News & Updates

5/14/11 Our next reunion will be in October 7-11/ 2012 at the Bayside Holiday Inn, San Diego. . I hope to see you there! Ken Owen

10/29/11 Shipmate passes. I was informed that Rusty Attebery died 10/22/2011. He was a HM1(SS)aboard the USS Segundo 1959-60. I posted the obit on our BBS. Sailor, rest your oar.

11/8/11 Joe Urhane who was a LTJG aboard the Segindo in 1962 sent several copies of slides he had taken . I posted 5 in Gallery 2 and several in gallery 4. Thanks Joe.

11/20/11 Shipmate passes. I was informed that Ed Rutledge died 11/11/2011. He was a EN2(SS)aboard the USS Segundo 1949-52. I posted the obit on our BBS. Sailor, rest your oar.

12/16/11 Shipmate passes. I was informed that Robert Tauzer died 12/16/2011. He was a EN2(SS)aboard the USS Segundo 1966-70. I posted the e-mail from his wife and obit on our BBS. Sailor, rest your oar.

1/10/12 Shipmate passes. I was informed that Charles Rutherford died 1/9/12. He was a EN2(SS)aboard the USS Segundo 1952-53. I posted the obit on our BBS. Sailor, rest your oar.

1/25/12 Paul Stevens, the son of LT. Ed Stevens Jr was putting together a scrapbook for his father and sent me 9 photos of the 1958 Australia visit and return. I posted them in Galleries 2 and 3. Thanks Paul!

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.