Comments on: Status Report March 4th http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2008/03/04/status-report-march-4th/ Details and Log reports of the search for the lost WWII Submarine, USS Grunion Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:39:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Peter Thomas Stephens http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2008/03/04/status-report-march-4th/#comment-58463 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:49:05 +0000 http://ussgrunion.com/blog/2008/03/04/status-report-march-4th/#comment-58463 According to my father's classmate, who gradulated from the Naval Academy with my father and had command of submarines his whole career, claims the normal procedure during WW11 is that when submarines leave port for assignmant into a theater of war the ship's bell stays intact but the clapper was removed and re-installed when crew returned back in port. I understand that the Grunion bell was located in Mississippi. This gentleman I spoke with today received the bell, from the USS Seawolf which he commanded, when submarine was disposed of some years after the war. It also was common practice that if submarines were scrapped or damaged but returned to port the Commander/Captain would receive the bell. The Abele Brothers should have ownership of the Grunion Bell if it does exist. Peter Thomas Stephens According to my father’s classmate, who gradulated from the Naval Academy with my father and had command of submarines his whole career, claims the normal procedure during WW11 is that when submarines leave port for assignmant into a theater of war the ship’s bell stays intact but the clapper was removed and re-installed when crew returned back in port. I understand that the Grunion bell was located in Mississippi. This gentleman I spoke with today received the bell, from the USS Seawolf which he commanded, when submarine was disposed of some years after the war. It also was common practice that if submarines were scrapped or damaged but returned to port the Commander/Captain would receive the bell. The Abele Brothers should have ownership of the Grunion Bell if it does exist.

Peter Thomas Stephens

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