Beschrijving
Early in my naval career there were times when I needed some guidance and discipline. Hindu Peterson, COB on Tirante, showed the way. He and Captain Dave Purinton set my course to follow.
I graduated from submarine school in 1957, and lost track of a couple of classmates. Chuck Callahan, Bill James, and I were in technical ratings, Chuck an ET, Bill and me RMs. So, after the basic submarine course we classed up in Advanced Sonar/Electronics, a two-week add-on. From there we went to the fleet. Bill went to Threadfin – SS410, and Chuck and I received orders to Tirante – SS420. Both were diesel-electric boats operating out of Key West.
The three of us separated from the navy after our first tour. Bill went to Philadelphia, Chuck went to Bridgeport, and I went to New York. Almost four years later I reenlisted and received orders to a brand new boomer, an SSBN. And, there’s Chuck! He had reenlisted, gone to nuclear power school, and was now a reactor operator.
After Tirante, there was a very short tour on Archerfish. There were a fair number of memorable characters on Archerfish, all relatively new to the boat and mostly single because of a submarine force wide message asking for single volunteers to take part in Operation Sea Scan. The boat was redesignated AGSS and had a new classified mission. Among that crew was Ken \
