News & Updates

5/25/08 We had a great reunion in Reno! Approximately 100 shipmates and guests were able to attend. We voted to have the next reunion in Lauhlin late May-early June 2009. Details to follow. I will post my photos next week and if you have some to share, send them to me and I'll post them.

6/16/08 In the Crew List section,I have added a link to the Decklog.com USS Segundo website where I have placed our crew list. You can access the data if you are a Segundo crew member and have a password. if you need one, or are having trouble with that site, e-mail me.

6/20/08 Olan(Bunch) Dolan sent 2 CD's of reunion photos and I put 30 of them in the Reunion Images Reno 08 section. Thanks a bunch, Bunch.

7/7/08(Monty) Ray Threat sent me photos of himself and his wife. I posted them in Pictures, Gallery 2, p.11.

7/12/08 A friend of his sent a copy of a story on George E. Moore, who was aboard 45-47. I put it in Pictures, Segundo In Print p2. and posted it on our BBS. Nice story!

7/17/08 Shipmate Passing, Harry H. Caldwell, 86, died on July 8, 2008, He was graduated in 1943 with the accelerated class of 1944. Harry qualified in 1945 on board USS DACE (SS 247). He also served on USS O-3 (SS-64) and USS SEGUNDO (SS 398). In 1956 he took command of USS SPIKEFISH (SS 404) and in 1961 he became COMMANDER, SUBMARINE DIVISION 22. Harry retired after 33 years of service in 1973. A memorial service will be held at the U.S. Navy Submarine Force Museum, 1 Crystal Lake Rd., Groton, at 11 a.m., on Saturday, September 13. Burial is at sea. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Submarine Force Library and Museum Association. Hand Salute, Captain Harry H. Caldwell. . . 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.