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S1 inspection by Captain Duncan circa
1963-1964
State Pier New London CT
USS Fulton with Squadron Ten boats at
State Pier.
Bob Stout MA2-DP2 (circa 1965)
Last berth for the USS Fulton in
Brownsville, Texas.
January 1996 before being cut up for salvage.
Glen W. Work, Emil A. Geffert, and
Ches Laird holding
the only surviving part of the ship. This porthole glass now
resides in the
Vallejo, Ca. museum.
Emil Geffert, Portside looking aft at
last berth in
1996.
Starboard side looking aft 1996.
1970 Thanksgiving menu onboard the
USS Fulton
USS Fulton passing San Juan in the
sixties.
USS Fulton at the State Pier in New London in 1962
Pictured with her is the USS Skylark
ASR-20, a sub
rescue ship
USS Fulton moored at NYC in 1964 Picture: Bill Guhl
USS Fulton moored at the State Pier,
New London,
CT
in
1964 Picture: Bill Guhl
Shows
RM3 Callahan
chipping paint on the Signal Shack while in the yards at
Charlestown, SC in
1971. This view is starboard side looking aft.
This
is the radio
repair group. The radiomen and ET's of this division did the
repair for the
subs. The ships operation division also had ET's and Radiomen
for the Fulton
only.
If
the layout was the
same when the webmaster was aboard this shop was located aft
on the 02 level I
believe.
This picture was submitted by Ira W. Goodin who served
aboard the Fulton
during WW2.
Picture of the USS Fulton being scrapped courtesy of
Cliff Simonsen.
Pictured above is John Crosby Basham BM1, being
congratulated by W.W.
Patrick EM1, President of the Recreational Committee, on his
winning of the
Fulton's contest to name the new crew's lounge. The winning
name was
"Hideaway". (1956)
A new Chiefs initiation of eating from a trough in
1956. Pictured are:
Bill J. Sego, TEC; Manfred C. Marotta, DCC; Bill W. Patrick,
EMC; and Vincent
Lanza, SKC.
USS Fulton Deactivation Ceremony
Subron Ten Patch
The following 4 pictures were sent in by Bill
Kruzykowski. These
pictures belonged to the late SH1 Simon Andrew Kruzykowski who
served on the
USS Fulton.
SH1 Kruzykowski served in the Navy from 1947 till 1964
aboard the
following ships:
USNS General M. Rose
USNS Gibbons
USNS Upshur
USS Butner
USS Intrepid
USS Curtiss
USS Fulton
and did shore duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard and at
Correy Field, Naval
Air Station Pensacola, FL. SH1 Kruzykowski served in the U.S.
Army during WW2
before joining the Navy. For those who don't know about the
Ships Serviceman
rate (SH) Ship's servicemen manage and operate shipboard
retail and service
activities. This includes ship's stores, vending machines and
video games,
barber shops, laundry and dry cleaning plants, and tailor
shops.
SH1 Kruzykowski retiring with sideboys
USS Fulton at Gitmo
USS Nautilus 1955
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USS
Fulton 1961
EM1
Ellis in the 1980's on main deck midships |
USS Fulton at the Weapon's Pier in
Bayone, New Jersey,
off loading weapons in preparation for the SRA in Norfolk VA
sometime around
Jan 87 or Jan 88.
This is a picture of the USS Fulton
pulling into
Norfolk on October 1, 1991 Taken from the USS Grapple.