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Please refer to the USSVI
website area on Razorback for more information.
Dear
Shipmates:
This is a request for your assistance in returning the retired
submarine, USS Razorback SS-394 to the United States from Turkey.
The USS Razorback was commissioned in 1943. It is the last submarine
that was present in Tokyo Bay at the signing of the Peace Treaty ending
WWII that has not been scrapped. She is also the only boat to have
earned battle ribbons in WWII and Vietnam. Then she was turned
over to Turkey, where she was in operation for nearly 30 years. That is
nearly 60 years of surface and submerged operations. This is a
tremendous testimonial to the quality of the boat and the crews that
have maintained her through all these years. To save this history of
WWII combat Patrols, Cold War Era operations and Turkish service for our
next generations, and to keep the sacrifices made by Submariners and
their vessels a living legacy, we are creating a joint US and Turkish
museum commemorating this great Lady in North Little Rock, AR.
The Mayor of North Little Rock, AR has received authorization from both
the United States and the Turkish government for the transfer of the
submarine to North Little Rock, AR. where this joint museum is being
established.
This
is a tremendous undertaking and any and all assistance is sincerely
appreciated.
We will recognize each boat that supports our mission by placing the
name of that boat on a plaque at the museum honoring donors with
significant contributions. There will be the:
- Admiral level $5000 or more -
Individual plaques mounted in Memorial Park
- Commodore level is $1000 -
$5000 - Listed on a plaque with other contributors
- Captain level is $250 -
$!,000 - Listed on plaque with other contributors
- Crewmember level is up to
$250- Acknowledged in Donors Deck Log kept on exhibit at USS
Razorback Memorial.
If you part of an association dedicated
to your former boat (or boats), we would appreciate it if you would send
this information to each of your crew members, who in turn, could
forward it on to their e-mail friends giving your boat even more
opportunity to increase the cumulative amount of donations. Donations
will be submitted individually, but can be credited to your boat, so
please place the hull number of the boat in the Memo space on your
checks.
All TAX DEDUCTIBLE contribution, in any amount, is sincerely
appreciated. Please make your check payable to:
Arkansas Inland Maritime Museum
Assoc.
City Hall
PO Box 5757
North Little Rock, AR 72119-5757
Let us know if you would desire a
receipt for tax purposes.
WE WOULD SINCERELY APPRECIATE YOU FORWARDING THIS INFORMATION TO ALL OF
YOUR INTERNET FRIENDS….
Thank you,
Bud "Shag" Stratton, QMC(SS), USN Ret.
Email: strattonb@aol.com
(Edited for presentation on this site - Ed.)
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