Remembering the USS Grunion

Posted on Saturday 11 October 2008

Ceremony held in Cleveland honoring the crew of the USS COD’s sister ship.
By Ken Robinson, Newsradio WTAM 1100 Saturday, October 11, 2008
 
 Photo Gallery of the Ceremony for the USS Grunion       

(Cleveland) - A memorial service was held in downtown Cleveland for more than 200 relatives of the lost crew of the USS Grunion gathered at the site of the USS COD, which is Grunion’s sister ship. Both subs were built by the same Connecticut company.

http://www.wtam.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=&article=4390989

Navy confirms sunken sub is Grunion

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Commander, Submarine Forces Pacific Fleet (COMSUBPAC), Rear Adm. Douglas McAneny announced today that a sunken vessel off the coast of the Aleutian Islands is in fact the World War II submarine USS Grunion (SS 216). http://www.csp.navy.mil/news/rel08054.html        

U.S.S. Grunion memorial planned

http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id=6427837

From The Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Service for lost submarine USS Grunion revives memories
10/10/2008 Electric Boat Co. via Bruce Abele/Associated Press The identity of the long-lost USS Grunion, which has the same general design and vintage as the USS Cod in Cleveland, was officially confirmed last week. How the Navy submarine sank, whether by … : Read More

Activities for USS Grunion 10/10/2008
Memorial services for the USS Grunion will be at the USS Cod on North Marginal Drive, following a morning devoted to discussion of possible causes of the sub’s sinking, screening of underwater video of the wreck and other informational activities… ReadMore

Service for lost submarine USS Grunion to bring memories to life
10/10/2008
For 64 years after the USS Grunion disappeared in a sea of mystery during World War II, families of the submarine’s 70 crewmen waited and wondered. But never forgot. Two years ago, the answer to the Grunion’s fate was revealed with discovery of a .. ReadMore

Navy confirms lost WWII sub has been found
The Navy has confirmed the wreckage of a sunken vessel found last year off the Aleutians Islands is that of the USS Grunion, which disappeared during World War II.Underwater video footage and pictures captured by an expedition hired by sons of the…  Read More

All Recent USS Grunion News Stories:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=uss%20grunion&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

 

pete@ussgrunion.com @ 11:40 pm
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Status Report October 3d

Posted on Friday 3 October 2008

Bruce

Just got a note from Bob Dotson. There will be an update on the Grunion story tomorrow morning (October 4th) on NBC at 7:20 all time zones.

Also the last Today Show on the Grunion won the highest award on TV, the Edward R Morrow award. 

Bruce @ 5:35 pm
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Status Report September 6th

Posted on Saturday 6 September 2008

Bruce mbabele@999info.net

There is another excellent article about crew members, this time about George Caldwell and Richard Carroll written by Kevin Corvo for the Columbus Local news . To see it go to: http://www.snponline.com/articles/2008/09/05/multiple_papers/news/allussgrun_20080904_0133am_3.txt

Bruce @ 1:14 pm
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Status Report August 28th

Posted on Thursday 28 August 2008

Bruce mbabele@999info.net

Articles: There is a very interesting article about the Grunion and Schumann which has been posted to http://www.999info.net/Tomahawk.pdf. It is worth reading.

Memorial: A number of activities have been moved to the Hospitality Room Friday night. There will be a several displays, videos about the Grunion project and a chance to meet (SKYPE) Yutaka and family. This is also the place for registration where you pick up name tags and a Souvenir Booklet.

Bruce @ 7:00 pm
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Status Report July 3d

Posted on Thursday 3 July 2008

Bruce mbabele@999info.net

Think you would be interested to know that the “The Search for the USS Grunion” has won a first place award in the “documentary event” category in the Alliance for
Community Media Hometown Video Contest, a national competition. Joe Hunter, the producer, goes to Washington , DC July 10th to receive the award.

The DVD is available at Amazon.com. Search using the keyword “Grunion”.

Bruce @ 9:47 am
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