Date: 14APR22
From: Brad Williamson, Lead Administrator
RE: Current activity on the coldwarboats.org website.
- Seven fully functional sites, including the USS WILLIAM H. BATES (SSN 680). (Located by menu items shaded light orange):
- USS GRENADIER (SS 525)
- USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571)
- USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN 600)
- USS STURGEON (SSN 637)
- USS ASPRO (SSN 648)
- USSVI - USS HADDO Base (Cleveland, TN)
- Ten sites currently under development. (Located by menu items shaded light yellow):
- USS ATULE (SS 403)
- USS BASS (SS 551)
- USS HADDO (SSN 604)
- USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN 616)
- USS PUFFER (SSN 652)
- USS GEORGE C. MARSHALL (SSBN 654)
- DSV3 TURTLE
- USS BUSHNELL (AS 15)
- SUBMARINE SCHOOL NEW LONDON CT ⁃
- NPTU BALLSTON SPA NY
- Features added:
- File upload capability added for 571, 637, 648, 600, 616 for images and documents. Found at the bottom of each of the four boat menus - The Boat, The Men, The Logroom, The Reunions.
- Historical timelines for 571, 637, and 648, under The Logroom >> History.
- Shipmates Added:
- USS GRENADIER (SS 525) All Enlisted Personnel from 1957 and 1958, registered as MISSING or ETERNAL PATROL, if known.
- Deck Logs Added:
- USS GRENADIER (SS 525) Deck Logs - JAN-DEC 1956
- USS ASPRO (SSN 648) Deck Logs - NOV-DEC 1968, FEB, APR-DEC 1969, and JAN-DEC 1970
- Personnel Reports Added:
- USS GRENADIER (SS 525) Enlisted and Officer Personnel Diaries - 1957, 1958
- USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN 600) Enlisted and Officer Personnel Diaries, Blue/Gold Crews - 1960
- USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN 600) Officer Distribution and Control Reports, Gold Crew - 1960
- USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN 616) Enlisted and Officer Personnel Diaries, Blue/Gold Crews - 1962
- USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN 616) Officer Distribution and Control Reports, Blue/Gold Crews - 1962
- Staff Added:
- None
- Staff Needed:
- USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571) - Site Lead
- USS THEODORE ROOSEVELT (SSBN 600) - Site Lead
- USS LAFAYETTE (SSBN 616) - Site Lead
- Plus every other boat not mentioned!
- Next near-term action items:
- Finish 616 site.
- Populate existing historical timelines.
- Add file upload capacity for USSVI - USS HADDO Base
- Complete tools for receiving financial donations & subscriptions
- Complete basic site menus for TENCH class smoke boats.
- On-going action items:
- Continue data-entry on shipmates from 571, 525, 600, 616.
- Acquire personnel reports for boats commissioned after 1963 from the National Archives.
- Contact Brad Williamson, Lead Administrator, or active Site Leads if you have questions, would like to volunteer, or wish to support us financially, at any level.
- End of Message
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