| 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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UPDATE HISTORY
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30 Jan 2007 - 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.
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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KNOWN AND
PROBABLE DECEASED
AS OF 27 JAN 2012
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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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481
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ENLISTED
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1166
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215
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588
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383
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OFFICERS
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119
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29
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83
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48
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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
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place of enlistment
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%
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additional info obtained in
Jan 07
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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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