONED PERIOD
of
JUNE 1945-JUNE 1946 |
| ENLISTED
F-L |
MYSTERY MEN
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| ENLISTED M-R |
ROSTER
HEAD COUNT
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| ENLISTED S-Z |
NOTATIONS
USED ON THE ROSTERS
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| ALL
OFFICERS |
CONTRIBUTORS AND SOURCES
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ALERT- 1970 and
1971 Sabalo Sailors
Beginning
in 1970, the Navy starting using social security numbers instead of
Navy Service Numbers for ID. Because of possible identify theft
concerns, records using SSN's are not publicly accessible. These
records have not been released to the National Archives and remain at
the Naval Historical Center. Until such time as these might be
consulted, the only listings which appear on the site come solely from
crew submissions.
PLEASE SUBMIT ANYTHING
YOU CAN REMEMBER ABOUT YOUR SHIPMATES TO HELP COMPLETE THE LAST YEARS
OF THE ROSTER DATA.
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ALL
SABALO CREW AND OFFICERS - Please
check your personal listing for correctness, and remember to update
your information if you
change email or postal addresses.
To
help maintain contact, be sure to check your personal listing to see if
"#"
(pound
sign) appears before the town listed in the current address column, and
that no other notation appears indicating lost communication.
Thanks
for
your
help
and
cooperation.
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Please contribute new or
missing personal info, for yourself, your relative or any Sabalo
shipmate.
You can use the Crew
Registry & Personal Data Update Form
ONLINE
FORM
-
CLICK
HERE
or send a regular email to: Jeff Owens-
owensj epix.net
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HELP NEEDED TO
LOCATE SHIPMATES
1. Check the roster pages to see if you
remember anything about the
possible whereabouts, or other info for anyone listed and submit
it.
OR
2. If you're a good internet detective, or
can help out with phone
calls to find men, then contact the webmaster,
Jeff
Owens owensjepix.net
In case you want to
pass along my postal
address
to someone not online, or to just shoot the bull:
273 Pratt Hollow Rd, Nicholson, PA
18446
570-942-4622
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30
Jan
2007
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The microfimed copies of
the quarterly muster rolls at the National Archives II in College Park,
Maryland
have been reviewed. During 3 1/2 days of difficult reading and
interpretation of some poor quality microfilms a large quantity of
material was copied. Although not every single quarter was
checked, but no
year had less than 2 quarters checked and copied for later data
extraction, most had all quarters cheked and names extracted. All
of the data has now been extracted and included on the roster
lists. With the possible exception of a few shortimers or TAD's,
the
web site rosters now contain nearly every man who served in
Sabalo**. The head count on the rosters has been revised below.
**Beginning in 1970 new personnel were not
assigned a 'Navy Service Number'. Instead, Social Security
numbers were used. Because of security concerns, personnel data
from 1970-71 for Sabalo is not open to access. [and for all personnel
up until the policy was changed.] Anyone having any lists or
recollections of men serving during that period who are not listed on
the rosters please communicate.
17 Nov 2008
Some recollections of various men, and
other sources, have supplied some names of men reported to have served
on Sabalo that have not to date been found in the official
records. A list of these names is now collected on the MYSTERY MEN page. Please
check out the list and see if anything rings a
bell. CLICK HERE
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| 21
Apr 2009 - As a result of intensified searching over the past six
months for men listed on the rosters, but not previously located, many
additional men have been located, and also much additional personal
information has been added to the rosters and personal 'bio'
pages. Unfortunately, there are many cases of finding that our
shipmates have passed away. Some were determined to have died a
number of years ago, but, sadly, even the number since our April 2007
reunion includes many names. Be sure to review the rosters, if
you haven't done so in some time, and check on your old friends.
If you see anything that might be added, please be sure to communicate. |
HEAD COUNT ON
ROSTERS
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TOTAL
MEN
LISTED
AS OF 30 JAN 2007
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KNOWN
AND
PROBABLE
DECEASED
as of 25 Apr 07
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TOTAL
KNOWN WHEREABOUTS
living and deceased
as of 23 Mar 07
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ALL
MEN
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1285
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244
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671
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ENLISTED
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1166
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215
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588
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OFFICERS
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119
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29
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83
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| NOTATIONS
USED ON THE ROSTERS |
| Nicknames |
while onboard are shown in
quotes in the 'first
name'
column |
| Rank/rating |
may indicate promotions while on
board. Highest rank achieved in later service is
noted in
the
'Notes' column if known. The standard of these notations was
changed by the Navy over time, e.g. a Seaman, rank E-3 was designated
with 'S1c' in earlier times and later was 'SN'. Numerous rating
codes were also changed or abandoned. The designations as
observed in the official records are listed as found.
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| Period on board |
The tilde ' ~ ' is used to indicate
approximate
dates |
| Current
Address |
If the
character '#' (pound
sign) appears in this field, a more complete address or phone
number is available
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An index card file has details
of search in
progress |
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Search Inactive -
Unable
to
find due to one of the following reasons:
1. Not enough info
2. Name
too
common, too many possibilities
3. Tried all possibilities found, but
did not locate the right man
4. Original address originally on file is no longer good
& unable to recontact.
5. The most likely man identified by searching failed to respond to
message
left on answering machine, or mailing received.
Search will resume if more info
is
discovered or reported.
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with
Gray
background
for
listing
indicates:
deceased, reported
deceased, or clues with some
corroboration indicate possibly
or
probably deceased |
| EMAIL
NG
-NEED
UPDATE |
address on
file is no
longer working. If you have
a correction, please send it. |
(nmi)
(n) |
no
middle initial or middle name (as indicated in
records or by
individual) |
need
first
name
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Some of the 50's & early
60's official muster lists did not use full names, only initials.
Searching for someone, especially with a common surname, requires first
name.
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Email addresses as posted
on this site use an icon for the "at" @ sign to
prevent them from being harvested by spammers. To send email to
anyone with a listed address you must retype the address using the
correct character on your keyboard. |
poe
|
place of enlistment
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%
|
additional info obtained in Jan
07
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%%
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new man added in Jan 07
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+
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(in current address column) =
too many possibilities, common
name, need more info to narrow search. |
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An 'E-FILE' has been created to track
search progress and record attemted communications. To better
track the
search to a conclusion, all details are noted in a separate file kept
for each man to record each element of the search effort, and to focus
on what might be further
needed to locate a man. For those already found communications
and address changes are tracked. These files are for admin purposes,
and
are not
accessible on the web site. |
CONTRIBUTORS
AND SOURCES
The task of
assembling the rosters, ship's history, and all of the information on
the Sabalo web site has been a learning experience. It would have
been nearly impossible without the power of the internet, and the
contributions of many who have submitted their recollections of
shipmates.
ANY HELP IN FINDING MORE SABALO
SAILORS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
The methods
employed to date are outlined on another page. SEARCH
NOTES AND INSTRUCTIONS
If you think you can assist in some way,
or
have other methods to suggest, please communicate.
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The very initial list
was composed from my memory (getting weaker by
the
day), persons signing off on my qual sheet, the memory of John LeConte,
EM3, and searching at these few sites and elsewhere on the internet.
The Directory of Online Submariners
is found at:
http://www.rontini.com
Submarinesailor.com
To view Sabalo crew member listings on this site:
http://www.submarinesailor.com/boats.asp?bt=ss
The Deep Domain's Announcement and Shipmate Message Center
http://www.deepdomain.net/
Note: Many email
addresses found on
these
sites are no longer good.
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Many men have provided various
information about their shipmates.
Below
are listed some of the major, early contributors to the ship's rosters.
26 Jan 01 - Don Nelson, STS2(SS) sent me a scan of a list of
autographs
of 58 crew members, ca. Sep '69. A few illegible, but all those
readable
are now included.
9 Feb 01 - Jim Palmer, ET3(SS) has supplied a copy of his compiled
list
of 70+ shipmates. Some are duplicates of those found elsewhere, but all
have been included.
2 Mar 01 - Jim additionally supplied me with two sailing lists, one
from '51 and one from '53. All of these names have been
included.
His first list of 70 was of men whom he had located. The sailing
lists are what he started with, and for many men nothing further is
known
at this time.
19 Mar 01 - Bob "Dutch" Schultz, EN2(SS) sent a copy of the onboard
Thanksgiving meal menu from 27 Nov 1958. It contains the names of
8 officers and 79 enlisted men.
8 Jul 01 A list of 71 members of United States Submarine
Veterans
Inc. who served on Sabalo was received and cross-checked against the
existing
roster. 21 new names were added.
26 Jul 01 "Ned" Heistermann sent a scan of a photo of the crew
taken in early 1966. The identification listing on the back contained
the
names of 59 enlisted men and 9 officers. About half of these were
not previously listed. Also received was a promotion announcement from
Feb. '65 which mentioned 14 names, most not previously listed.
28 Jan 02 Dennis Costarakis, last XO of Sabalo, provided a
list
of the last group of officers in the wardroom.(Dec 1970)
11 Aug 02 Charley Odom supplied a list composed from a page of
the original commisioning
party
which contains the complete list of officers and enlisted plankowners
from
1944. It contained the names of 9 officers and 74 enlisted men.
26 Oct 02 Doug MacCabe sent a scan of menus from Thanksgiving
and Christmas 1957 that had complete crew lists. There were 2
officers
and 16 men included that were not previously listed.
22 Feb 03 Larry Hall sent a Christmas menu from 1968 which
included
2 officers and 7 enlisted men not previously listed along with
additional
info on about 20 other men.
25 April 04 Larry Douglas provided copies of the complete patrol
reports for the 3rd, 4th, and 5th "simulated war patrols" for 55-57
which included the sailing lists. These provided approximately
30-40 new listings, and corrections and additions to approx. 40-50
other
men.
15 May 04 The patrol reports for the 1st and 2nd patrols, i.e.
the Korean war patrol and the Northern Run of late 54-early 55, were
obtained from the SubForceMuseum at SubBaseGroton. At least a
dozen new names were included, and corrections/additions to the info on
about 20 more men.
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