News & Updates

2/21/10 There is a Binnacle List and Eternal Patrol list on the DECKLOG site. Go to crew list and click on the link.If you have information that a shipmate is sick or has died, let me know.

5/22/10 We had a great time and a good turnout for the mini-reunion cruise to Mexico. The next reunion is to be held in Branson, Mo at the Ramada Inn 5/8-13/10. See Ken Owen's note in the Reunion Section. I will post photos from the reunion in the next few weeks. If you have any to share, send them to me.

5/30/10 I posted 32 photos from our Cruise in the Reunions section. If you have any to share, send them and I'll post them.

6/9/10 John Geoghegian is writing a book on the IJN-401. He visited with Rod Johnson and scanned some photos which he sent to me. I posted 4 new photos in the WWII section of Pictures. One has the flags of the Japanese vessels sunk painted on the side of the bridge!

6/19/10 I added 8 photos of our cruise reunion to the reunion images section, thanks to Buddah Vance.

6/21/10 Shipmate passing. Leon H. Crouse Jr died 3/16/10. He was a Segundo plankowner and was a SM2(SS). I put his obit on our BBS. Sailor, Rest Your Oar.

7/1/10 Another plankowner on eternal patrol. Paul LeMaire died 6/5/10. He was a Segundo plankowner who made 5 war patrols and was a RM3(SS). I put his obit on our BBS. Sailor, Rest Your Oar.

7/16/10 Another shipmate on eternal patrol. George Kurk died 7/14/10. He was a YN1(SS) aboard 1959-60. I put his obit on our BBS. Sailor, Rest Your Oar.

8/17/10 WWII shipmate on eternal patrol. Earl Whittington Jr. died 8/14/10. He was a TMC(SS) I put his obit on our BBS. Sailor, Rest Your Oar.

Welcome Aboard the Official Website for the USS Segundo
This web site is dedicated to the USS SEGUNDO, (SS398), a diesel submarine which served in the US Navy 1944-70 and to the crew that manned her. The legacy of the crew began in 1775 with the birth of our Navy and stretches to today. The leadership of the Officers, Chiefs and petty officers was an example to thousands of young men and I was lucky enough to be one of them.

The work was hard, the food was good and there was extra pay for “hazardous duty”. Mostly there was the close bond we felt with our shipmates and the pride we felt when we had achieved that coveted status - Qualified in Submarines and were allowed to wear silver dolphins. We had fun in exotic ports and found something bigger that ourselves to believe in, We knew we were on the best boat, in the best squadron, in the best ocean and without a doubt the best navy in the world.

I served from 1957-59 and was an EN3(SS) when I left the SEGUNDO, but the Segundo has never completely left me. I have attended reunions and renewed friendships with men I served with 47 years ago as well as with others who served at other times. Memories flood back and the smell of submarine, a mixture of diesel fuel, sanitary tanks, smoke and unwashed bodies, returns. We laugh at the sea stories, remember absent shipmates and the fun we had when we were all “steely eyed killers of the deep”.

The idea for creating this site came from a question that a shipmate of mine, Danny Graham asked at our 2004 Segundo reunion in Laughlin, NV. "Why don't we have a web site?". I thought about that question and figured out that the answer was that no one had the time, interest and knowledge to take this task on. Since I'm now retired, I have plenty of time. I am interested, but knew nothing about setting up a web site. Ray Krause is a web designer in Milwaukee, WI who gave me encouragement, had patience with my ignorance, and gave generously of his time.

So Danny, The answer to your question is ...we do.