USS Bonefish Base members On Eternal Patrol
| PHOTO | NAME | RATE RANK | QUAL YR | YEARS | QUAL BOAT | SHIP'S PATCH |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Durling, Ronald L. | FTG2(SS) | 1961 | 1941 - 2009 | USS Gudgeon SS-567 |  |
 | Perris, Paul Everett | RM1(SS) | 1970 | 1950 - 2010 | USS Bonefish SS-582 |  |
 | Stewart, Gary Lee | ICC(SS) | 1973 | 1947 - 2010 | USS Wahoo SS-565 |  |
 | Abels, Jacques (HC) | LT(SS) | 1942 | 1917 - 2011 | USS Thresher SS-200 |  |
 | Newman, William Lee (HC) | MOMM1(SS) | 1944 | 1926 - 2011 | USS R-13/SS-90 | |
 | Carle, Howard A. (HC) | EN2(SS) | 1958 | 1938 - 2013 | USS Pomfret SS-391 |  |
 | Meyer, John (HC) | ET3(SS) | 1953 | 1929 - 2013 | USS Remora SS-487 |  |
 | Van Leeuwen, Dean L. (HC) | FT2(SS) | 1957 | 1937 - 2013 | USS Barracuda SSK-1 |  |
 | O'Zanich, George Otto (HC) | SM2(SS) | 1945 | 1924 - 2013 | USS Saury SS-189 |  |
 | Raplee, John Jay (HC) | EM3(SS) | 1958 | 1939 - 2014 | USS Catfish SS-339 |  |
 | Hayes, James Michael | ETR2(SS) | 1968 | 1948 - 2015 | USS Carbonero SS-337 |  |
 | Anderson, Henry John (HC) | FTGC (SS) | 1962 | 1939 - 2017 | USS Growler SSG-577 |  |
 | McCoy, Francis P., Jr, (HC) | STSCS (SS) | 1960 | 1938 - 2017 | USS Carp SS-338 |  |
 | Dunn, Charles R. (Bob) (HC) | MR1 (SS) | 1956 | 1926 - 2018 | USS Queenfish SS-393 |  |
 | Williamson, Shirley Ann | Affiliate Member | 1949 - 2018 | |||
 | Sullivan, David R. (HC) | YNSN (SS) | 1948 | 1930 - 2019 | USS Caiman SS-323 |  |
 | Clark, David E | RMC (SS) | 1975 | - 2020 | USS Patrick Henry SSBN-599 |  |
 | O'Gorman, Columba Broome (HC) | QM2 (SS) | 1945 | 1924 - 2020 | USS Balao SS-285 |  |
 | Fuqua, Dennis William (HC) | QMCS (SS) | 1965 | 1946 - 2021 | USS Bream SS-243 |  |
 | Canchola, Joe (HC) | TM2 (SS) | 1960 | 1938 - 2022 | USS Volador SS-490 |  |
 | Branges, Warren G. (HC) | CDR (SS) Ret. | 1972 | 1947 - 2022 | USS Halibut SSN-587 |  |
Submariner’s Prayer
Eternal God, whose creative hand turned primeval seas into oceans wide, and whose omnipresent love can be as keenly felt beneath as above their undulating surface; descend with us now into the silent depths as our unfailing guide.
We men of the silent service are grateful to be among the few ever to thrill with the excitement of a dive, and sheer ecstasy of each surfacing. May we never look upon these maneuvers as mere routine, for each is an experience fresh with challenge and no little danger. May we be ever alert to our individual duties realizing that so much depends on our doing our duty without error.
May we remember the new member of our crew who is to make his first descent, and breathe a prayer that he shall be a good submariner. May we, who know what it is to follow a course, also know Him, who said “I am the way.” May we, who gulp in hastily the first breaths of fresh air as it rushes down the hatchway following every dive, know also thy refreshing spirit.
May we who know the necessity for companionship feel our partnership with thee when the hatches are dogged and when we are rigged for dive. When all else of the surface world has been closed out, may we feel thee in every compartment, as near to us as throbbing engines, pinging sonar and the hissing of compressed air. And when, as aging submariners our souls have descended into the depths of eternity, may the final call to us be “Surface, surface, surface,” in the name of Him who rides as the unseen crewman on every ship at sea.
Amen.
