S2c James Lovell Kirk Our thanks go to Kevin Kirk who sent photos of his deceased uncle and Miss sailor, S2c James Lovell Kirk. S2c Kirk enlisted at 17 years of age and had only turned 18 on 19June44, just 5 months before the Miss was sunk. Kirk died from
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Mass. Maritime Accademy honor Lt. Robert Rowe
Lt. Robert Rowe, Navigator of the USS Mississinewa (AO-59), was a 1931 graduate of the Massachusetts Maritime Academy. His daughter, Jan Tracy, was kind enough to share a photo of a display recently created at the academy honoring her late father. Lt. Rowe was severely burned when the ship sank.
Continue readingVeteran’s Breakfast Club video chat – Dec 2020
Mike Mair and a host of others discussed the book, Kaiten, and the USS Mississinewa joined the Veteran’s Breakfast Club’s video blog two days in December 2020. Some of those who attended the zoom meeting were: relatives of the crew, an eye witness to the sinking of the Miss, daughter
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Robert Wetterhall, GM3c ID’d in Crew Photo Granddaughter, Mara Roberta Parker Lepore, kindly shared with us a portrait of her late grandfather, Robert Wetterhall, GM3c who served aboard the Mississinewa. It’s been added next to his information on the Crew Page. Thank you, Mara. And, she was able to add
Continue readingSteve Katrenic, S2c, ID’d in Crew Photo
Crewman Steve Katrenic, S2c, ID’d in Crew Photo Thanks to Steve Katrenic, who with the help of his son, Tom, verified his photo in the crew photo. Tom also generously shared two photos of Steve taken in his navy days.
Continue readingLuther Bazzle, Jr., SC(B)3c Photo added
The memory of Luther A. Bazzle, Jr. – SC(B)3c, was honored both in his home town of Elkton, Virginia this past Veteran’s Day and on the USS Mississinewa’s webpage. Luther’s son, Andy, posted a photo of his father on the Mississinewa’s Facebook page. Luther Bazzle, Jr., SC(B)3c
Continue readingPassing of Marshall Ralph Doak
Passing of Marshall Ralph Doak Thursday, March 3rd, 1921 – Wednesday, November 11th, 2020 We are saddened to announce the passing of Marshall Doak. Marshall Doak, Chief Pharmacist’s Mate at Ulithi was the sailor who found the body of Sekio Nishina, the Kaiten pilot who is thought to be responsible
Continue readingBook Review for “Kaiten”
Kaiten Book Review The following review is generously offered by John Adams Graf, editor of Military Trader, MiliaryTrader.com Kaiten: Japan’s Secret Manned Suicide Submarine and the First American Ship It Sank in WWII, by Michael Mair and Joy Waldron (ISBN: 978-0425272695, Berkley Publishing Group, published by Penguin Group, 357 Hudson
Continue reading“Kaiten” – Paperback/Japanese Language Edition available for purchase
Kaiten – Paperback/Japanese Language Edition Recently published Japanese Language version is now available. (The translation of Kaiten into the Japanese language was due to the efforts of translator Tomoko Nishisaki and Masami Ono. I began working with Tomoko in late 1997. Her interest in the secret weapon named “Kaiten” came after meeting an
Continue readingPassing of BM2c James C. Zahourek
BM2c James C. Zahourek – of the USS Munsee – WWII Visit the Veteran’s History Project to see more details, along with a filmed interview of James C. Zahourek from 2005. Kevin Keyes passed the word to us that, regrettably, his grandfather, BM2c James C. Zahourek, passed away today, 5 JAN 2020,
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